Feng Shui Your Mind

Oh man! I am so happy! I just feng shui-ed my little life and ended a friendship that reappeared as a blast from the past. Initially I was excited to reconnect with this friend. We had shared many memories together as young adults and initially, had a good time going down memory lane. I tend to be one of those people full of forgiveness, so I didn’t remember much of the dynamics of our friendship until . . . they began to reappear. No matter what I said, she had a passive way of trying to get me to doubt everything about myself. It was so passive that initially it worked. I started wondering and seconding guessing myself about many things about my life. Even things that I actually love about my life, I started to doubt. It was as if her little thoughts snuck in and started cluttering my mind. And I let them!

Honestly, I loved our connection to the past but every time I was with her, I left feeling exhausted and depressed. Finally, just the other day, I realized that I needed to cut the cord. I told her that I felt like I really loved my life and just needed friends that really supported me. Sounds simple, right? I think if someone said that to me, I’d say, “oh I’m sorry, how can I support you more?” But no, I was surprised when that really pissed her off. She attempted to make me feel bad about myself again but this time, I was really clear with a decluttered mind. I was calm, strong and able to be compassionate with her as I held my boundaries. It felt so energizing! I think the little Feng Shui lesson here is to to develop discernment and determine who is really on your side. This is easy to see – people who get excited for you anytime you move forward or experience success are exactly the ones who will support you on your Feng Shui Your Mind journey. They are also the people who reconnect you with your best self anytime you feel somewhat lost or confused. These folks are your kindred spirits, never failing to see the best in you, even when you struggle to find that within yourself. Who are your kindred spirits? Call them today and express your gratitude! Thank them for all the energy they have generated in your life!

What if there were a way that you could experience more joy, love, peace, fun and prosperity in your life through less energy and effort on your part? I have noticed that the more I align my energy with universal energy, the expansion that I co-create with the Divine shows up with increasingly greater ease and effortlessness on my part. What am I talking about? In our book, Feng Shui Your Mind, we say that “when you discover how to harmonize your energy with universal energy, the results are amazing–doors open, opportunities arise, and life feels truly magical!” This morning I was thinking about how magical my life has become. And I was thinking, what has shifted within me? I realized that I have been practicing the age-old principle, let go, let God, more consistently than ever before! How does this work in a practical sense? Let me tell you. Once I declutter my mind that has me convinced that things have to happen according to my mental idea of what should be happening–I choose to let go. I turn it over to God, knowing that I have already tried my best to make things happen. That choice allows me to go through my day using less energy. This feels great because I have created the space for the Creator of the universe to take over. This simple but incredibly powerful daily practice has resulted in the bennies that the principle promises to deliver. Doors have opened. I have been blown away by the support that has shown up in the form of incredible people and opportunities who are excited about helping me live my purpose–to uplift and inspire others. In the past, there was a part of me, Maureen and I call the cluttered mind, that felt the need to push and kick the doors down which appeared impenetrable. That takes tons of energy to do and also doesn’t work! I invite you to join me in this amazing practice. Just let go and turn things over to God. Believe me, the rewards are so delicious, you won’t want to go back to the old, energy-draining ways of the past!

This week has been a great week for me. It actually started a little rocky with interpersonal disagreements between me and two people in my life. If you know me, this wasn’t so easy for me. I’m a pretty agreeable person and I really strive for peace in my relationships. So when I wasn’t getting that, it was throwing me a little. My energy was way off.. But then… in a most serendipitous way, I ran into this quote —

“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos into order, confusion into clarity…. It turns problems into gifts, failures into success, the unexpected into perfect timing, and mistakes into important events. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow.” ~ Melodie Beattie

And boy did that ring true for me. As soon as I looked at these conflicts as opportunities to expand my consciousness, I felt my mind shift. Gratitude really is the most amazing tool we have. It can totally Feng Shui Your Mind in an instant. No one puts it better than Eckhart Tolle, who said,

“Gratefulness for what is there is one of the most powerful tools for creating what is not yet there. What does gratefulness mean? It means you appreciate what is. You value, you give attention to, you honor whatever is at this moment.”

So I invite you to use gratitude right now as a tool to declutter your mind. Feel grateful for everything in your life — even the challenges you struggle the most with–

Welcome to our new blog where we plan to guide you on a quest to Feng Shui Your Mind!

As your guides, (Jill Lebeau and Maureen Raytis) we are thrilled to show you how to become the master of your life. The first step to Feng Shui Your Mind is to understand how your thoughts affect your energy. Energy, or chi, in Feng Shui terms, needs space to move freely, especially in your mind. As we said, when you step into a cluttered environment, you’re bound to feel uncomfortable and on-edge. The same principle applies to the mind. If your mind is cluttered, you simply won’t be able to operate at maximum capacity. And when the house is cluttered, you can’t see the cute end-table or find the phone when it starts to ring. In the same vein, focusing on big, ugly, fear-based thoughts blocks your mental chi and keeps you from living the life you want to be living.

It’s obvious that, when redecorating a house, the first step is to clear the old stuff out. If you want to redecorate your mind so that you can attract vitality, wealth, and love with ease, the first step is to declutter the thoughts that are using up your valuable energy.

What do we mean by mental clutter? Basically, it’s all of the thoughts that have us convinced that we are deficient in some way and that life is scary and must be hard. According to the cluttered mind, in order to be successful, a lot of stress, hard work and struggle are required. You know what we mean…it’s the crack that whip or no pain, no gain philosophy. So when you feel that pressure, just know that you are under the spell of mental clutter. If you remain unaware, you will continue to suffer, feeling confused and hopeless. When you get caught up in the if only syndrome – if only I had more money, a new car, better job or more loving relationships, etc. – you are drowning in mental clutter. It’s like the cat chasing its tail. Whenever you look outside yourself to feel complete, you get trapped in the viewpoint of scarcity. In that case, you feel powerless to change anything about your life. Your power, after all, lies within you – not out there, somewhere. If you allow the clutter in your mind to run wild, your precious energy will be drained.

Jill and I were just talking together and agreeing that the more we practice living this way, the less stressed and easier our lives get.  So do you want easy?  The first step is just observing what thoughts are in your way!  We’re so excited to be sharing these techniques with all of you because we are committed to showing you how to use the least amount of energy to generate maximum success.  Sound good?  So over the next week, really think about what mental clutter you’d like to release and what you would like to create in it’s place.