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Holiday Storage and Tantalizing Your Holiday
By: Janet L. Hall

The holidays are generally filled with laughter, joy and gift giving; however this is also a good time to evaluate what you are using or not using for storing and preserving your holiday decorations.

It’s also a time when we engage all of our senses through smells of candles and baked goods. With sights of lights and colorful and shiny objects, and don’t forget watching and feeding animals. Through sounds of chimes and music and tasting fresh baked goods. A time for different textures and colors and a time for gathering and giving thanks.

With all this in mind I offer you the following items:

 

Holiday Storage Products: I searched the Internet and found some fabulous storage options for storing your gift wrap, ribbons, ornaments, lights, wreaths, cards and trees into. I love them ALL and hope you will take advantage of purchasing some of these storage items for your home. Thank you for supporting me in my work. Click HERE
 
Feng Shui Your Holidays: Tantalizing Your Spaces and Your Senses with Aroma, Lights, Nature, Sight, Sound, Taste, Textures & Colors. Click HERE
Holiday Decorations to Tickle Your Senses: Holiday decorations I’ve located for you on the Internet, through other companies, that will assist you in tickling your senses! Once you click on the Buy button you will be taken to another site and the price and ordering information will be listed. Thank you for supporting me in my work. Click HERE
 
Give “OverHall” as a Gift! OverHall Gift Certificates to give to a loved one, friend, or co-worker. Just pick your price, pay over our secure server and download and print out your gift certificate. It’s that easy! Click HERE
 
Free Gift Buying Card: This is a card that you fill out to give to others that are in your circle of family or friends that ask “What would you like for (blank)?” This card will help you eliminate duplicate or unwanted gifts, and incorrect sizes. Ask and receive the items you need the most or want by presenting them with your gift buying card. It’s free! Download HERE
 
Free Holiday Checklists: Here you’ll find Guest Checklists (Preparing for your guests), Holiday Safety Checklist and All Occasion Card Checklist. Click HERE
 
Buying Green: In this day and age I feel it is important for us all to do the best we can and make better choices of our gift buying practices and choices. I hope some of you enjoy and purchase some of the “green” gifts I’ve found on the Internet for you. Click HERE
Aug
05

Harmony and Ebony

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By: Janet L. Hall 

What kind of an environment are you trying to produce or experience: one that is exciting, Yang, or one that is calming, Yin? Couples should be aware that the bedroom should be more Yin – somewhat dark and quiet – to ensure not only a blissful rest, but also a safe, loving, and honored space in which they can be their selves. 

The energy of your bedroom or space is evoked through what you see, hear, smell, feel, and how you move through the space. Some refer to this energy as Chi, which is what you experience when you are in a space. 

Every space has it’s own unique sight (views, colors, shapes), sound (noise, movement), smell (odor), and feel (texture of fabrics). Energy – it’s all around us! 

To help ensure calm and harmony, couples need to honor each other’s individuality by providing space in their bedroom that allow each person’s personal needs to be obtained. However, bringing in the “office,” computer, exercise equipment, or television can cause your bedroom to have too much Yang, too much energy and over stimulation, which can cause restlessness and disharmony. Placing pictures of people that bring bad memories, or any unsettling pictures, such as a boat being tossed about on wild seas are not desirable items for your place of refuge either. 

If you are having difficulty sleeping your bedroom might be too Yang. Maybe your sex drive is out of gas, which could be caused by an overabundance of Yin or using incorrect shapes, colors, odors, or textures in your bedroom. 

Soft, cushy bedding and fabrics can help create a Yin bedroom that will be harmonious, loving, and supportive. Speaking of supportive, make sure your bed has a headboard that you can comfortably rest against. A supportive headboard relates to support in your relationships. 

Introducing muted mid tone colors (Benjamin Moore Paints Pink Eraser arouses sexual thoughts), cool temperatures (leave a window cracked or turn down the air temperature), lavender scent, which is sleep inducing, or Jasmine that speaks of harmony and desire will also help you obtain a more Yin space.

When looking around your bedroom make sure what you are seeing promotes the quality and feeling of the life you are “dreaming” of. Play around with colors, smells, shapes, and textures until the desired result is achieved.   

Start by removing all clutter, unused items, or items that cause unhappiness, bad memories, or that agitate you! 

Using your intuition or gut feeling, add, move, or remove things in your space until you “feel” what you are trying to achieve in your space. And to create intrigue and mystery for a special night throw on some black satin sheets!

 By: Janet L. Hall

I believe it was last week when I caught John Stossel doing a talk on ABC’s 20/20, “The Big, Bad Bailout“ and it sounded intriguing to me so I watched.

He began by telling us how the government and most politician’s continually remind us that we (the nation) are in crisis and that virtually every industry, agency, and household is in trouble.

Now I’m not one to debate politics, nor do I want to with you. What I’m leading up to is your personal situation and how you
choose to perceive things.

I personally feel the word challenge is better fitting then the word crisis. The word crisis indicates disaster or catastrophe, where as a kinder word might be something like predicament, quandary or jam. When we look at the word challenge, the meanings are to confront, be brave, and face up to. The words we choose and our politicians and news people use can have a great impact on you unless you choose not to buy into their words and emotions. Unless you choose a different perception.

So now let’s look at your personal situation which might involve some challenges – things that you want to be brave about, face up to and do something about – having to do with clutter.

Perhaps you have some debt clutter, body clutter, space clutter, brain clutter, job clutter, kids clutter, or spouses clutter.

Figuring out how to best face/fix your personal challenges in and of its self might be your first challenge. Where to begin or how to begin.

First let’s break all those clutter challenges down into two areas so it isn’t so overwhelming and identify the categories that come under each area. We’ll have Person Clutter and Place Clutter.

Person Clutter:
Any worry or anything you are having a challenge making a decision about how to handle or “fix”; brain clutter (negative
thoughts and worries), debt clutter, body clutter (health and weight), speech clutter, kids clutter and spouses clutter.

Place Clutter:
Any space; floor, surface tops, drawers, filing cabinets, closets or rooms that are filled with clutter or “out of control”.

Okay let’s get started by working on speech and brain clutter first. As my dear friend Paula says, “Are you willing to make the shift in your consciousness…”? Meaning are you ready to learn how to shift and change the way you think, feel, and speak of your challenges and your life?

Are you ready to release the negative talk, to release any anger or fear, to release frustrations and impatience, to release any judging and prejudices, and to release the old beliefs?

Are you willing to make the discoveries about your clutter and take the actions to saying yes to your life”?

Okay then…

The words you think and say and the emotions you feel have a strong impact on your life and for that matter for those around you. Not only do they influence you and your future, they influence all the people near and dear to you.

Let me give you some examples:

When you say “I need more money.”
You are projecting and experiencing lack, or not enough.
Say “I have all that I need.”

When you say “I have too much cr* ap”.
You are projecting and experiencing that what you do have has no value to you or others. You are verbally ditching the stuff you have brought into your home.
Say ” I have an abundance of items that have value to others I’m willing to release, share and pass it forward”.

When you say “I feel like a prisoner in my own home”.
You are projecting and experiencing that you have no control over yourself or your home and you are unable to move around, leave, or invite others over.
Say “I have all the freedom I need, I can move effortless through my home and I welcome others to my space “.

When you think, say, or feel lack, feel unfulfilled, or talk your negative talk you are inviting that very thing into your life, into your experiences, and into your reality.

So it is when you think, say of feel abundance, feel fulfilled, and use positive talk, you are inviting that very thing into your life, into your experiences, and into your reality.

It’s called the Law of Attraction. What you ask for comes to you. What you think about comes to you.

When you begin to understand your emotions, you’ll begin to understand your thoughts and be able to change your perception, your focus and your words to a more positive point of view.

Pay close attention to your words, thoughts and emotions for the next week and see how you can change the negative into the positive. Once you begin to change your words and emotions towards your life you will begin to see miracles happen, you will begin to see a shift in your life and those around you.

Remember “Life is a Full-Time Job; You Cannot Fail Unless You Quit” (c).

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