Manifest with Your Home Using Feng Shui w/ Andrea Tessier
“I’m so lit up right now! This feels really exciting. I think my home looks nice, but I see the disconnect now.”
Meet my friend and colleague, Andrea Tessier! While this conversation has been brewing for a while, we’ve already had what I’d call some “House Therapy Moments.”
In this podcast, you’ll get to hear Feng Shui remedies Andrea has already seen the benefits of!
You’ll also learn why I was drawn to House Therapy, what Andrea’s intentions are for this client session, and a room-by-room walkthrough of simple modifications she can make quite quickly in her home.
We’re also continuing our exploration of the 5 Element Theory of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
You’ll especially want to tune into this client session if you, too:
» want to optimize the energetics of your space
» have done a lot of personal development
» are a houseplant enthusiast
» are calling in abundance
» live in an older home
Topics covered in this podcast episode:
Challenges and opportunities Andrea’s is home presents with
How to create a clear space for energy to flow in an entryway
Ways to entice the energy to go up to the next level
How moving the couch will support Andrea’s intentions
What happens with an over dominance of metal
How to ensure your home is able to get you where you want to go
A brief intro into other modalities that Amy uses with clients
Feng shui tips to help magnetize the right relationships
Why Amy got into house therapy
What the Taoist trilogy is
How to use a Swarovski crystal to support the qi
How house therapy has already helped Andrea in her office
How to anchor in intentions with houseplants
What is most supportive in a personal or professional growth phase
Why it’s not actually terrible to have mirrors in your bedroom
Simple shifts to make in the bedroom when calling in partnership and love
The best way to prioritize Feng Shui changes in your home
When we help support the energy to be in balance and begin to collaborate with our home, the patterns that are coming into the home are going to shift because the energy and the matter of your home are going to change.
Your house has the potential—and desire—to co-create with you!
I love connecting with listeners and guests, so please say hi! Leave a review for the show on your favorite podcast player so more people can discover the magic of this work.
I wish you well wherever you're at in your journey with your career and your romantic relationships! Can't wait to talk to you in the next episode.
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Meet: Andrea Tessier
Andrea Tessier is a Master Life Coach and Internal Family Systems (IFS) Practitioner dedicated to helping visionary leaders break free from old patterns and step into their fullest potential. With a compassionate and grounded approach, Andrea guides clients through transformational inner work that deepens self-trust and unlocks authentic leadership. She specializes in supporting conscious leaders through life transitions, empowering them to lead with clarity, confidence, and ease by reconnecting to their true Self. Fueled by a passion for understanding why we do what we do, Andrea believes that healing from within creates the freedom to choose extraordinary paths—both personally and professionally.
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The unedited podcast transcript for this episode of The Soulful Visionary Podcast follows
Amy Babish: Welcome in to the Soulful Visionary Podcast. I'm your host, Amy Babish and today we have a colleague and a friend who's in the Great north, which is also known as Canada. To us Americans and to those around the world, maybe sometimes it is Andrea Tessier. I'm going to read her bio to share some of her gifts and her opportunities with you and then we'll dig right in. Andrea is a master life coach and an Eternal Family Systems, or IFS practitioner dedicated to helping visionary leaders break free from old patterns step into their fullest potential with a compassionate and grounded approach. Andrea guides clients through transformational inner work that deepens self trust and unlocks authentic leadership. She specializes in supporting conscious leaders through life transitions and empowering them to lead with clarity, confidence and ease by reconnecting them to their true self. Fueled by a passion for understanding why we do what we do, Andrea believes that healing from within creates the freedom to choose extraordinary paths, both personally and professionally.
Andrea Tessier: Welcome in. Andrea. I'm so excited that you're here. Would you like to share where people can find you? Because I find that's a little bit easier for us to get at the beginning of our conversation versus the end of the conversation. We're like super deep.
Andrea Tessier: If you want to connect, Instagram is great. It's just the reverse of my name. Tessier Andrea. And you can come and find me on YouTube. I have a brand new baby YouTube channel called IFS and inner work with Andrea.
Andrea Tessier: I love it. And do you have any offers that you're offering within the next month or so?
Andrea Tessier: Yeah, there's always a couple things going on. A great thing to check out on my YouTube is I have a little A free mini course called Liberated Leadership. And that's always a really great place to start.
Andrea Tessier: Amazing. Amazing. Okay, so, so excited to have you here. And this has been another podcast conversation session that has been a while in the making. And so Andrea and I met through a shared business mentor, Sam Garcia. And from there there's been like some house therapy moments I would call them. And we're just going to come full circle to the present moment. Can you share your intention with me and our listeners?
Andrea Tessier: Yeah, I mean it's love and money, baby. Okay, okay, I'll elaborate though. That was just my cheeky part showing up. There's a strong desire for like real like soul shaking partnership with an extraordinary human that can match me and up level my life. I'm ready for deep love and what that looks, looks like. And up until now it's, it's no longer me in my own way. There's, there's, I'm open to hearing what else could be standing in the way of this great, great love that I know that I deserve. And the second one is in regards to my business.
Andrea Tessier: Last year was a great year for me. I hit some really beautiful milestones that were, you know, years in the making and there was a lot of success and I really want to build on that. I've got this great foundation that now I'm in a growing phase. I have set some really intentional structures in place, new visibility channels and I would really just love to have more clients in my roster. So really it would be like a fully booked out client roster of the most incredible humans.
Andrea Tessier: I love it. I love it. Okay, so we're gonna dig in into the house therapy layer. So when guests come on for house therapy, they share with me just like a, a paid client would like all of like the ins and outs of their, of their living situation. And Andrea has already gone in and did some great pre work. So we're going to start from where she is. So with, with feng shui, we always go towards what is the intention, what is the goal versus like similar to the way that, that you work in person work. We don't just like take a X ray or an MRI and say all the things.
Andrea Tessier: We just focus on like the strategic things that maybe need to be judged out in some ways or mitigated or supported and then amplifying the goodness that's already there. So we're going to start with your entryway. So in your entryway when, when we open the, we open your unit, she's on is it two floors? You're on the second floor, on the third floor. Okay, so you're on the third floor. So I was watching Andrea's Instagram story. She tagged me in them this weekend and she has done a beautiful job. She has kind of like a. Like a railing that leads up to the third floor that is also, it's.
Andrea Tessier: It's also offer storage for her. So she cleared the storage, cleaned up the shoes. So on that stairwell up to your unit, are you able to decorate it at all?
Andrea Tessier: I mean, yeah, I feel like I could.
Andrea Tessier: Okay. I feel, I feel like from what you shared about your landlord, he. That person is pretty reasonable and accommodating. So we want to bring the chi from the downstairs upstairs and like the landing space upstairs is very clear. But just like thinking about someone who is just going up your stairs, like it takes a little bit of effort to get up there as a human. It's energy. Chi is equivalent to water. So getting water to come up those stairs is going to take some energy, some intention.
Andrea Tessier: The other way to think about chi is like a trick or treater. Like, is the trick or treater going to make. How are we going to know it's going to be a big ROI to get up into your, into your unit. So what you can do to entice the chi up is either using artwork, you can use twinkle lights. You want to kind of create a trail that's not like, not a super direct path. Like I'm not like an arrow that's like go here like an exit. But we want it to be like, oh, it's like a delightful path. Like, oh, I'm enticing you.
Andrea Tessier: So that's the, my first recommendation of just starting to get the chi upstairs. And I don't know, I know you said your good friend lives below you. I don't know if they're on the second or the first floor.
Andrea Tessier: Second, second.
Andrea Tessier: So even if you could talk her into get because that will help her too, to get some chi to come into her unit. Getting the chi to come second floor and then up to the third floor is like our first opportunity, I would say. So a lot of people with feng shui, it's like, oh, everything inside of my home, but what is out right directly outside of our front door slash unit has the most impact on what's happening in our homes. Lives, relationships for you, love and business. So we're gonna that we want to just entice it up and when you make those adjustments. Andrea has shared her home's name. I don't know if you want to share any details about that on the show, because it's so, so tender and so sweet.
Andrea Tessier: Yeah. Thank you for sharing that. I mean, I've been really, like, binging on a lot of your Joes already, Amy, so I have learned a few things. And, yeah, living up on the third floor, I was like, oh, my goodness, it's hard enough for this chi to get up here, and then I'm just, like, blocking it with my clutter, and then it's walking away with my shoes.
Andrea Tessier: Yes. Yeah. So there were some challenges, and it's not that we're doing anything bad or wrong. It's just we. We only know what we know, and we don't know what we don't know.
Andrea Tessier: Yes. Yes. And so just sort of anticipating this conversation with you. I sat down with my house, and she was very clear. Like, her name is Margaret Rose. This heart, this house was built in 1892. It is gorgeous home, like, turn of the century home in my city. And, yeah, it's such a beautiful space, but it is kind of an awkward fun to get into.
Andrea Tessier: So my question about, like, the artwork up the stairs, are we thinking, like, on the walls leading up to the stairs? Is that. Is that your recommendation?
Andrea Tessier: Yeah. Like, on the stairwell itself, like, you want to have things like that are inviting and up energy, too. So sometimes people use birds flying up, sometimes people. It's. It's like we want to entice the eye when the eye is looking up. Like, oh. Also, it's like, oh, that's interesting. I want to keep going, like, kind of like a museum.
Andrea Tessier: Like, if I'm glazing over at a museum, I'm going to just skip the whole room. Right. And this is coming from an art therapist and someone used to work at a gallery. But when it's like, wow, this, I'm taken by this. I want to see where the show goes. I want to see where the story goes. I want to see where this imagery goes. That is, if you want to use artwork, you want to kind of use that kind of guidance and something that's really personal to you and then likewise to your friend who's on the second floor.
Andrea Tessier: It can be a different story, like a chapter. Like, this is. I don't know your friend's name. We would have to share her name on the podcast. But, like, this is the second story owners or renter's story, and this is Andrea's story. That's, like, a little bit, like, giving you a little foreshadow about my flavor My flavor kind of thing, that would be, that'd be a way to do it. And if you feel like artwork isn't right for you guys or just isn't practical enough, just using twinkle lights, fairy lights, that is a great way. Like, and light always lifts chi, especially like something that's intermittent like, like a sparkle light, fairy light.
Andrea Tessier: They call, they're called many different names. It will kind of like dapple. It's like dappled light. Like it's coming through in this kind of like meandering in the woods kind of way. Like, there's no path. I'm going to kind of just like, oh, over here and over here. And this is the right direction. I'm following the compass.
Andrea Tessier: But the compass isn't just like, sometimes there's a tree I have to go around it. Sometimes there's a creek I have to cross. Like, that's how energy really is responsive to like the natural world. We're bringing in feng shui. We're bringing the natural world into our home. And it's not with like, we don't have to have fountains and rocks all the time. It's the energetic movement. Okay, so when we come in and we open your door, the first thing I would recommend and you can tell me, amy, I can't do it.
Andrea Tessier: Heck no. You're allowed to swear on this podcast. So you have this beautiful. We're going to go in a different. We're going to kind of go into a couple different movements in this front room. So you have an open space that is your living room. And then you kind of, when you open the front door directly in front of you, it's like a little nook, like a little sitting nook. And then to your left, it's your kitchen.
Andrea Tessier: And then behind, like to the far left, it is going into your office and bedroom portion. So on the far hand, right side, when you open, open the door, you have an L shaped couch. That, that, that arm of the L shape, it is kind of like a little of a barrier to come in. And knowing that you're working with partnership, I'm going to have a recommendation of where you move the couch. And I don't. There's no measurements on this show right now. But my, my gauge when I looked at your space was if you moved, it's a left arm. Chase.
Andrea Tessier: If you move that left arm just so that it's against the wall that the couch is currently on, the long side will be on that. Underneath the green painting. Yeah, yeah, tell me, tell me.
Andrea Tessier: I mean, it's wild that you're saying that, because there was some, like, something I was watching on a TV last week or over the weekend, and they had their room set up like that, and I was like, huh, I wonder if I could move my couch there too.
Andrea Tessier: Yes. The energy's already working on your behalf. And for those of you who are like, what about command? So Andrea has a radiator heat, and so the radiator heat would be where the command position would be for her couch and even for our couch. Because you're wanting partnership. You want to see the opportunities coming in. Even when you're relaxing, you want to see that. But because of the radiator there, this is, like, the next next best position. So that's my.
Andrea Tessier: I have my little notes for that.
Andrea Tessier: Feels really, like, exciting already. Yes.
Andrea Tessier: Here we go. Here we go.
Andrea Tessier: That already feels bold. Okay.
Andrea Tessier: Yes. It's perfect. So with. With. With the. With. With the artwork, with kind of, like, overall, I sense there's a lot of white and gray in your. In your apartment.
Andrea Tessier: Yeah.
Andrea Tessier: And you have, like, little. Little, like, dashes of, like, I can see your travels with color and, like, a little bit of things. But one of the biggest thing of shway is that we want your home to be undeniably you and where you're headed. And so when I. If I was walking into your space and I didn't know you, I would be like, oh, I don't really know a lot about this person. This person is probably very orderly. This person has a lot of structure. This person has a lot of what we call the metal element.
Andrea Tessier: And the metal element, you know, in. In the right size is a wonderful thing. It's like, those are the people that have strong mental metal element. They can put together IKEA furniture without being frustrated. They are able to read something. And it's not that they're being super critical. It's just that, like, errors and grammatical things, like, pop out at them. They're very methodical.
Andrea Tessier: And when it comes to love and relationships, the metal element needs to soften. So we're going to be talking about a lot of softening overall, but also with kind of, like, the specificity of, like, I want to know your flavor, I want to feel your essence. And the artwork you have is. Is beautiful, but it doesn't really. I don't really have a sense that, oh, this is where she's headed, or, this makes me more curious to get to know her more, or this tells a story. So some people with feng shui think it's about a certain aesthetic. It's not about a certain aesthetic. So even just starting to be curious around, like, if I could either shift some of the artwork or bring some artwork in, that helps me to anchor in the goals of where I'm headed.
Andrea Tessier: Your home is going to be super happy and clearer about how to support you because the, everything in our space has energy, and the energy that we're in is the energy we're steeping in. And with a lot of metal and then a lot of things that are just kind of like, they're pretty, but they don't really have, like, there's no, like, weight of like, oh, I'm so inspired by this, or I know her. I just, I feel like you were missing opportunities with getting to know you in your own space and your, your home, really getting to know you. So. So how does this land as I share this?
Andrea Tessier: Ah, no, I think it's really interesting. And when you were kind of like describing that metal person, I was the heavy metal person. I was like, okay, I can, I can see some truth in there. Like, I am like, quite, quite organized and methodological, but that doesn't also sound like me.
Andrea Tessier: Yeah, yeah. So it might be. Sometimes what happens is that an outdated version of us is living at home.
Andrea Tessier: Yeah. Yeah.
Andrea Tessier: So especially what I find for business owners, this, this, this may or not be. Be you, but this is an example of it. Like, sometimes business owners are dressing in clothes that don't represent their current version of themselves. And it's like, oh, I'm practical, or, you know, I want to wait to lose weight, or different things. Our closets represent our identities. And when we don't have the most, like, whole complete version of ourself in our closet, that's the person who's coming to work. And that can be a barrier to attracting the clientele or the business opportunities that we're looking for when the past version of us on the outside is showing up for work. So that's kind of a way.
Andrea Tessier: That's a, that's a concrete way of explaining this. So even though you are so in tuned and attuned with your internal self, something about your home is letting me know that maybe the external version of you that lives at home or the external version of you that people meet first isn't fully reflecting the fullness of who you are.
Andrea Tessier: Yeah, I mean, that's, that could very well be true.
Andrea Tessier: So to think about it when, you know, when you're dating, another way to kind of be curious around this is when you're going through the dating process or partnership process. Do you feel like a partner can, like, really can lean in and get to know you fully, or do you feel like there's barriers or kind of reflections that might be in a theme around. It takes a long time for me, like, to kind of really connect with you. Like, you might be really willing, but they might reflect something that's not congruent with your willingness.
Andrea Tessier: What feels sort of true is, like, I do feel like I can be vulnerable and open. And I also have this part that because I've been in personal development for so long, I know the quote, unquote, like, right ways to do things.
Andrea Tessier: Yes.
Andrea Tessier: So there can be this, like, front foot forward with, like, I better do this right. Because I have learned all of the right ways. I conceptually get it now. Now here's me going to do it right.
Andrea Tessier: Yes.
Andrea Tessier: And I think that that's a barrier.
Andrea Tessier: I would say that that's like. That's congruent with, like, an excess of metal. And so have a lot of white, a lot of gray. That's like an excess of metal. And so I happen to live with two metal people. My daughter has strong metal dominance, and my partner has strong metal dominance. And my daughter's a teenager. And not saying that this is what happens for you, but for listeners are like, what is she talking about? When you think about the summer and metal getting really hot, it is, like, really.
Andrea Tessier: It's too much because that heats metal up. It's not good. When many metal people become out of balance, they either are really critical towards themselves, they're really judgmental about others, or it's really hard to find, like, the authentic self with intimacy. So my daughter, what it looks like is like, I have a lot of wood dominance. That's my elemental dom, my element, my primary element. And so you can imagine the metal element is like an ax. When it's. Sometimes we need the ax to cut through things, but then when.
Andrea Tessier: When it's. When it's a moment of perimenopausal mama with hormonal teenager daughter, she. She cuts me with words. And it's not because she's a bad person, but she has a lot. She carries a lot of perfectionism in her. She carries a lot of, like, there's a right way and there's a wrong way, and when, even with good intentions, it can be really harsh. So that's an example. Not necessarily that's happening for you, Andrea, but, like, for people who.
Andrea Tessier: I tend to attract a lot of metal Dominant people that when to use another modality. That helps me to inform house therapy. When we grow up with either that kind of parent, we learn that there's a right way and the wrong way, that love is conditional, that our worthiness is conditional. That's part of what the metal element speaks to and. Or if we had a parent or a caregiver, that there was no structure. And when there's no structure, we have to make our own structure. And. And that's even scarier to let go of the structure that we've created.
Andrea Tessier: So that gets into developmental trauma work. We're not going to go deep into that. But for those of. We have lots of listeners who's know me through, you know, all the different modalities. I carry the other word we call this is like the rigid pattern. And so. The rigid pattern.
Andrea Tessier: Yeah, I definitely identify with that one.
Andrea Tessier: Yeah, the rigid pattern. That's the word that Western psychology uses for it. But from Taoism, we talk about it in five element theory. And so five elementary uses the five elements. And so none of the patterns are better or worse than the other. There's no rank order. Same thing with elements. And it's like, how do we.
Andrea Tessier: How do we soften metal? That's. That's what I would invite us in for you. It's like softening the metal element. And if we just use house therapy and we just use the five elements and what we use in this house, which helps a lot, is the fire element. And the fire element definitely helps to we in. In Taoism, it's a little bit like harsh words. It's like it controls the metal, but I would say it softens it. Right.
Andrea Tessier: So many people who have strong metal dominance love the holidays because of all the magic and all the sparkles and all the candles and that's all fire element. And it's all softening the metal dominance. So if you're listening, you're like, oh gosh, that's. She's calling me out. I'm being very gentle. It's like inviting fire in to both your dating life and your work life is going to change things drastically. So with touches something about that that.
Andrea Tessier: Feels exciting to me.
Andrea Tessier: It's like. It's also like the fire element is passion and the fire element is visibility integrity. Being recognized for our gifts, being seen for who we really are. Getting, getting published, getting like, you know, notoriety. Like, it's. If you need a raise, we use the fire element. If you need clients, we're going to use the. We're going to look into the fire element and also in the bedroom passion and like.
Andrea Tessier: Like, turn on, like, that's all the right amount of fire. We don't want to have, like, a huge red bedroom, because then we'll be on fire and you'll be melted. So we don't anything like that. But starting to be curious of, like, how can I invite in whatever kind of fire feels resonant with me? So it's okay if you want to keep your apartment walls white. I'm not here to tell you how to paint your walls. And I was married previously to it person who had a lot of metal too, so I attract a lot of metal people in my life. And he's a Japanese national. He doesn't like color on the walls.
Andrea Tessier: Like, he grew up with very, like, minimalist aesthetics. And so feng shui is never about, like, one aesthetic way. So if you want to keep the white walls, it's like, how can I invite some artwork in that speaks to this version of me where I am more lit up, where I am more whole, where I. Where I'm not the vestiges of whatever that the roots of the rigid pattern are for me, that I'm more in my wholeness, more in my authenticity? Like, so when we think about partnership, you might have something that represents. Like, this is where I see my life going with a partner. So it might not be like, two people in a. In lawn chairs or on a beach, but it's like, oh, this is where I'd like to have my honeymoon. And you don't have to tell anybody that, but, you know, and your house knows that you're headed towards something quite magical in partnership and in our living room.
Andrea Tessier: Like, even though the living room is not the center of your home, it's the center of our relational life. Like, not necessarily, like, romantic. It's just relational. So it's like, what do I want to invite into my home and to my. Into my inner life in this apartment? So it might be friendships, it might be partnership, it might be community. So having some of those pictures in the living room will help magnetize your intentions more into. Into that space. We're going to head to that directly in front of us when you open your front door.
Andrea Tessier: And that nook, I would love, like, you have a little beautiful organizer above a beautiful kind of credenza with. With extra seating, with barstools. Could you put something there that speaks to. Wow. I know. Like, this is Andrea to a T. So it might be a quote. It might be something.
Andrea Tessier: When I experience You. You're very magical human. And, like, I see your Instagram stories like, you're very magical. So I was. It's just like, the cur. Curiosity question. And this. This is a lot of us.
Andrea Tessier: This is a lot of people listening. This is when I go to people's homes, like, in person or virtually for. For house therapy and feng shui. When someone has really clear goals, their house tells me where the. Where the. Where the dissonance is. So our. Our internal self might be very clear about the goal, but it's like our environment has such weight on what we're actually attracting into our life or what we're a match for.
Andrea Tessier: So that's part of why I got into house therapy and feng shui, because, you know, I was consultant for Brene Brown. I was a shame expert, I was a trauma expert. I did NLP and, like, helping people to do all this internal work. I understood land, but I didn't understand the environment as part of that impact. And in Taoism, we have the Taoist trilogy, And so it's 33% for each part of the pie that impacts where we're headed. And so personal work is human luck. That's 33%. And then cosmic luck, which most of my listeners know about, you know, about, which is like cosmos, astrology, the physical weather, our ancestors, karma, human design.
Andrea Tessier: That's all up there. That's another third. And then the last third is earth luck. And earth luck is not just the land we're on, but it's the house we're in. And many people that I work with, they want to assign a hundred percent of the effort or 90% of the effort to human luck. And people with rigid, rigid dominance or mental dominance, they're like, if I just did it right, I would get the right evaluation on my, you know, annual report, or I would be calling in the right partner or I would be getting the right clients. Like, it's like, if I. If I did.
Andrea Tessier: If I did more, if I did it right, that would equal. It'd be. It would be happening for me.
Andrea Tessier: 100%. That is the narrative.
Andrea Tessier: Yes, yes, yes, yes.
Andrea Tessier: And I. Yeah, I mean, out of those, like, three sections or three areas, I've spent so much time on the personal work, so much time in the. The cosmic. Like, I spend a lot of time with the spiritual realms and human design and astrology and all of those fun things. And, like, my home was definitely functional, and there was, like, an aesthetic that I was going for, and it is very much me. Seven years ago, When I moved.
Andrea Tessier: Yes. And I was like, oh, she must have a deep connection with yoga and India. And like, she meditates a lot, which is a beautiful thing. But I don't think that that's where you are. You might, that might be one part of your life, but it's not the predominant place anymore. Yeah, yeah. So that's true.
Andrea Tessier: And like, a lot of, like, I traveled extensively through my 30s because I, I lived overseas for 11 years.
Andrea Tessier: Oh, wow.
Andrea Tessier: Yeah. And so a lot of that is what's represented in my home, which again, was very true of me when I came back from overseas seven years ago. But I'm no longer in that career. I don't travel like nearly as much anymore. Like, there's so much that is different and my journeying has much been much more like an internal and then a, you know, travel around the world kind of thing. So. Yeah, that makes so much sense. Like, it doesn't feel like it's been that long, but I've, I have changed so much.
Andrea Tessier: Yes, yes. And you also, I think another really important part is like, you want to build a life here.
Andrea Tessier: Yeah, yeah.
Andrea Tessier: It's different for people who want to travel. Keep all the travel stuff, keep it, keep it moving, but you want to have a partnership here. Like. Yeah. So it's, it can be like that.
Andrea Tessier: Green painting that you mentioned, which I love, that was a gift from students of mine when I left my teaching career in Hong Kong. Wow. Hong Kong based author, artist Belinda Bath. And I just love it. Like, I love the color. I. There's like memory and nostalgia and it's so representative of my life that I lived in Hong Kong for six years, but that was like over seven years ago. Right.
Andrea Tessier: So.
Andrea Tessier: So it's, it's, it's so important that you clarify. Like, that is a really personal thing, a personal piece of art. And I would love for you to have something equal that's about where you're headed. So it's like maybe like the other, the white piece, the white wooden piece, maybe that shifts someplace else. But like, when people are like, who is Andrea? And your house is like, who is Andrea? We want to have like a. Oh, this gets my attention. And I would have that because we're imagining opening the door and that's the cheese coming in. I would love to have the green painting on the other wall, the opposite wall.
Andrea Tessier: And like, and then put something about where you're headed. Right there.
Andrea Tessier: We are the green.
Andrea Tessier: Yeah, yeah. Because that will like, bring in new energy around. Like, this is where I'M headed. This is an anchor of, like, something that's really important to me. So when. When we're in that. That front space again, I would love to have something like, you just. You're such a words person.
Andrea Tessier: Like, you speak so beautifully. I could just see, like, something really, really meaningful there. That's like, it draws people in. Like, it doesn't have to be a quote. It doesn't have to be literature. It could be a love letter to your home. Like, it could be something just like, that's more you and that. Like, I could see, like, you and your partner sitting right there.
Andrea Tessier: And, like, he just, like, cherishing. Like, I love this about you. Like, I love that you love this author. I love that you wrote to your home. I love, you know, that you are someone who connects with the unseen realms. Like, it just. It moves me to think about, like, that could be some. That could be a moment.
Andrea Tessier: Yeah. I'm like, I feel emotional as you say that. Love those, like, quirky things about me.
Andrea Tessier: Yes. And. And I don't see any quirkiness in your home.
Andrea Tessier: Yeah.
Andrea Tessier: And so, like, that's. That's part of what happens with an over dominance of metal. Like, we miss out on the magic. We miss. We miss out on those things that, like, make you undeniably you. That, like, your person, your romantic partner and your clients are like, this is why I'm with Andrea. Like, I'm on. Get me some more.
Andrea Tessier: Sign me up. I want this. Right? Like, we want that. Like, the feeling of being compelled and magnetized. Like, it's just that. That is what the magic is. And yeah, there's. There's.
Andrea Tessier: There's things we have to be like, we have to have business contracts, and we have to have, like, a cadence with courting and things like that, but really letting more of you into your home and into. When you do meet your person or grow. Grow whatever person you're dating now that they really just get to get, like, oh, I know who I'm with. And there's layers. Of course. It's not, like, all out on the table, but I'm not gonna be like, oh, there's a chapter of quirkiness in here. I never saw that coming.
Andrea Tessier: So it feels like a really fun and, like, artistic exploration.
Andrea Tessier: Yes. Yes.
Andrea Tessier: Take things out that do represent, like, who I am now.
Andrea Tessier: Here you are now. When. When we're kind of imagining, like, the chi coming into your house, the open space that we've just talked about, like, that's pretty easy for the chi comes in. It's I'm here. Let me hang out. Let me lounge on the couch. Let me have a little bite to eat with you. Let me.
Andrea Tessier: Let me cook with you in the kitchen. Because I'm just imagining, like, what is it like to be. If the chi is an honored guest, how does the chi move through your space? So the next thing is the hallway. So we want the chi not only to come to your office, but we want it to come all the way down to your bedroom. So the first thing I'm going to recommend there is that you get a Swarovski crystal. And I talk about this in other shows, but in your. Given the size of your space, I'm guessing your. Is your.
Andrea Tessier: Oh, we're in a different country with you. So I can't use square feet, but I have a sense of. I know I have a sense of how big your square feet is. Like, probably like 800 or 900. Yeah, that's about. Yeah, yeah. So for that size space, I would say a 30 millimeter Swarovski crystal. And you want to hang it in the middle of your hallway.
Andrea Tessier: And so. And you use the red. You use the red cord. You want it to be an increment of 9.9millimeters, 9cm. So that the tallest person that you could imagine being your space doesn't hit. Hit their head. And it's a transcendental cure. And for those of you who are like, what is she talking about? This is wanky.
Andrea Tessier: Shui is an ancient Taoist practice. The Taoists knew what they were doing, and you don't have to believe it for it to work. So your skepticism is welcome. Your parts skepticism, your ancestors, skepticism. Like, it's going to work. So the purpose of it is that it's going to spread energy because we want more energy. Like, I think of it like a merry go round. Like, we want the energy to come in and some of it to come into your office and then some of it to keep it moving down into your bedroom.
Andrea Tessier: So that's going to really help the hallway.
Andrea Tessier: Like, not. Not because it's kind of like a weird little L shape to get into the hallway. Yeah, but kind of they're in the middle of the hallway and then the.
Andrea Tessier: That's. That's the first place. But if you feel. Because you. You've been in your space and I have not physically been there, the other place would be to put it right at that hallway point where it kind of has that like, l kind of like zigzaggy feeling. Because sometimes the energy will Naturally, kind of like you think about a creek or a river, like, and naturally will go past. Like, that's what pushes it. But sometimes it doesn't.
Andrea Tessier: Like, it's too much stagnation there. My sense is that it needs help, more help coming down into the office and into the bedroom. But you. I will give the home relationship the best you can ask. You can ask Margaret Rose, too, so you. You two can suss that out. But we want to have a spar of us, the crystal there. And the intention we.
Andrea Tessier: We anchor in is like, please allow the energy to spread throughout my home, especially into my business and into my. My bedroom for myself and for my relationship that I'm calling in. Okay, the next one, we're going to go into your office, which you're in for this call, for this conversation. So you have your. You have your desk in command, which is amazing.
Andrea Tessier: You to you.
Andrea Tessier: Yes. So we did. We did that. We did. That was a shui moment a while ago, and things have started to move for you.
Andrea Tessier: They certainly have. Like, it. It's shifted a lot. Like, there's been so many beautiful opportunities, so much creative ideas and inspiration. Like, I have not stopped working on, like, inspired projects and offerings since I moved my desk, which is amazing.
Andrea Tessier: Like, there's so much forward movement. So right now you have your desk in a. In a guest room because this is the current state status, and we're going to go with the current status. So when the desk changes, because we talked about that in our kind of our pre. Our pre chat, you might not need this, but for now, it really helps to designate with some earth energy. We want to put a square or a rectangle rug around your desk.
Andrea Tessier: Oh, okay.
Andrea Tessier: Because even though you don't have a lot of guests, like, it's just an energetic movement. It's more of a transcendental choice because we want. We want. Want the energy to come. Like, it's like the sign, just like your welcome mat, which you already have. You've already gotten all those memos. We want the energy in your office to be like, it comes right to my desk. It comes right to where I'm seeing clients love that.
Andrea Tessier: So you put it in. You're going to anchor it in. And again, we want to think about, like, a color that would really start to invite more energy in. And so you can use symbolism in it, you can use patterns, but you're going to start to feel like, oh, this is the energy I want to invite into my business. So it doesn't have to be a Full on red. Red carpet. But you could use if you want more fire, a great fire equivalence is faux furs. Or if you're someone who likes animal prints, that is, that is fire element.
Andrea Tessier: So if you want to really start to ignite and soften the metal at work, that's where you could put it right there. So that, that's my first suggestion. Then my second, my second suggestion is you have like a cutout in this room. And you know, it's an older home. I've lived in older homes before. There's lots of older home people who listen on our podcast. So currently you have a little white like cabinet or dresser on the left side. And then you have a fiddly fern.
Andrea Tessier: She has an amazing plant game, folks. A fiddly fern on the right side. So what I'm going to recommend, because the fiddly fern is like a diva. That's her energy. So it's great that you have diva energy in your business. We're going to swap them because what's directly behind you right now is a snake plant. And so snake plants are the fire element. And so we're going to move the white cabinet over, swapping with the fiddle leaf.
Andrea Tessier: And so the white cabinet is going to be the place of the fire element in the terms of the energetic bagua of your room. So bringing, bringing the snake plant right on top of it, it will also soften the metal element. Even though it's not a metal cabinet, it's white, it's primarily white. It's going to do a two for one for us. And when you, when you place it there, we're going to do a little bit of extra shway of you're gonna, if you want, you can do it with one plant, but you could also do it between the two plants. You can use the number nine. And the number nine in terms of Taoist numerology and Taoism is the number of completion. And so when we, when we're co creating or manifesting goals, we use the number nine because it's the completion of the elemental cycle and the energetic cycle.
Andrea Tessier: So using the same red cord that you're going to use to hang the Swarovski crystal, you can tie up to nine intentions for your business either on the snake plant and, or the fiddly fern together, but not, we don't want to do nine on each, but just nine overall. It can all be for your business. And so every time you look at those plants, you're anchoring in the intentions that you said and you Live by yourself. Right now, you can even. Some people even will write them out like on a hole punch and tie them in this way so it looks like a little wish tree, but it's a little bit more potent than a general wish tree. How does that land as. As some remedies for your office so far.
Andrea Tessier: I mean, these are all so brand new to me. I'm just like lit up before. Okay. So I just want to make sure I'm tracking this. I'm just going to swap the. The plant with the little white shelves. I'm looking up at it right now. I'm going to move this guy back to the spot where it actually originally was.
Andrea Tessier: Over there. Yep. And then on the snake plant, I'm putting a 9 inch long red string. Is this what you're.
Andrea Tessier: So you can do 9 millimeters, whatever. We always. Because it doesn't have to be super big. It could be 9 centimeters, 9 millimeters. And you can just do the string itself. Or if you. Some people like to have those things written out like some people do, some people don't. That part doesn't matter to me.
Andrea Tessier: If you want to, you can write it out and place a hole punch in it and then tie the red string through it and then tie it to the plant.
Andrea Tessier: Hey, cute. Okay.
Andrea Tessier: Yeah. So we're bringing in a lot of fire element for you. So the fire element creates earth. That's we kind of explaining the elemental cycle of it. And the earth will help it feel more grounded for you with all the creativity that you're doing. Creativity is also metal element. We want to ground in all the creation so that you can receive. So metal is more yang.
Andrea Tessier: So yang is like, go, go, go. Do, do, do. Let's do this. And yin is more receiving, and we want more receiving in you. So we're getting a two for one with the fire element. The fire element softens metal and it creates earth. It feeds earth. And so we want more earth love.
Andrea Tessier: So I'm so.
Andrea Tessier: And like right now you're wearing this, like, beautiful, beautiful, like fuchsia, fuchsia raspberry top. You can just dial it up. If you're gonna do some vest, like wear red lingerie, red panties, whatever you want. It doesn't have to be red all the time, but like, when we're really trying to stoke the fires in business or personal life, bring in. Bring in the fire element. Even in how you dress.
Andrea Tessier: So I have like one red top and I was like, you know what? This is the one I need to wear today.
Andrea Tessier: Look at you. So, so just starting to be really creative. Like, how can I bring. Bring more fire into my diet? Like, you're still in a cold place. I'm still, it's kind of cold this year. But like warming foods, like anytime we're bringing fire in, it's going to help soften. We can do it with interiors, we can do it with our clothes, we can do it with what we're eating. That's all part of five element theory, which is all part of Daoism, which is all part of the feng shui.
Andrea Tessier: So now, now that we've moved the snake plant over in our process, now we have this beautiful open space behind you. So traditionally what we always want is especially as you're, you're in the growth period, and the growth period needs a lot of support, a lot of grounding to receive. And the way that I talk about it with clients and listeners is when you think about how much energy the trees take and the flowers take to pop in spring, then they need to rest. Like that took so much energy. They've been harnessing that energy all winter long. And then pop, pop, pop, then they just rest. Like there's a resting period. And so part of really having robust growth, robust, prolific, meeting our goals, receiving a partner, we need to have equal and, or even sometimes more.
Andrea Tessier: For some of us, especially those of us who have a lot of metal and a lot of wood. Wood people need this too. We need so much more support and like receiving. And so part of what we're gonna introduce for you is to have a picture of a mountain behind you. So it's a mountain of support. And we, we don't want to have anything with ice on because that's like cold support. You don't want, you don't want cold support or rigid support. We want it to be like, it could be a beautiful meadow with like, it could be someplace in Provence.
Andrea Tessier: It. You've traveled all over the world. It could be like a favorite mountain from like these are my spiritual teachers. They live in this mountain. So you get to, it gets to be whatever you want, but we want to have it that. It's like the, the zoom frame behind her is quite big. So it looks like, like maybe like a three by three, three feet wide maybe picture.
Andrea Tessier: Yeah, that would go.
Andrea Tessier: Yeah, yeah, three feet wide. And then you could just decide how, how tall it is. But like, I want you to feel so supported that you're like, oh my gosh. It's easy for me to, for people to see me because I'M so supported and like, I'm epic. Like, easy, easy, easy. Right? Like, I'm gonna be brave, I'm gonna keep on showing up, I'm gonna keep on doing these things. I'm gonna raise my prices, I'm gonna do these different things. I'm gonna collaborate.
Andrea Tessier: Like that mountain of support for you. And for those of you listening, it's not just about entrepreneurs. If you have a 9 to 5 or in Washington D.C. types, a 10 or 13 hour day job, we want you to have the mountain of support behind you too. And if you're at a place where you can't have a mountain picture behind you, what you can do. And this is like pretty, pretty out there. It's pretty weird as some of my clients would say. You can print out a picture of a mountain and, and just on the printer with color and literally tape it to the back of your chair with the mountain facing you.
Andrea Tessier: And then you just place a shawl, a blanket, a jacket over it. So no one knows your business but you. Especially if you're working in places that are going through hard times right now, you need that mountain of support behind you.
Andrea Tessier: Wow. It just seems so easy. Like it actually, these feel like very simple.
Andrea Tessier: Yes.
Andrea Tessier: Changes that will have like a big effect.
Andrea Tessier: A massive impact. Yeah, Massive, massive, massive impact. And people behind you, it's, they're going to see it and they're going to be like, well, something's different with you. And they're going to be like, what's happening? And when, when you really sway your home and you and Margaret Rose are like, oh, this feels so good. People are going to come into your house and say, what's different? And where are you buying these things? Like, what are you cooking? What's the candle you're doing? And it's not going to be any of those things. It's going to be that it's in energetic alignment and balance. So it will be life changing. Yeah.
Andrea Tessier: I'm so lit up right now. This feels really exciting. And I've never really looked like, I think my home looks nice. I like it, like the look of it. I like the feel of it. But everything that you're saying, like, I see the disconnect now.
Andrea Tessier: Yeah, yeah. And you know, as my like, mentor will say, like, things get really real with house therapy because most metal people have super clear goals. Like, like, I had a metal, a metal person who wrote to me recently and she's like, what am I doing wrong? Am I blocked? Like, why didn't I get the highest Rating, like, I'm doing the best in the company. And, like, that's such a metal thing to say. And so it's like we had a different remedy for her, but, like, when we have that metal element, like, there's greatness in, in wanting to do, like, have integrity and have high standards. And, like, there's so many good things, but we can cut our own selves despite ourselves when we have too much metal. And we're back with that perfect version of us who was, like, doing all the right things versus the person of. Who is like, I'm beyond right and wrong and I'm, like, shining and I'm magnetic.
Andrea Tessier: And that's a different part of. That's a different part of metal.
Andrea Tessier: Oh, I like that. I like that.
Andrea Tessier: So now, now we're going to go to your bedroom. We're going to.
Andrea Tessier: Okay, here we go.
Andrea Tessier: So we're, we're coming to the bed. We're coming to the bedroom last. So in your bedroom again, we have the challenge of the radiator. So your bed can't be in command.
Andrea Tessier: So during what you were going to say about that.
Andrea Tessier: So what we want to do is mirrors and bedrooms are like. If you Google it. This is why we never Google feng shui. Just like you don't Google medical issues because it's not nuanced and it doesn't have particulars in it. If you Google mirrors and feng shui, it's like, don't have any mirrors in the bedroom. It's very much a faux pas for you because you literally, architecturally, it's nothing. It's not about being resistant.
Andrea Tessier: Yeah. There's a radiator. There are walls or doors literally on every wall.
Andrea Tessier: You can't, you cannot get around it. Like, this is the only place for your bed. So I, I. The way I talk about a mirror in command position for this, it's just like when you have your rear view mirror, you can see everything behind you. Or when you're in a parking garage, you can put a mirror so that you can see everything else. So with your bedroom, we want to place a mirror so that when you're in your bed lying down, you don't have to move your head to the right or to the left. You just look forward and the mirror is there and you can see the door.
Andrea Tessier: Interesting.
Andrea Tessier: Does that make sense?
Andrea Tessier: It makes, it makes complete sense. I'm not sure how it's going to work.
Andrea Tessier: You're going to have to get. You're going to have to get creative.
Andrea Tessier: Yeah. Because there's a door there.
Andrea Tessier: Right. So we're going to get creative. Um, and it's like command, especially for dating, because you're in command for work. And look how much it changed for work. I know, like, so much. And it's only since the end of December, and we're in the end of February, so two months too much and so much movement. Right. So when it comes to love and relationships and intimacy in our bedrooms and our.
Andrea Tessier: And our relationship with ourself, our identity, when we can't, when we're not in command, we're missing opportunities. We're missing potential partners. Potential partners are missing seeing us.
Andrea Tessier: Yes, they are.
Andrea Tessier: Yes, they are. And we don't see it sometimes when the wrong person, or I don't want to say wrong person, but when the. The non match comes through the door, we. We don't see it as quickly. Is that, Is that. Is that your experience right now?
Andrea Tessier: No words. That is accurate. Yes.
Andrea Tessier: Yeah. And, you know, I didn't know about command after I'm divorced, I didn't know about command. And I had some doozies of experience of like, oh, I'm compassionate. I'm really skilled. I understand people's humanity and just being like, I'm gonna wait it out. I'm gonna see. I'm gonna see how this goes. And now that my bed is in command, I'm not missing a beat, and I'm.
Andrea Tessier: I'm being seen much more clearly.
Andrea Tessier: Yeah. I've. I've had this thought lately that, like, I'm so compassionate, I'm so understanding. I'm very intuitive. I can see somebody better than they can see themselves. And for that reason, I can often lean towards compassion versus just like calling something when I just need to call it.
Andrea Tessier: Right. That's. That's when the metal part's like, let's be a little bit more mentally here. Yeah.
Andrea Tessier: Okay. Yeah.
Andrea Tessier: So. So when we look at your bedroom, your bedspread is white.
Andrea Tessier: Of course.
Andrea Tessier: Yes. Yeah. I mean, this is like, all the metal people listening are like, dang. Right? So, so we know about this. Metal people are going to hear themselves out. So I had a client who, Who's. Who has been doing this with me for a while. And I was at her house and she was like, I think my bedroom's great.
Andrea Tessier: And in real life, similar to you, she's very dialed up. She's very expressive. She dresses very expressively. And in her bedroom, it's like what you said, like, it's nice, but is there any energy? No. And so then she showed Me, another bedspread in another room. And it was very colorful and very vibrant, and it even had some feng shui things in it, like bonus prizes kind of things. And I said, imagine wearing this bedspread in your current bedroom. Out in life, you would never wear something like this.
Andrea Tessier: And then imagine taking even some of the colors from this bedspread. This is much more you. And I said, this is what you're sleeping with every night. This is what you're inviting into your partnership. And she was like, oh, oh, oh. So, I mean, I'm not here to tell you about your sex life, Andrea, but I don't think you want a vanilla relationship.
Andrea Tessier: I do not. Yeah.
Andrea Tessier: So all. All of that, it's like, it really. It. It reinforces, like, a lot of, like, right and wrong, good and bad, like, very binary, very, very structured. And when I experience you as a person, not even, you know, I don't know you sexually, but as a person, you're very spontaneous. Like, you go with the flow. You pivot, you're flexible. You're like.
Andrea Tessier: You have. You do have structure, you do have routine. But, like, you're very authentic. Yeah.
Andrea Tessier: Yeah, I think I'm very. Yeah, there's a lot of, like, liveliness to me, expressive and exuberant. And I love being silly and fun. And I can see now that that's not in my house at all. Like, I might have pink throw pillows on my bed.
Andrea Tessier: Yeah, I saw those. I saw those. So if you were going to paint any room, I would recommend even painting one wall in the bedroom.
Andrea Tessier: What color?
Andrea Tessier: So you can think about it. Like, what? Like, your bedroom is your sanctuary. It's the place for, like, not just for romantic partnership, but this is, like, the most intimate place. And, like, the. In, like, the intimacy and the coziness. Many people go for, like, what we call, like, skin tones. Like, things that are like a deep aubergine or a deep rose or, like, some. Something that's more rich.
Andrea Tessier: We don't. When we think about colors and paint, we don't want the color to have a lot of intensity. So it's not going to be, like a sharpie marker kind of intensity. It's more going to be like a gentle, like, colored pencil that when you. When you color it not hard, it's like a. It's like a wash, like something more. Something in the middle ground, so it doesn't have to be super faint. But we don't want it to be, like, having so much energy that you can't sleep or you can't Focus that.
Andrea Tessier: Be behind the bed wall.
Andrea Tessier: Yeah, yeah, Yep. You could do that. So that. That's an. That's an idea. There's. There's different things about having things above your bed because it can be, like, unconsciously a little bit much for us to be worried that something's going to fall on our head. So using paint back there or this would be like, way over the edge for you.
Andrea Tessier: For the past seven years version of you, you could do like a wall of wallpaper.
Andrea Tessier: I'm. I have. I've been very curious about wallpaper.
Andrea Tessier: So, yeah, I will give you. This is like the pro tip of things for partnership and shui. So you have two nightstands, which is amazing. So there's room for you and your future partner to get around the bed. That's super important. That's like, for those of you wondering when. When I'd ask about that. She already.
Andrea Tessier: She's already done that. They're both equal nightstands. That's what we look at. So we always are going to look for pairs. Like the idea of pairs to be reinforced and anchored in. In your space. So the most auspicious anchor for partnership and feng shui are two ducks. So I think in modern times, also outside of ancient China, there are other birds that come in pairs that you might love.
Andrea Tessier: So you could look at, like, something really beautiful with pairs of birds, or it could be things that are paired in the. In the pattern. So birds give us, like, a lot of auspiciousness because they can take our intentions out and bring them back. So that's another kind of, like, I try and get a lot of functionality in this way that I offer so that we're going to hit on a lot of different things. Birds also are animals and wild animals, and they're fire.
Andrea Tessier: I've always had this affinity for cardinals, and I know they can have. Can have different meanings, but they always come into together. And they are red.
Andrea Tessier: And yes, they're very lucky. And, you know, you're so creative. I don't know if this is in your wheelhouse, but I just saw a friend that I studied abroad with, and I went to art school when I was studying abroad. She made her own bird wallpaper. So I was like, that's. This is wild. So I don't. I don't know if that's in your house, but if you want to have cardinal wallpaper, I'd say, like, follow your instinct and totally go for it.
Andrea Tessier: Okay, interesting. And the bed spread, what would you suggest for colors and things like that? If I change my duvet.
Andrea Tessier: So when you think about, like, like, this is what I'm. This is the cloud that's blanketing me. This is like what I'm bringing to bed with me. It's like, what, what is the, like the symbolism, the colors, the vibe, that's what I want to bring into my bed. So that, that's very personal. And so knowing that we're trying to warm things up for you and let your partner know, like, how multifaceted you are. Like, it feels like your bedspread, either the wallpaper or the art that you're gonna have that symbolizes future partnership. Like, we want them to be able to see kind of like a dating profile pretty quickly.
Andrea Tessier: Like, oh, she is. She is something special. Like, this is super fascinating, super, like, amazing. And like, this is her right? We want them to be able to, like, surmise. Like, the deeper we go into your house where it's more intimate, there are more facets of you in here. Does that make sense?
Andrea Tessier: Yeah. Oh, I love it. This feels very exciting to me. I also like, I really love, like, organic cotton. Like, I'm very particular about sheets and thread bedding. And so I'm like, seeing this, like, add up very quickly. What would be like, the biggest things to shift? I mean, there's things that, that are very easy, like, move, plan, deal, get a spring. Got it.
Andrea Tessier: I would, yeah, I would do the, the. I would do like, you know, kind of meet yourself in the middle. Like, I would definitely do the square carpet or rectangular carpet around your desk. And then if you are waiting to like, invest in a bigger piece of mountain art in the meantime, just print out a piece of mountain art for behind your chair and that will do the job. And then your bedroom, definitely getting the mirror to see command. That would be my first one.
Andrea Tessier: And then full length mirror. Can it be smaller?
Andrea Tessier: Oh, no, it can. It can even be a three inch circular mirror.
Andrea Tessier: Oh, okay. That's way easier.
Andrea Tessier: Yeah, yeah, yeah. And it's, it's, you know, we do want to have a full length mirror and I think I saw a full length mirror in your. In your place. Yep, yep, I saw that. So it doesn't need to be that for that space, but you just want to be able to see it from your bed. That's all. So. And you're in your.
Andrea Tessier: And her bedroom is not so deep, so it doesn't need to be like, it's on the other way, on the other side of the room. It's like quite. It's quite intimate. In so, so that doesn't need to be big. And then in terms of like, what's next? I would say the duvet cover will be next and the wall will be last. Yeah. And then I have one more recommendation because you shared in your video that there is a bathroom door, like an internal bathroom suite within your bedroom. And so that's the water element and the water element is draining.
Andrea Tessier: And we don't want your energy to drain when you're sleeping or when you're having intimate experience. So, or, or your partner's energy to drain. So I, I don't think I've ever said this on the podcast because I had someone on yesterday and I forgot to mention this to them. But you always want to keep your toilet list down. And that's like a older, older feng shui recommendation. But it's more about, it's less about kind of the concerns of like waste like it was in the olden times. And it's more about the water element just drains things. And we don't want anything draining from, from you, no matter where the bathroom is in the house, but especially when it's in the bedroom.
Andrea Tessier: So the first recommendation is toilets down. The second recommendation is you, you had the door closed, which is great. You always want to keep that door closed. And do you have what's on the other internal side of that door?
Andrea Tessier: Like on the bathroom side of the door?
Andrea Tessier: Yeah, on the bathroom side? Yep.
Andrea Tessier: Just door. There's nothing. It's just the door and then it's the bathroom.
Andrea Tessier: Okay, so there's the remedy I'm going to recommend for you is that this is the only time I recommend one of those hideous teenage mirrors that created body image distortion. But it's a transcendental cure because I'm guessing that door is not that wide.
Andrea Tessier: I'm not sure.
Andrea Tessier: I'm not sure if you can fit a bigger mirror than one of those hideous mirrors. Please do. But a lot like I lived in really old apartments before and like you can't get a wider mirror on there just because the doors were smaller, a smaller scale. You're going to put the mirror on the inside up the bathroom side facing the bathroom. And what we're going to do is call the bathroom back into the bathroom. So it's a transcendental use of a mirror and it allows the bedroom to go to the bedroom. And it's a, it's a. Mirrors are really multi dimensional in shway and in many other practices too.
Andrea Tessier: And when we are wanting to separate something or call something back we use a mirror sometimes. It's an advanced shui practice. So don't go, go freestyling listeners. But for, for Andrea, we've seen her space, I've seen her space, and this is a really good way to delineate it. And then the last question I have about it is, do you happen to know if it's the same stack underneath with your. Your best friend's unit?
Andrea Tessier: No. There. They have a bathroom as well, but it's in a different position.
Andrea Tessier: It's just making sure because there's, there's a lot of like, preclusions. Like, I feel like I'm like advanced math when I do shua sometimes is. Is her kitchen below your bathroom?
Andrea Tessier: Kitchen below my bathroom.
Andrea Tessier: So it would be the far right.
Andrea Tessier: Corner, not the other one.
Andrea Tessier: Your bath, your bathroom in your bedroom. Okay.
Andrea Tessier: Okay.
Andrea Tessier: So there are other. There's another thing we would have to do if that was what we were dealing with. But that's not what happened. So I'm really glad that we don't have to go there. So. Pew. It gets a little bit. Another transcendental care.
Andrea Tessier: But that, that, that is good. That is, that is great for right now because the other, the other choice would be for your current situation would be to put a mirror on the bedroom side to call the bedroom back. But it's right beside your bed. And there's a lot of complexity with seeing yourself in a mirror when you wake up and you don't need any more energy. Like, that's go, go, go. You need the opposite. So the energy would be like kind of revving up your engine when we don't want to rev up your engine first thing. It's really good for you to have a more gentle morning.
Andrea Tessier: So I was not going to be a fan of that if we had to do that. So we don't have to do that, I think. Oh, oh, the last one. This is the last one for your bedroom. So we open your bedroom door, we see windows right away. And so when we do that, no matter what the space is, if it's our front door, if it's our office, that is what we call rushing chi. And so you think about it like the energy just comes in. It's like, hi, see you, bye.
Andrea Tessier: It's like a bowling ball. So I will, I will share with you a transcendental cure after the show. And this is something where I share so many things generously, but I also be. I also try to be in right relationship with the wisdom tradition that has been passed down from teacher to student. And so I'm happy to share this with Andrea afterwards. And if you'd like to work with me for feng shui consult, I can share these things with you afterwards or in your own session. But this is not something for the mass public to hear, so. Well, we'll leave it as that.
Andrea Tessier: But just, just as a reminder, I want to share. I'll make myself a note of that.
Andrea Tessier: Yeah. In fact, when you walk in, there's like a, it's a door out to like a really lovely patio. And that, that's a full window. And then I've got a big window kind of next to it. And so. Oh my God, that energy gets. It manages to get up the stairs. It doesn't walk away my shoes.
Andrea Tessier: It doesn't get trapped in the clutter somehow it gets down that long hallway and then it runs out the fucking door.
Andrea Tessier: Right? And so that's probably, that's probably when we, when we really like shway detectives. Is that what's happening with some of your romantic relationships? Like, they finally get here and then all of a sudden they're just done.
Andrea Tessier: Oh my God, I'm gonna cry. Like, that's exactly what happens.
Andrea Tessier: Yeah, yeah. And then.
Andrea Tessier: Okay, bye.
Andrea Tessier: Yeah. So. And this is where the gift of shway comes in. Because it's nothing. You're. It's nothing about you.
Andrea Tessier: Oh, I get.
Andrea Tessier: You're like, I know that. But why does it keep happening? This is the, this is the life changing magic of shui. It's really like when we help to support the energy to be in balance and help you to collaborate with your home, the patterns that are coming into your home are going to shift because the energy and the matter of your home is going to change and it doesn't. Like, our intentions are not more powerful than the energy that we're in and the energetic blueprint and patterns that we're interfacing with.
Andrea Tessier: Wow, this is, I'm just so excited because, you know, if anybody's listening and they feel like they've been like in the work and like doing all the things and are just like, why is this not happening for me, like, this is like brand new. This feels like a breath of fresh air. This feels like a, like a creative way to play. Right. Without being so serious about it and actually do something that's going to work. And I've had proof already with my entryway and the lights going out with command position and all these opportunities. Like, it works and it works very fast.
Andrea Tessier: It works very fast. Like sometimes, you know, some People's homes are a bit more complex. Like, I have a very complex home, and for many of my clients, just so many, what we call, what I call miracles happen. Yeah. And it doesn't have to be hard. Sometimes it takes some elbow work. Like, you worked really hard to organize everything in your entryway like that. That was not easy.
Andrea Tessier: It took some follow through. And then you had to buy the containers to organize the shoes. Like, that also took follow through. But it's not as, like, crazy making as, like, why isn't this working? I'm so frustrated. Like, why don't. I don't understand. Like, I'm a great catch. Like, I know myself.
Andrea Tessier: I'm ready, universe. Like, I'm giving you all the go signs. So it totally takes out the confusion that it's like literally nothing else that you're doing. Like, you're not being punished. It's not a test.
Andrea Tessier: Yes. Yes.
Andrea Tessier: Oh, it's just what's happening in my house. Yeah. The chi up in here needs some shifting.
Andrea Tessier: Yes, it does. Margaret Rose is thrilled. I think I shared this with you. Is she? She showed me when we started connecting that there's always been families that grow here. Like, the people that lived before me, like, the last few people. Even my two sets of neighbors, my best friend and my other neighbors, they've grown families in their places. Like dogs, partners, babies. And Margaret Rose is like, you can too.
Andrea Tessier: Like, we want that for you.
Andrea Tessier: Exactly, exactly. Exactly. So.
Andrea Tessier: And people stay here until they. They're too big. Like, they're bursting out. And I'm like, no, this is. This just fits perfectly.
Andrea Tessier: Yeah. Margaret Rose is on board. Right. So sometimes people say, do I have to move out of my house to get a partner, or do I have to move out of my house for this to change? I'm like, actually, it's actually the opposite. It's, It's. It couldn't be further from the truth because your house has the potential to co create with you, Margaret Rose. You've made the relationship. She's full.
Andrea Tessier: She's totally on board. She's like, I have. Here's my resume. Here's every. All the good things I've done for people. Like, I'm on board with this. Right. So it's like, why would I.
Andrea Tessier: Why would I miss that opportunity, that collaboration?
Andrea Tessier: Yeah. Oh, my God, I love it. Can I ask a quick question?
Andrea Tessier: Yes. I was going to just say, what are your questions?
Andrea Tessier: Wait, I was listening to another one of your episodes. I can't remember, but it was about the ceiling fan. Over the bed. And I had that.
Andrea Tessier: Okay.
Andrea Tessier: I need it in the summer because it gets fricking hot here and the air conditioner is ancient and it's like, it's not working.
Andrea Tessier: Yeah.
Andrea Tessier: So I do need it. And I remember you saying to them that there was some sort of like, hack.
Andrea Tessier: There's a remedy. Yes. You're gonna, you're gonna be like, so tired of hearing this. For me, when we have a fan over our heads, and I work with many people in many different climates that we really do need those at times, it's more slicing chi, it's more metal, more cutting chi. So we don't want to be cutting you at night with your energy or your partner. We don't have to feel cut up. So what we do again, you're going to a smaller Swarovski crystal. This one, I would say, like maybe 20, because the bedroom, your bedroom's, you know, petite.
Andrea Tessier: It's. It's the right size for you, but it's not a massive room. So it's the same process. You're going to tie it to the middle if you can. And it might be much smaller, it might be 9 millimeters. And you just transcendentally ask that energy to be softened.
Andrea Tessier: Wow. I've never thought about my, like, I know myself quite well from doing all of the work and I really, it's important to me to be in integrity and do my work before I can support my clients in theirs. And so I've done a ton. Like, it's been my full time job for, you know, a decade now. And all of this just feels so new.
Andrea Tessier: Oh, I. Andrea, I remember when I was like, oh, my gosh, this. I felt so humbled. I felt so humbled. And I've had different friends and colleagues over the years who said, like, oh, I'm doing feng shui. And I was, I, I can. There's a metal person inside of me too. We have all the elements.
Andrea Tessier: I was judging McJudgerson, as my daughter would say. Like, I was like, oh, that's like not real. That's bunk. And I didn't. It was never shared with me in the context of Daoism. I have such deep respect for wisdom traditions as I think you do and many of my listeners do. So it's not some, like two bit, like modern. Like, I don't even know what to call it, but, like, I had confused.
Andrea Tessier: I carried confusion about the potency of it and the, and the lineage of it and just how life changing it was going to be. And it's not a cure all. And some people have more complex houses than other. And some people's karma and ancestral path is more. More complicated. Some people's personal work is more complicated. And if you have done immense amount of personal work and your goals and one or two areas of your life aren't coming to fruition, shway is a game changer.
Andrea Tessier: Yeah. Even just to consider myself and see myself from this lens of, like, all the metal, I'm like, oh, my gosh. You know, and one of those paradigms that, like, when you see it, you can't unsee it.
Andrea Tessier: Can't unsee it. Yes. Yeah. Because internally you don't feel that anymore. No. But that's how, on an unconscious level, that's how potential partners are meeting you in your space. Like, they're not. They can't get to the innermost layers of you when we first get to know you.
Andrea Tessier: And they're like, oh, I just am drawn, like, outside the window. Yeah. Yeah.
Andrea Tessier: Wow.
Andrea Tessier: Wow.
Andrea Tessier: Okay.
Andrea Tessier: Yes. Is there anything else? Any other questions? Anything else you'd want to name?
Andrea Tessier: Margaret Rose? We listen. Listening to one of the things you shared with somebody in the two sets of things throughout the apartment she requested. Like roses.
Andrea Tessier: Yes. Yes.
Andrea Tessier: So that's what we're doing. Can I do that? And then kind of find source some cardinals?
Andrea Tessier: Yes. Yep. Yep. Yeah. And I love. Some houses are just like us. They're very specific. So amazing.
Andrea Tessier: And, you know, you have tons of plants, so you have a lot of life in your. In your apartment. But for those of you who are listening, who are like, I'm not plant people. I have a lot of people who kill plants that they just. That's not good for them. So if that's. If that's you and you're listening, this is where fresh flowers really make a difference. And fresh flowers.
Andrea Tessier: If Andrea didn't have plants, I would say bringing fresh flowers weekly and anchor in the intention, like, of life, of new life coming into her life, new life coming into her business, new life coming into her relationship. Calling in a partner who's full of life to match all the. All the lighting, all the life and liveliness that live in you. Right. And you want, like, that's where I would anchor it in. And I think there's. There's Trader Joe's in the Great North. Is that right?
Andrea Tessier: Not. I don't think so. Not in my city.
Andrea Tessier: Not in your city. So this. That's a place where it's like, they're ethical, they're fair trade flowers. But finding someplace like that so it doesn't have to be a lot of money. And, you know, thinking about the colors, like roi red flowers for you every week. Bring it.
Andrea Tessier: So do you suggest fresh, over dried, or dry?
Andrea Tessier: Don't have the same life force, but also, like being budget friendly? Like, you know, spray roses are super inexpensive. Like, they're the most inexpensive, delightful flowers out there. For rose roses, those are usually like a half or a third or a quarter of the price of a bouquet of roses. Or, you know, in other. Other places in the world, they have beautiful floors. You can go and just get like six roses instead of a whole dozen. So you might have that available in your city, but dried roses don't have the same life force. That's.
Andrea Tessier: That's the difference. Yeah. Yeah.
Andrea Tessier: Okay, so start with the rug, the bed spread, a few of the little things that can change things. The mirror in the bathroom and the mirror in command position.
Andrea Tessier: My bedroom.
Andrea Tessier: Y And then I can move some furniture this weekend.
Andrea Tessier: More movement. More movement.
Andrea Tessier: Yeah.
Andrea Tessier: Yes. Well, this has been an absolute delight. And for those of you listening, I absolutely love when you leave me a review. A rating on whatever platform you listen to the soulful Vision 8 podcast. And please let me know what you'd like to hear more of. I love to connect with listeners and guests, and I wish you well wherever you're at in your journey with your career. If you're an entrepreneur with your business, if you're partnered or looking to call in a partner, I hope that you have the most healthy, vibrant love. Can't wait to talk to you in our next episode.
Andrea Tessier: Until then, bye bye.
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