Episode 155: Flower Elixirs for the Year of the Tiger with Katie Hess of LOTUSWEI

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EPISODE 155: Flower Elixirs for the Year of the Tiger with Katie Hess of LOTUSWEI

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We are excited to welcome Katie Hess of LOTUSWEI back to the podcast! It’s become an annual tradition for Katie to join us at the beginning of each new year to talk about the energy of the year ahead. We go over what each Chinese Zodiac animal can expect in 2022, and Katie shares a personalized flower elixir recommendation to support each of the animals.

We cover:

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Katie Hess is a flower alchemist and the founder of LOTUSWEI, one of the world's leading floral apothecaries. After 15 years of independent research of flower and plant-based healing, her flower-powered community is thriving in over 15 countries.

LOTUSWEI website: www.lotuswei.com

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Episode 154: Feng Shui Qi Forecast: January 2022

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EPISODE 154: Feng Shui Qi Forecast: January 2022

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In this episode, we’re sharing the first Holistic Spaces Feng Shui Qi Forecast! We’re going over some important dates coming up this month in the moon’s cycle and the Chinese Solar Term calendar, along with a collective tarot reading and our tips for working with this month’s energies in your home through feng shui.

We cover:

  • Key dates to look out for in January: Slight Cold, Lunar New Year, Super Moon

  • Observing and connecting to the natural world

  • Laura’s collective tarot reading for the month of January

  • How this time of year is an opportunity to reset and prepare

  • Being honest with yourself about what’s working and what’s not working

  • The transition from the Year of the Ox to the Year of the Tiger

  • How to work with this month’s energy in your home using feng shui

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Episode 153: What’s Your Decluttering Style?

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EPISODE 153: What’s Your Decluttering Style

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We’ve noticed that clutter tends to be a source of many negative emotions for a lot of people. In this episode, we wanted to offer a new, more compassionate way to think about decluttering. Listen to find out which of the five decluttering styles best describes you, and our suggestions for making the most of your natural tendencies.

We cover:

  • The relationship between clutter and feng shui

  • What we’ve noticed in our clients’ and students’ relationships to clutter

  • Our advice to people who feel embarrassed or ashamed of the clutter in their home

  • The importance of being compassionate towards yourself and others

  • The difference between mess and clutter

  • The five elements in feng shui

  • The five different decluttering styles

  • Our tips for each of the decluttering styles

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Episode 152: Five Tips for Winter Blues and Burnout with Erin Delander

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EPISODE 152: Five Tips for Winter Blues and Burnout with Erin Delander

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We are so excited to welcome one of our Mindful Design graduates, Erin Delander, to the Holistic Spaces Podcast! Erin joined us to talk about feng shui for the winter season, and her tips for working with winter blues and burnout during the colder months.

We cover:

  • What does the winter solstice represent?

  • The water element in feng shui

  • Giving yourself permission to rest and be “lazy”

  • Seasonal Affective Disorder and the winter blues

  • Erin’s five tips for avoiding burnout and the winter blues

  • How Erin, Anjie, and Laura are embracing the winter season and welcoming more warmth into their homes

  • What Erin is working on now

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Erin has been an expert in interior environments for over a decade. As an interior designer and Feng Shui Practitioner, her purpose is to help people learn to adjust their interiors in a healthy and supportive way, regardless of the season or phase of life they are in.

Erin’s website: muchloveinteriors.com
Erin’s Instagram: @much_love_interiors
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Episode 151: Feng Shui 101: The Bagua Map Part 3

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EPISODE 151: Feng Shui 101: The Bagua Map Part 3

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This is the last in a three-part series covering the feng shui bagua. So far, we’ve talked about what the bagua is, how to use it, and six of the bagua areas. In this episode, we’re covering the last three areas of the bagua: Fame, Career, and Relationships. We share when you might want to work with these areas in your home, and simple tips to activate each one.

We cover:

  • How to lay the bagua on your bedroom

  • Why we suggest starting with the bedroom

  • What the Fame area represents and when to work with it

  • The meaning of the Career area and when to activate it

  • The Relationships area and when you might want to work with it

  • How to activate each of these bagua areas

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Our Mindful Design Feng Shui Certification is open for enrollment!

Feng Shui 101: The Bagua Map Part 1

Feng Shui 101: The Bagua Map Part 2

Download our free bagua kit

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Episode 150: Feng Shui 101: The Bagua Map Part 2

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EPISODE 150: Feng Shui 101: The Bagua Map Part 2

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In our last episode, we talked about the feng shui bagua, including what it is, how we work with it, and our tips for activating the New Beginnings, Wealth, and Health areas. In this episode, we’re covering three more areas of the bagua: Helpful People, Children, and Knowledge. We go over when you might want to work on each of these areas, and simple ways to activate them.

We cover:

  • How to lay the bagua on your bedroom

  • Why it’s important to not activate too many bagua areas at once

  • What the Helpful People area represents and how to activate it

  • The meaning of the Children area and how to activate it (hint: it’s not just about kids!)

  • What the Knowledge area represents and how to activate it

  • When you might want to work with each of these areas

Mentioned in this episode:

Get our 2022 Energy Reset Package

Our Mindful Design Feng Shui Certification is open for enrollment!

Feng Shui 101: The Bagua Map Part 1

Download our free bagua kit

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Thanks so much for listening to the Holistic Spaces Podcast brought to you by Mindful Design Feng Shui School!

Episode 149: Feng Shui 101: The Bagua Map Part 1

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EPISODE 149: Feng Shui 101: The Bagua Map Part 1

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If you’ve been listening for a while, you’ve probably heard us mention the feng shui bagua. The bagua is a tool that feng shui practitioners to gain more information and clarity about a client and their space. In Part 1 of this three-part series, we are covering the New Beginnings, Wealth, and Health areas of the bagua.

We cover:

  • What is the feng shui bagua?

  • How to lay the bagua on your home

  • A simple way to start with the bagua if your home layout is more complicated

  • The New Beginnings area

  • The Wealth area

  • The Health area

  • What each of these areas represents

  • When you might want to work with each of these areas

  • Simple ways to activate each of these bagua areas

Mentioned in this episode:

2022 Energy Reset Package

Download our free bagua kit

Thanks so much for listening to the Holistic Spaces Podcast brought to you by Mindful Design Feng Shui School!

Episode 148: WATER element with Dr. Tamsin Lee

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EPISODE 148: WATER element with Dr. Tamsin Lee

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In this episode, we are so happy to welcome Dr. Tamsin Lee back to the podcast! We talked to Tamsin about the water element, our primary elements, and how to make the most of the upcoming water season. 

We cover:

  • Qualities of the water element

  • The water element and winter

  • Exploring fear, shadow work, and collective unconsciousness

  • Ways to nourish yourself this winter based on your primary element

  • How Tamsin determines a client’s primary elements in her face reading practice

  • How we determine a client’s primary elements in feng shui

  • Preparing for the Year of the Water Tiger

  • How to think about “clashing” zodiac animals

  • Our relationships to beauty

  • What is Tamsin working on? 

  • Are 90s eyebrows back?!

Mentioned in this episode:

2022 Energy Reset Package

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Tamsin Lee, DAOM, AEMP is an East Asian medicine doctor, researcher, and Daoist face reader. She is the founder of Elemental Archetypes — an online face reading consultation that weaves her family lineage of Korean face reading, and the Five seasonal phases to guide self-identifying women and non-binary individuals reclaim their powerful beauty narrative.

Tamsin’s website: elementalarchetypes.com

Tamsin’s Instagram: @elementalarchetypes

Episode 147: Less Stuff for the Holidays with Julia Sarasola

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EPISODE 147: Less Stuff for the Holidays with Julia Sarasola

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In this episode we are delighted to welcome one of graduates, Julia Sarasola, to the podcast! Julia joined us to talk about her experience going through a big transition, the beauty of second-hand items, and our relationships to our possessions.

We cover:

  • What has Julia been up to since finishing the Mindful Design certification

  • Julia’s experience letting go of her home in New York City

  • Julia’s passion for vintage and second-hand items

  • Julia’s process working with second-hand items to give them a new life

  • Experiencing beauty without needing to own every beautiful item

  • How the pandemic has shifted our relationship to shopping and what we consume

  • Choosing gifts thoughtfully

  • Sharing time and space as a gift

  • The benefits of shopping second-hand

  • What Julia learned from going through her possessions in her New York home

  • What nature can teach us about self care

Thanks so much for listening to the Holistic Spaces Podcast brought to you by Mindful Design Feng Shui School!

Julia Sarasola is a certified interior decorator, feng shui practitioner, and vintage shop owner based in Brooklyn, New York. Her design approach is about creating thoughtful physical spaces that breathe and evolve with the client – deeply tuning into the environment and the energy that comes along with it.

Julia's website: juliasarasola.com

Contact: hello@juliasarasola.com

Vintage Shop: @surfaceandshape