Key concepts to describe the Knowledge & Self-Cultivation area include:

• Taking the time to connect to and care for your mental, emotional and spiritual self

• Finding calm and peace in order to focus your mind
• Gaining new knowledge and experiencing flashes of insight.

Stories applying Feng Shui to this area include:

• A wife and mother finding the courage to attain independence
• A family struggling with decision-making allowing answers to arrive, and then acting upon them
• A chef desiring an opportunity to showcase his creativity who found a new job allowing him to do that
• A meditator/yoga student/massage therapist who just needed to balance her too-much-of-a-good thing space.

Seijaku = The profound stillness and peace found in moments of solitude and quiet reflection.

• Brief introduction to the Bagua Map (click here for a free how-to video on how to map your home)

• Key words to describe the essence of the Career area: Courage; Depth; Journey; Vocation; Identity; Connected to Spirit; Awakening; Freedom; Authenticity; Opportunity; Purpose

• Stories about applying Essential Feng Shui in the Career area of:

• -a retiring couple;

  -a business;a realtor/artist;

  -a business executive;

  -a family.

• Story about a business

• Hallways and Staircases can be extreme in character and need to be balanced and enhanced.
• When decorating your hallways, consider the width and height of your hallway.
• Stairways create a waterfall of energy flowing downwards and if facing your front door, that means your Ch’i is flowing out of your home. We cite examples of how to mitigate this challenge.
• In these two areas of our home we want to slow down the fast-moving Ch’i so that you have a greater sense of peace in your home.
• Our new series begins on the Bagua Map. To be prepared go to WSFS.com and go to “free material" to see Lorrie Webb Grillo’s Bagua explanation. It is a short brief video of how to place the Bagua Map over your home.

• Storage areas hold hidden power – when they are decluttered and cleared out major transformation occurs

• When decluttering, bring things up off the floor, into the light and air them out

• Make it fun – add music, set a time for work and reward yourself

• Feng shui is operating everywhere – including garages and all storage areas – make them delightful!

• Get decluttering guidelines at WSFS.com

• Brief overview of our last podcast on Sanctuaries

• Bathrooms as spas of comfort and renewal

• Bringing bathrooms to life with Feng Shui Principles, Color and the Five Elements

• Placement and Maintenance in the bathroom from a Feng Shui Perspective

• Stories shared about positive results that occurred as clients made necessary changes to bathroom spaces to achieve more peace and tranquility

• Brief overview of our last podcast on bedrooms

• Definition of Sanctuary

• Stories about creating a wide variety of sanctuaries

• Redefining room designations to claim a space for a sanctuary in your home

• Your inner sanctuary - the one you have within you wherever you are

Specific guidelines on creating bedrooms ideally suited to

everyone in the household:

• Setting up your bedroom to support and encourage a love relationship

• Helping children grow with age-appropriate furniture and accessories to support their maturing bodies and minds

• Designing guest rooms with comfort and beauty to invite family and friends to stay

• Changing furniture and linens after a divorce

• Covering mirrored closet doors to quiet down the room and create calm for rest

• Spice up a stale/stuck relationship with decluttering, cleaning and new linens, pillows and curtains

• Honoring aging parents with a familiar bedroom – in your home or an assisted living facility

The book mentioned in the podcast was Why We Sleep by Dr. Matthew Walker. A description of the book can be found here.

• Specific guidelines for setting up your home office for success
• How to choose the ideal size, shape, and placement of your desk and chair
• Piling and filing - how to honor and encourage your natural work-style
• How to create a work space when there's no home office
• When to make your work space bigger and when to make it smaller
• Notice your 'Greeters' - why the 1st thing you see when you enter your home office is important