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