Feng Shui for Optimal Health & Performance with Amanda Gibby Peters

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Hello and welcome today my guest is Amanda Gibby Peters.

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Amanda is the voice and visionary of Simple Shu, a modern day, mission-driven,

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love-based practice of fun shui.

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She's been teaching Feng shui techniques and tips for over a decade, witnessing

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the breathtaking life transformations of her readers and clients.

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Her work has been featured on Architectural Digest, My Domain

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Food 52 Lonnie Mind Body.

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and good and Amazon.

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She was recently named one of Instagram's best fun shui accounts by the spruce

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for her vibrant and innovative influence on creating positive spaces.

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Amanda is Dallas based with an international clientele where

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she lives with her husband, twin daughters, and their a rescue dog.

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Ruby, I had so much fun talking with Amanda about how fun Al can influence

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your health habits, productivity, and even your food choices.

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She shares lots of juicy tips, and I think you're gonna love this episode.

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So enjoy and let's dive.

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Hey Amanda, I'm so excited to have you here today.

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Welcome.

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Amanda Gibby Peters: Thank you for having me.

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I'm excited for this conversation.

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Thanks for joining me today.

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I'm super excited about it.

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And there's so many questions I have for you and I know that this is gonna be a

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really beneficial episode for everybody.

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And so yeah, let's just jump in.

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I'd love for you to tell me a little bit about yourself and

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how you got into doing fun.

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Ate in the first place.

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So that's a great question.

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And it's a little bit of a lengthy story, so I'll shorten

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it for the sake of our time.

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I actually came into fun shui as a huge skeptic.

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I, had moved to a new, to us home with my husband and our, at the

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time, three year old daughters.

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And a lot of stuff just started falling apart.

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We were really stressed.

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Things that had been problematic all of a sudden seemed to be just nine at us.

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And I immediately thought, Oh, it's just the move, big life

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change, that kind of stressor.

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But after about six months, I was at my wits end and I grabbed a book and I just

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thought, whatever I see is my answer.

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And it opened to fun shui.

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And when I read it, I thought, This is so silly because I've

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just moved to a new home.

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How can my home be causing all of this?

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Right?

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I didn't understand NG Choi at all, but I took it as a challenge and I thought,

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At the time, blogs were really big.

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So I was going to try functional and write about it and probably

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show everyone how it didn't work.

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that was my thought when I started it.

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And you know what I really love about that is I am so able to see

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people where they're at when they're skeptical or they have their own

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resistance to it, or they're like, This doesn't make any sense because

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off the page a lot of times it doesn't.

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But once you get into conversation with someone and you start realizing how much

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practical common sense, this really, comes from, it's a lot easier to wait in.

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So what happened to me was I just started making changes that were

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within reach that made sense to me that I could stay consistent with

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cuz I didn't want to flake or not, be sort of academic in my approach and.

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, it wasn't that anything changed immediately, and that's something

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that I will offer people all the time.

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Shui is not transactional.

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It's not like you do something today and then tomorrow or

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this week, big life change.

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But what I did notice is as I was making changes or being more mindful

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about what we were doing in our home, our house started feeling like a home.

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And I was intrigued to do more.

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And within, I would say a couple month period, maybe a few months, we did

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have some really big life changes.

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Ones that I could either just stack up as, Oh, this is a coincidence, or I

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could acknowledge something was going on.

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And that's eventually where I ended up.

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I was like, Okay, I don't think I wanna be so skeptical anymore.

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I'm really curious what's happening here.

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And so I became the student and that's what got me on this path.

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That's really cool.

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Can I ask what.

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I mean, I know whenever we move, obviously we've got boxes,

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we've got things going on.

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We haven't necessarily found a home for everything yet.

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But when you were in that space, were there specific elements that

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you were like, Okay, like this is stressing me out, or hey, maybe just

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this idea of moving things around with fun shui could actually help.

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Was there anything like that for you that could have just figured,

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Amanda Gibby Peters: I think triggered you?

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Yeah.

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I think what it was our, like nothing felt right and I couldn't put my finger on it.

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so initially what I thought it was, and I think a lot of people make

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this mistake is I thought, Oh, my furniture's all wrong for my house.

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I don't have the right things.

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And it was a logical.

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Assumption because we had moved from a much smaller home.

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We had lived in Utah previously, so we had a small little home on the mountain

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and then we moved to Texas where the homes are big and the ceilings are tall.

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And so it looked like I had a bunch of Dollhouse furniture in my house, right?

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And so it did feel off like, if you came in, it wasn't pleasing to the eye.

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So I thought, now we gotta replace all the furniture.

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I was thinking it was all, physical.

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But as I started learning about Feng shui, I'd always been someone in

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touch with intention, but I didn't understand environmental energy so much.

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Like any more than like, oh, you might go into a room after someone's had

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an argument or something's happened and you consent something's off.

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I didn't realize that was a 24 7, 365 thing.

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And so in, yeah, that's a fascinating idea.

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Yeah.

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And so all of a sudden I started making these connections, like, Oh, my, things

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are saying something about me, but not like what sort of design trends or

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magazines or now today's social media leads us to believe, like it really was

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a reflection of my interstate, and it was also the energy that we were steeping in.

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And so as I started to read and study and try to figure out

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like, untangle these knots, like what is this functionally about?

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I started realizing there was something else at play.

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And one of the most fascinating stories about my journey was the, there were

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a lot of aspects of functionality that felt a little too big of a leap for me,

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you know, because I had just graduated with my master's in communication.

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I was, planning on going and getting my PhD.

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I, you know, I like very much Proof, logic, things that made sense.

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Yeah.

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And so this was like waiting out into the unknown for me.

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And one of the things that I came across was this concept of space

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clearing, clearing the energy in your home that felt really.

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Weird, but I was like, Okay, I'm just gonna do it right.

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we're trying everything, so we might as well throw this into the mix.

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And I did this whole ritual through our house.

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It was fantastic, genuinely felt really great.

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But it was a couple weeks later running into someone who casually mentioned, Oh,

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I knew the people who lived there before.

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How are you liking the.

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and I was like, We're kind of getting used to it.

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And then she just casually mentioned that the people who had previously

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been here were so unhappy.

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They had so many issues, you know, in their marriage with their, you know,

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just juggling kids and work and money.

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And it felt like all of a sudden, oh my gosh.

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Like that's exactly what we inherited when we came into the home.

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And so the things that were going wrong weren't necessarily us.

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It was the energy that we stepped in.

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And I explain to people, it's sort of like slipping into someone

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else's shoes and trying to just navigate through the world, right?

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Yeah.

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It's like a different experience.

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And so that's, that for me was probably one of the more profound moments.

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And luckily it was early on in my journey because then I started seeing, oh, this

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is so much more than just what we see.

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This is so much more than just moving our furniture around.

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This is the conversation people need to have in their

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hands.

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That is so cool.

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I love, I love hearing stories like that too, because it.

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It really is such a palpable energy when you walk into a space and you

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get that vibe one way or the other.

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Right?

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Yeah.

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And I think that that's just that sixth sense thing.

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It's sort of that same thing that we have innately where you can

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feel someone watching you or you can feel it someone's behind you.

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Something odd like that.

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Like we, it's a real sense, we just tend to write it off because it seems

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a little woohoo maybe, or esoteric, and we just don't really tap into that.

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But it doesn't mean those things are any less active or real or

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present just because we can't see it and it's not really obvious to us.

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Yeah, so I think that that's fascinating and I really I love it.

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Another episode down the road that we're gonna have is someone talking

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about energetics and quantum physics.

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And this is all very intertwined, so.

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It'll very much go somehow.

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Yeah.

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Cool.

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So I'd love to hear about, first the ritual that you did initially

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that made things shift for you.

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And then I'd love for you to share just a little overview

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of, you know, what FEA is and

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how it works.

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Yeah.

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So initially there are two things, and I talk about this a lot.

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One of them a lot on social media and in all, you know, the different

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spaces and places you find me.

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So the thing that I did initially when I decided, Okay, I'm gonna prove.

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That functionally doesn't really work.

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I started buying fresh flowers for our house because it, it

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was associated with wealth.

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Money was a huge issue for us.

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It seemed like we came here and even though things were supposed to be

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less expensive, somehow money was coming in, but going right back out.

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And so there's this idea that if you are in the presence or you, you know,

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sort of cultivate the consciousness of abundance, then you too will then

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attract abundance into your life.

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So that's why I went with the fresh flowers.

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Also because I could pick them up at the grocery store, so it kind of

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was like an accountability partner.

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I couldn't like skirt out of it.

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So that was the initial ritual I did.

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And like most people, I.

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Sort of had a grudging attitude toward it, meaning I was like, It's

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too expensive, it's not worth it.

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There's no special reason to do this.

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Like all of the excuses we use and what I've learned over the years is the very

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thing that we want is usually the thing that we resist allowing into our lives.

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So we just don't look that closely at the excuses we're using.

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God, That's so true.

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I made friends with the grocery store people and just said, Tell

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me what days your fresh flowers are coming in so I can get them.

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So they'll last the longest.

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And then I always wanted to know what was least expensive, and that was my on ramp.

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So that was the.

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Ritual that sort of became the connective tissue.

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Right.

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And then in terms of the space clearing you know, what I did was

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I went through our entire home and, and this is on my blog so people

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can find this, but I went through my entire home and cleansed the energy.

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You know, there's sort of a template for doing it, loosened

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it up, then cleared it out.

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I worked with a smoke bundle at the time, and then I went back through the

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space and based on the functionally map, I said intentions for us.

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I said them out loud in each area of the map, sort of reprogramming

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the space, claiming it.

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So it was r so that it was aligned with who we were and what we were

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forecasting instead of what had been sort of left behind residually.

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I

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love that.

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And when we were doing that at the moment, did it feel kind of.

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or were you like, so you today it's so, it seems so ubiquitous.

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Like people, like, it's so funny how many people are holding a smoke bundle

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on TV and like, Oh, I've gotta clear the space, I've gotta clear the energy.

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But honestly, this was like 2007.

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This was not something that you just went to the store and found, or you

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could just, you know, you've gotta think Facebook was just coming to life.

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Instagram didn't exist.

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And so it was really one of those, Yeah, like I was going to the

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mystical shops and trying to find different things to work with.

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And I did, I, I was way outta my comfort.

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But because I went there and did it and not only had the, Okay, something

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has shifted in the space, like I can't deny that it feels differently and

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then, you know, sort of the proof of it a couple weeks later running into

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someone who just casually and randomly starts this conversation with me.

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Yeah.

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I was like, Okay, I get it.

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I get this now and, and it was honestly one of the things that I pushed the most

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when I first became certified because I thought, how many people are living

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with energy that they're negotiating or managing, that's not theirs, you know?

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Right.

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It just felt like such a powerful thing to offer people.

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Right.

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This different way of looking at what they're dealing with and maybe

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it wasn't even theirs to deal with.

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That's so

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beautiful.

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I, something that I tell my clients frequently is identify.

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What is your own stuff and what is maybe your parental baggage or baggage from an X

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that they put on you, Something like that.

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And then do this visualization around, like actually like handing them back their

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luggage and saying, This is not my baggage to carry anymore . And you know, again,

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it feels silly sometimes initially, but I think that there really is so much of

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that in, it's very pervasive in our lives.

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And yeah, we don't tend to think of it in our spaces the way that we do, you

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know, maybe on a psychological level.

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Right.

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So yeah, that's really powerful.

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That's really cool.

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Yeah, well we also think a lot about

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cleaning our feed, right?

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Like following people who feel good not following people, you know,

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who don't make us feel as good.

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We think about the, what we put in our bodies.

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We think about, you know, the different products we use, but

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we don't think so much about like the quality of conversations we're

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having in our home, the media.

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We're watching what we bring home with us from the world.

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And this isn't absolutely, you know, I don't want people to break out into like

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this need for, you know, over cleansing, but just being mindful that just like you

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dust and vacuum or sweep and you know, clean your home, you want to energetically

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clean it too with some sort of consistency so that a lot of that everyday life

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that can start to build up is able to sort of be released and refreshed too.

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Yeah, exactly.

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It's just another form of detoxification and a different area of her life.

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You know, a lot of the work that I do surrounds.

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Detoxification on a physiological level.

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And yeah, again, not being paranoid and being terrified of all the things that are

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potentially bad for you out there in the world, cuz you would drive yourself crazy,

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but just doing what you can in your daily life to kind of mitigate your exposures.

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And so I think this is just another form of that, in another aspect

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of our lives.

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Yeah.

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And your home is on a.

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It's always in the backdrop, right?

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So the thing I think that people, you ask me, you know, what fun shui is

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and you know, my favorite description of it, I have a couple, but you know,

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when you translate it, it really is just bringing yourself into alignment

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with the energy of fortune, right?

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Like Fung is win, Shu is water.

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Wind represents energy, water represents fortune.

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So you're, this practice is bringing yourself in alignment with the

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energy of fortune, but not fortune.

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The way that it has sort of been capitalized on, like, you know,

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money inheritances quick, you know, wins, that kind of stuff.

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It's everything that creates cultivates allows you to have and live a good life.

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So everything that you feel necessary, and it's different for everyone, you know,

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but everything that you feel necessary would fall sort of under that umbrella.

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So when you start to think about your home, these four walls in a

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roof you are under its influence.

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all the time.

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Yeah.

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And if you're not a little mindful about that, that can work against

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you as much as if you're deliberate about it, it can work for you.

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Yeah, absolutely.

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Very cool.

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So, when it comes to our health, obviously this is what the sun test is about,

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and we're talking about, you know, all aspects of our health beyond the

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scale, and diving into ways that we can really kind of optimize our wellbeing.

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So how can punctually make a difference for our health?

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For better or worse?

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Obviously it can have an influence on our stress.

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I know that I'm someone that's very sensitive to my surroundings, and if

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there is clutter that will stress me out, sometimes I won't even realize why I'm

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feeling edgy and I'll look around and be like, Oh, I, I really need to clean this

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room, or, you know, There's one room in my house right now that's kind of ending

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up as a catchall because we haven't had time to really purge and, and clean and

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organize, and I just don't go in there.

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Like, I just subconsciously avoid it.

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So we know it can, you know, feel stressful if our space isn't, in

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a organized state or whatever.

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But when it comes to our health as a whole, talk about that a little bit

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and how, you know, this can influence us not just on a mental health level,

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but physiological and, and everything.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:17:30

Yeah.

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So, I mean, that's another great way to look at fun shui is your

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:17:34

wellbeing is under the influence of your surroundings, right?

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And so one of my favorite exercises to take people through is to look at your

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space, go to a space that you really love.

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. And it can be a room, it can be a corner, it can be a shelf,

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it can be a side of the bed.

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But just describe what you love about it.

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Think about what you really love about it, you know?

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And if you wanna do this and really get the win, you know,

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pause here and write that down.

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And then what I ask people to do is go to a space that you don't like.

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So you know the room you just mentioned, and you can say it's a catch all.

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You know, we're super busy.

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You can sort of describe

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the

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way it feels, what you think of when you know, you

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pass it as you put something else in it, and sort of describe that.

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And the big reveal here is that when I have people do this, I'll

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have them remove the name of the space and replace it with I am.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:18:33

Mm.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:18:34

And so your home is always a reflection of you.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:18:37

And so the great thing about this exercise is you have a.

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For what you love now, what feels good to you, sort of some

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guiding principles, if you will.

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And then the space that you don't love is an opportunity to tune up the quality

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of energy that you are living in.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:18:53

Right?

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This is a really great way to start to practice fun, Al is to

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look at things metaphorically.

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There's a great quote or definition that I came across when I was

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brand new to fun shui and Barry Gordon, I think is the name.

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He was a, he's a physicist.

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He said, You know, fun shui is the intelligent use of environmental

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metaphor, you know, and so's

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say one more time.

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I love that fun.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:19:18

Shu is the intelligent use of environmental metaphor.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:19:22

Mm.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:19:23

So when you start to think about how you want to feel, and again, this

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gets so nuanced because everyone has different ideas, if they're being honest.

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, you know, And not trying to sort of carbon copy what society tells

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us, but what is healthy for you?

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What feels good to you?

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:19:42

Right?

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And finding ways to represent that in your space, because again,

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you're steeping in this influence.

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So programming your space in a way that reminds you, speaks to you, and encourages

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you to hold to those intentions.

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That's the way that you use it to trigger the opportunities and the

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:20:06

results that you're looking for.

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So when it comes to health, that's a really big way to do

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it is where are you settling?

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What are you tolerating?

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And it can be clutter, but it can be a lot of other things too.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:20:17

Right.

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And I say that because I think sometimes health can be, I'm so exhausted.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:20:22

Okay.

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Then go through your house and figure out where your house is wearing you down.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:20:28

Mm-hmm.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:20:28

. A lot of times it's things that we've just put off that we

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:20:31

think we don't have time for.

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, but the actual cost is, it's wearing on us every single day.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:20:37

Yeah.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:20:37

Sapping at energy, you know?

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:20:39

Yeah.

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And if we just took care of it, maybe it would take a couple hours, maybe

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:20:43

it would take a whole weekend, maybe it would take longer, but however much

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time it would take probably isn't, as long as it's been allowed to sort of sit

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there and a road away at your energy.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:20:55

Right?

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:20:55

Yes.

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So that's one thing I'm

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laughing because for us procrastinators, that's . Mm-hmm.

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. Amanda Gibby Peters: Yes, I know.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:21:01

Yes, I know.

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And you know what's interesting, procrastination.

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I, I have a lot of clients who do that.

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I think it's another form of perfectionism.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:21:10

Absolutely.

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It's like we think, Oh, I can't do this until it's going to be exactly right.

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And so again, we put feeling a little better.

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for that perfect moment to feel totally better with,

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which is actually bullshit if we're honest with ourselves.

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Right.

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That doesn't exist, . Yes.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:21:31

Yes.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:21:31

It's the little upgrades.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:21:32

It's the little mm-hmm.

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moments.

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But here's, you know, like speaking specifically about clutter, and I don't

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:21:38

mean clutter just for sort of those of us who think hoarding, I mean clutter,

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anything that is not of use of need or that you love sort of just getting a pass,

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:21:49

a layover in your house, is that as you move things out, as you move things to

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:21:55

a space where you can appreciate them, however things need to be shifted or

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sort of, you know, rearranged you open.

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A different way for energy to pattern through your life.

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And this is why, you know, all of the shows that have been so successful

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lately, like, you know, the home edit, Marie Condo, Queer Eye, even when the

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minimalists were out, all of these shows why people get so evangelical about it.

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Because when you move things, you are literally changing your life.

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You're changing the way you see things, you're changing the way you feel.

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And so by just moving things around, even if it's just a small section of

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your home, you're gonna get that win.

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So I, I will tell clients, and you know, readers on the blog and the

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socials just go for a little bit, a little better is a little better.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:22:41

Yeah.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:22:42

. Jeannie Oliver: Yeah.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:22:43

Yeah.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:22:45

And I can, and I build momentum quickly.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:22:47

Exactly.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:22:48

Yeah.

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That feeling of success.

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It's motivating, it's energizing.

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You want more of it.

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It creates that positive feedback loop in the brain.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:22:55

Right.

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So, Totally.

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Yeah.

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And since I've been chatting with you and getting to know you, I have had more

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fresh flowers in the house and I now, I don't have them right now cause I just had

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to toss out my old ones who are getting funky and I cannot wait to go pick up more

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because it just brightened up everything and not just visually it just felt good.

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Yeah.

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So that's

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Amanda Gibby Peters: where I'm starting . Yeah.

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And

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actually that doing small purges with things around

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Amanda Gibby Peters: around and That's so good.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:23:26

The kitchen, like opening up energy.

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Think about just, I mean you're, you deal with the body.

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Mm-hmm.

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. So allowing things to flow is exactly what you're trying to create through your home.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:23:36

Yeah.

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And then what is going to invigorate.

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That flow, and that's what fresh flowers do, right?

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So we'll take supplements, we'll eat things that are high in

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antioxidants or you know, whatever, more fiber, like whatever it is

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to just sort of optimize our body.

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That's what you're doing in your home.

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You're optimizing your environment.

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And studies show over and over that the spaces we're in affect

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our brains and our bodies.

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And you know, we all know that our thoughts have so much control over how

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we feel and we get kind of stuck there.

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But you know, when you start thinking about that influence and then how your

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feelings are driving your mood, your behavior, your decisions, which are

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driving your outcomes, you start to go, Oh, my space kind of does matter a

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little bit more than you know, I think.

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And we need to be a lot more conscious about what we're letting

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in our space, Meaning, mm-hmm.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:24:33

, you know, I think this became really clear over Covid where.

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Before that people have been so focused on the aesthetic, like, I've gotta

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have magazine lifestyle pictures, everything's gotta look a certain

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way, I've gotta stay on top of trends.

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And while that hasn't gone away completely, Covid made a nice amount

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of room for comfort, real comfort to come back into the conversation.

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So what actually makes you feel good instead of what

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will make other people think?

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You feel good.

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Yeah.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:25:04

Big distinction.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:25:05

I love it.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:25:06

Reality

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versus the highlight reel.

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. Amanda Gibby Peters: There you go.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:25:11

So speaking of

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that, you know, a lot of the people that I work with are pretty

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high power professional, mostly women.

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I've got some guys in there, but mostly women.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:25:20

And you know, when we're talking about optimizing our space, I wanna talk

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about some specific areas in our lives.

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But you know, since you mentioned kind of optimizing our space, when

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we're talking about optimizing.

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energy specifically because I think that's a huge, probably the biggest complaint

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that I hear from potential clients is that they wish they had more energy.

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They're having these energy dips throughout the day.

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They don't wake up feeling rested, like they're pretty spent.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:25:48

Yeah.

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And stretched thin by the end of the day.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:25:50

And so how about before we move into specific areas of the home, what are

Jeannie Oliver: 00:25:55

your thoughts about professional space?

Jeannie Oliver: 00:25:57

So some people are working from home, but even if it's an office area

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that they're working at the house, whether it's their dining table

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or if it's an actual office space.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:26:04

Mm-hmm.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:26:05

, what are the biggest things that they can be aware of or think about as far as fun?

Jeannie Oliver: 00:26:11

Shu for productivity, energy, mental

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:26:15

clarity, creativity, et cetera.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:26:17

That's a great question.

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So I'm gonna do a quick plug here.

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I'm gonna give you three answers, but I'm gonna do a quick plug.

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I just released a new freebie for people who sign up for my newsletter

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and it's how to functional your office.

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It's like a 14 page magazine.

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So it has a lot of really great ideas.

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The I'm all over that first thing that I encourage people to do if possible.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:26:42

I get, not all spaces allow you to do this, but is to sit in.

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And I'm gonna explain why, because there's, again, this

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is a common sense thing.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:26:49

Command is, I want you to think sort of mafia boss mentality.

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You have something solid behind your back and you can see anyone

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coming into your space, right?

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So if you think of an executive's office, you know, you're, you're saying sort

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of the high profile people, a lot of times their offices are reset up this

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:27:04

way, but a lot of people when they're at home aren't working in those spaces.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:27:08

Or they've got like a desk up against a wall or they're just trying to,

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you know, take whatever is available and over covid, totally fine.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:27:17

We did with what we could, but here's why I think this is so important.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:27:22

And it has a lot more to do with how you feel than it has to

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do with looking like the boss.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:27:29

When we have our back to the door or we're not fully able to see who's coming in,

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:27:35

who's approaching, what happens is our subconscious through no choice of our own,

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:27:40

we're just wired this way, is on alert.

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and it's like, okay, I gotta stay attuned to anything that might be

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:27:45

coming outta nowhere, might be coming up behind me, might, you know, come

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around the corner and I not see it.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:27:51

Now again, I said at the beginning, is not transactional.

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So a day, a week, a month of this is not gonna be a big deal.

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But if your subconscious is hovering on high alert day after day, month

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:28:03

after month, year after year, that's gonna have some inflammation, right?

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:28:09

Like you are going to feel worn down.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:28:11

Because really what starts to happen is you've got part of you that's paying

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:28:16

attention to keep you safe, and then part of you that's trying to do work, you know,

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:28:20

move through whatever you are focused on.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:28:22

And so there's like this decision fatigue that starts to happen.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:28:26

Mm-hmm.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:28:26

because you are trying to manage two different things.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:28:30

Whereas if you're facing where you can see people coming into the

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:28:34

space, you are fully engaged with.

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Whatever it is you're working on, because you know, if someone comes in,

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:28:42

you can see it, you can handle that.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:28:45

You take this into the metaphorical sphere of fun shui, and what that

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:28:48

really represents is being able to see opportunities so that you can take

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:28:52

advantage of them as soon as they appear.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:28:55

But it's also being able to see problems before you know they get past you.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:29:01

And so there's a lot of common sense and then there's a lot

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:29:05

of sort of functionally win.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:29:07

And I bring this up because again, I've been doing this for so long.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:29:10

This is one of those things that people like to think is optional.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:29:14

And again, not all spaces cater to this, so I get that.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:29:18

But if it is something you can do, it makes a huge difference.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:29:22

And I'm thinking mostly energetically, like all of the

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:29:25

opportunistic wins, fantastic.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:29:27

But just how you feel day after day.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:29:30

The other thing I would say, two other things that I'd say

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:29:33

are great for an office space, like just how you feel is clear.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:29:37

Your desk, and it doesn't have to be every day, but when we have a lot

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:29:43

of things on our desk and we don't take the time to sort of clean up and

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:29:46

organize and prepare the space for us the next day, it, it tends to yield

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:29:50

a lot of unnecessary drama, right?

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:29:53

And it doesn't mean drama necessarily with the people

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:29:55

around you, but just how you feel.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:29:58

And again, think about like that drip, drip, drip, drip, everyday exposure.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:30:03

You know, eventually it's gonna wear you down.

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And then the other thing, because we're all so tech, Connected.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:30:09

We're just, you know, we're all getting screen burn every single day.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:30:12

Having fresh plants, or at least a plant on the desk is such a fabulous

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:30:17

way to increase productivity, you know, kind of help absorb some of the

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:30:23

energetics coming off of the devices.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:30:25

But it also lowers blood pressure.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:30:27

You know, it's just a great thing to have a fresh plant.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:30:29

If you can't do fresh FO will work too.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:30:32

But having something in that space that, you know, brings in mama nature, right?

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:30:37

Like, you'll hear people talk about biophilia.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:30:40

You know, this idea that having nature in your space.

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And it's because when we're in sync with nature, our wellbeing thrives.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:30:47

So those are three things that are pretty simple to do.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:30:50

You know, without a lot of right.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:30:52

Like, you don't have to, it doesn't need to be cost exhaustive, you know,

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:30:56

other than moving some furniture around, probably not that much effort either.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:31:00

Awesome.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:31:01

Yeah, I love that.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:31:02

Yeah, it's.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:31:05

I have an office here in the WeWork space, and it is set up like that.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:31:10

Like I have a wall behind me and then we all have, you know, glass doors and my

Jeannie Oliver: 00:31:15

clients have set across, you know, from me so that they don't feel like they're

Jeannie Oliver: 00:31:18

on display, but I can see whoever's coming down the hall who's coming out.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:31:21

Yeah.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:31:22

And aside from just having an office space outside of my home so that

Jeannie Oliver: 00:31:27

I don't have the typical daily distractions that I do at the house

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:31:30

mm-hmm.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:31:31

, I

Jeannie Oliver: 00:31:32

am so much more productive when I'm here exponentially more.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:31:37

And my energy is always better.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:31:39

I'm more alert.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:31:40

It really does make a difference.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:31:41

And also I'm just, you know, I don't have stuff piling up on my desk,

Jeannie Oliver: 00:31:46

everything here like I would at the house.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:31:48

But I do need to bring in the, the fresh plant because I've been

Jeannie Oliver: 00:31:51

working at home so much more.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:31:53

Since Covid started.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:31:53

So I'm not here every single day, so I worry about them dying , but

Jeannie Oliver: 00:31:58

maybe that's something that I have that's a portable plant that I

Jeannie Oliver: 00:32:00

bring in with me a couple times

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:32:01

a week so it doesn't die when I'm aware.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:32:03

There are a lot of plants that are super forgiving.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:32:06

You know, like Z Z plants and snake plants.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:32:08

A lot of them are super forgiving.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:32:10

If you can just water them a little bit at the beginning, you'd be

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:32:13

surprised how long you can let them go.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:32:15

So there are, I think, as long as your space lets you have plans.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:32:19

Yeah.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:32:19

Fantastic.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:32:21

And for those of us too, I think, who are in an office regularly,

Jeannie Oliver: 00:32:24

there are now so many cool floral delivery programs that are really affordable that

Jeannie Oliver: 00:32:28

they'll bring you something, a beautiful arrangement, you know, once a week on

Jeannie Oliver: 00:32:31

a Monday, and then they'll take out the old one and they're reusing the pot and

Jeannie Oliver: 00:32:35

composting the dead flowers or whatever.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:32:37

It's, so I think

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:32:38

that if that's something that I love that it's best.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:32:40

Yes, I would say to everyone, if I could nudge you to do

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:32:43

one thing, that would be it.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:32:45

. Cool.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:32:45

Okay.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:32:47

Buy yourself the flowers, everybody.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:32:48

So energy levels in general.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:32:50

Is there anything that you wanna add when it comes to that that's specific?

Jeannie Oliver: 00:32:54

Cause I wanna talk about to our bedrooms and how it affects our sleep.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:32:58

I mean, I always tell people like, create a sanctuary in your bedroom.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:33:01

Mm-hmm.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:33:02

. But I think, you know, obviously you can give us a more detailed explanation

Jeannie Oliver: 00:33:06

of, you know, what does that mean?

Jeannie Oliver: 00:33:07

How can you create that energy in.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:33:10

your bedroom so that it does feel like this place of rest.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:33:16

You know, we always tell people, reserve your bedroom for sleep and sex only.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:33:20

Don't work in your bedroom, don't watch tv.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:33:22

Don't spend a bunch of time like sitting, you know, on your

Jeannie Oliver: 00:33:26

tablet or your phone in bed.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:33:27

Like, try to reserve those for other rooms so that the brain isn't associating

Jeannie Oliver: 00:33:31

the bedroom with work or anything that's gonna make you anxious or restless.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:33:36

So what are your thoughts for that?

Jeannie Oliver: 00:33:37

Because obviously sleep has a huge influence on our energy throughout

Jeannie Oliver: 00:33:40

the day, and we want people waking up rested, ideally, and sleeping soundly.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:33:45

So what are the Yeah.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:33:46

Big tips for, for

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:33:47

bedrooms?

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:33:49

So everything you just hit on Absolutely.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:33:51

Like the star attraction of the bedroom needs to be the.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:33:55

Not the tv, not the Peloton bike, you know, not any of that stuff.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:34:00

If you are able to have the bike somewhere else or any of

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:34:04

the workout equipment, great.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:34:06

I know again, over quarantine, people had very specific, you know, like everyone

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:34:11

was working ho at home and so, you know, some people set up shop in the bedroom

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:34:14

and that, and in those situations, or even kids who, you know, school

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:34:18

from home, I say, Okay, then just at.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:34:22

Work from somewhere other than your bed.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:34:24

Mm-hmm.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:34:24

Like maintain that as precious space.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:34:26

Right.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:34:27

Don't invite the whole world into bed with you.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:34:29

All right.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:34:30

Yeah.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:34:30

But in terms of like the tv, I know that that can often

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:34:34

create resistance and I get it.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:34:37

People love it.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:34:38

It's a nice way to self-soothe.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:34:39

At the end of the day, it's a great thing to fall asleep to, but

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:34:43

it is emanating its own energy.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:34:45

And so if you're someone who has trouble sleeping, it's actually disruptive.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:34:49

It's kind of like alcohol.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:34:50

You know, alcohol makes you feel tired, but then it actually will wake

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:34:53

you up in the middle of the night.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:34:54

The TV can be the same disruption.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:34:57

And so instead of like, take the TV out right now, I will encourage

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:35:02

people, cover it up, see how you sleep.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:35:05

A lot of times if you have that conversion of getting a few nights

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:35:09

of really good rest, you will want to move the TV yourself.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:35:13

So you're right, like the EMS and that kinda stuff.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:35:16

But a few other things that I would recommend that I see.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:35:20

We love to have all the things by our bet.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:35:22

We have all the lotions and the potions and the essential oils and the, you

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:35:26

know, all the books and all that.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:35:27

I don't do anything like that.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:35:28

All the things, I dunno what you're talking about, right?

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:35:30

I know , I know the healthy types.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:35:32

I, I get it.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:35:33

And you know, this, this, this better version of ourselves, right?

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:35:38

And we're gonna eventually use it, but tonight I'm too tired.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:35:40

Right?

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:35:41

But all of those things generate their own noise.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:35:44

Mm-hmm.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:35:45

. And so it's great to do an edit like once a month.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:35:49

What am I actually using?

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:35:51

What am I actually needing?

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:35:53

Like, where can I create open space?

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:35:55

You know?

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:35:56

Something that I'll, I'll say often to my clients is luxury really

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:36:01

is what you can afford to do.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:36:03

, right?

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:36:03

Mm.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:36:04

I love that.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:36:05

What can you let go of here to create some open space so it's less distraction,

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:36:11

less noise, less interference.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:36:13

And I would say the same thing about what we keep in the room.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:36:17

So whether it's on the dresser or if we have chairs or a couch in

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:36:20

there, or even stuff under the bed.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:36:23

Start being mindful about what you are letting share that space with you.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:36:29

And then something.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:36:31

That I'll say that I think en you know, interferes with good sleep and

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:36:35

feeling energized is this monochromatic palette that everyone loves.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:36:41

You know, just the really pristine white and not knocking it, it's gorgeous.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:36:45

I love it.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:36:46

But when you understand color from the perspective of functional, specifically

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:36:51

the five elements, you know, white is a little bit more of a demanding

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:36:55

color and it can make it really hard to shut down the mental chatter.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:36:59

So sometimes when people reach out to me and they're dealing with a lot

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:37:02

of anxiety when they're having a hard time sleeping, I'm like, How can we

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:37:06

bring in like a few darker colors?

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:37:10

Cause if you think about what dark does, it absorbs, it pulls

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:37:13

you inward, it kind of quiets.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:37:15

It's about being reflective.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:37:17

So it's not about getting rid of a palette you love, it's about balancing

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:37:20

it out and really playing to it in a way that caters to again, Vulnerability

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:37:27

cuz that's what a bedroom is.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:37:28

It's like you said, sleep.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:37:30

It's sex and it's stillness.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:37:31

Right?

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:37:32

Where we go to be alone with our thoughts or to meditate or to sort

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:37:35

of, kind of think through something.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:37:38

That's what that space is designed for and that will really

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:37:41

help allow you that balance.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:37:44

That's so cool.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:37:45

Yeah.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:37:46

Yeah.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:37:46

You know, I definitely agree with that and I see that in my own life.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:37:50

And especially when you talk about clearing the bedside table.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:37:53

That's a big one.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:37:53

I'm so guilty of that because I always have like six, seven books every once.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:37:58

Yeah,

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:37:59

I do too.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:38:00

I'm, I don't want people to think I'm perfect.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:38:02

I have stacks of that and I will totally be transparent when I start a new project

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:38:09

or when there's something really big, like I need to show up for something.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:38:12

That's when I'll get really serious because I don't want

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:38:15

other voices interfering with.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:38:18

Yeah.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:38:18

Yeah.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:38:19

It's a good,

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:38:19

So it's a, it's a give and take for me too.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:38:24

. . Jeannie Oliver: Good to know

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:38:26

. Well, you know, it's funny cause we go to hotels and we travel or if we stay in

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:38:29

a beautiful Airbnb, something like that.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:38:31

Yeah.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:38:31

I think that one of the most relaxing things is that there isn't

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:38:34

just a bunch of shit everywhere.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:38:35

Like, Yeah.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:38:36

And it's not necessarily just a lack of clutter because sometimes you go in those

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:38:39

places and there are, you know, sculptures and books and all kinds of things.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:38:42

But it's something about the way the space is used and it's not overly.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:38:48

Taken up, you know, it's, it's kind of like graphic design is that way too.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:38:52

If you have enough white space, it looks better, it feels

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:38:55

better, it's easier to read.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:38:57

So again, I think this is just pervasive in every area of our life.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:39:01

And sleep is such a huge thing.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:39:02

I mean, during sleep is when our brain detoxifies, that's when we

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:39:05

are actually repairing muscle fiber.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:39:08

We're burning fat like we are healing.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:39:11

There's so much work that our body is actually doing during sleep.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:39:15

And if our energy is being siphoned off by these other things, it

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:39:20

diminishes our ability to really do all those other functions optimally.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:39:24

So those are awesome tips.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:39:26

Thank you for that.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:39:26

I'm excited to especially clear off my bedside table.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:39:31

We're pretty good with the other things.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:39:33

Like I'm just not someone that can sleep well with tv.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:39:35

It's too stimulating for me.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:39:37

Yeah.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:39:37

But I know a lot of people use that to, to fall asleep too, so.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:39:41

Covering.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:39:42

Yeah.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:39:43

And honestly practical if,

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:39:44

if people have like Fitbits or anything like that, I had

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:39:48

this really cool experience years ago.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:39:50

I taught at the Dallas Design District.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:39:52

I, some of their you know, the designers have to get, you know, like take

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:39:57

classes every year just to sort of stay, you know, cert not a certified,

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:40:01

but what is the word I'm looking for?

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:40:03

Accredited.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:40:04

And so I taught about, you know, the different spots in

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:40:08

the home and what it meant.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:40:09

And we talked about the bedroom and I mentioned the tv.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:40:12

And you know, of course, You always have some people who like us, we don't have

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:40:17

a TV who are like, Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:40:18

And then other people are never Right.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:40:20

Right.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:40:20

So, a couple weeks later, this designer reached out to me and she's like, Hey,

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:40:24

I was at your class and I wanted to tell you, I had a client who I mentioned this

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:40:29

to, so she covered her TV up and her Fitbit, every time she covers her TV

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:40:34

up shows that she gets better, longer sleep than when her TV's uncovered.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:40:39

And I'm like, There you go.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:40:41

Now see, I could sit there and say, You need to get rid of your

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:40:44

tv, but why not let Fitbit do it?

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:40:46

Right.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:40:46

So I'm always like, just try things out because if it's

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:40:49

gonna work for you, you'll know.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:40:50

And if it's not, then move on.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:40:51

It's not for you.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:40:52

Come back to at another time.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:40:54

Exactly.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:40:55

And here's a huge plug for these trackers, you know, that we can wear.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:40:58

I wear an aura ring and I absolutely love it.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:41:00

It has completely transformed my sleep in recovery and I, it's been a great

Jeannie Oliver: 00:41:05

tool for me because I can see daily data on how different choices affect me and

Jeannie Oliver: 00:41:11

You know, just having my bed made every day or yes, you know, whatever it is,

Jeannie Oliver: 00:41:17

like different things that I'm doing.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:41:19

Obviously for me, you know, I'm tracking my exercise and my nutrition, so depending

Jeannie Oliver: 00:41:25

on what time I finish eating at night or if I had a glass of wine or something that

Jeannie Oliver: 00:41:29

day, I can see all of that data in real time, like how that's affecting my sleep.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:41:34

So I think that that's a really good tool, especially for interview.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:41:36

Any of you out there who are struggling with sleep not feeling rested,

Jeannie Oliver: 00:41:40

you know, struggling with energy, consider using one of these devices.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:41:44

I love the aura ring because you mentioned emf.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:41:46

You can actually turn this onto airplane mode as you sleep and it still

Jeannie Oliver: 00:41:49

collects all your data and you just sync it up next thing in the morning.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:41:52

Then you can turn it back on airplane mode all day long if you want to.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:41:54

You're not gonna miss anything.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:41:55

But it's not, again, an additional source of these electromagnetic fields

Jeannie Oliver: 00:42:00

that you're exposing yourself to.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:42:02

And, you know, one of these things doesn't emit a harmful amount of

Jeannie Oliver: 00:42:06

that, but we don't have a lot of data showing how much is harmful.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:42:11

We just know where we're getting it from all angles.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:42:13

Right?

Jeannie Oliver: 00:42:14

Our wifi, the neighbors wifi, if you live in an apartment building, like you've

Jeannie Oliver: 00:42:17

got all of this stuff and then your tv, the remote controls, like all of the

Jeannie Oliver: 00:42:21

sources cumulatively, can be problematic.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:42:25

And we've seen those be damaging to people.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:42:26

So that, I think is something to sort of be aware of and mitigate in your life.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:42:32

But the, the trackers are great.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:42:33

I think they're very, very helpful.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:42:35

Yeah.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:42:35

So anything else you wanna say about the bedroom before we move on?

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:42:39

No, but here's what I will say.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:42:41

This will actually intrigue people.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:42:43

So, you know, one of the things that people will reach out to

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:42:48

me for is like, something is not happening for them, right?

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:42:52

Whether it's like something with their work or you know, their relationship

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:42:56

or, you know, there, there seems to be a lack and I can tell you know,

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:43:01

just by going in their bedroom if they prioritize themselves or not.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:43:05

So your bedroom speaks so much to the relationships you're in,

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:43:10

in general, but certainly the relationship you have with yourself.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:43:13

And if you're not prioritizing yourself in your bedroom, and again,

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:43:16

this is not meant to be like you have to go spend a ton of money and

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:43:20

you have to have your dream bedroom.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:43:22

It is about taking care of what you have to take care of.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:43:25

But if you're not prioritizing yourself in your bedroom, then it

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:43:30

tells me that you are more worried about taking care of everyone else.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:43:34

Mm-hmm.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:43:34

. And that's how you step out into the world.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:43:37

And you know, unfortunately no one's gonna come around and

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:43:40

say, I wanna prioritize you.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:43:42

Right.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:43:42

Like you have to make that.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:43:44

Yeah.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:43:44

You know, the first thing that's on your to-do list every day.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:43:47

So I think a bedroom, because it bookends our days, right?

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:43:50

It's how we start the day.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:43:51

It's what we wake up in usually, and it's where we go to sleep.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:43:54

It is having that steady influence.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:43:57

And so by just making that statement with how you choose what gets to be a bedfellow

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:44:03

in your room really has a lot more bite I think, than, you know, we probably would

Jeannie Oliver: 00:44:10

assume.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:44:12

Yeah.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:44:12

Agreed.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:44:13

Very cool.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:44:14

Okay, so.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:44:16

The next one, let's talk about the kitchen, because this is a big one.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:44:20

It's another area of our home that's often very central.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:44:23

We spend a lot of time in there.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:44:25

Everyone sort of congregates in the kitchen and you know, obviously for

Jeannie Oliver: 00:44:30

my people, the people listening, you know, nutrition is something that we are

Jeannie Oliver: 00:44:34

prioritizing, we're trying to prioritize.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:44:37

And you know, one aspect that I'm always trying to help clients with

Jeannie Oliver: 00:44:41

is helping them sort of streamline food prep or have things organized

Jeannie Oliver: 00:44:47

in a way that makes it more fun and pleasant and easy for them to mm-hmm.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:44:52

set themselves up for success, right.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:44:54

And many of my clients are living, you know, here in the city, in Seattle,

Jeannie Oliver: 00:44:59

they may not have a huge kitchen space.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:45:01

So what are the biggest things that we can keep in mind in our kitchen?

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:45:06

I think kitchen is, Kitchen.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:45:10

Well, from a functionary perspective, it is considered a power spot.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:45:13

You know, we look at the front door being where you welcome energy into your life.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:45:17

We look at the bedroom, how you prioritize yourself, and then we look at the kitchen

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:45:21

in terms of wealth and health, right?

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:45:24

So these all, all, you know, these areas all matter a lot when we're sort

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:45:30

of assessing the energy of your home.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:45:32

So when you're talking about health and wealth in the kitchen a couple things that

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:45:37

I notice, one, a lot of times we spend.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:45:40

Too much of our time eating out or bringing food in, and we're never

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:45:44

actually stoking the stove or the oven.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:45:47

And that is considered the hearth of the home.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:45:49

You know, the stove and oven are so tied to prosperity and fesa.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:45:55

And the reason for that is there was this belief that, you know, if

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:45:59

you had the ability to feed many mouths, then you must be prosperous.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:46:03

And so because the universe saw you prosperous, it would provide you more

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:46:07

opportunities to stay prosperous, right?

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:46:10

It was also that you could feed your family.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:46:12

They would be strong and healthy.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:46:13

They could go out and earn money and bring that home.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:46:15

And so you have all of this symbolism that ties back to the kitchen.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:46:20

And so much of the time we don't actually use our kitchen, right?

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:46:24

We don't use the stove, we don't use the ovens.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:46:25

So, you know, whether it's trying to call in a partner or bring in more

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:46:29

abundance, crack open those cookbooks, , , you know, get to know your kitchen.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:46:37

I also think the kitchen is a sneaky place for clutter, right?

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:46:41

Like we hold on to way too much, or we over accessorize.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:46:45

We have all the gadgets that we think are gonna make a life so

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:46:48

much easier than we never use them.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:46:50

Right?

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:46:50

And, you know, when you think about abundance, I want you to think of, you

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:46:56

know, abundance is something that a.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:47:00

Right.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:47:00

So it's not something that you just get, because if you get

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:47:03

it, you wanna hold onto it.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:47:04

So you've gotta have room to receive it.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:47:06

You've gotta be able to hold onto it.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:47:08

And when our kitchens are sort of suffocating from too much stuff, all

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:47:12

the spices, all of the gadgets, all of the, you know, all of the things

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:47:17

that we're being told we need and want and must have, we don't have

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:47:21

room to actually receive what we want.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:47:23

And, and something you touched on a minute ago about how we love going to the Airbnbs

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:47:28

or, you know, sort of like the nice hotels and there's not a lot of clutter.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:47:32

One of the things that I've noticed over the years of doing this is

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:47:34

that people really want, it's not all the things that we want.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:47:38

We want more space and we want more time.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:47:41

Yes.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:47:42

And so we get into this interesting negotiating with ourselves about, well,

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:47:47

if I let this go then, and we start future tripping, But what we really want is

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:47:53

over here, and the very thing that stands in the way is all this stuff that we're

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:47:56

clinging to, that we're insisting on.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:47:58

Mm-hmm.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:47:59

. So I just recommend going through your space and being mindful

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:48:03

of do you really use this?

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:48:07

Is this something that's serving you?

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:48:09

Do you have something that already serves this function or this purpose?

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:48:13

So, you know, working with your stove and your oven, having sort of a, you

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:48:17

know, an assessment of what's taking up space and is there room to receive?

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:48:22

Like literally is there room, Do you have open pockets of space in your kitchen?

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:48:27

Because that is sort of a catcall to abundance.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:48:29

And then I would say the last thing is just prioritize fresh, especially when

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:48:34

we're trying to be healthy, So, mm-hmm.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:48:36

, when I will encourage people to buy flowers, they're like, Well, I

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:48:38

don't even know where to put them.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:48:39

Put them in the, , the kitchen screams, you know, wealth and abundance.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:48:44

So what a great thing to bring in there.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:48:47

I love to have fresh oranges out on the table.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:48:49

They're really symbolic and punctually.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:48:51

They speak to like, you know, the good life.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:48:53

But whatever fresh fruit you'll eat, you know, keep it out.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:48:57

But having something that is providing you that really yang or young

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:49:01

energy is going to help you start to feel more motivated, It's gonna

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:49:06

help you with that follow through.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:49:07

It's just gonna be that little bit of lift that over time adds up.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:49:11

So those are three things that I would strongly recommend for the

Jeannie Oliver: 00:49:13

kitchen.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:49:14

Awesome.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:49:15

I love those.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:49:16

I did the bowl of oranges thing.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:49:17

I first heard that from you and it really is, it's cool.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:49:20

I mean, it looks nice.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:49:21

You don't really think, Oh, okay, it looks nice.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:49:24

Again, you say it's cumulative, you know, so I think it's kind of as we

Jeannie Oliver: 00:49:27

chip away at these things and try different things we'll find what

Jeannie Oliver: 00:49:30

works best for us and what's doable.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:49:33

And again, it's not about perfection and doing all the things all at once.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:49:38

I mean, so many people that I work with are very type A and they're sort of

Jeannie Oliver: 00:49:42

all or nothing personalities, right?

Jeannie Oliver: 00:49:44

And that's something that we work really hard on as far as mindset goes to start

Jeannie Oliver: 00:49:49

understanding and embracing the fact that success lies in the gray area.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:49:53

It's never usually all or nothing.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:49:54

It's embracing the fact that perfectionism or perfection in general is a myth.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:49:58

It doesn't exist, . It's not a thing, it's not real.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:50:02

And that if you can approach things and just know that hey, even if I do it

Jeannie Oliver: 00:50:07

imperfectly, I'm making some progress.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:50:10

I'm growing and it's good, it's good enough, and you can build on that.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:50:15

And it gives you that, like you said, that motivation, right?

Jeannie Oliver: 00:50:19

Mm-hmm.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:50:19

people.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:50:20

I think we all believe the myth that we're like either super motivated

Jeannie Oliver: 00:50:23

all the time or we're just not.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:50:26

And there's people that must be just motivated all the time and like, no,

Jeannie Oliver: 00:50:30

you know, fitness, eating healthy.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:50:32

I mean, even as a nutrition and fitness professional, do

Jeannie Oliver: 00:50:36

I eat perfectly all the time?

Jeannie Oliver: 00:50:38

No.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:50:38

Am I always motivated to do it?

Jeannie Oliver: 00:50:40

No, but I'm way more motivated now, more consistently than I used to be.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:50:45

It just took time and patience and work and growth to get to the point

Jeannie Oliver: 00:50:49

where it's like, more often than not, I'm motivated, but I still have those

Jeannie Oliver: 00:50:53

days when motivation's in the tank and I need all the help that I can get.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:50:57

And so, you know, the kitchen is the way to do that.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:51:01

Like set yourself up for success, have these things that are energy boosters

Jeannie Oliver: 00:51:05

that make it a space that's more approachable and fun, where you're

Jeannie Oliver: 00:51:09

more likely to take the time to make something really healthy and good

Jeannie Oliver: 00:51:12

for yourself even when your energy is

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:51:15

low.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:51:16

Yeah.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:51:16

Well, and I'll say this too, I think that cuz I have a lot of type A clients as

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:51:21

well who are like, Tell me all the things to do and all the things is the clue.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:51:25

Right?

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:51:25

And I'll try the one because I find when we sort of tackle something like

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:51:30

it's a checklist when you're talking about life transformation, that's

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:51:35

something yourself up for disappointment.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:51:37

Exactly.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:51:38

Because it, it suggests that you don't trust one or two of

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:51:42

the things to work on their own.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:51:43

Mm-hmm.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:51:44

. So it really lets desperation into the conversation.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:51:47

And for me, I'm like your co-creating with your home.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:51:52

The work that I do, I want you to see your home is this living, breathing partner.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:51:56

It wants you to succeed.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:51:57

And the way to do that, the, the most efficient way, let me say

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:52:02

to do that is make one or two.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:52:06

Let the energy change you're steeping in it.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:52:09

Let it influence you so that you feel a little better, you're on a bit higher

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:52:14

ground, and then you can come back to the list of things and see what resonates

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:52:19

with you from there, because when you feel better, you're gonna see things

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:52:22

a little bit differently, and so then you implement maybe another change two,

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:52:26

and that starts to change your space and then you benefit from it, and then

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:52:30

again, a little bit more higher ground, and it just keeps going from there.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:52:34

That's the latter that I want people to get on because I find that when we

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:52:38

do all the things, we're exhausted.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:52:40

But more importantly now, we're not available to even noticing what's working

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:52:45

and what's not, because we've done too much and we're not really receptive.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:52:50

Right.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:52:51

And so there's no mud, there's no win.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:52:53

Yeah.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:52:54

There's no win.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:52:54

Trying to be like, I did it all.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:52:56

I won the marathon.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:53:00

. . Jeannie Oliver: Exactly.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:53:01

Yeah.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:53:01

If you haven't read it and anyone listening, I highly recommend

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:53:05

the book Tiny Habits by BJ five.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:53:08

Yeah.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:53:08

He ends up the behavioral research lab at Stanford.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:53:11

Such just a lovely, humble person.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:53:15

And his audiobook is great too.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:53:17

He narrates it.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:53:17

It's really good.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:53:19

But that's his whole premise is that we don't form new habits

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:53:24

necessarily by repetition or time of repetition, but by feeling successful.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:53:28

Right.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:53:29

Or having that, that positive kind of emotional feedback when we do something.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:53:33

And if we can create these small enough goals, we can feel successful

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:53:38

and then we can kind of build on.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:53:41

And so I think that this is that same concept.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:53:43

You know, just start small, pick something that feels doable, like

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:53:46

go for the low hanging fruit first.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:53:48

Yeah.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:53:48

Maybe that's buying a bag of oranges and throwing 'em in a pretty bowl.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:53:51

Whatever it is.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:53:52

You know, start small and then add on as you're able and just chip away at it.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:53:57

Versus trying to jump in with all fours and do everything all at once,

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:54:00

which is just a recipe for failure.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:54:02

So, yeah.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:54:03

That's great.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:54:04

Other spaces, So here's one that I'm super curious to hear your thoughts about.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:54:09

Mm-hmm.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:54:09

, a lot of us are working out from home now since Covid.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:54:11

Mm-hmm.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:54:12

and I, I don't live close to a gym.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:54:15

I live like a full 15 minute drive, which at half an hour round trip

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:54:19

for me if I'm gonna go to a gym.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:54:21

So that is enough of a hurdle that I won't be consistent with my workouts.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:54:24

So even before Covid, we set up a little, you know, we have

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:54:28

a home office slash gym, and.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:54:33

That's a great way for me to stay consistent because it's

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:54:36

right there, I can do it.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:54:38

So I was really lucky to have that set up already, but I know for some people

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:54:40

this is still a pretty new thing to have their workout space within their home.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:54:45

And sometimes, and often it is a smaller space, it's a multipurpose space.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:54:51

So what are your thoughts around that?

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:54:52

Because obviously it's that, you know, motivation piece again, like we wanna

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:54:56

feel motivated and energetic enough to get the workout in to actually do

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:55:01

it, which then, hey guys, guess what?

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:55:04

You're more energetic when you actually exercise.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:55:06

So yeah, it can be this nice snowball effect.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:55:09

But what are your thoughts around home, home

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:55:11

workout spaces?

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:55:13

So, I mean, I think they're great as long as they're not in

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:55:15

the bedroom, if at all possible.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:55:17

Right?

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:55:17

Because again, it's just that, you know, it's just that influence

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:55:22

of, you know, you should be doing this or you've gotta do this.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:55:25

And that's not, I mean, not all of us just love working out, right?

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:55:28

Like there's an effort required.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:55:30

So having that out of the bedroom, if possible, best case scenario

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:55:35

however you set it up, you know, it has to work for you.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:55:38

Everyone's spaces are so different, and you're right, a lot of times

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:55:41

it's sort of relegated to the least used spot or a small spot

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:55:45

where it feels the least intrusive.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:55:47

So, you know, as long as it's being used, you know, it's when you go into the

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:55:52

workout spaces and it's got like the dry cleaning over it or you know, there, it's

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:55:57

just sort of become a rack of some sort.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:56:00

Yes.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:56:00

, Yep.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:56:01

Yeah, that then I'm like, Let's talk about this.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:56:04

Why are we holding on to this?

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:56:05

And then the other thing I would say is in terms of motivation, and this is, you

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:56:09

know, kind of going a little bit more advanced into a functional conversation,

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:56:13

but you know, one of the things that we work with are the five elements.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:56:17

And the element would, is associated with like breaking new ground, new

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:56:22

goals, new beginnings, fresh starts.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:56:25

It's that energy of spring.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:56:26

So having.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:56:29

In the space could be really helpful, but anything that is sort of associated

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:56:34

with the element would, would also work.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:56:36

Well.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:56:37

I have a lot of that on my blog, so I, you know, we don't need to go

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:56:40

through the whole list here, but that would be a great thing to check out.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:56:43

I would also say in terms of motivation, you know, because exercise is you

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:56:47

know, associated with this element, even just having like your workout

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:56:50

clothes sort of laid out for you, like really preparing yourself for success

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:56:56

so that you follow through with that.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:56:57

All of those things are really great.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:56:59

You want to, again, create the invitation, create the inevitability of it, is really

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:57:05

what, you know, I would say I would focus on for that space more so than

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:57:10

like where it was located outside of the

Jeannie Oliver: 00:57:13

bedroom.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:57:15

. Tell me what you mean exactly by creating inevitability of it.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:57:19

I mean, just like link it into another behavior that morning or routine of some

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:57:23

sort, or it is like when we're in the

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:57:27

presence of our goal, right?

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:57:29

When we're really committed to something and we create the least amount of

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:57:34

interference, or we clear up anything that stands between us and following

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:57:38

through, there's a good chance that if, because I, I do think that when

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:57:44

we set an intention, there's always a flickering second or moment where

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:57:48

it's like, Okay, you gotta do this.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:57:50

Mm-hmm.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:57:50

. And it's whether we show up for the assignment or we

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:57:52

give ourselves a pass, right?

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:57:55

Like there's that moment.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:57:56

I, I genuinely believe that.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:57:58

And it's okay.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:57:59

Like a lot of people are like, Nah, I'm gonna pass.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:58:01

I'm not feeling it.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:58:01

But if you can follow through and grab a hold of that, and then you have the

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:58:05

space, once you get into it, then it just becomes like, this is who you are now.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:58:12

Right.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:58:12

So you wanna remove any sort of resistance.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:58:15

Yeah.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:58:16

That might be in the way.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:58:18

Right.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:58:18

And there's a lot of different, I mean, there's so many different

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:58:21

ways that that shows up.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:58:22

You know, like you are, you know, you don't, you don't schedule the time,

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:58:28

meaning you don't plan on it or you schedule time and it doesn't work because

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:58:32

other things are going on around the space, or you don't have the things

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:58:35

laid out and now all of a sudden it's taking more time than you intended.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 00:58:37

Like really think through it so that the Yes is super easy to grab onto.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:58:43

Absolutely.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:58:45

And as far as just rooms go, mm-hmm.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:58:49

, correct me if I'm wrong, I would definitely tell someone if they've

Jeannie Oliver: 00:58:52

got a Peloton for example, which a lot of people do, put that maybe in your

Jeannie Oliver: 00:58:55

living room in front of your television.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:58:57

The bedroom or put it someplace where it's in a space where you're less likely

Jeannie Oliver: 00:59:01

to throw clothes over it and cover it up.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:59:03

Yes.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:59:04

And maybe tuck it away.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:59:05

If you have limited space, for example.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:59:07

Yes.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:59:07

I have started a new practice of either stretching or doing body weight

Jeannie Oliver: 00:59:13

exercises while I'm watching TV with my husband in the evening, because

Jeannie Oliver: 00:59:16

I realized I was sitting there for like two hours straight on my butt,

Jeannie Oliver: 00:59:19

sometimes more if it was a weekend and we were just exhausted, whatever.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:59:22

And I was like sitting that long.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:59:25

A, it affects my sleep negatively and I can see it my data.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:59:28

Mm-hmm.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:59:29

. But my joints just don't feel as good when I'm sitting for a long time.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:59:32

I feel like it's wasted time and I just feel better when

Jeannie Oliver: 00:59:35

I'm moving or doing something.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:59:37

And as someone who has struggled with chronic pain in the past,

Jeannie Oliver: 00:59:39

like sitting down and doing some stretching before going to sleep,

Jeannie Oliver: 00:59:42

it calms my nervous system.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:59:44

I have less body pain.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:59:46

Like everything is better , everything is better.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:59:48

Yeah.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:59:48

So I have this little, it's not a yoga mat, but it's like

Jeannie Oliver: 00:59:51

a really squishy soft mat.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:59:52

So that cushions like my knees if I'm doing, you know,

Jeannie Oliver: 00:59:55

pushups or something like that.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:59:56

And it sits on the floor in front of our TV now.

Jeannie Oliver: 00:59:59

It's not always there because I don't like the look of a mat lying on my ground.

Jeannie Oliver: 01:00:04

Mm-hmm.

Jeannie Oliver: 01:00:04

. But it's, you know, something that I bring out almost every

Jeannie Oliver: 01:00:07

evening and I sit there and do it.

Jeannie Oliver: 01:00:08

And sometimes I'll just leave it out there if we're not having a company or whatever.

Jeannie Oliver: 01:00:12

And you know, that's a space I'm not usually in necessarily,

Jeannie Oliver: 01:00:18

or walking through my.

Jeannie Oliver: 01:00:20

Daily routine until we're kind of at the end of the evening.

Jeannie Oliver: 01:00:23

We're relaxing now.

Jeannie Oliver: 01:00:25

So it's not something that's visually bothering me if I have my

Jeannie Oliver: 01:00:28

mat sitting in front of the couch.

Jeannie Oliver: 01:00:29

But that just visual prompt of having it there, it's like, Oh, mm-hmm.

Jeannie Oliver: 01:00:33

, I don't need to sit here on my butt for an hour and a half.

Jeannie Oliver: 01:00:35

I watch the show.

Jeannie Oliver: 01:00:36

Like, I can actually get down the ground, do some stretching, do

Jeannie Oliver: 01:00:38

some, you know, I don't know, core work, leg lifts, whatever it is.

Jeannie Oliver: 01:00:42

Any other tips around those kinds of things that people can do?

Jeannie Oliver: 01:00:45

No, I

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:00:45

think you, I think you're exactly right on like, having,

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:00:48

having things where you are going to, I don't wanna say feel provoked.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:00:54

But reminded, you know, and again, the bigger thing here is really

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:01:00

making your space work for you.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:01:02

So that's what happens is this is, you just touched on something that's so

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:01:06

important is a lot of times we're like, Oh no, it can't be the living room because

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:01:09

that's the more social area of our home, and we don't want people to judge us.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:01:12

So we put everything in the bedroom.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:01:14

And this goes back to what I was saying earlier, like when everything starts

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:01:17

hiding in the bedroom, I know you're putting other people before you, but then

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:01:22

you're hiring people to help you figure out how to stand out or how to be taken

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:01:26

more seriously or how to prioritize you.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:01:30

And it's like, but it has to start with you.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:01:32

Mm-hmm.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:01:33

. So make the living room work for you the way it needs to work

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:01:37

for you, or whatever room it is.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:01:38

You know?

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:01:38

And again, not everyone has the luxury of extra square footage

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:01:42

to have their own exercise rooms.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:01:44

So it's like exactly.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:01:45

Where does this make the most sense?

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:01:48

Yeah.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:01:48

And, and, and the other thing too is, you know, I know that a lot of people be.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:01:54

Especially if they have an extra room.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:01:55

Like let's say they have a guest room, this is so common, and they

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:02:00

are working from the kitchen table, or they're working from their bed.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:02:02

And I'm like, Why are we not using the guest room, you know, for your office?

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:02:07

And the, you know, the excuse or the, you know, explanation is, well, because

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:02:12

we have company over all right, how often, like, really do the math, How

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:02:16

often are you having someone over?

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:02:17

Because even if it is a hundred nights a year, which is a lot, that's still 265

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:02:26

nights that that space is not being used.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:02:28

Right?

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:02:29

Right.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:02:29

And so here you are sacrificing that for the, the company, right?

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:02:34

And so it's about understanding your space and not letting what you think society

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:02:41

or design trends or even the builder of your home dictate for you, right?

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:02:47

Like really making the space help you live the life that you want to live.

Jeannie Oliver: 01:02:53

Yes, and perfect point because everything that we're gonna

Jeannie Oliver: 01:02:58

talk about on this podcast, everything that I talk about in my practice is

Jeannie Oliver: 01:03:02

about making things work for you.

Jeannie Oliver: 01:03:04

It's not just jumping on the bandwagon because everybody's

Jeannie Oliver: 01:03:07

doing it, and well work for Susie next door, it'll work for me.

Jeannie Oliver: 01:03:12

If it doesn't work for me, I'm a failure.

Jeannie Oliver: 01:03:13

Like all of that nonsense.

Jeannie Oliver: 01:03:15

It's really about stepping back and going, Okay, there may be elements

Jeannie Oliver: 01:03:18

of different things that work for others, that might work for me too,

Jeannie Oliver: 01:03:21

but I'm going to filter things out and readily let go of what doesn't and then

Jeannie Oliver: 01:03:26

embrace the stuff that does and really personalize this whole experience.

Jeannie Oliver: 01:03:30

So, yeah, so things for making that point because I think it is really

Jeannie Oliver: 01:03:33

crucial and I think so many women especially do put everyone else's.

Jeannie Oliver: 01:03:40

As a higher priority than our own.

Jeannie Oliver: 01:03:42

And that's how we end up here.

Jeannie Oliver: 01:03:44

You know, we've put our job first, our team first, our kids, partners, parents,

Jeannie Oliver: 01:03:50

whatever it may, whoever it may be.

Jeannie Oliver: 01:03:52

And there are times when that's to some degree in necessity, right?

Jeannie Oliver: 01:03:56

Although I would argue that self care has to be in place all the time because

Jeannie Oliver: 01:04:00

if you fry and bring yourself out, like no one's gonna benefit in the long run.

Jeannie Oliver: 01:04:04

But at this point in our lives and the women we're talking with here,

Jeannie Oliver: 01:04:09

it's really about going, okay, my self care, my health, my wellbeing,

Jeannie Oliver: 01:04:14

my happiness is really a priority now.

Jeannie Oliver: 01:04:16

And it's enough already of putting it on the back burner and putting all

Jeannie Oliver: 01:04:22

these other things, or telling myself the story that all these other things

Jeannie Oliver: 01:04:25

are more important, when in actuality what is more important than your health.

Jeannie Oliver: 01:04:28

Like, nothing, nothing.

Jeannie Oliver: 01:04:31

So yeah, thanks for bringing that point up, because I think it's a really

Jeannie Oliver: 01:04:34

crucial thing to reiterate, right?

Jeannie Oliver: 01:04:37

And for us to just embrace and go, This is not selfish, this

Jeannie Oliver: 01:04:40

is actually caring for myself.

Jeannie Oliver: 01:04:42

Helps me to show up better in the world.

Jeannie Oliver: 01:04:43

It helps me to be more emotionally available for the people who I love and

Jeannie Oliver: 01:04:47

the things that I wanna do and accomplish.

Jeannie Oliver: 01:04:49

So I can make a difference in the world and, you know, live my purpose.

Jeannie Oliver: 01:04:52

Yeah.

Jeannie Oliver: 01:04:52

Et cetera.

Jeannie Oliver: 01:04:53

So, yeah.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:04:54

There's a, when you look at the function I map, you know, and

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:04:57

we haven't really gone into that but you know, you have all these different life

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:05:01

areas that are represented in your home and if you apply this map to your home,

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:05:04

you can sort of read where different areas of your life are represented.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:05:08

But what's interesting, speaking about that, health is at the

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:05:11

center of that map there.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:05:13

It's a tic tac toe board.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:05:14

If you think about, you know, a three by three grid, it's a tic tac toe board, and

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:05:18

at the very middle is the health area.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:05:21

And it's interesting because you think about it, if you don't have your health,

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:05:26

the quality of all those other life areas that it touches, suffers too.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:05:30

Yep.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:05:31

So it is really about understanding that you have to put yourself at the top of

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:05:36

your own to-do list every single day.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:05:38

It has to be a choice and it has to be deliberate.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:05:41

Cause people are happy to take your time.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:05:43

. Jeannie Oliver: Oh yeah, absolutely.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:05:44

I was telling like your job, like there's no company out there that's

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:05:47

gonna thank you at the end of the day for sacrificing your health for them.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:05:50

Right.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:05:51

. Right.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:05:52

That's, I mean,

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:05:52

that's just it.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:05:53

Mm-hmm.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:05:54

. Jeannie Oliver: Yeah.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:05:55

Yeah.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:05:55

So I know that we are running long here, but I have a couple more

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:06:00

questions I'd love to cover Okay.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:06:01

With you if you have time.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:06:03

Oh, absolutely.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:06:04

Okay.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:06:05

So health wise, you may know, I worked in a chronic illness clinic for years and

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:06:09

I worked with a lot of people with Lyme disease and complex chronic illnesses.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:06:12

When it comes to someone that's maybe struggling with that, where they're

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:06:16

doing all the work, they're doing treatments, you know, they're seeing the

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:06:18

right practitioners, they're working on their nutrition, but maybe there's just.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:06:23

You know, this next level of health that they're trying to

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:06:26

break through and can't seem to.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:06:28

Mm-hmm.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:06:28

, are there any very specific functional practices that those people should focus

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:06:33

on in their home when it comes to just overall healing or anything stagnant when

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:06:40

it comes to, you know, It's something repeating the body's natural healing

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:06:45

process.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:06:46

So, I mean, there are quite a few things like a lot of super specific things that

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:06:52

I would probably say are best like in a, you know, one-on-one conversation

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:06:56

just so that people aren't grabbing.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:06:58

Sure.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:06:58

You know, it's a grab bag.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:06:59

But here's what I'll say.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:07:00

One, I would really, and this sounds disconnected, but it's not, I would

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:07:06

really love up on the front door or the entry of your home because that's

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:07:11

where you welcome opportunities, new perspectives, fresh energy into your life.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:07:17

It sounds crazy, but it, you know, the front door is like your own mouth.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:07:22

You know, where we take in what we need, Food, water, nourishment, you know,

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:07:26

oxygen, The front door is the same thing.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:07:28

And so I just think when you're trying to infuse yourself with something new

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:07:33

or refreshed, A little bit of front door love, and again, not anything

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:07:39

that feels overly done, but just like sweeping or wiping down, you

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:07:44

know, the door and the, the hardware.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:07:46

Having fresh flowers out there, or certainly getting rid of

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:07:49

anything that's struggling, which would then be my next suggestion.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:07:52

Being mindful of anything in your home that suggests struggle.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:07:58

Mm-hmm.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:07:58

. Right?

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:07:58

That's such an important thing.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:08:00

We, again, become very tolerant of our surroundings and it's like,

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:08:05

No, I'm gonna rehab these plants.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:08:06

I really am, but are you?

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:08:08

Like, I, I want to too.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:08:10

Right.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:08:10

But there's a point where clearly you have, you know, you're

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:08:14

beyond your pay grade . Yes.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:08:18

You know, in terms right now it just needs to go.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:08:20

Yes.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:08:21

And it's, you know, and it's, you can thank the plant and let it go.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:08:25

But you see this like with like landscaping, like what's

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:08:28

happening around the home.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:08:30

Everyone gets super ambitious in the spring and they plant all the things

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:08:32

and then they don't wanna go out and water or deadhead or turn the soil

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:08:36

or fertilize or do any of the things that's going to keep that energy,

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:08:40

that chi percolating in their favor.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:08:42

Right.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:08:43

So that's another thing, you know, when you talk about stagnant

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:08:45

chi, that's a really great way to wake up and energize the space.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:08:50

Love that.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:08:50

And then I'd be mindful too, of rooms where nothing ever changes.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:08:57

Ah, so like, you know, and this can be.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:09:01

Overwhelm, right?

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:09:02

Like, oh my gosh, there's so much stuff in there and one of these days I'm

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:09:04

gonna have all the energy to conquer it.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:09:06

But it can also be the room that is so beautifully done.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:09:10

You know, a lot of us probably went to homes like this when we were growing up

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:09:13

where it's like, oh, no one goes in there.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:09:15

Like that's the form living room.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:09:17

Or that's like the formal dining room, right?

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:09:19

Or like even our grandmother's, you know, mine like had the

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:09:22

plastic covering on the furniture.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:09:24

Right?

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:09:24

Like you have to be so careful where you sat.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:09:26

Yes, yes.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:09:27

Like that kind of stuff is going to suffocate she, if it's not being used.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:09:33

And it can also be the beautiful room that you had the designer do that is

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:09:37

like perfect, but it's kind of lost.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:09:41

Its wow.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:09:42

And you don't feel like you have permission to change things around

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:09:45

because you paid so much money for it, or you really loved it once upon

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:09:49

a time, but it's okay still, right?

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:09:52

When we're not moving things around, nothing's.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:09:55

and when it turns into like a chronic way of living that can contribute

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:10:00

to chronic situations, you know, in terms of our thinking, in terms

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:10:05

of how we feel and certainly in terms of experiences we're having,

Jeannie Oliver: 01:10:10

that's really powerful.

Jeannie Oliver: 01:10:11

I love that.

Jeannie Oliver: 01:10:11

And I think that anytime that we feel stuck, you know, whether it's chronic

Jeannie Oliver: 01:10:15

illness or whether it's like, Oh, I just can't seem to stay consistent

Jeannie Oliver: 01:10:19

with nutrition, with my workouts projects I need to complete for my

Jeannie Oliver: 01:10:23

business, whatever it is, I think that that's a really, really key one.

Jeannie Oliver: 01:10:27

That's what I'm gonna put to use for sure in my own life.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:10:31

Yeah, let me say this too, just because I think this is always

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:10:34

such a powerful way to really get it.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:10:35

I love issuing this challenge to anyone.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:10:38

When we think that we're not an autopilot, I always say, go into the kitchen.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:10:43

And move around like the drawers, like put the silverware in a different

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:10:47

drawer, put the, you know, whatever the spices, whatever you keep in the

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:10:50

drawers, just move 'em all around and then notice how many times you go

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:10:54

back to where you think things are.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:10:56

That is how on autopilot we get.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:10:58

That is how checked out we are.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:11:01

And if that is happening in all of your space, is that just means that

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:11:04

energy is moving through the same way in your life every single day.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:11:08

And when you move things around, it forces you to wake up.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:11:11

It makes you pay more attention.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:11:13

You have to be really bright and on your toes and that changes what you see

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:11:18

and what you're calling into your life.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:11:20

So just those little shifts can

Jeannie Oliver: 01:11:23

make a big difference.

Jeannie Oliver: 01:11:25

Awesome.

Jeannie Oliver: 01:11:27

Okay, cool.

Jeannie Oliver: 01:11:28

So if there are like just, I don't know, three to five, I know you always do.

Jeannie Oliver: 01:11:35

You know, your five countdown Yeah.

Jeannie Oliver: 01:11:37

Lies on Instagram, which I love.

Jeannie Oliver: 01:11:39

Anyway, just a handful of tips, like if people just want like three

Jeannie Oliver: 01:11:44

to five ways where they can start taking steps or little functionally

Jeannie Oliver: 01:11:49

tips, what would those top ones be that people could start out with?

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:11:53

I would say my favorite and because they're super

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:11:56

accessible for pretty much everyone, I would say if you have a front

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:12:00

door sweep, Okay, it is when I first started, you know, consulting and

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:12:05

people would be like, I can't do this or I can't do that, you know, I

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:12:07

was running into a bunch of excuses.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:12:09

I was like, Okay, if you can do nothing else, just sweep.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:12:11

Again.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:12:12

It's that preparation of like releasing what is no longer needed, right?

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:12:17

Mm-hmm.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:12:17

, but creating a welcoming space for something new, it's really powerful.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:12:23

And I would say to date, it's one of the top tips that I've shared in terms of.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:12:28

Feedback and stories I've gotten, just what has happened.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:12:31

So anytime you're doing something new, setting new intentions, getting yourself

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:12:35

ready for a new week, find a way to stitch that in because that is a really

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:12:39

powerful ritual of just creating and maintaining a little bit of space for

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:12:44

improving what comes into your life.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:12:47

Another tip, and I've said this already but you know, find a way

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:12:51

to make an offering to your home.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:12:52

I like to do with fresh flowers, but honestly, it could be like,

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:12:56

okay, every week I'm gonna do something small for my space.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:12:58

So this week the weather's nice, I'm gonna open the windows.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:13:01

Next week I'm gonna move furniture around and kind of vacuum or dust behind there.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:13:05

Maybe I'll keep things moved around or maybe I'll put back, but I'm

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:13:08

gonna just give the space a judge.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:13:10

Maybe this week I'm gonna buy fresh flowers for three

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:13:12

different rooms in the house.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:13:14

Maybe the next week I'm gonna have people over so that there's just like

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:13:17

that really big energy in my home.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:13:19

Yeah.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:13:20

, but find a way to make these little offerings to your home,

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:13:24

because I want you to think of them like positive cheat deposits.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:13:30

Right?

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:13:30

And they're adding up in the bank.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:13:32

Right?

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:13:32

And so what happens is when you do this with consistency in your space, when

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:13:38

life happens as it does functionally, certainly is not an inoculation, it's

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:13:41

not gonna prevent things from happening.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:13:43

It's that your house can hold you up.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:13:46

It's like it doesn't, These things don't have to take you all the way down.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:13:50

Like you, you make a quicker comeback, the rebound is faster.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:13:54

So the nice things are a really great thing to do.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:13:57

I'd say when things feel really stale, you know, you're just like, Oh my gosh.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:14:01

It's just like I'm in this monotonous.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:14:04

Move 27 things around, that's one of my favorites.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:14:06

And people love doing that.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:14:08

And you can get as crazy as you want with it.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:14:11

You can move 27 things in every room.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:14:13

You can just move 27 things in the whole house.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:14:15

You know, if you're somebody who struggles with clutter, you might change it up and

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:14:18

say, Okay, I'm gonna get rid of 27 things.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:14:20

But the reason we love that is, you know, three is such a

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:14:26

engaging, energizing number.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:14:28

You know, you'll see designers work with it a lot.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:14:30

They'll put things in groups of three because it's such an activating number.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:14:35

And so when you take three times, three times three, you're gonna get 27.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:14:41

And that's kind of what we're playing with there.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:14:42

So that is a really great way to wake up the space.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:14:47

And then I would say, I guess the last thing, if I could tell you one thing to

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:14:52

do, you know, have something in each room.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:14:56

that you really love, Start there.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:14:58

Like have a focal point, something in the room that really you love.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:15:03

And at first, it doesn't have to be something that everyone notices, but

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:15:06

as long as you know you've planted it there and let that start to take up

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:15:10

space and then see what transforms.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:15:12

Because you don't have to know what all the different areas of your home

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:15:15

mean, but if you start planting love in those spaces, it's certainly going

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:15:18

to infiltrate those areas of your life.

Jeannie Oliver: 01:15:23

I love it.

Jeannie Oliver: 01:15:24

It's super practical and um mm-hmm.

Jeannie Oliver: 01:15:27

. Yeah.

Jeannie Oliver: 01:15:27

Thank you for that.

Jeannie Oliver: 01:15:28

Because I know for me if again, like if I allow myself to look at the big

Jeannie Oliver: 01:15:33

picture of all the things, then I can get too in my head, overwhelmed

Jeannie Oliver: 01:15:37

cetera, . And so just having.

Jeannie Oliver: 01:15:40

Cup of little, little tweaks that feel really easy and accessible is so helpful.

Jeannie Oliver: 01:15:45

So, and lastly, I would love for you to tell us about your book and then I know

Jeannie Oliver: 01:15:49

you have a new program out, so tell us where people can find you and what you got

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:15:53

going on.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:15:55

Okay.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:15:55

So lots of new things.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:15:57

You're catching me right on the cusp of a ton of new things.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:16:00

So I would say the best first place to find me and to learn

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more is to go to Instagram.

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Ton, ton, ton of information over there.

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So that is a way for you to sort of see, learn, but not need to

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have any, you know, visibility.

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You can lurk, you can stalk, you can learn a ton about shui.

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And I would say also sign up for my newsletter because that's

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another place that I, you know, share a lot of functionality.

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So those two places, and you can sign up for my newsletter

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at Simple shu s h u i.com.

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After that, I would say the book is fantastic.

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So just like the tips that we were sharing there at the end.

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My book, Simple Schwa, for every day, 365 Ways to Functional Your Life, There's a

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tip for every single day that's pretty simple, that's easily digestible.

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It was something when I was brand new to functional and I wasn't ready to

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start figuring out like this landscape.

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What can I do?

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Cuz I was enjoying the little things I was doing, but I didn't wanna

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have to keep buying more books to figure out more little things to do.

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So this is 365 of those and you don't have to do them in order, they're not

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time specific, but it's just a great resource if you wanna just dip and dive.

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After that, I would say, yeah, I have a six week course that

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is launching later this week.

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So it's probably launched by the time you're listening to this.

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Yeah, yeah.

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Where you can learn.

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It's basically what my consult process is.

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I teach it to you and you function at your own house.

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Cool.

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And then there are other ways that you can work with me and you can find

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those over on my, on my site as well.

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And then the last thing is I have a podcast that's probably out by

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now when you're listening to this.

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It's house therapy.

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And so yeah.

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So it's another great way to learn fun shui, you know, in the comfort

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of your own home and schedule.

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So all those places, Lots of functionally for you if you are hungry for

Jeannie Oliver: 01:17:49

it.

Jeannie Oliver: 01:17:50

I love it.

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I'm so excited for your podcast.

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Cause I'm such a podcast junk and I am often driving or walking or working out

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and so that's what's on my headphones.

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is a podcast of some sort, so.

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Oh good.

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I love

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that.

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That makes me excited.

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. Jeannie Oliver: Yeah.

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Awesome.

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Well, anything final that you wanna add that we didn't

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cover today?

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We covered a lot of ground.

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Yeah, it was great information.

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I mean, people are gonna have to come back and take notes.

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. . Jeannie Oliver: Yeah.

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And I'll include in the show notes like where to find you

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and links and all of that.

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And if there's anything that you think of, we can always add that later too.

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But I just am so appreciative and grateful for your time.

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This was super, super fun.

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It was a lot of fun.

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Really helpful information.

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I just think that it's, you know, if we can take a holistic approach to.

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Our overall wellness, you know, including our spaces.

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It, it's an element that people don't often think of.

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So, yeah.

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But I think it's one of the most important ones.

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Right.

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So, yeah.

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So this is all fantastic, super useful information that I think people are

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really gonna benefit from, so thank you.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:18:56

Oh,

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thanks for having me.

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It was, it was great.

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And if people have questions or we need to do a follow up, I'm game

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. Jeannie Oliver: Awesome.

Amanda Gibby Peters: 01:19:04

Sounds good.

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Follow up episode down the road.

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For sure.

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Let's do it again.

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All right, man, well thank you and we will see you

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All right.

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Thanks so

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much.