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Feng Shui For Wealth: Work Smarter Not Harder!
Overachieving is awesome, but the ways we are culturally primed to believe we get to a state of excellence are largely toxic and misguided. Doing things faster, rocketing to the top and super-powered living all tend to create IMBALANCE. There are times when a little...
Instagramming Vintage Jewels In Santa Monica
There's nothing like some play time at the Vintage Expo in Santa Monica to take a trip down memory lane and get my toes in the warm winter sand. A field-day on Instagram and so much visual food for creative thought! Click through for a bit of vintage glamour &...
Get Your Health More Balanced With Water… And Salt?!
I'm a salt-a-holic. Sea salt, mainly. But lots of it. When I met New York-based homeopath Jutta Kay over a dinner that I was happily salting, I was astonished to hear that my liberal salt consumption, coupled with lots of water, was similar to The Water Cure created...
Good Fortune Feng Shui: Aromatherapy To Get The Good Vibes Flowing In Your Kitchen!
Traditional feng shui views the kitchen as the source of all good fortune. You cook, you store nourishment, you eat, you gather... all in kitchens! Awesome aromatherapist Christine Sparks from AromaConnect was lovely enough to write us the ultimate kitchen...
Feeling Uninspired? Take Yourself On An Artist’s Date!
In her totally revolutionary book "The Artist's Way", Julia Cameron urges all who participate to embrace the idea of a weekly "Artist's Date". When you schedule yourself time to go out alone and indulge in a fantasy, a creative splurge or even soul-searching endeavor...
8 Great Feng Shui Reasons Why You Should Clean Your House
Cleaning House= either you love it or hate it. The neutral parties don't exist in the realm of cleaning. Some of you hire help to get the cleaning done, others are meticulous (bravo!) and many just can't seem to clean until its a real mess of unavoidable...
Plant And Flower Beauty Power: An Herbalist Makes Us Beauty Tea And Talks About Purity
The purpose of natural beauty, aromatherapy fragrance and herbal remedies is not just to avoid chemicals and ingesting toxic waste to look great every day. Plants have vibrating energy and when you dive into the science and art of herbalism as Laura Durkee of...
Color Power: Fresh Turquoise And Your Calm, Creative Confidence
Today I decided to mine the greatness of The House of Turquoise blog (such a gem of a blog!) to give you ideas of how and why you might want to add turquoise to your feng shui color palette to evoke confidence, calm, freshness and the 'creative-idea-generating'...
If You Need Energy, Your House Might Need Bling!
House bling is any sparkling, glittering home accessory that tosses around light and potentially even reflects rainbows. House bling at its best blends the dynamic energy of a mirror, the sense of exacting metal energy that precisely defines a space and the watery...