People often ask how they can use Feng Shui principles to decorate for the holidays, including where to place family heirloom ornaments or menorahs. I advise using the bagua to decide. When you decorate your home around to the nine areas of the bagua, you activate the energy of the aspects of life that each area represents. To find these areas in your home, download a bagua from the "Basics" section at FengShuiForRealLife.com. Choose the bagua that matches the shape of your space.

Spring – Spring Clean Your Workplace

Fall – Handling Paper Clutter

Q: I have a piano. My two daughters don't play; I don't play. One daughter used to take lessons, and I still wish one of us did. Maybe we will? We have a small house. It is just about the first thing you see when you walk in. Chuck it? My mom always mentions getting rid of it whenever she comes over. 

A: You already know what I’m going to recommend about the piano, don’t you? (I am singularly responsible for more treadmills leaving houses than arriving.) If you keep the piano, you risk having a “woulda-coulda-shoulda” attitude every time you see it. It can end up being a negative reminder of what you “wish one of us did.” And that translates to negative chi. To help you decide, try thinking about what you would put in place of the piano, and/or what you would do with the money you could get from selling it. Or, just do it: sign up for Zoom piano lessons for all three of you and see how it feels to actually play the piano.

Q: I am well aware that it's important to remove clutter, but I simply cannot do it in my second home because of an immediate health crisis. I cannot travel and I have no one I trust to go in there. I have a spare room filled with a jumble of boxes of papers related to my career that need to be sorted. I also have old financial records (in good order) in a few boxes in the master bedroom. I am concerned about this clutter affecting my health at present. Is there anything Feng Shui has to say about how I might mitigate this?

A: I’m wondering whether your illness is exacerbating your feeling of lack of control over your paper work, and over your home in general. While you are absent from the home, the goal is to try to change your mental picture of what you are now considering clutter. The best option would be for someone to go in and remove the boxes to an off-site storage site. Or, someone could cover the boxes with something dark - black plastic bags or a dark sheet - so they are symbolically hidden from your sight. But, since there is no one you trust to do that (which I think is adding to your stress), I suggest you find a photo of the house and cover it with a dark cloth or bag, with the stated intention of letting go of your fears about the clutter. That way the boxes will “rest” and stay “out of sight and mind” until you can deal with them in person. If you have a photo of the actual room where they are located, that’s best, but this cure will be just as effective if you cover a photo of the house. Another suggestion is that you mentally unpack the boxes and sort their contents, filing what supports you and your career, and getting rid of what no longer serves you. I encourage you take even one simple step to symbolically put this out of your mind for now so you can focus fully on your recovery. Sending positive energy for a speedy recovery you way!

For more than 20 years as a Feng Shui practitioner, I've been meeting great people and getting to see their homes, offices, and businesses. I give them advice, they make changes, and then they send me the most amazing stories of how simple Feng Shui changes yielded unexpected results. I met Kevin when I gave a workshop at a business incubator. His company's team occupied a small suite in the building, compete with their own bathroom. When it comes to bathrooms, I recommend keeping the toilet lid closed. The Feng Shui reason is so your wealth doesn't symbolically get flushed away. Less than a week after that workshop, I received two e-mails from Kevin.

My new book is here! Feng Shui to the Rescue includes more than 400 answers to the questions that you - my clients, students, and readers - have been asking for the past 20 years. These are new questions, in addition to those I answered in my first book. I've also included 30 Success Stories (also new!) and 24 sets of topic-specific tips I call Fast 5 to help you avoid problems in the first place. 

* Love (finding it, losing it, finding it again)

* Wealth (making it, keeping it)

* Harmony (maintaining it, especially during the holidays)

* Clutter (tidying up)

* Careers & Business (finding jobs and clients)

* Mirrors (placing or removing them)

* Bedrooms & Beds (encouraging sleep)

* Real Estate (buying or selling a home)

--Jessica Greenbaum, PoemsInCommunity.org

Still going strong after 10-years! This is my award-winning book that includes easy-to-follow basics, plus secrets to make the practical magic of Feng Shui work for you. This practical and easy-to-understand volume includes success stories from real people who followed these tips with big results. I've also included a tip-a-day calendar with 366 tips (there's one for leap year) to help you attract wealth, achieve harmony, improve relationships, advance your career, and clear clutter every day of the year. As a bonus, there's a month-by-month guide to clutter clearing.

The Feng Shui Quick Guide for Home and Office is the perfect gift for everyone on your list: clients, colleagues, family, friends, and you. Plus, it's a great way for real estate agents to say "thank you" to sellers and to welcome buyers into their new home.

I've revised my book for 2020! Want to earn more money? Yearning to rev-up your love life? Looking to create family harmony? Need to control clutter before it controls you? Or do you just need a good night's sleep? The simple Feng Shui advice in 365 Feng Shui Secrets can bring all this and more. For example, you will learn how to do the “Feng Shui Fling” at the beginning of the year (January 1), discover why you shouldn’t keep shoes near your front door (March 16), find out how to get a good night’s sleep (August 20), and read what gifts to give and avoid giving for the holidays (December 6). The tips cover all the seasons, holidays, and celebrations of your life. The calendar of tips in this e-book cover people and pets; love, marriage, parenting, divorce, remarriage, and blended families; your home, your office, and your car; your bedrooms, bathrooms, and every room in your house; your clothes and your closets. This ebook includes tips to help strengthen your relationships with your spouse and your children, your friends and your family, and even some advice if your loved ones are deployed overseas.

--JT

When you have Feng Shui questions about your home, office, business, or workspace that go beyond the basics and you need to speak to the Feng Shui Expert, this virtual consulting option is for you! I will customize advice for the way you want to live in your home or work in your workspace. This is especially relevant today when we might need to rearrange our space to work at home and/or educate our children.

We'll schedule a 1-hour Zoom, FaceTime, or phone call to answer your questions and help you rearrange your space, shift your energy, and transform your life. It's your choice—ask about any room, any situation, any clutter-clearing problem, or any issue that needs a little Feng Shui TLC.

After you register for the consultation, you'll receive instructions for creating a short video or taking photos, and for scheduling the session. During the consultation, I'll give you practical recommendations to rearrange, reorganize, and reuse what you already have, plus a plan to bring Feng Shui harmony to your space. You can take notes or record the session.

Now, your entire group can learn practical Feng Shui tips from the comfort of their own homes.

I have taught thousands of clients, readers, and students the simple secrets of using Feng Shui to improve their lives, and now I can teach them to you and your group via Zoom. My webinars include customized training that I create to meet the specific needs of your organization, office, or group.

For more than 20 years, I have inspired diverse groups ranging from 5 to 500 with my in-person workshops. Now, I'm offering variations of the same presentations via Zoom so we can all stay home and stay safe.

Click here to see a list of some of my webinar and workshop audiences.

Email for details of how I can customize a webinar for you!

Carol, you're a rock star! I loved listening to the podcast of your interview with "Law of Attraction Talk Radio with Jewels," so I took your class. You continue to be an inspiration to me and have forever changed the way I arrange each home I've lived in since I first heard you speak in 2012. Keep up the good work! --GO

I took your class and watched several of your videos. Excellent! You have an absolute warm and welcoming approach. No wonder you are so successful. --CW 

This video class is nothing short of a delicious treat for your career. I loved it! Great practical pieces of advice. Well-taught in a fun, inspiring way. --RW