Ep142 - Marie Diamond: How to Feng Shui the Life

Picture this: your life as a harmonious masterpiece, with every aspect vibrating in sync with The Universe. Your home, the ultimate haven where serenity and balance reign supreme. Sounds dreamy, right? ⁣But, where do you begin? Consider this episode your golden ticket to transformation, balance and harmony with guest Master Trainer of Feng Shui and Law of Attraction, Marie Diamond joins Hilary Russo on the HIListically Speaking Podcast. ⁣

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Marie also dives deep into listeners' questions, unraveling the mysteries of Feng Shui one query at a time. It's like having a cosmic consultant right in your earbuds, helping you curate a life that resonates with prosperity, love, and success.⁣

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Chapters:⁣

0:00 Intro⁣

1:50 What is Feng Shui⁣

3:30 Marie's near death experience⁣

5:35 Marie's introduction to Feng Shui⁣

9:32 Feng Shui Your Life book⁣

15:32 Working with the environment⁣

16:30 Bringing in romance ⁣

18:20 How to Feng Shui your bedroom for love⁣

22:20 Using the Diamond Compass ⁣

27:00 How to feng shui your office for success⁣

35:30 How has Feng Shui worked for you? ⁣

37:00 Why decluttering is important for your chi & health⁣

41:00 The importance of crystals⁣

41:55 Marie answers listeners' questions⁣

42:16 Personal direction. What is it?⁣

45:00 Paintings in the bedroom⁣

47:00 Vision board and success⁣

48:45 Objects help! Marie and Stephen Spielberg⁣

51:15 What if you don't like your home?⁣

54:00 Colors in your home⁣

55:55 Rapid fire game⁣

58:15 Marie's words of wisdom⁣

59:00 Hilary's closing thoughts

TRANSCRIPT

HILARY OK my friends as we know sometimes all it takes is a simple shift to make things look and feel better in our lives right? You adjust yourself all the time when you're sitting in a chair when your body's feeling uncomfortable and I'm constantly talking about the power of altering your thoughts your moods your behaviors your habits to find that calm in the chaos through Neuroscience . But what about your home what about your respite? That place that you come home to every day what if a simple positioning of a desk or removing a picture or even changing the color or moving a plant can add Fortune, health, love, wisdom and so much more into your life. ⁣

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I wish I had Marie Diamond in my pocket to help when I was making shifts in my own life and in my own home but guess what she is here she is the most renowned feng shui master in the world you may recognize her from the global sensation The Secret or her Mind Valley class or just reading any of her amazing books and she's here now on HIListically Speaking to answer listeners questions and share more about her new book "Feng Shui Your Life a beginner's guide to using your home to attract the life of your dreams".⁣

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Marie Marie. This is a gift having you here thank you so much for joining us on the show.⁣

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MARIE oh thank you so much Hilary it's it's such a pleasure to be here and all your listen listeners and viewers.⁣

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HILARY you are a gift in this area in so many areas I mean I know that you are a master of the Law of Attraction of f and I think what I want to do is really start out first by those who might not be familiar with Feng Shui if you can just share what that is and we'll go from there.⁣

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MARIE: Feng Shui is an energy system that you can compare with like acupuncture for the body so but this is like acupuncture for the home. So to create energy flow we're going to use colors, positioning of furniture to make sure we're in the right location in the landscape looking at what is inside the house of uh images um so everything around us is like I call it a three-dimensional vision board and so it's all affecting us on a subconscious level. And feng shui means literally wind and water. It's a Chinese system for more than 3,000 years and it really is creating flow and it's like connect with the energy the chi that we have and that's why wind and water are the two major elements that we're tapping into. That's why water is considered creating abundance and wind bread is creating life force and that's why we're using the compass directions to make that all happen so this this is such a spiritual journey too. ⁣

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HILARY For those who might not be into the spiritual so much and I think we're seeing more people getting into that this is something that's very simple to do in your own home a simple adjustments in your own home that can create that flow right that chi in the home but for you I mean as a child you had mentioned that in your book you actually mentioned this that you had this kind of Awakening uh an experience a trauma in your own life that kind of was the beginning of all this can you elaborate on that?⁣

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MARIE yeah of course so I was 15 I was um living in Belgium in a Catholic Family and going from school to home um to have lunch I actually had um a major accident I was run over by a truck they declared me dead um and so I left my body and as they were trying to resuscitate me um I was in the ambulance and I saw my mother present there I saw the um ambulance guy and I still remember seeing them there and I was able to describe you know how this man looked like even if I was declared dead and so but I left my body completely I went to like a whole other dimension of spirit where people say going to the light and I saw beings of light. I was myself in like a light dress and I was giving the message like telepathically you have to go back and reach more than 500 million people and enlightened them now that was a message I was given to me I had no what that meant of course I was 15. I always say if that would be now I would probably start a Tik Tok account or start a podcast but at that time I had no idea what that meant right and so I already had some you know very advanced spiritual mentors around me because I was already meditating early age like when I was seven the first time. I remember and so when I was you know connecting with my spiritual mentors I was asking what did I do wrong to attract this because I was aware of the Law of attraction. ⁣

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I was aware of visualization and I just knew that at that point I did not visualize that accident I did not visualize to die but I think it was part of my destiny to go to that experience and so my mentor said you have bad Feng Shui and that's the first time I heard this word. And when I heard that word I was like okay I need to research it so I went to libraries but you know to be honest in a Catholic country like Belgium there was no books on Feng Shui, so that is uh how he's kind of shared with me that I was in a wrong location in the house so I was in the north section of the house what is not lucky for me um based on my birthday. So I moved into the West area what is lucky for me I painted it colors that you know really resonated with me I changed the pictures around me and from being bullied at school no friends I start having a boyfriend I started having a lot of friends around me I became you know accepted by the community and I started practicing my work being part of a you know of service to the community to the church whatever I could to make a difference in my life that's how I started connect with that is an amazing awareness at such a young age.⁣

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HILARY in a country that you mentioned is so faith-based and also just the time you know even though this is a this has been around for thousands of years you know being able to embody something like that and feel comfortable doing that when you're surrounded by so much and so impressionable at that age that you want to fit in right and you mentioned being bullies bullied I can imagine that something in you was so much more powerful than the outside forces that made you want to say I have to make a change for me. ⁣

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MARIE I really don't care what other people might think yeah you know I think I was very strong already in myself um I was very trusting into the messages were giving to me like as a child I really saw energy I saw people's chakras and fields I was like I was a Seer and my parents were aware of that if I would say something like this is going to happen or need to take care of this they were very open to that so that was like for them a gift of God so they were like not against my spiritual experiences what is of course was a gift in itself.⁣

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HILARY absolutely So Beautiful to know that you had that support too because sometimes again if you're not supported by your own parents who at that age you know you're still impressionable you're still trying to learn the best ways to be and grow into a well-rounded adult having that support from your parents and we're seeing that a lot now where we're seeing this next generation even of of uh children and young adults really finding who they are and being open and expressing it like you mentioned you know taking to the Tic Tok right yeah. ⁣

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MARIE Of course and I love that that that's possible right now I mean I have myself three children my youngest is 20 I mean whatever they came forward with this is what I want to do in life we were totally supporting them as parents one you know became a musician the others is working on acting another was very creative with cars so it's like it doesn't matter as long as you know and listen to your child to move forward and you know you have to think that this was 45 years ago so in that time there was not such a high conscious yet an awareness of spirituality of energy but you know my parents were very open to that and they were like as much as I could be happy they would allow that to me yeah beautiful.⁣

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HILARY so for you coming into this world of Feng Shui and really embodying it and and there's so much that you're doing to make this easy for people because I remember like I mentioned when I moved into my place that I'm currently in now I didn't know anything about fun really I mean I hadn't tapped into it I knew about it but I knew it was energy I knew it was flow I knew that you know it was placement of things but I didn't really understand things like the bag map and mapping your home and the North and the South and East I didn't understand any of that and I did so much of that myself um in this home and I realized that it did create a better flow for me and more happiness and more joy and uh and that was just from self but you're making it so easy with folks with a beginner's guide which which amazes me Marie because you have so many books you've already written and you've already published and have already been a success how is The Beginner's Guide coming out now?⁣

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MARIE well you know it was one of the things that people um really asked me like what if Marie comes in your home with you right so a lot of the books I've written before are more towards people that have done online courses and have specific information they need about colors about the energy numbers um about leadership but it was like um when I connect with Hay House they asked me could you just um take them like you would be with them uh through the house from the beginning what would be the steps you know that I that I do with my clients and so I thought that was really a a good way to do this also because we are going much more mainstream now with this information with a a major um mainstream um television show and so and also because people are much more open now uh from all backgrounds to talk about energy that I felt I need to really bring out The Beginner's Guide before it was always they started online with me or they started in seminars or with other um ways to bring this the the first points of Feng Shui but I thought it would be a good way to start um because now you know I'm talking to all kinds of people um on radio on television and you know it doesn't matter anymore what is the background religiously or culturally people are interested to find out more energy in their home absolutely so important because really I mean your home is your respite and it's not just about finding happiness within your home we we I know we have some questions about this a little later but it's it's how can what you create in your own rest bit in your own home really amplify out into your own life correct it's just like it's one of the first things I learned uh from my grandmas that I started studying with when I was 30 years old um it was that there were three aspects to manifestation three aspects to what some people would call the law of attraction and that made completely sense to me and the first part is what we call your destiny like you're born into uh this world with some talents some gifts a purpose of life and of course you're born in a certain family certain culture and you don't always like what you're where you're born but you perhaps can make decisions and change into another country or so you have some decisions you can make from it but there's a purpose there's a plan somehow for your soul I do believe in that what people would call Karma and so he said that's one part of your manifestation that is your Beginnings your beginners start kit for manifestation and the second part is what do we do with that it's like what we call the human potential like uh we can have a change of mindset we can um you know change our Behavior we can change the actions we take so that's kind of a human part that of course in the self-development world we talk about and for example in the secret 99% of the teachers were focusing on that part but you know my function Master said that's only another third there the last third that is as important I think that's what the Chinese Masters for thousands of years really um figured out is that there's a whole system how to tap into manifest with your environment so where you live where you sleep where you work is subconsciously affecting you all the time and so we know that somehow because we go to places and we feel like oh this such a good vibe you want to keep hanging out there right and there's other places even your own home you're like oh I don't like it you just don't know what it is but there's something about that space right and you don't like to hang out there and so but you know you can change that because they have found their principles there's laws there are formulas um that we can really use to change that energy. Like I said it's like the Acupuncture of the home we can change the flow and then you like that space and you love hanging out there and on top of it it creates good energy for yourself and your family that's so important too because if you know I know there was one question we had that was focused on did not liking the home and it could also be that the relationship was not toxic as well so it needs you need to really do a hardcore uh sit back and really think about is it just the home is it the environment is what you're attracting into your own life too but what can you what do you have control of that you can change in order to manifest the life of your dreams yeah. And you know working with your environment is quite an easy thing to do because like changing your mindset you need a lot of discipline for it yeah you're taking actions every day and not procrastinate I mean that takes some willpower right um but if you change your desk or if you hang something different like once youve done it it's there. Of course you can keep updating it you know the images and the colors and whatever but it's a much easier system and the results are very fast so within nine days to nine weeks people really see a shift in their life.⁣

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HILARY Wow nine days to nine weeks people see a shift with just a shift in their home.⁣

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MARIE they'll see the shift in their lives and sometimes even sooner I had people that um you know I came into their house um or that they did the work and they like had a promotion with a week or they had like a check and unexpected money coming to them or they met somebody within a month so it is like it's really interesting it's like I feel a lot of people have the right mindset already they already have good Destiny but their environment is just not aligned with the goals and the destiny that they have and so it's like the home is telling a different story now I'm telling you the home is stronger than your willpower it's stronger than your mindset because it's there all the time 24 hours a day. So if you have for example you want to be um having romance but everywhere where you go and I was there in a house last week and this woman said I love strong women okay there were 30 images of women in her environment alone right so I said yeah you love strong women but do you want to stay alone that's the question she said no I want to get remarried and I said well let's bring out romance yeah so let's go of the images that where you look single even if it's just a symbol of a single woman and she was like Oh and it it really it hit home to her to like say is that what I really desired this is the story you're telling every time you open the door I even in the hallway there were five images of single women so you actually even coming in you tell all the men that are coming in get home get back you know I'm happy with being single here so it's not just you that it gives a subconscious me it gives a subconscious message to other people too that is incredible and something that I actually did in my own home I remember that because when I moved into the home I'm in now I was recently divorced out of a marriage and I thought I want to make this welcoming and I remember the one thing I read about feng shui is creating like two things like having the the love birds or the colors that you choose can matter or not just having one end table but having two and having that space open to put things in there for the partner that you desire there was so much of a shift for me I'm like oh I see and exactly what you're saying you know you can be an empowered woman and have a an object of a woman maybe in your bathroom where you want it to be an intimate space but that message you're putting out there not only into the universe you're also putting out there into anybody and and that is that.⁣

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HILARY I think that is one thing that a lot of people are wondering about that I've heard from people uh that have been checking in with this HIListically Speaking Podcast episode is how do I bring love into my life? And would you would that be a good ⁣

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MARIE yeah that's a very good topic so the first place is always look at your bedroom right because that's the anchor place and like what you said make sure you have side tables on both sides make sure that people can go into the other side of the bed so don't put the bed against two walls so that you're like only come in from one side of the bed so must be symmetry left and right with two lamps two end tables for sure um also look at what uh hangs above your headboard yeah because what hangs above your headboard is like you go to sleep that's like the thing you see so make sure there's no water images there because water always drains the relationship even if it's a couple that is like they have this beautiful image of a couple um under an umbrella in the rain in Paris I'm telling you it's rain it's water you know is miserable you don't want to be there too long so something that shows love it can start with a heart it can start with the word love you can if you are in a relationship you can put an image of you and your partner but make sure it's a current picture not like from 20 years ago or 10 years ago always stay current with the pictures and then also look for colors that are matching and I always suggest Earth colors because Earth colors are more warmer and it kind of feels you more sheltered so like beiges Browns yellows peaches orange pinks are really good to have in your bedroom avoid green because when you having green we're thinking we're in nature and we our body doesn't sleep so well avoid too much blue because of the water and too much red so you can put like red pillows for example and now Valentine is coming up perfect time to get shopping to get red pillows like in a heart hard form put two of them on the bed if you want more passion right but don't paint everything in red because that's too much fire and then people get too much in conflict and then for sure when you're single and you have mirrors reflecting your bed it will tell you I'm doubling my loneliness so make sure you cover the mirrors or you put a screen in front of it at night or hang a curtain even a television can be a reflective um area so cover that at night and even if you're in a relationship cover it too because otherwise you're telling I'm doubling my partner and you get what we call the roving eyes so people are more interested to look to the other side or outside the marriage or the partnership.⁣

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HILARY that was a big one that I remember changing I'm like that mirror cannot be anywhere cutting through the bed or at least I can't see it right because sometimes I mean space matters too there you know I I know others like myself when you live in New York a lot of people rent a lot of people don't have the ability to say oh this bedroom has to be in the North side or the South Side you have to take what you can get and do the best you can so with that in mind um what if you can't you know what if the mirror can only be in that place like you said you just cover it at night? ⁣

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MARIE yeah you cover it at night get a like a partition or a screen and put it there and then during the day you can literally fold it together or you can hang curtain so that you can just close again over the mirrors and then on top of it you know because I work with personal fun based on your birthday and so that means that you need to look at you know and that's something you learn in the fun your life book but you also can go and connect in with my free app and so it's called Marie Diamond's you can go to the app store and then in the app you will actually get um to put in your birthday and and your Birth, gender because it's connected with your birth DNA and it creates an energy profile and the energy profile gives you a number between one and nine and then based on that number there is a relationship direction that is a compass direction that works for you your whole life to create good relationships and so you will see you will get uh like an app and you will get a Diamond Compass and your Diamond Compass is related with your birthday and so mine for example is West yeah so I don't know what it is for you but it could be East or south or Southeast so what people do they have the app they hold the app in front of them on the level of the heart in the center of the bedroom and then you see where is your relationship Direction in my relationship Direction. I have a picture of my husband and me and we do that for the last 30 years and we 33 years together right so it definitely works but I also put in his relationship Direction because for him it's different his is Northeast. So I put a picture of us together in his relationship Direction in the bedroom and so that is something I've been practicing but also make sure there's no clutter in that area or there are images that are connected with love no single um no images with single men or women on it you cannot do that so and that is something that is very personal it is beyond the Bagua system this is more advanced feng shui. But it's something that everybody can practice and you can use that in every space so you can use your compass. Stand in the center of your living room for example in the center of my living room and and I look where is the for me my relationship Direction I have a picture there with me and my husband but also with my children because I don't bring my children in my bedroom because you know that's my personal romantic space yeah because I seen too many times people put too many pictures of their children in their bedroom and then they don't attract the partner because you need to focus on one place for your romance but in your living room your family room in your relationship Direction you can put your extended family your friends I mean anyone that you want in your life.⁣

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HILARY I love that I actually downloaded the app I'm and I did the personal number as well and that's a really important question.⁣

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MARIE I want to touch on that real quick but just to reiterate what you said whatever your husband or what your direction is what if if your husband's is Northwest in that Northwest area you put what Vibes with him correct is that what you're saying yes I would I would do that because you know and I let him choose the picture also that he loves about us right not just I'm deciding you know I like hey these are the picture sweetheart that we have which one do you really love about us right so he had like um made that like a glass where there's like you see my picture and his picture like engraved in it he loves that one I have to be honest I don't like I don't like that one but it's his relationship so he has a choice to put it there and it's you respecting that person's choice right knowing that it could it can bring more love and compatibility and happiness it needs to resonate you know it need to resonate with that person so and that is a really fun for special women sometimes saying I don't know if my husband will be open to that I'm telling you people love the energy number and just invite them and you can even in the free version of the app you can check out the numbers of somebody else and then of course you need to share it with them because they need to get it on their phone to get the profile because it's very personal and know they love it and even for the children in their own bedroom you know for children focus on their bedroom that's the whole uh point because that's their anchor space and so like in their relationship Direction make sure there's a picture of you with them right so or with their siblings so there there's this message conscious subconsciously like hey I am in that family because sometimes they put pictures of their idols and their their favorite singers all over and but I would say keep a picture of the family in their relationship and I'm telling you you get better along with your children love that bringing that back into the family values as well and and teaching your children the simple tools of how to create a safe space for themselves something. ⁣

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HILARY I love that I didn't even think about the children aspect but thank you for sharing. Tthat so love is a big area I would imagine another thing is always Finance finances everyone's like wants to make more wants to do more wants to be more wants success so what would be simple tips and tools you can share with folks about that so the first step.⁣

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MARIE I always say uh you know when you're working and that can be online can be in person uh can be that you have a Works Space or you're working on your dining room area that make sure that you always see the door of the room that you're coming in so I'm like right now in my office I see the door. Even if I'm talking to you it's in my peripheral view so the door cannot be behind you the door cannot be on the side so you have to like turn yourself to see it yeah so we call that the power position why is it important. Because we have seen through tests that when people are facing in such a way that they see the door that they are spiking into Alpha brain waves when we go into Alpha we're more creative we're more solution driven we see the future when you're sitting with your back to the door like say you have your desk against the wall and the door is behind you you spike up faster into beta brain waves that means you're more focused towards the past. You're more focused on to worries and fears and you don't see the opportunities coming to you and so especially when you are um then also facing the wall then you will start procrastinating more you will have the feeling that you're hitting a financial wall or a creative wall so think about a queen a King a president of the United States they don't sit with their death against the wall yeah so they always sets up that they can have somebody sitting on the other side of their desk even if there's nobody there. ⁣

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I mean you're here right now with me Hilary and all the viewers but there's space on the other side for them and I see the door so this is really powerful and that shifts so many things I've seen people that really felt not appreciated in their job by changing that around that they have appreciated got bonuses got raises got promotions just by doing this simple trick right sitting up in your power position but any meeting you have like you go to a meeting on a conference room you go in a meeting I don't know in your local store or local um coffee shop to see clients always make sure you're earlier and that you set yourself up you can see the door walking them in you are then the queen or the king of your business that's yeah so it's an easy to change change in your desk. and I remember this man and he was a real estate agent and he called me and said Marie I am really ready to call in chapter 11 that means you know going in failure and I said tell me what's going on and he said well I'm he show me this floor plan I said just change your desk just you know just do that he said but that's really difficult and said you know it's a one-time thing change your desk right so he changed his desk and he called me six months later and he had made 11 100% more income and so it's just because he he was in connection with his clients because his clients would come in and sit next to him but they were actually in control of the negotiations so he now is in in control of the negotiations, So that's the first thing the second thing I would suggest is to also check again your your app you actually have what we call your success direction so when you look to the app you'll see it's a royal blue uh in Direction and so the royal blue you hold it in the center of your office or the place where you work and there you see what is in that direction. Like for me it's Southwest now Southwest is really behind me so you don't have to look at it but it's behind me and there I have my books I have my Awards I also have there you can't see it but because it's in the cabinet I have my bank statement I have my contracts you know I have all important things that are connect with my business yeah so something that resonates with you so you say perhaps well I don't have anything yet but I'm sure you have a book on success or you can order easy a book on leadership right or perhaps you have certificates that you have from from school or something you studied you can hang that there always add some gold to it because gold is the color of abundance and even on your desk put some items in Gold like literally I have like a gold part with where I put things up so the more you put some gold looking items it does not to be real gold of course brain doesn't make a difference if it's real gold or fake gold it doesn't make the difference so just having some of that around you will actually activate your success energy it's just the little things. ⁣

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HILARY I imagine there are a lot of people that and I'm one of them that you putting the desk against the wall because you might have limited space I mean what would be your suggestion for someone that really doesn't have that possibility of having a desk because it you need the space you know you need space.⁣

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MARIE so the first thing I would suggest make sure you have a good high back chair with armrests yeah so you feel like at least you are supported and then make sure the high back chair is as high as your neck yeah good so that is like this is supported so you can lean so everything feels supported the second thing you can do is put a little mirror like left or right on the wall so that in the mirror you can see in a glimpse of a second who is behind you who's coming through the door yeah that's the second thing I would do and then in front of you I would suggest to put like um quotes or images that really inspire you yeah could be pictures of of your loved ones like so it feels like people are coming towards you like something is inspiring so and if you can try also to face a good direction in that case yeah so again with your app you can literally hold your app and hold it in front of you like I am facing my wisdom Direction what is excellent because I'm teaching the whole day yeah so I'm educating people but if you also can then look at so look towards a good direction even if it's on the wall then you will add 10% of good luck in finances oh my goodness 10% is a lot to put on the table ⁣

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HILARY wow Marie that is amazing this is so exciting I can't wait to play with the app more I don't think I've given it enough attention and listen everyone that app is free to download on marad diamond.com I'm going to put that in the HIListically SPeaking podcast notes so that you know it's there uh she also has uh a number of other things that you offer you have your master class that's free on your website as well so there are so many opportunities to get in touch with Marie and have Marie in your own pocket but also I highly recommend and we'll mention this again because she's talking a lot about what's in the book feng shui your life this is a beginner's guide to using your home to attract the life of your dreams. You can do this I've been looking through this book I cannot wait I I can read this again and again because there's things you're going to come back to what do I want to do in my my bedroom what do I want to do in my office what do I want to do in my living room my kitchen and just in your home and all areas of your life is right here in the book and it's so easy to read and you have the personal numbers in here as well I noticed that so you can find your personal number ⁣

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you can play around with it you can do this you know this could be a family thing or a partner thing as well which I love and and a great gift actually for friends and family that are perhaps stuck somehow in their life right now and they really want to move into a better place or a lot of people that have been using the love attraction and feel like they really haven't gotten the results because they were missing out on that last part of the law of attraction that is your environment so a lot of people can use this and every home you go to this is like your go to place uh go to book to really start ⁣

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HILARY yes absolutely and I want I want to also mention that if you've been tuning into Marie's work in the past if you've done any of the feng sh if you followed her let me know share it in the comments uh leave me a leave leave a rating a review and say that this this episode has touch moved and inspired you and some way some way wherever you're listening whether it's through a podcast platform or whether it is on YouTube or you can also leave a message a personal message of how feng shui has changed your life by going to speakpipe.com / hilistically speaking and record your voice press record and let me know what you think about this episode how Marie has touch moved and inspired you and just how Hilistically Speaking has touch moved and inspired you especially as we're moving in this new year there's so many small little things you can do to make a huge difference in your life what did you say nine days to nine weeks . Marie that's amazing. ⁣

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MARIE yeah another area that fast it goes that fast yes I love that that's so fast that is just it's like two months at most you know and as little as a week so it's the little shifts that make the big changes right so you see the Small Things First the other area people are certainly paying more attention to these days especially in the holistic way of living is their health and I know that is a huge part of feng shui. You know it's really interesting because feng shui was first focused towards health so because you know thousands of years ago having longevity was crucial first of all for your family for um thriving in society if you did not have a health because you know people died much earlier than in today's world so the first Focus was always how the chi of your environment would really affect your health and so I always say the first step I would go and focus on is decluttering is making sure you create space because everything we have creates a heaviness creates uh takes space literally around us and especially in the bedroom you know declutter um anytime you open your your drawers your cabinets it let go of at least 10 to 20% if you feel your health is not doing well by releasing that that will be very helpful and so and then give it away you know just don't store it again in another storage place but give it away and there's a lot of people that could use some of what you have and then of course also in your um in your personal energy number you do have when you look at the compass you do have a health Direction yeah so the health direction is again a personal place a personal portal of energy towards the universe so I remember that I placed before I knew fun right I did have this image of this um woman you know imitation like quite round and full and she was nude right so I did have that in my relation in my health Direction so you know I was actually telling subconsciously it's okay to gain weight yeah because and so and one day I knew all about the personal energy number I was like oh my god I've been giving myself permission to gain weight right and so I took that away I put that in the hallway it's not in a place where you are not living sleeping working right that's kind of three to five hours a day. If you're in a room in that long it will affect you um but in a whole way that's fine and so I start putting there my yoga mat I put there my vitamin supplements I had like an image of myself looking really fit and happy and I started having more encouragement yeah to really get going because I was a little procrastinating on doing the right exercises before right and then it kind of gave me that permission yeah to do that and so that is something that's very helpful also for health if you have health issues check out your plants you know and um especially if you have a lot of spiky plants or plants with spiky leaves that will actually affect your nervous system and your wellbeing so try to avoid them. ⁣

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I would always suggest no plants in the bedroom except if they're fake and I know some people say well there are some plants that give you oxygen it's just energetically it's better but also where you sitting. I had somebody that had all the time uh you know coughing and flu but next to his uh office desk he had this huge um a huge plant that was all with spiky leaves so we moved that away and he became much healthier because he was like you know attacking his energy in his Aura field so be careful about that you also can check in with putting more crystals in good directions yeah crystals are really good for your health so if go with crystals that resonate with you and we have a whole chapter on crystals in the feng shui your life because it's something it's an Earth element and if you have lack of Health that means you have lack of Earth so putting some crystals around you will affect you and there's specific places again you can put certain crystals to activate your energy. ⁣

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HILARY the fact that you have a whole chapter and that's chapter 14 on the crystals is is so important because I know that people and I'm one of them when I was getting more into the crystals you really you might be attracted to the color of the Crystal but do you really know what the energy is that that Crystal is bringing into your home and where to put it and how to how to use those crystals for good so the fact that you chose some of the best crystals well you see you have like one two three you have about 10 different crystals here that are really the most popular crystals that people use in their home and I appreciate you defining them so this book really covers everything and makes it so simple to feng shui your life perfect title from every area and these are you know the most important areas in our lives that we need to take care of it all comes back like you said to Health First when you have health you have wealth in other areas as well so can we take some questions?⁣

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MARIE yes yes oh let's take some.⁣

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HILARY we got some good ones Marie and these folks love you so I'm just going to put them out there and then we'll just go with them but the first one we're going to go with is from Masha. She's from Iran and she said should personal directions or direction of each year be taken into account and for those who don't understand what personal direction is maybe we can explain that first.⁣

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MARIE yeah so your personal direction again is based on your energy number so based on your birthday you have four directions that are very strong for you and directions always to do with the wi interactions so the compass directions there eight Compass directions that we can tap into so every year we do have an adjustment sometimes that we need to do for the Chinese New Year so we have the new Chinese New Year coming up the wood and dragon year and every year there is um there are some directions that are stronger for you than others so I'm going to for example go more general not based on your birthday the best place to create cash cash flow for this year in 2024 is actually to put a bubbling fountain in the east of your living room or your office because that is where the cash flow energy of the wooden dragon is located this year now if East is one of your good directions that will give you extra stimulus um because East is a good energy so if East is your success Direction you will have a lot of new beginnings a lot of new income stre dream coming your way but even if East is not one of your good direction you can still stimulate the cash flow by putting a bubbling fountain in the east in the areas where you are not sleeping that's so great and are we we're not just talking the office or we are yeah office a living room or family room I would say one place is enough to activate like for me it will be in my uh my office because I love having a fountain there we try to avoid it not to have it in the bedroom because it's too much water energy and that's disturbing for people and it's just the East wall of each room we're talking wall or the east corner depending how where the East is of course your your space so he always stands in the center and then look where that direction is so there are some adjustments for each year like last year in 2023 uh the fountain had to be in the southwest so and that is something when people go to the website and they go for the uh course feng shui 2024 so we each year we give an update where to place um all this um I would say crystals or fountains to activate the year of uh the the Chinese New Year.⁣

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HILARY wonderful so Masha I hope that answered your question thank you so much for thank you so much for submitting appreciate that. Okay Sarah is next she's in Sydney Australia and her question is when attracting love is it best to have a painting above your bed we mentioned not having water above your bed but is it best to have a painting and I guess we've already kind of answered this. ⁣

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MARIE she said full of many hearts or is it just two hearts well I would we kind of touched on that yeah but I I like the the question though because you know if you do a lot of Hearts then it's like you're inviting a lot of people in right so I always suggest two hearts or like one big heart right um and the best than color is pink rose fuchsia um red if you like red um so gold you can also work you know um so I have like uh because my husband I are already so long together I actually have one big pink heart yeah.⁣

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HILARY I love that that's a great question Sarah thank you so much and hopefully some of the tips that Marie gave a little earlier in this conversation will help you with that area as well. since we touched on love. Okay this is coming from London this is Moni and she says she's trying to actually believe this this is this is very specific so this is why I left this in here she wants to create more Financial Freedom in her life but she's also trying to get a Visa okay well you know.⁣

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MARIE I I have just done that myself I just got the new visa to live for a couple of years in the US so what I did is I put a picture of uh the US government like it could be the because if you want to get a visa on their specific departments right that you work with so I put a a picture of that logo in a gold looking frame in My Success Direction I also put a flag of the US in uh there so if for you it's the UK then put a flag of the UK and look up which department is connect with immigration and put a logo of that there and then of course I had it also on my vision board and when you have a vision board put it in your success Direction um and you can do it in your bedroom can be in your office you know some people do not like it in their living room because too many people are coming there um but having it in your success direction of course I put there on my vision board like literally I am always say the words I am because that's wrong energy I am receiving um my um this kind of Visa or for immigration to this country so I did that hey it worked.⁣

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HILARY oh I love that so this is going so much into the art of manifestation and Law of Attraction what you put out there right treat it like it's already there is is really it's giving people the visual here and now and now so the beautiful part about this is that Moni also asked about her son so this could really come in handy with her son Oliver she said her son Oliver wants to be an academy award-winning actor how could she help him do that and I think you kind of just explained it maybe having a picture of a statue?⁣

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MARIE I have more than 20 Oscar winning clients so I'm telling you it really works you know I had some clients that um never had an Oscar and then you know they put a fake Oscar out fake Oscar statue in their success of action you have have to put your name on it like you put a label on it or you engrave it I mean there are uh there are service that do that and then put in also on it for what it is yeah so if it's producer actor best acting role you know just put something very specific right so I put my oscar statue out in 2001 now at that time I'm not an actor I'm not a producer whatever right but I put it out there there because I put on my vision board that was going to be in a movie seen by millions of people that would transform the world and as a symbol the Oscar was a symbol I resonated with now interesting enough within a month I got my first Oscar winning clients right and it's only five years later I got into the secret yeah but meanwhile I already had five Oscar winning clients and one day I was just so clear that I always one I always got to people that had one Oscar that I put two more Oscars out I put three Oscars out and within a week step Spielberg his family called me to do all their houses and at that point he had won three Oscars.⁣

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HILARY this is incredible this is incredible uh Moni, Oliver are you listening because I have we we obviously have some information that so if we see Oliver with an Oscar down the line don't forget don't forget HIListically Speaking and don't forget Marie Diamond in your in your acceptance speech. That's incredible so and that's the that's the thing like it you know what is the saying if you want to make God laugh tell them your plans like maybe you were putting the Oscar out there but something else in regards to the Oscar came into your life right many times over right so I love oh that is incredible. You don't always know what the plan is right so never thought at that moment I didn't even have a visualization.⁣

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MARIE I didn't have a goal that I would attract Oscar winning clients yeah and of course I am in you know many houses where they really have Oscars and the Emmys and the Grammys and so now the first thing I always say I put them in their success of action so they can have more of it yeah um or the anything that they want to desire your success direction is crucial and the success direction will come up on the app app to tell you where the success direction is in that specific room you're in correct yes ⁣

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HILARY perfect love it love it okay Ivana's question from Washington State she's trying to create a new life for herself and the energy of the people might not be the best in the life that she has and she does not like the house that she's in like the house period she's not happy in the house how can we help Ivana. ⁣

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MARIE I would say the first thing um would ask her to decl and let go of things that of people that perhaps in the past or even in the present are still around her you know it could be books that they have given them it could be letters it could be photos of people it just it's better to let go of things and and have nothing and then fill it back up with something new so that's the first thing I would suggest the second thing I would love for her to check out her relationship Direction. Because if she doesn't like the people around her there's something wrong with her relationship Direction yeah perhaps she has the wrong message there you know. I remember this woman and she had the same situation but in her relationship Direction was an image that was very abstract it was like old strange forms so when you looked at it it was kind of chaotic so the people she attracted were chaotic people yeah and so I answered to take that away and I said you know there are some images of like. For example friends or you have like the ceramic Friendship Circle that you can put there um or you just um put like um the globe there like a globe is always you know connecting with Humanity like you're open to to meet all the people that you need so that is something she can play with when you don't feel really good in your home definitely check out the feng shui your life book because there are so many aspects to it but especially if you don't have enough Joy enough happiness in the house start adding orange so orange pillows orange candles um in the living room in your family room just orange gives always a feeling in our mind of coming home being happy being joyful yeah so do that and I would definitely suggest for her to do some space clearing we have some space clearing tips one of them is lavender Mist so start spraying lavender Mist regularly in your house to release the heavy that is there because I can tap into that house and I feel a lot of heaviness there yeah the misting and the essential oils I use that in my house all the time and it just changes so much how this it's not just an aroma or smell it actually does have a medicinal effect on your body so this is additionally. ⁣

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HILARY so does the wild orange so Orange has that as well so very important orange is good too yeah and you mentioned colors so we're going to go into the next question this is our last question and and that is from Leah she's in Peterboro England and she says what colors should a sofa or an armchair be in the bedroom you kind of touched on this too. ⁣

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MARIE but let's get specific with the actual piece of furniture yeah so like I said in a bedroom I would first focus on Earth Tones so it's like beiges Browns but you also can go with metal tones so there will be like whites Silvers Golds Grays copper or actually really good in the bedroom you know if you would think like oh I want more love I want to do a pink sofa that would be great um I would not do a red sofa that's again too much red um in a bedroom so if you want to work more with red in Furniture go and put that more in a dining room or a living room or a family room where you're active yeah where you're moving around all the time so too much red when you're sleeping is not uh suggested or maybe even like a metal tone with the throat like a pillow like I have this this this pinkish pillow with the Grays I mean it's that inviting.⁣

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HILARY thank you wonderful these are such amazing questions thank you to everyone that submitted. What a what a joy is to have you Marie the last thing I want to do before we go and one more time I just want to mention fun your life is available this book just came out not too long ago start here if you have never done feng shui before and thenit you can do is like graduate to the other books that Marie has in her Library you can also download the apps that she has that does the entire like there's so much that you you are you're so giving you have so much to offer for free so I'm going to put that in the podcast notes the book also how to get in touch with Marie on our website and how to download the app and the master class and everything else that you offer so graciously. ⁣

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Before we go I love to play a little game with my guests and basically this is a little word association I've been collecting words that we've been talking about and things that you've said and I'm just going to throw out one word and then what I would love for you to do is come back with the first word that comes to mind okay. A little fun.⁣

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MARIE Okay.⁣

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HILARY here we go clutter.⁣

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MARIE um release.⁣

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HILARY manifestation.⁣

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MARIE power.⁣

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HILARY energy ⁣

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MARIE I didn't hear that.⁣

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HILARY energy.⁣

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MARIE love.⁣

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HILARY spiritual.⁣

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MARIE peace⁣

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HILARY water ⁣

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MARIE abundance ⁣

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MARIE wind calmness ⁣

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MARIE support ⁣

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MARIE I didn't hear that last word ⁣

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HILARY I'm sorry passion.⁣

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MARIE oh passion um myself .⁣

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HILARY I love that Joy.⁣

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MARIE um my daughter.⁣

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HILARY and one more because this is my word of the Year and that really everything you're saying just makes me think about it…balance.⁣

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MARIE your home.⁣

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HILARY you're giving me so much Rocket Fuel to make changes in my home now that I've been here a number of years and look I understand to those listening not everybody owns their home or can can design their home and Steven Spielberg and can and make all these adjustments before the home is built but you can take small steps to make big changes in your life that you'll see down the line like Marie said within 9 days to nine weeks small little shifts can make a difference and you'll see it and I would love to know if you do let me know you know definitely share your experience with me Marie. Thank you so much this has been such a joy you are gift you're a gift in this world of spiritual healing and I couldn't be more just to have you here today I'm HIListically Speaking. ⁣

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MARIE Thank you so much for having me here and allowing me to share my wisdom with so many of your followers ⁣

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HILARY If you have any words of wisdom if you have final words what would that be?⁣

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MARIE well my last words would be here is that just start practicing feng shui to really attract you know what you desire in life it worked for me from starting in a small Studio you know 30 years ago to living now in a beautiful mansion in Belaire so it really has created an amazing life for me abundantly but also amazing family life and so I wish that all for all of you thank you .⁣

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HILARY thank you so much for your wishes and your gift you are a gift.⁣

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HILARY all right my friends if you have not downloaded Marie's app to find out your best Direction your diamond Compass answers to how you can position yourself in your life and how you can use fun in your home the time is now or even check out her master class she has a free master class I shared that link all of the links are available on her website which I shared in the podcast notes and if you are ready for it I'm telling you the time is now grab a copy of Marie's book feng shui your life it is a beginner's guide but it is chalk full of things you can do in the everyday it is a simple approach to changing things in your life to make your entire Journey for the best I'm telling you it's a great guide to go along with the app with the compass also just uh to refer back to when you need it if you're making a change in one room and then in another refer back to this book it is a great guide to have in your everyday life and tell us how you are feng shui your life I would love to know you can leave a rating a review on any of the podcast platforms you tune in including YouTube tell us what you're doing with your feng shui journey how are you making small changes that are affecting your life in a big way you can even take it one step further and go to speakpipe dot com slash hilistically speaking and leave a voice message and I might share that message on a future episode of this show.⁣

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I am so grateful to see that we have listeners expanding around the world more listeners from more countries are tuning into to this podcast day after day and all I can say to that is I am so grateful for you for tuning in thank you thank you for pressing play and on that note I'm sending so much success and fun have fun with your feng shui journey definitely let me know how it's going for you because you deserve to live the life of your dreams I love you I believe in you and I will see you next week be well.