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Odyssey of the Heart: Paths to Wholeness through Feng Shui
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The New Feng Shui Home Office
Remember those first cell phones we called ‘bricks’ for their bulky size? How about the first portable PC, laptops that were really too heavy to comfortably carry (or work with one on your lap for any length of time, for that matter). They were supposed to make our offices portable – and they did, if you are thinking large, heavy briefcase. With the portable devices like tablet PC, iPads and smart phones do we even need home offices anymore? A comfortable armchair, a …
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The Value of Feng Shui Certification Part Three
Read Part One and Part Two I have studied with several teachers/mentors who are not affiliated with any organization, as a deliberate choice. I have colleagues who mention they prefer to study with different teachers/mentors and out of their training form their own unique modality. Even with the advice of mentors telling of the pitfalls of belonging to an organization, when I began the process of taking certification courses ‘credibility’ and acknowledgement as a graduate of that school seemed important. This is probably really useful for someone starting out in …
The Value of Feng Shui Certification, Part Two
Read Part One The ‘Real Deal’ Practitioner What I think of when I use the term the ‘real deal’ practitioner are those individuals who are invested heavily in experience and independent thought and study, and probably who have studied with several different teachers and traditions of feng shui. In other words, it is someone who practices feng shui first and then maybe other services secondly – not the other way around. There are exceptions: of course there are. I wouldn’t want to …
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The Value of Feng Shui Certification, Part One
This is a sensitive subject to write about, especially as a feng shui teacher, but I think it is important and there are not many people talking about it. It is about the value of certifications. In my own life it has happened twice now that I have invested money in training and have become disappointed, first in aromatherapy and then in feng shui. As these two professions caught hold and became popular in North America, books and courses became widely …
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5 Strategies to Make your Practice Shine
Have you chosen this profession (feng shui, healing, coaching, etc.) because you didn’t want to be in ‘sales’? Well, here’s something I certainly didn’t ‘get’ right away. We are all in sales, whether we are offering a service or a product, and what we are selling is ourselves. Or to rephrase it more appealingly, we project ourselves in such a way that people have the comfort level and trust to hire us. Without putting thought and action into how project ourselves, we are …
How to Build your Feng Shui Client Base
This week I was given two really good opportunities to think about the strategies used to get clients and specifically, what NOT to do: first a sales call I received (where the guy totally turned me off!) and then a chance teleseminar I took that showed me a great way to approach marketing. The reason I am interested is that I want to know how to be more effective in my own business, so I watch and see what I can learn. …
Meditation Rooms in Hospitals
Hospitals rethink spiritual spaces, create meditation rooms Wildmind Meditation News (May 14, 2010) They have space for prayer rugs and windows facing east – but no pews or religious symbols. They are called meditation rooms, sanctuaries where families can pray for patients, and doctors can pause for spiritual refreshing. At least three area hospitals have plans to open meditation rooms – or expand and revise what were once known as chapels – for nondenominational observance. Reasons range from the changing …
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Create a Work System
A blog entry I read by MaryPat Kavanagh, President & Owner of Strategic Results Marketing LLC, called 5 Joint Venture Time-Saving Tips, got me thinking about how I could improve my work habits. This article is focused on relationship building and offers some very useful suggestions. I especially like create a system for what to do and when to do it.
What I have found to be key for me and the way I