Find Yourself at Home: A Conscious Approach to Creating an Empowering Home Space (feat. Emily Grosvenor)
We all want to live in an empowering home environment that brings out our best. We also want to shape our homes to reflect who we want to be and align them with our behavior and purpose.
My guest, Emily Grosvenor, believes that we can make this a reality with conscious effort. She says our homes hold limitless opportunities to create meaning and inspire action.
Emily Grosvenor is a certified Feng Shui consultant, editor of Oregon Home magazine, and a Fulbright scholar whose essays, features, and commentary have been featured in Good
Housekeeping, Marie Claire, The Atlantic, Salon, and Publishers Weekly. As a Feng Shui consultant, Emily helps her clients adjust the messages in their homes to help them make shifts in their lives.
Drawing on ancient wisdom and modern science, Emily introduces us to a philosophical and practical approach to making spatial shifts in our homes that will help us cultivate a more meaningful life. She shares her five-step method for shaping our space so it shapes us back.
Interview timestamps:
03:50 ︳What is a conscious home, and what does it mean to be conscious about our homes
07:50 ︳What our homes say about us
10:53 ︳Common mistakes that people make when designing their home environments
15:15 ︳How understanding your personality can help you personalize your space
19:00 ︳Emily’s tips on getting creative inspiration for our home designs
21:34 ︳Emily explains why our homes are great collaborators in our lives
24:00 ︳How to design your space to inspire your creativity
25:30 ︳What is Feng Shui, and how can it help in shaping our homes
28:50 ︳What is the ‘bagua’ energy map, and why it’s powerful
33:00 ︳The key to finding objects that resonate with your personal symbology
35:54 ︳Emily describes her five-step process to creating a home environment that supports our values and self-discovery
38:50 ︳The first step we can take to create an empowering home space
Learn more about Emily Grosvenor and her book “Find Yourself at Home: A Conscious Approach to Shaping Your Space and Your Life” at her website.
