Bring In Abundance with These 8 Feng Shui Tips

Feng Shui is a Chinese system of harmonizing the environment by balancing the elements to create a specific ambiance, clear negative energy and or bring in positive energy. These 8 Feng Shui tips can help you to not only bring in waves of prosperity, but they will help you to  keep your abundance flowing and growing.

 Feng Shui Prosperity Tips

1.  On a small piece of paper write the number 8 on it. Place the paper in your wallet. 8's also represent the infinity sign. When you place the infinity sign in your wallet, you are creating a flow that goes from you and to you. The money that goes out, will come back in to you.
2.  Place a citrine crystal in the money corner of your room, home or business. The money corner is the furthest corner to the left in your room, home or business.
3. Repair any leaky faucets in your space. Leaks often represent the money that is leaking from your wallet or bank account.
4. Get rid of the clutter! Clutter creates stagnancy in your space and prevents the flow of abundance from moving throughout your space.
5. Bring in a few plants into your home and or workspace. Living plants represent a growing and thriving environment.
6. Place a water foundation in your abundance corner. The constant movement of water keeps the energy flowing and moving.
7. Put a money frog by our front door facing inwards. By placing your money frog facing inward, you are inviting the money into your life. If he faces outwards, he will keep the money going out the door.
8. Purchase 3 goldfish; 2 orange and one black. The orange fish will bring wealth to you and the black one will absorb the negativity that may be preventing you from being abundant.

These Feng Shui tips are meant to help you recognize and shift the energy in your environment. Give them each a try one at a time to see which method works best for you. It's also a good idea to switch up the energy in your space on a regular basis if you should experience a little stagnancy in your finances. 

Feel free to share your experiences and feedback after trying a few of these Feng Shui tips.

Blessings and Light,

Laurie Barraco 

I Dare You! Are You Up For It?

Are you up for my challenge? I challenge every single person who reads this Blog to make a conscious effort to not think or say a negative thought or word. Can you do it? 
I think you can :) Negativity and complaining only lower our vibration, we all agree on this concept. May I ask, then why do we still complain, whine, gossip, or stir the pot? I understand that sometimes, we simply want to vent or commiserate with others to make ourselves feel better or to simply gain attention. When we do this, we are actually stealing energy from others as we dump and take the energy/life force from others. 

When we do these things we not only harm ourselves but are harming the other person as well as our human collective, the animal and plant kingdom and our precious planet. Everything is energy. What we send out with our thoughts, emotions, words and actions is sent out and returns not only to us but also effects everything and everyone. We effect our weather, our illnesses, our collective soul lessons - everything!

Are you up for the 24 Hour No-Negative Thoughts, Actions, Words and Deed Challenge? I am! I would love to hear your feedback as to how you did and what changed in your life.

Ready, set, Go!!

Blessings and Light,
Laurie

Personal Obstacles

Manifestation is an area where many struggle. There are areas in our lives where manifesting is easier than others. This is where we are able to see where we have chosen to receive our growth on a soul level.
Some are able to manifest easily in the area of abundance. It seems to come to them effortlessly while some live paycheck to paycheck. 
Some have chosen addictions as challenges to overcome.
There are those who are "lucky" in love and of course there are those whose picker seems to be off.
Once you have identified the area(s) where you struggle, you can accept this is your chosen path for personal growth, things seem to flow more smoothly.
I suggest looking at each obstacle as a milestone to work through to get to a place of comfort. You may never "get there" but you can have peace and some success.
Also, if you are aware of your challenge area then you can be a little more forgiving with yourself.
It is also important to not judge yourself for ending at the same beginning place again. It is not the same if you have a different awareness of your sensitive areas. 
Here are some suggestions to help you cope with your re-occuring obstacles:

• Journal your experiences, sometimes writing it down helps you reflect and release the frustrations you may have. You can also document your victories in your area of struggle.
• Ask someone who loves you and who is honest, kind with their words to help you understand where you seem to be repeating things and are not aware of your behavior.
• See each person/experience as an opportunity for growth.
• Mentorship, find someone who is successful in the areas you struggle to help you implement new ideas.
• Forgive yourself for making repeat "offenses".
• Be honest with yourself, no more justification. There is a fine line with not being hard on yourself to switching gears to victimhood. 
• Faith ~ keep your spiritual connection strong. By connecting to the light you are able to recharge your batteries with light. 
• Meditation ~ by meditating you are helping clear the mind ~ this leads to more and deeper understanding.
• Read books on the subject, educate yourself.
• Hypnosis can help you redirect your patterns, it does work for some.
• Let go of the old stories of pain and disappointment. Learn from them and more on. Create new stories with happier endings.
• Reward yourself often when you are able to re-direct or change your usual pattern. Celebrate all your successes the big and small victories.
• Affirmations are wonderful to reprogram the patterns. "I am able to attract to me the romantic partner that is for my highest and best good. The partner that will love, respect and be the best match energetically for me." "I understand each relationship provides experience and understanding about myself. Each one brings me closer to the ideal partner for me."
• If someone criticizes you in the area you struggle, try to not take it personally. This is an opportunity to change your behavior. Of course, look within to see if there is any truth in the statement. There may be some truth, there may not be. However, look within to see why someone may make this statement.
• Raise your vibration. By raising your vibration, there is another level of understanding. You will have epiphanies of solutions and different ways to work through your struggles. You can raise your vibration by meditating, eating healthy foods, getting plenty of rest, spend time with high vibrational people, receiving healing, going to counseling and using a few of the techniques I have suggested above. 

We all have areas of opportunity for growth. The more aware we are of our "problem" areas the more easily our lives flow. Also, I encourage you to engage with your karmic areas with love, patience, understand and humor. 

Blessings and Light,

Laurie