When I moved to Paris, I made myself a promise: I wasn’t going to simply be an American living abroad. I would live like a Parisian.
And yes! Parisians do life differently. In July and August, they don’t try to squeeze one more client, one more project, one more ounce of productivity. They close their shops, disappear to the coast or the countryside – or further, because they take weeks, sometimes months off during the summer! Parisians step away WITHOUT apology.
Parisians don’t see rest as indulgence. Parisians see rest as essential. In French, they have a saying, ils se ressourcent – which means “they recharge themselves.” I love that saying.
This summer, I gave myself the same permission. I didn’t just take one vacation. I took TWO vacations, and the most powerful change didn’t come from what I saw — it came from the true reset that happened inside me. I returned with more clarity, more ease, and a different kind of energy than the one I had before I left.
This shift reminded me of what I see so often with my clients. They come to me asking how to arrange their furniture, what artwork to hang, or which corner to declutter, and while those choices matter, they are rarely the real block. The real block is almost always energetic. When your energy is stagnant, even the simplest changes feel overwhelming, but when your energy is aligned and flowing, momentum builds naturally.
Feng Shui, in the way I practice it, is not decoration but STRATEGY. I can’t highlight that importance enough. It’s not about creating a room that looks perfect. Feng Shui is about creating alignment so that your inner rhythm and your outer environment are working together, and energy can carry you toward your goals rather than keeping you circling the same ole loop.
Sometimes the most strategic move you can make is also the simplest: to pause, to rest, to cultivate and nurture your energy before you take the next step.
So here is the question I want to leave you with: If your environment is already telling the story of who you are today, what is it saying? And what would change if it began to reflect the person you are becoming?
I may live in Paris, but my clients are global. We may work together virtually, and the breakthroughs are no less powerful for it, as energy doesn’t recognize borders. I also travel internationally for in-person work, creating opportunities for those who want to experience this work at an even more intimate level.
This is the work I do: helping you align your energy and your environment so that you don’t just move furniture, you move forward.
If you’re ready, let’s talk.
