It’s lovely to give & receive gifts, but you don’t want to give something that will just be clutter for the recipient. Food, money, and flowers are all gifts that don’t have to be dusted. Don’t be guilty of giving... Read More

Grace Ho, the Japanese wife of a Chinese businessman, is an author I’ve recently discovered. I just got her book One Minute Feng Shui for Prosperity and I’m now a big fan. It was published in 2010 by a small... Read More

Both my parents were schoolteachers, and I’m a great believer in lifetime learning. I’m always looking for feng shui books I’ve never read. I recently got Joey Yap’s Pure Feng Shui which, although it is Compass School, still has some excellent... Read More

Two feng shui authors who have greatly influenced my practice are Carole Hyder and Terah Kathryn Collins. Both of them have written about the impracticality of having chairs that are interesting to look at but uncomfortable to sit in. I’m... Read More

I should have known the French would have a word for it—enfilade. Enfilade doors are doors that are lined up exactly, one door coming into the room and another door in a direct line leaving the room. I’ve been explaining... Read More