Open tabs, open loops, scampering from task to task while the walls close in. We buy more stuff to contain all the stuff and attempt to make sense of all the stuff without first taking a pause from all the stuff in order to get clear and ask — and wait for the answer — two honest and simple questions: Why am I here? What do I want?

Our home is a living, breathing ecosystem. It infuses our psyche with symbols, signals, and messages. And there is a special kind of medicine we can access when we are willing to believe that our home holds power.

When our home, the sacred place where we can step away from the expectations to perform or pretend or comply, the place that ultimately provides the backdrop to our entire existence, is overfilled with a bunch of stuff someone convinced us was mandatory, we are often left with no room to be curious about ourselves or to reflect or examine who we are now and where exactly we’d like to be going. It’s not only that we’ve clogged up our spaces, we haven’t been instructed on the process of inevitable change and the continual release that must occur in order to avoid inertia.

While gazing up and observing the contrast between the lush green canopy partnered with the brilliant blue sky, I was gently reminded of the universal laws of duality. I was reminded there is a necessary interdependence of contrasting elements in order for our world to exist and function. Yin and Yang… seemingly opposite but intrinsically interconnected.

By becoming acquainted with our authentic intelligence and begin to look at ourselves and our belongings through the lens of vibrational energy, we are better equipped to learn how to align and arrange our environments based on our personal internal compass thereby creating circumstances and spaces that ultimately ignite our souls fully coming alive. Not only will this best serve us individually, but the collective as a whole.

If we decide to take a weight-loss journey but don’t take our environment and the role it plays into consideration, we miss out on implementing an important piece of the weight-loss puzzle. If our home remains heavy, we too can remain heavy. In order to begin to feel lighter, it’s important we lighten the spaces around us, introduce order, change the frequencies, and ignite change.

People who experience awe place less value on money and prefer experiences over material things, feel less negatively about losing possessions, forego self interest while looking to improve the well-being of others, begin to understand and appreciate their sense of interrelatedness woven throughout the fabric of the whole, and have a greater overall sense of satisfaction with their life.

Together we brainstormed his priorities and were deliberate about selecting what he wanted to surround himself with to help inspire and promote feelings of peace and happiness while reflecting a life well lived. We discussed what he still enjoyed doing, what he loathed, what was negotiable, what was not, while outlining the dimensions and boundaries of his next phase. We spoke about what got him out of bed each day, what sets his soul on fire, and hand selected belongings that supported and encouraged passion while motivating him to remain creative and feeling alive.