Feng Shui Decoded - the Western School of Feng Shui® Podcast
Join best selling author and founder of the Western School of Feng Shui Terah Kathryn Collins and co-hosts Rosanne Rusnock, Lorrie Webb Grillo and Ellen Schneider for stimulating and educational conversations about Essential Feng Shui®, with real-life success stories to help you decode your space and improve your life.
Episodes
Shownotes:
- Words are related to the Fire element which fuels loving relationships
- Dr. Emoto's discoveries on how water responds to words
- Louise Hay's books and videos on how to think, talk, and write using affirmational language
- A couple who wish to have children change the negative name of an area in their house
- A laundry/pantry area goes from Doom to VaVaVoom
- A young woman clearly defines how she'd like her life t...
Show notes:
Expansive spaces versus tight, cozy spaces--how do they support your energy?
The effects of screening off spaces in large rooms
Giving more space to your favorite passions
The work-rest-play triad of life activities--giving each of them good space to flourish
Creating outdoor spaces that promote rest versus work
In this episode, we share stories about renewing, recycling, repurposing and rejoicing in the new life found in old things.
We encourage listeners to:
Honor ancestorial items by repurposing them
Expand your shopping experience by asking the Universe for help in finding what you seek – and checking out local second-hand shops
Trust yourself in knowing when to let something go; and celebrate the farewell when finding it a new home
R...
Show notes:
Craft a space to hold your vision to start a family
Notice art that might be holding energy in place that does not support your vision
Purge a home of another's possessions that allows your personal vision to emerge
Write a Love Letter to your home to define the vision desired for your personal space and life.
Know your Vision can change over time and you can rearrange your space to support a new Vision
Show notes:
- Establishing supportive boundaries with an adult daughter in a shared home.
A "launch party" and assistance for adult kids ready to leave "the nest."
A story of creating peace between a newly moved-in grandpa and his grandson.
Respectfully housing two matriarchs in one home.
Ideas for corralling toddler toys everywhere.
General guidelines and tips for creating a harmonious home with all sorts of residents.
Check the feeling of each room in your house.
Have a conversation: What is your home saying to you?
Find one spot that resonates with you; assess why; and use that information to expand your resonance throughout the house.
Are you meeting your past needs or your current needs?
Story: Reducing the size of the dining table to fit current needs.
Story: Growing up in a family who built their own homes and had practices to honor memories and...
Episode 4: Collections or clutter?
Podcasts Hosts: Terah Kathryn Collins, Karen Abler Carrasco, Ellen Schneider, and Lorrie Webb Grillo.
Recorded: Feb 11, 2025
Show notes:
Collections or clutter: What’s the difference?
Collections are items that are loved and cared for; clutter is stuck energy that has become stagnant.
When collections become clutter, finding ways to give them away where they will be respected and loved anew.
Trust in...
Show notes:
- Definition of Tolerations
- Exploration of the many different tolerations and accessing solutions through Feng Shui practices
- From too many pillows to separate bedrooms, ending tolerations can be quick and heartfelt or involve deep work to emerge peacefully
Show notes:
- Using a Feng Shui remedy to resolve difficult neighbor issues
- A Feng Shui cure that softened the impact of intruding energies.
- Clear communications lead to better boundaries for all.
- Ways to increase generosity, beauty and happiness in neighborhoods.
Episode 1: Staying in the flow of abundance
Podcasts Hosts: Terah Kathryn Collins, Karen Abler Carrasco, Ellen Schneider, and Lorrie Webb Grillo.
Recorded: January 21, 2025
Show notes:
Our definitions of Abundance
Attributes of Abundance: Gratitude, Generosity, Trust, Resourcefulness
Abundance flows best in a circle of giving & receiving, like the breath
The maturation of abundance
Ellen Schneider's affirmation:
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The Center of the Bagua Map is considered the 'hub of the wheel' around which the treasures of life flow.
It's associated with the Earth element and with residents feeling grounded, centered, and connected.
Includes stories about overcoming architectural challenges such as closets and stairways to establish a strong Center.
- A request for a specific webmaster, placed in the Helpful People and Travel gua, brings the perfect person at the perfect time.
- Placing lights and fresh flowers in an empty HP&T room brings greatly expanded business success.
- Anchoring the HP&T corner out in the yard brings a perfect new home at the perfect price.
- An emergency request for a new heater at a budget price, placed in the HP&T gua, brings it immed...
Children & Creativity is found in the middle right side of the Bagua Map as viewed as a tic-tac-toe shape. Love & Marriage is above it, and Helpful People & Travel is below it.
This area is about bringing the ideas incubated in the depths of Love out into the world– those expressions could be children and could be creative work. Awe, wonder, playfulness, whimsy and light-heartedness are words associated with this area o...
Love and Marriage is in the top right box of your Bagua Map, between Fame and
Reputation on the left and Children and Creativity below.
This area is associated with Yielding and Softening as well as Intimacy, Nourishing, Sustainability and Adaptability.
Love and Marriage Stories:
- A newly separated single woman crafts her space to hold self-love
- A pair of childhood photos creates a new opening for a gay couple
Fame & Reputation is located in the top middle box of your Bagua Map, between Wealth on the left and Love on the right.
This area is associated with the Fire element; emotional warmth and connection; and Integrity, Honesty, and Recognition.
Fame & Reputation Stories:
-A teenager works with his bedroom and eliminates reputation issues at school
-A couple lights up their back patio and receives well-earned community recognit...
Brief introduction to the Bagua Map.
Key Words for Wealth and Prosperity: Flow, Abundance, Expansion, Gratitude, Appreciation
Experiences shared about applying Essential Feng Shui® to the Wealth and Prosperity Area:
- What to do when the Wealth and Prosperity area falls in a garage, on a balcony, or out in the yard.
- "Preemptive Feng Shui" -- applying Feng Shui remedies to a future home purchase.
- Fresh roses bring successfu...
Brief introduction to the Bagua map and how to apply it to floor plans
Key Words for Health and Family: Wellness, Trust, Intuition, Strength, Family and
Chosen Family Relationships, Foundation, Growth
Stories about applying Essential Feng Shui® to the Health and Family Area:
- How a couple rearranged their Health and Family area that had exposed medications and hospital décor to establish areas of beauty that saw them through t...
Key concepts to describe the Knowledge & Self-Cultivation area include:
- Taking the time to connect to and care for your mental, emotional and spiritual self
- Finding calm and peace in order to focus your mind
- Gaining new knowledge and experiencing flashes of insight.
Stories applying Feng Shui to this area include:
- A wife and mother finding the courage to attain independence
- A family struggling wi...
- Brief introduction to the Bagua Map (click here for a free how-to video on how to map your home)
- Key words to describe the essence of the Career area: Courage; Depth; Journey; Vocation; Identity; Connected to Spirit; Awakening; Freedom; Authenticity; Opportunity; Purpose
- Stories about applying Essential Feng Shui in the Career area of:
-a retiring couple;
-a business;a realtor/artist;
...
- Hallways and Staircases can be extreme in character and need to be balanced and enhanced.
- When decorating your hallways, consider the width and height of your hallway.
- Stairways create a waterfall of energy flowing downwards and if facing your front door, that means your Ch’i is flowing out of your home. We cite examples of how to mitigate this challenge.
- In these two areas of our home we want to slow down the fast-moving Ch’i so...
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