If you’re getting ready to sell your house this year, your home will need to shine from the inside out — and you’ll need to prep it for in-person and online showings with buyers. As you get started, the following tips and tricks will teach you just about everything you need to know about staging and selling a home in 2020. Preparing Your Home to Sell If you’re selling a home, the following resources will help you to get your house ready and prepare for what’s to come. Start by decluttering your belongings. You could donate unwanted items to charity or sell them on Craigslist, OfferUp, or Fac ..read more

We’re all striving for more balance in our lives, as the alternative leads to stress, anxiety and disease. An unbalanced life is an unhealthy life. Whether you’re a recent grad or a seasoned professional, maintaining equilibrium between your working life and personal time is critical to maintaining balance. Feng Shui is all about balance and intentionally creating it in your own everyday reality. Ancient yet innovative, this 5,000 year old practice from the east provides tools to allow healthy energy to flow through all areas of your life. By taking command of your space, your surroundings wo ..read more

Published on March 30, 2020 - By Emily Huddleston on Redfin.com As the world continues to deal with the coronavirus pandemic, health officials are recommending social-distancing and self-quarantine practices to slow the spread of the disease. This means, for the foreseeable future, we’ll be spending a lot more time at home. Our daily routines will shift, we’ll be without the face-to-face social contact that helps keep us feeling connected and positive, and we’ll need to adjust to this new normal. That’s why now, more than ever before, prioritizing emotional and mental health is so important ..read more

What does the outside of your house have to do with the inside energy?  It has plenty to do with moving and shifting the energy in the spaces of your home.  If you have neglected the front door location with doors that need to be painted, locks or doorbells that don’t work properly, then you are sending this negative chi right through the front door.  This location is the mouth of chi/energy and ALL energy flows through the door, whether positive or negative.  Here are some tips for working your gardens to fit within the art of Feng Shui:Make sure all plants are taken care of and kept healthy ..read more

Bagua Map Landscaping Map Locate your Door for the LayoutChoose any “doorway” into your garden and set up the grid! $99 Feng Shui Consultation ..read more

Chinese New Year starts on February 5th and lasts for 15 days. This is China’s most colorful and important event of the year. This year it is named “The Year of the Yin Boar.” There are a total of 12 animals and they rotate throughout the years. There are many activities that happen during this time. On the first night of the celebration, there are fireworks to let go of the old and bring in the new, just like we do here in the USA. Also, on this night, they open all the windows and all the doors in the house to allow the old year to go out! They have large parades and the lion dancing sways b ..read more

Love your home and it will love you right back!1 - Name your homeWhether you live in a house, apartment or shared home-with an evocative, poetic and beautiful name.2 - Tell your home you love it.Express your gratitude for its comfort, protection, warmth and memories.3 - Play sacred musicEven while you're away (your plants and animals will be blessed, too!).4 - Keep your home in excellent repairNo burnt-out light bulbs, peeling paint, leaking faucets, cracked windows and so on…5 - Add some sparkle and shimmer! Add some metallic wall-paper, paint or décor for some interior bling. Or hang Swarovs ..read more

I'm thrilled to share my recent article in the Inspired Lives Magazine below on, "Visions of the Future Are Right In Your Home." Copies of the magazine can be purchased at Barnes & Noble ..read more

Chinese New Year starts on February 16 and lasts for 15 days. This is China’s most colorful and important event of the year. This year it is named “The Year of the Earth Dog."There is a total of 12 animals and they rotate throughout the years. There are many activities that happen during this time. On the first night of the celebration, there are fireworks to let go of the old and bring in the new, just like we do here in the USA. Also, on this night, they open all the windows and all of the doors in the house to allow the old year to go out! They have large parades and the lion dancing sways ..read more

The very first Thanksgiving Day event was not considered an event, it was a happening! Everyone came together and brought their best displays of food and sat down for a meal that provided them with soul comfort and celebration for the end of the harvest season. Today we still celebrate with our family and friends and even those who are far away from their families usually have a family to support them, whether they are the college student or one of our military who happens to be stationed in our area. People were integrated with the earth because they harvested their own fresh food, they bak ..read more