Holiday Feng Shui, Creating Harmony & Balance In Your Home For The Holidays

It is always tough to find a balance during the holidays, with all the activities and tasks that need to be done. The decorating, the parties, the card-writing and the gift-buying. The organizing and the tasks often fall on us, the women. “We are the ones who create the atmosphere in the home,” says Julie Oberembt. Oberembt is a local consultant certified in Feng Shui.
Oberembt describes Feng Shui as “arranging your space to reach your goals.” This strategy can be most helpful before, during and after the holidays. She said, “December is a time where we make the holidays happen. Then we have all this stuff to find new homes for and we are exhausted. In January, we want to start fresh and we have goals.”
Oberembt has some basic advice for those who wish to incorporate Feng Shui into their homes: your space should be some of who you were, some of who you are, and some of who you wish to be. “Many people forget to reduce the history. Therefore, they get stuck and forget to continue down the path,” she said.
To balance your home for the holidays, Oberembt has these suggestions for Christmas decorations: “Before you get out the box, do some subtraction,” she said. She added, “As you edit, take a moment to assess, ‘does this still feed me? Do I still get energy from it? Do I need to let it go?’”
Oberembt said, “I invite the readers to look around and ask themselves, does this add to my energy or take away from my energy?”