New Year Edition: Renewing Your Faith in Love After a Breakup

According to Stephanie Robert's piece on "Improve Your Luck with Feng Shui," before any changes can happen, we must understand that lack of love in your life can be due to impaired energy.

" A key principle of Feng Shui is that everything is connected energetically. This means that your thoughts, feelings, and behavior are influenced by your surroundings. An untidy bedroom contributes to an atmosphere of fatigue and depression, which in turn makes it harder for you to find the energy to clean up. In Feng Shui terms, it also undermines your ability to attract and maintain a joyful and fulfilling romantic attachment."

After my breakup, I had feelings of anger, rejection, unworthiness and fear creep up. Robert suggests that after-breakup periods require quite solitude, for repair and spiritual healing.

Here is How You Can Heal Yourself with Feng Shui

• Remove old objects from your household, living space. This means discarding or removing any reminiscent of your ex, past lover including pictures, clothes, bedding, relics, gifts, or any other visible objects that require you to hold on to the past. Those objects/possessions can create stagnated energy . In turn, keep your living space tidy to
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A Day In the Life of Redefining Myself in 2012

It is the New Year 2012 and many people around the world are ready to renew their lives with new goals, aspirations and New Year resolutions. Let's all work towards the best.

I know all about this first hand.

I would say things started to take a turn for the worse for me in November (things always seem to take a turn for the worse as the holiday times fast approach). I quit my job working as a hostess at an independent chain in Austin, TX in hopes of redirecting my career life in a more "stable" industry called retail.

BIG MISTAKE.

I ended up making 60% less at my new job than my old & to be honest ... my new position at Vickies was harsh and challenging. My life began to spiral out of control by early December. I was barely making ends meet and what's worse...?... no money for bills or holiday shopping [ouch].

My love life suffered as well. As my pockets flattened, I found out my love interest of 2 month was not the person I thought he was. We broke up and I was heart-broken.

So two smacked downs in less than three months and I am feeling discouraged, pessimistic, lonely, poor, unhealthy and sad. And gosh, just really really sad.

Upon Jan. 1st, I made up my mind that I will not wallow and indulge myself in self-pity. Don't get me wrong, from time-to-time, I get lonely and it upsets me. I am still job hunting for something better, and that can be challenging and frustrating. But I know I cannot wallow in self-pity and if I want to make some positive moves in general, I have to pick myself up and dust myself off.

Job losses, layoffs and break-ups drain you and can have a negative impact on your self-esteem. With Feng Shui though, there is something we can do about those changes that throw us off guard.

Above is a post that I hope will inspire anyone going through challenges and how to actively make a change so the going gets good. Reference is by FengShui.com. I encourage you to read the article in full when you get some time.

Many Blessings in this New Year