Feng Shui Bonus: Enhance Your Love Life

After my recent post on using feng shui to attract wealth, a reader asked me if we can use feng shui for improving relationships. The answer is yes.
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The following suggestions are of two kinds. The first set is more practical and easy for the rational mind to understand. The second set of [...]

Using Feng Shui to Attract Wealth

After looking at energising your home and life with feng shui and feng shui decorating tips, we’ll look at using feng shui to attract wealth.
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This is essentially an application of the law of attraction. If you set up your home in a way that helps you to constantly think of abundance, even [...]

Feng Shui Decorating Tips

This post looks at using feng shui for decorating our homes by following the following principles:
1. Yin and Yang
2. The Five Elements
3. Directions
The previous post provided an introduction to feng shui with some practical applications. The next post will look at using feng shui to increase wealth.
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Energize Your Home and Life with Feng Shui

When looking for interior decorating ideas a few years ago, I decided to try some feng shui ideas even though my rational self was skeptical.
The results were very pleasant, and I came to see that some principles of feng shui have a sound common sense basis.
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Half Portions, Double Enjoyment!

The hardest part about trying to lose weight is the sacrifice it involves. Having to give up the things we love makes our brains rebel against our best intentions to eat healthily.
Here’s how you can indulge your cravings and your desire to lose weight simultaneously: eat half portions of dessert or anything you crave.
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Running from Commitment Phobia

Commitment phobia is the fear of permanence, and usually applies specifically to romantic relationships.
Most articles on this topic are targeted at women, with advice about what to do if the man they were dating were commitment phobic. The short answer was usually “Run!”
None of the articles I found addressed those who have this condition, nor [...]

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