How Your Home’s Energy Reinforces Health And Stress

Your home is talking to you every day and it’s not always saying what you think. 

Today, I’m leaning into a question that cuts through perfectionism fast: what message is your home reinforcing? When we swap judgement for awareness, Feng Shui stops being a set of rules and becomes a practical way to support mental health, physical health, and the way you actually feel in your home.

I share two personal stories that still amaze me. 

First, the early-days moment when a simple metal remedy in my son’s bedroom helped shift years of broken sleep. Then a more recent “this sounds bonkers, but…” change: moving medicines out of the centre of our home and noticing the difference in that constant low-level sniffly feeling. 

These aren’t about magic fixes, they’re about cues, energy, and the little signals your environment sends to your brain and body.

 I walk you through a playful exercise to describe that centre area in one word, plus simple Feng Shui and decluttering actions that reduce visual clutter stress and help you protect your wellbeing.

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Lots of love,

Speak soon,

Rachael xx

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Transcript

Welcome And The Energy Theme

SPEAKER_00 0:05

Welcome to the Everyday Feng Shui podcast. I'm Rachel and I'm a modern day Feng Shui consultant, and I'm here to show you how to use the energy of your home and your own personal energy to create a life that you absolutely love. So let's jump right in.

Health Rituals And Home Messages

SPEAKER_00 0:23

Hello and welcome back to the Everyday Feng Shui podcast. Over the last few weeks, we've been talking a lot about mindset and how we as people and the way that we go through life, the way that we move, through you know, through living in our homes affect the energy in our home and how that kind of interaction between the home's energy and the people's energy is really, really important. And one of the things that I have been talking about a lot lately, if you've been following me on social media, is health, whether that be mental health, physical health, anything to do with health, really. So I'm doing a 30 ways in 30 days type series on how we can use rituals, and I say say that word leastly, I don't mean rituals as in altars and things, I just mean more like anchoring rituals during our day, how we can use our home, all of those sorts of things to help support our health. And one of the things that is coming up a lot is, you know, we as Fengishway consultant, I talk a lot about why certain areas of your home are really important. And actually, what I think sort of I'm leaning into more at the minute is what message is your home reinforcing every day. And I think that that helps because when I talk about it as in what is your home reflecting, what is your home reinforcing, it gives you the ability to be able to look through not a critical eye, it's not about criticism, it's about awareness. And if I say to you, this area of your home is really important because of XYZ, you kind of don't necessarily feel empowered to work with that yourself and see you know the things that you can improve. Whereas if I say what message is your home reinforcing or reflecting every day, it gives you a different way of looking at what I'm talking about.

The Sleep Story And A Metal Cure

SPEAKER_00 2:34

So the thing I'm I'm gonna carry on on my on my health theme today, and I'm gonna tell you a very brief story, and it it's one of those things it along I'm gonna tell you another story first. At the very beginning of my Feng Shui journey, I had none of my children have ever been amazing sleepers, they've always needed a little bit of extra support and help with sleep, and that has always been fine, it's not an issue at all. My youngest son was when I kind of got into Feng Shui, he was six, so he's just turned six, and he had never slept through the night in six years. And given that I have been parenting by this point for ten years, I don't think that there had been a single night in ten years that I had slept, you know, fully and properly. So by this point, with my youngest son being six and still having never slept through the night, I was pretty tired and you know, always going to support my children overnight. But I even I had at that point hit hit the enough button, and I need to find a way of solving this. I've never been a sleep trainer, that's never been on my radar, so I was I was trying to find all the other ways to just gently try and encourage him to feel you know, I don't know what it is, I don't know what it is, settled enough, whatever, to to sleep. Anyway, jump into Feng Shui and I have my home analyzed, as you know, at the beginning of my journey, and the remedy that was needed in the space that was his room was metal, and I kid you not, I put this metal in his room, and since that day, I mean, other than if he's unwell or had a bad dream, standard child things, he sleeps. Now that's bonkers to me, and it was that for me was the one of not the biggest thing, but one of the biggest changes that happened when I put the remedies in my home is that he slept, and that for me at the time was life-changing, absolutely life-changing, uh, life-changing.

The Medicine Cupboard In The Centre

SPEAKER_00 4:47

So that's kind of like the story from years ago, and then more recently, I say more recently, still kind of six, six months ago, I suppose. Obviously, I've got three children, so we and they've all been through junior school, infant school, those sorts of things. So there's a lot of colds and that kind of stuff that come through our or came through our house. And we're very healthy, we're very active, we eat well, all of those things, hand washing, you know, you get the gist. There is there was nothing like untoward going on. And as I went deeper into my feng shui learning, and you know, I'm not a particularly good student, so I as much as I know all of these things, don't ever think that my home is perfect, feng shui. There is always stuff that I have to do or should be doing or need to do or whatever in my home because I'm normal and I don't have time to do it all. So don't ever think that you're behind if you are, you know, if you haven't got all this stuff sorted, okay? Because I am here with you still making these lists of things like, okay, well, this is a concern for me at the moment, so I need to look at XYZ. So about six six months ago-ish, I was like, Do you know what? There is, we just need to crack down on this almost relentless kind of sniffles that is just constantly here, this constant cold, it's like nobody ever really feeling like they've got any vitality, that kind of thing. So that led me to the centre of our home, and on the first floor of our house, our bathroom, our family bathroom comes into that center area, and that is where I was keeping all of our medicines and you know, all the decongestants, all the pain relief for the children, or you know, all your paracetamols, that kind of stuff, all of your medications and stuff was sat in a cupboard in our bathroom that just so happened to sit just within the centre area of our home. And like, and I say this out loud, and I know, I know how bonkers it sounds, okay? I do understand how bonkers it sounds. However, it is up there with the metal in the bedroom situation. So I went to the shop and I bought some storage drawers and moved all of our medication out of the centre of our home and put them elsewhere in a different area. And I'm not joking when I say everybody is so much I'm gonna say better, I'm gonna say weller actually, because they were never, you know, they weren't ill, ill, they didn't need to be better, better, but there was just this constant like undertone of colds and stuff. And I know it sounds bonkers, but we don't have that anymore. And when I really sit and think and reflect on that and think, well, I you know, I know, I know that we shouldn't keep medication in the centre of our home, really, because what is that telling us about our health? It's telling us that our health is gonna require support, that we are going to need all of these things to navigate our health journey. So, you know, that's that's what I talk about when I'm saying, what's your home reflecting, what's your home reinforcing?

A Playful Way To Read Your Home

SPEAKER_00 8:18

And when we can look at our homes with this kind of almost just this intrigue, you know, we don't need to be so serious about everything. Everything in life, everything in life is just too serious right now, you know, it's just it's just doesn't need to be, it just doesn't need to be. So when you have got this like permission slip, if that's what you want to call it, to look at your house in a more kind of playful way, in a you know, what what what's it telling me? Like if it could tell me a story, what would it be telling me? Or this thing here, this item, this first aid kit, this medicine cabinet, whatever, what's it telling? What what story is it telling? And I think when we are able to look at our homes like that, it opens up the opportunity, I guess, for us to kind of see these undertones that we may not otherwise really be aware

Why The Centre Impacts Everything

SPEAKER_00 9:17

of. So when we look at the centre of the home and we talk about the centre of the home, the centre area of your home is where everything starts. It is kind of like this heart centre of your home, and everything will radiate out from there. So when I talk about monthly energy forecasts and annual energy forecasts, it's kind of that center energy that I'm looking at. And it's so, so important. So when we are kind of looking at the areas of the home in terms of what they represent in our life, the centre is so vital. It is the beginning of everything, it is your health, it is your wellness, it is it is the big it is the beginning of it all. And you know, it it's just so important to make sure that that space is well looked after. Because if you think about that area of your home, so in in particular, think at the moment about the centre area of your home, and that will be different for absolutely everybody in the UK where I am. If you have got a multi-story house, there is a reasonable chance that the centre of your home is going to sit, you know, under the stairs. That's quite standard for UK homes, and those areas are quite dark, you know, there's no windows, there's very rarely windows in the centre of your home, especially again if you live not somewhere quite so tropical. So they can be quite dark and dull, and often they become dumping grounds. You know, if you think about where shoes and bags and coats and all that kind of stuff accumulate, sometimes it is in that that centre area. And because we are living in our homes all the time, you don't necessarily really see what is there, you don't see the true reflection of what is there. You know, if you imagine that you were redecorating, for example, everybody at some point will have gone through this where you think, oh, well, I'll just paint this room, and then you try and take everything out that is in that room, and you realise just how much stuff there is, and you don't see how much stuff there is day to day because you live in it, and that's totally normal. But when we try and have this kind of curiosity around our homes, it lets us look at things in a completely different way, and just because we don't notice things on a day-to-day basis doesn't mean that they're not having an impact on us, and there's an amazing study that's been done, and I don't have the reference here because it's you know it's just coming to me as I'm talking, and as you know, I don't I don't script these podcasts, so there's an amazing study that was done, and it was all about the impact of visual input on your on how overwhelmed you feel, and on your brain function, and all these sorts of things. And so when we are living in a home where there's lots of stuff or whatever, and your brain is constantly having to process information, it the the study was fascinating because it was basically saying about how the amount of stuff that you have around you, the amount of input that your brain is is trying to process constantly is correlated to you know your stress levels and all those sorts of things. And as we know, stress is a massive, massive factor, especially now, well, especially now, not only just from a from a work perspective, but we've now got we've now got all this input, you know, global, global input, that we're not designed to be able to navigate.

One-Word Snapshot And Simple Tweaks

SPEAKER_00 12:54

So I guess my message today is on the health theme: if there are things with your health that you are struggling with, take a look at the centre of your home, but do so in a in a curious way, in a fun way, not in a I must change things way, but just see what it's reflecting, see what's there, see what it's saying to you. And it might not be that you need to declutter, but it might be that you know, that's where laundry sits or you know, piles of paperwork sit or anything like that. If when you look at the centre of your home, or not if when you look, take a look at the centre of your home and try and describe it in one word on all floors, not just on just the ground floor, on all floors, what does if you took a snapshot of that centre area, what message is it telling you? What is the word? Because I think when you can do that, it simplifies everything. You know, if we all go into this, whether it be decluttering or cleaning or feng shui or anything in life, and we try and look too far ahead and make it too big, and I'm the queen of this. I'm always looking bigger than I need to be looking, and actually it's about simplicity. And if you could describe that area in one word, what would you what word would it be? What would you say? You know, what's the message that that area is telling you? So if you have like me got or did have like me got medication in the centre of your home, I would absolutely think about putting that elsewhere, even if it is, you know, medication that you need every day. Try and try if you can, if it's not going to mess up routines and things like that, try and place it elsewhere, even down to things like vitamins and stuff. It's a it's a great practice just to protect that center area as much as you possibly can.

Decluttering Guilt And The Landfill Truth

SPEAKER_00 14:54

The other thing to be really, really aware of in the center space is things that are broken, and you know, it's always a very difficult thing when you're talking about stuff and people's belongings and also how we get rid of those things when they're no longer working, because all of these topics are wildly taboo. Putting things into landfill is a really taboo topic. We're not allowed to talk about it. Nobody wants to admit that they throw things away anymore, and I find that very difficult because you know, if you've listened to me for a while, you'll know my take on clutter. You'll know my take on the fact that even if you bought something, if you don't use it, it's not giving you any value if it sat in your home. There should be no guilt or responsibility held over keeping things that people have gifted you or given you, or family heirlooms, or anything like that. Obviously, there are caveats with that. You know, there are things that you should keep, or it would be a not you should keep, should don't have to do anything. This is I suppose the message isn't it? You don't have to do anything that you don't want to do. But I'm not suggesting you go and throw everything away. But just because somebody says you should have this or could you have this or have this, I'm gifting it to you, you know, you don't have to keep it all because actually sometimes that becomes a burden. And I'm working with somebody at the minute who is in that exact situation where they have been burdened with all of this stuff, and they feel so wildly overwhelmed by it that they cannot function in their home, and that is the reality sometimes. So, you know, have a good declutter of that centre area, get rid of things that don't fit, even if that means that they're going to landfill, because I you know, I hate to be the person to say it, but at some point that is where that will end up. If you keep hold of stuff because you don't want to put it into landfill, but you no longer want it anymore. At some point that is where it's gonna land. It is, it's just the way that it's gonna work, and yes, it might be if you're not going to use it, you can absolutely gift it onto somebody so that it has a life before it goes to landfill. But ultimately, ultimately, so much of what we use in this current day and age, you can reuse it as many times as you can reuse it, but ultimately the end place for that because of the way that we produce things now is landfill. And if something is affecting you and the way that you are functioning and the way that you can live in your home, and it is adding all of this weight to your life, I don't feel that that should be your responsibility to delay that process. So, yeah, absolutely donate things to charity, give things on if people want them, sell it on vintage, sell it wherever you want, do that. But ultimately, if you cannot get rid of this stuff that is in your home in any other way, it's okay. It's okay. It's okay, it's not your fault how things are made, it's not your fault that that's the way things are right now. And yes, we absolutely should all play our part and all of those things, but they're not to the detriment of yourself, you know, because you you're you can't function for everybody else if you are not in a good space, and actually, the the the centre of your home is so wildly important for looking after the self, and none of us are any good to anybody if we don't look after ourselves. So I I've gone on a bit of a rant there at the end, haven't I? I'm so sorry about that, but you know, it is really important to me, and I think certainly if you are a parent, maintaining the health of your home, maintaining the health of your family, maintaining the health of yourself is so so important. And if there are tiny, tiny tweaks that we can make, then I think we should

Mental Health Focus And Closing Thoughts

SPEAKER_00 18:36

be making them. So have that have that look around the centre of your home, be interested, see what's there, see what message it's telling you, and just see what changes you can make. It doesn't have to be a massive overhaul, it can be as simple as just moving the medication and seeing what happens. Because, you know, how I got into this journey is what's the worst that can happen. And actually, you know, it should have been what's the best that can happen, but that's not the way that we work, is it, as humans? So just have a look, see what's there. Health is definitely on my agenda at the moment to be talking about because I think it's really, really important, specifically mental health, specifically mental health for women. You know, I think there's an awful lot going on across the globe at the minute where we're feeling the weight of the world, and I just hope that these tiny tweaks that I talk about day in, day out, this everyday feng shui helps some people just feel that little bit lighter and that little bit brighter that you can go forward and you know find the joy in the everyday and things like that. So that's my little two penneth work for today. It's been so lovely to speak to you, and I really hope that wherever you are in the world you are happy and that you are healthy and that you are well, and I will speak to you really, really soon.