Feng Shui Coaching

Here are some posts I’ve written on the bagua map for “Where Energy Flows” blog. You can also get my book: Odyssey of the Heart - Paths to Wholeness through Feng Shui which is on the bagua map. It is available through my website: www.estel.ca

Read posts on the Bagua Map
Introducing the Bagua Map
The Bagua Map: [...]

How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.   ~ Annie Dillard.

How do you spend your days? Do you take time to nurture yourself – to replenish your inner source of creativity, inspiration, peace, joy – or to just rest and ‘be’? Or do you rush from morning to night, trying [...]

You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do. ~Eleanor Roosevelt.
As you get clear on who you are and what you want in life, it is valuable to examine your fears. Swiss [...]

Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy. ~ Thich Nhat Hanh.
Today, celebrate your life by making time for joyful activities! You are meant to have joy in your life. Your soul whispers to you constantly, urging you on and creating opportunities for [...]

I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it.
–Pablo Picasso
Imagine a scenario where a person’s dream has always been to go back to school, but she believes it is too late: she is too old to start again. Whether she goes back to [...]

Did you know that how you feel is directly related to how you hold your body (and how you hold your body is related to how you feel)? Other people can ‘read’ these attitudes about you through observing your body language, and this takes a mere matter of seconds?
As we grow into adulthood, our [...]

Today, celebrate your life by making time for joyful activities! You are meant to have joy in your life. Your soul whispers to you constantly, urging you on and creating opportunities for you to celebrate the precious jewel of the being that is you.
You are one-of-a-kind. No one else on earth thinks the [...]

What are you grateful for in your life?
Much of the time, most of us are so busy thinking about our problems, what is wrong in our life, and what is lacking, that we forget to be grateful for what we have. For what is right, and what is working for us.
Whenever you are [...]

The events that happened during your childhood planted seeds in your soul, and these seeds grew into the beliefs you have about yourself and the world. But at any stage in your life, you have the opportunity to change those beliefs. You can give the events of your life a different meaning, or a [...]

Have you even been in a situation like this:

you felt you needed to hide who you were, hold back, or shine a little less, to protect someone else from feeling smaller, weaker or devalued? (This can often happen between siblings, but also between child and parent.)
felt embarrassed by trying your best?
sensed that someone was [...]