Incredible life-changing decisions are the things that often define our lives.
On a super sunny Spring day nearly six years ago, I went to San Diego with a friend to host a workshop at a beautiful spa. After our event, a woman approached and asked me if I would teach her my method of Feng Shui. I had said “no” to her in the past when she asked via email, but here she was, again, right in front of me. I had no idea how to teach her or where to begin, but I found myself saying “Yes!” without hesitation. The School of Intention Professional Feng Shui Training was born, and hundreds of the most brilliant people around the world have changed their homes, lives, and careers in The School since that fateful day.
It was such a simple decision to make that changed the game for me.
That said, I wasn’t always good at making decisions at all, especially life-changing decisions, until Bob came along.
I walked down Larchmont Boulevard 13 years ago and saw a tiny white puppy amidst a gang of puppies in stacked crates at a curbside adoption. I was walking home from tea with a friend, and immediately asked to have (not to see, or to hold) a little guy who was looking into my soul. He leaped into my hands and clawed and squirmed his way up to my face to lick and bite my ears. Holding him felt like I was in a home I had never known before in this lifetime. I asked my friend to reach into my bag for my wallet and pull out some money. There was no way I was going to put him down.
In the days to come, Bob, my little baby, became the star of my very first YouTube video. And, he became my favorite 24-hour-a-day job. He’d scream in a crate, and he’d scream if he was put down, so I carried him everywhere.
Within a week of his arrival, he’d go to stay with my sister and run around her place while I went on a trip and then landed in the hospital for two weeks. Bob came home to help me to heal. It was a long road for both of us, but we figured it out. As soon as all was well, my mom died suddenly, and he came to live with me in New York for a Summer.
My whole life was reorganized around him– my ultimate support, ultimate champion, and never-ending source of joy.
In the years to come, he taught me every major visceral lesson in my life about creativity, intention, and infinite possibility which are the cornerstones of this Feng Shui Method.
Without him, I wouldn’t be here and this work would not exist.
Making life-changing decisions became easy because of Bob. He set the bar for decision-making appropriately high for me in my life, and I am blessed to be able to share some Feng Shui that can help you shift the energy around you to make similarly game-changing choices you’ll never regret.
Feeling is everything.
In this unique method of Feng Shui, if something feels wrong, it is wrong. If it feels right, it is right.
If you are living in your head, overthinking and ruminating about things, it’s important to drop your energy into your full body and energy so that you can access the fullness of your emotions and intuition.
A few things you can try to shift your energy out of mental loops of worry and pensiveness include: long walks, any kind of exercise or physical activity like housecleaning, meditation, journalling, and spending time in Nature.
Sensory richness matters.
When your life is full of positive sensory stimulation– an array of great scents, sights, sounds, and textures– you’re attuned to your own personal sense of harmony.
This matters a lot because every decision you make comes along with sights, sounds, and sometimes scents and textures that are elicited.
For example, if you’re deciding on whether or not a new job offer is better than another– which one will surround you with more of the energy and sensory stimulation that you need and want? That can be another way to see what’s most aligned with your highest good. When you’re radically out of harmony with your environment, it’s hard to stay present and creative in your most brilliant ways.
Choosing harmony becomes easy when harmony is something you’ve grown accustomed to having in your life.
If you can’t make a choice right now, you might need to lean into more possibilities.
I’ve become comfortable with the idea of waiting to find the right things, rather than accepting just the options that are before me.
As an example, if you’re choosing between two different restaurants and you don’t like either, look for more options. Or, grab groceries and cook at home.
This applies to all things. There are an infinity of options available in most situations. Before you think of settling for things you definitely don’t want, start exploring more of them.
Prioritize self-care and realize how valuable you are.
It’s so important to treat yourself extremely well and prioritize your self-care.
As you shower yourself with positive thoughts, words, and actions, you become very aware of your self-worth. You’ll feel less outside pressure to settle for things you don’t want. You’ll start to expect better things, and better options will present themselves.
Lots of self-care will set the bar of abundance incredibly high for you in terms of the decisions you make, just like Bob did for me.
May this be a season for you that’s full of life-changing, incredible, elevating, and wildly abundant decisions!
xoxo!!!
Dana
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