When I was working primarily as a Feng Shui consultant for the residential market, I repeatedly stressed the argument that if your space is in order, you will be as well. When a space is “in order,” it provides an experience of balance, harmony, and...
There’s no question that healthcare is dependent on the latest scientific advancements. Lab experiments and recent discoveries are constantly opening up new ways to make people feel better and get better. Tremendous financial resources are committed to this path. However, lately there there’s a new kid, or rather science...
For many people, heading to a clinic or a hospital doesn’t always have a pleasant connotation. From the prospect of getting a flu shot to a medical procedure to surgery, there is usually a certain amount of discomfort or downright pain involved. Advancing medical procedures and...
When someone comes to the emergency room at a hospital, it goes without saying that there’s stress and anxiety, maybe panic and alarm, surrounding their arrival-- -- often driven by pain. Typically, an emergency patient wants help and wants it right away. Waiting in an emergency room can be an...
Some days, no matter how much you love your job, don’t you wish you could just walk away? Even for a few minutes just to clear your head? Dealing with all the details, demands and decisions can be taxing. In my own situation working in a home-based office,...
One of the goals of Feng Shui is to assure that anyone who enters a space—whether home or office—knows what to do and where to go. Enabling someone to feel in control of the environment, particularly an environment that is already unfamiliar to them, provides the visitor...
Most of us know what it takes for us to find our proverbial “happy place.” It might be an actual place or a place somewhere in our mind----either way we feel better when we find ourselves there. If truth be known, our stress levels probably drop...
In 1913, my grandfather was diagnosed with tuberculosis. He was banished to a sanatorium in Pine City, MN, leaving my grandmother with my mother who was 3 and twin baby boys to continue working their farm until he got better and could return. There were no antibiotics or...
One of the characteristics of an integrated hospital space is that it be vibrant and alive. This isn’t just referring to color selection, although that is certainly important. But just as important is the link to nature that involves the ever-changing current we see throughout...
As a Feng Shui consultant helping healthcare facilities create an integrative and healing space, I look at factors that cause environmental stress. One factor often on the short end of consideration is noise. All aspects of surroundings make an impact on whoever is in those surroundings. ...
In 2003, I was hired as a Feng Shui consultant to assist in the building of a hospital in Hudson, Wisconsin. My position on the design team enabled me to offer ideas for color, furniture placement, office arrangements, an overall entry experience, optimal garden settings----and...
A common complaint I hear from my corporate Feng Shui clients is they “never have enough time.” There are never enough hours in the day or minutes in the hour. They’d love to do more, engage more, listen more, help more---but there’s not enough time. Too many meetings,...