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Conscious Design For Manifestation: How To Harness The Energy In Your Home To Get What You Want

by: Jenn

Just like everything else, your home is an energetic space. But that also means it has massive potential for helping to shape and change the way you feel–and therefore the way you act and the results you create in your life.

In other words, your home can be a tool for manifestation–but only if you know how to use that power! In today’s training, I’m explaining what Conscious Design is and how you can get started using this powerful modality in the comfort of your own home.

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Manifest Your Dreams Using Your Home: The 3-Step Process

by: Jenn

If you’ve been reading this blog for a while, you’ll know that I sort of fell into life coaching through the back door.

I was an interior designer, you see! I was all about the transformative powers of your home.

But I still deeply believe in that idea. For me, it’s incredibly easy to see the energetics of someone while I’m in their home.

Your home is deeply personal. It’s a literal extension of you–and that means that if you’re experiencing mental chaos or confusion, it’s very likely that your home is too.

But even though I can read your space like your temperature on a thermometer, there’s an even better thing we can do with this concept.

Just like you influence your space, your space can also influence YOU.

There’s a saying I love which I absolutely believe to be true:

The way you do one thing is the way you do everything.

I know that when you first hear that it’s awfully depressing! No one wants to be called out on the food they put in their body, the clothes they have stashed in the closet or the way their dining room table looks! But it really is all connected.

Look at it this way: living in chaos, disorganization or even dirtiness is a symptom of low self-worth.

But if you dare to start loving yourself, you’ll see that you deserve so much more than that!

You also deserve more than just living on McDonald’s, not exercising or dressing like a total shlumpadinka! (And deep down inside you know it!)

Taking control of your space can literally make you feel better. This one “small” step can have a literal ripple effect on your entire life. And it can help to make calling in the things you really want a lot easier too!

A home that makes you feel good and reflects the things you want in life is actually a powerful tool for manifestation.

So today I wanted to share a simple three-step process for how to manifest through using your home:

Manifest Your Dreams Using Your Home: The 3-Step Process

1. Clear Your Clutter

It might not be the most obvious manifesting tool but think about it: the things in your home have energy, just like you and me. So clearing away the things that you no longer use or that remind you of not-so-stellar moments are great candidates for this energetic clearing.

The problem with clutter is that it is insidious. We live in consumer culture and we’re expected to buy, buy, buy to keep up our seasonal wardrobe and have a stylish home. But there’s not nearly as much talk about getting rid of the stuff that doesn’t serve you anymore!

Of course, you can’t chase trend after trend and retain a perfectly organized space. The space will always run out at some point (no matter how big a closet you manage to buy!) So clearing clutter should just be part of your routine, like spring cleaning or getting your space ready for the holidays.

2. Clear The Energy

Now that we’ve cleared out the old clutter and refreshed our space energetically, it’s time to do some energy spring cleaning! No matter how much clutter you’ve cleared it’s still important to conduct a space clearing as well. Basically, this is just about getting rid of any lingering negative energy so you can be sure your space is only calling in what’s best for you.

There are many different ways to approach space clearing. I have a whole post right here about how to energetically cleanse your space but the four main methods are through smoke, salt or sound. I’ll leave it up to you on what method works best for you! Just be sure to pick one and actually do it.

3. Invoke Your Intention

Confession: I was never really one to mess around with vision boards. But it’s not that I don’t see the value. I just don’t love putting up a random board of clippings for all the world to see!

Fortunately, you can do the exact same thing for your manifesting without a pile of old magazines. Your home can really be used as one giant vision board, with just a few little tweaks. (And no one will be any the wiser!)

I love to incorporate a few elements that invoke my current intentions into my space. That way I’m getting the visual reminder of what I’m currently working on but it also blends in beautifully with the rest of the space.

Think about what you’re calling in and see what you can come up with! Looking for a relationship? Try placing some pictures of happy couples in your space. Manifesting more money? Then incorporate the colors green or gold. There aren’t really any rules here so get creative and go with what speaks to you!

I hope this post inspires you to both care for your home deeply as an extension of you and to see the power it can bring to your manifesting routine!

Thank you so much for reading! As always, I’d love to hear how it goes for you so let me know in the comments. ????

PS Looking for more? You might also want to check out this post about 8 you’re not manifesting what you want or this one about step into you.

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The 7 Principles of Conscious Design

by: Jenn

Conscious Design is what I call the work that I do: integrative interior design that’s goal is to support and nurture the owner. It’s not about being simply beautiful and Pinterest-worthy (although it can be) or abot spending a lot of money. Instead it’s about tailoring a space to the needs and goals of the unique individual living there.

I’m always going on about how important Conscious Design is but I thought it might be helpful to put together some key ideas from my practice into a list. While the practice itself takes time and work, it’s makes things a lot easier to have a reference point to work from. So with ease in mind, here we go:

7 Principles Of Conscious Design

Principle #1: Use Integrity

Make all design choices with integrity. Do your purchases reflect you or where you want to go? Or are they borne out of trend-chasing, boredom or an attempt to keep up with the Joneses? Conscious design isn’t competitive and it should never involve you spending beyond your means.

Principle #2: Support Your Vision

Always incorporate items into your space that support your life goals or themes. These are your token objects: visual signals that remind you of the path in front of you. Use your space as if it were a large vision board.

Principle #3: Practice Graceful Non-attachment

There’s a thin boundary between cherishing and respecting our belongings and becoming ruled by them. When we put too much emotion into physical objects, we set ourselves up with burdens of guilt and disappointment. Not sure which side you’re on? Feel it out by examining your stuff. Feeling overly attached to something feels heavy and dark. Practicing non-attachment feels light and beautiful.

Principle #4: Be Reverent

Always treat your space and belongings with reverence. That means regular cleaning and maintenance along with attention. (This is just as effective as talking to your plants!) Are you giving your belongings the attention they deserve? Or are you ignoring them as they’re locked up in a cupboard or closet? Do you use all the rooms in your home? Or do you spend most of your time in one corner of your sofa? Does your home and your belongings really serve you this way or is it time to switch things up?

Principle #5: Spotlight Your Favorites

Shine a light on what you really love. If you’re a musician, does your home reflect that? If you’re an artist, do you see your art within your space? Design a space that incorporates your passion, even if it’s “only” a hobby.

Principle #6: Design For Your Life

Be realistic about what goes on in your space. Maybe your dining room would serve you better if it was turned into a home office.

Ensure your space works for the way you actually live. It’s not about impressing others; it’s about supporting you.

Principle #7: Don’t Seek Perfection

Your home is always growing to reflect the changes within you. It’s never going to be “done”. Do what you can with what you can and keep paying attention to it. Do this and over time, it will become a bigger and brighter reflection of you.

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Take Control of Your Feedback Loop

by: Jenn

Did you know? Your home is actually a giant feedback loop that affects your health and well-being. It’s the most important feedback loop of all because you live in it.

You create the space around you. You chose every item, you placed things just so. You selected the house or apartment.

Your home is a creation of you.

Lots of people are taken aback by this idea. That’s because many of us aren’t truly invested in our own space. Instead, we think we ended up in a certain space because the rent was cheap or our roommate moved out and the stuff around us sort of accumulated over time.

And all of that might be true. But it’s still a creation of you. A million tiny seemingly-meaningless decisions were personified and came together to create your current reality.

We create our space. And we are also deeply affected by it.

We know the story behind every small item; we know how everything “ended up” here. Even when times have long gone by and we think we have pushed everything out of our mind, our brain still knows. Everything we can see around us is being processed by our subconscious and you can’t simply turn that part of your mind off.

And this is where the danger lies. When we don’t make active decisions about what we keep around us, we inevitably get bogged down by clutter, too many sentimental items or items from times that might better be left forgotten.

So many people are looking to improve themselves or to create sustained changes in their life but are trying to do so while also being bogged down by negative narratives from the past that exist in the space around them. That’s not to say that change can’t happen this way, but why make it any more difficult for yourself?

This is why I am so passionate about Conscious Design. I believe taking an active approach to your home is one huge step forward on any transformational journey. It’s simply about you getting out of your own way.

Be truly responsible for your life and your space.

PS Looking for more? You might also want to check out this post about 10 magical morning rituals or this one about a quick color psychology guide.

Conscious Design For Manifestation: How To Harness The Energy In Your Home To Get What You Want

Love This Video? Then Save It To Your Manifestation Board For Later!

Manifest Your Dreams Using Your Home: The 3-Step Process