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If

Please join me and dating strategist Damona Resnick, for a complimentary tele-seminar that will support you in preparing and attracting the love of your life!!!

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As my gift of gratitude for this holiday season. I’m offering 25% off on all my services through Dec 31, 2009.

Please check a list of my services, to make an informed decision on which one best serves you, or call me and I can help you design a Feng Shui package that’s right for you:  Services

Feng Shui is all about creating uplifting environments where we can thrive! Sometimes that means letting go of those things that no longer serve us. The objects in your teen’s room are either empowering or disempowering them and can effect everything from self-worth to productivity.

Clutter can stagnate and feels like an overall drain! Support your teen in moving into a deeper conscious relationship with their bedroom by educating them about the benefits of a clutter-free, mindfully-arranged bedroom.

Sometimes the best way to motivate your teen into making a change is by doing it yourself first! So if you haven’t done it already, be a role model and implement this step by step process.

1.      Encourage your teen to ask these questions of every object in their room:

·         Do I Love?

·         Do I Need It?

·         Does It Represent Me? 

·         Have I used it In the Last 6 Months?

 If they don’t love it or use it, then it’s time to lose it!

2.      Provide 5 Boxes for the Release!

Box 1: Throw Away

Box 2. Give Away, EBay

Box 3. Keep, But Store

Box 4. Not Sure. Anything your teen is unsure of goes into this box and gets stored away for 6 months.  If after 6 months they can name what’s in the box, or have used any of the objects in the box, then they can keep them, if not, then they have to Lose it!

Box 5: Invite them to keep a Transitional Box somewhere in the room for things that seep in from other sections. Ask them to commit to checking the box once a week and putting things back in their respective homes, before overwhelm and chaos ensue.

3.      Mindfully Arrange Your Room By Creating Clear Functional Zones

Give the zones names like, “Sleep Zone,”  “Work/Study Zone,” ” Art Zone”, etc.  Identify which objects belong in their correct zones. This will help with creating clarity and balance in their mind and in the corresponding areas in their life!  Make sure one zone always remains a “Clutter Free Zone,” as a foundation for future progress.

Make this process fun by encouraging your teen to invite friends for support, turn on music, have a release party, and set up a timeline for achieving their goal. Further help them by creating a budget for containers, cork boards, under bed storage units and anything else that will help them maintain the cosmos in their bedroom.

Clutter may be anything you hold onto that is unfinished, unused, unresolved, tolerated or disorganized. It’s not just your stuff, but it’s the people and the situations you stay in, and the negative thoughts that get stuck in your head. In this workshop we will not only support you in clearing and releasing your physical and mental clutter, but in creating the life you want with Feng Shui!!

Are you ready to create an environment that empowers, stimulates and supports you?

In this workshop, you will learn………

· The 9 Classic Feng Shui Cures and how to apply them to Correct Any Imbalance!

· The Top 10 organizing Challenges and their Solutions!

· The 4 D’s of Releasing Clutter!

· How to Turn a Bedroom Blunder into Heart-Centered Wonder!

· And Much More

TO RESERVE your spot, please phone Inessa at 310.926.2722, or 425.894.1783, or email her fengshuifromtheheart@yahoo.com

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Your Instructors:

Karen Embree, a professional organizer for 7 years, supports individuals in organizing their homes, offices and lives. She developed the Fresh Beginnings Workshop, an interactive program which assists participants to clear their mind clutter and connect with their heart’s desires. Karen has been featured on the KLBC.org radio show ALL THINGS ORGANIZED and interviewed in Orange Coast Magazine. As a member of the professional organizations NAPO and ONOC, she is a noted speaker, organizing coach and workshop facilitator. You can contact Karen on the web at www.Cr8vOrganizedSolutions.com.

Inessa Freylekhman was worked as a Feng Shui practitioner for 8 years,a Relationship Coach & Teen Empowerment Trainer. She holds a Masters Degree in Spiritual Psychology. Her work has appeared in LA Yoga Magazine, on KPFK, Star 98.7 (in LA) & KKNW 1150 AM in Seattle and on various Internet Radio Talk Shows.She currently resides in Seattle and her mission is to Feng Shui One Home & One Heart At A Time. You can contact her on the web at www.fengshuifromtheheart.com or
425.894.1783 (WA) 310.926.2722 (LA)

“Healing One Room, One Heart at a Time” Inessa

“I call her the Mary Poppins of Feng Shui. She immediately spotted the weak areas in my home, and in my life, and
using a combination of coaching skills and Feng Shui art, suggested “remedies” that call me into a deeper
conscious relationship with myself and my world. I now feel much better at my desk-my holy space for writing and creating-as well as generally in my home, I highly recommend that you give yourself this gift!”
Elana Golden, Screenwriter, director, teacher, Founder of The Writing Studio

Does this look Familiar?

Here are Some of the Super Fab benefits Your Teen Will Receive from a Feng Shui Bedroom Makeover!

• Strengthen their self confidence and self-esteem
• Give them a sense of security, well being and belonging
• Open their creativity and self-expression
• Set them up for academic excellence and interpersonal success
• Improve relationship with self/family and friends
• Enhance organization in room and increasing mindfulness
• Create a clearer sense of self and direction
• Awaken Inner Power and accesses self-expression

The Ideal Teen…

· Is ready to make a positive change in some area of their life, i.e., self esteem, peer pressure, self worth, balance, body image, grades, friends, relationships, parents, clutter, etc.

· Is open to using their bedroom as a tool for empowerment!

· Is open to receiving coaching!

For parents who might be struggling during the current economic times, I am offering 50% off of the regular hourly rate pf  $150/hour! Thus only $75/hour through the month of Nov!

If you would like more info or are ready to schedule a session, please contact me at the numbers or email below!
Inessa Freylekhman, MA
Feng Shui Consultant, Relationship Coach & Teen Empowerement Trainer
www.fengshuifromtheheart.com
310.926.2722 CA
425.894.1783 WA

inessa@fengshuifromtheheart.com

Receive A Complimentary Feng Shui Bedroom Makeover!

What: Seeking 3-4 more Teens (13-18) who who would like to be supported with transforming their bedrooms and manifesting their goals!

Why: Did you know that your bedroom is contributing to you either feeling funky or fantastic?

Here are Some of the Super Fab benefits of Receiving a Feng Shui Bedroom Makeover!

• Revamp your Self Image!
• Finish incomplete projects
• Feel awesome about yourself!!
• Attract the Right Friends!
• Set yourself up for success in school and work
• And Much More!

I have been supporting individuals for 9 years in creating more balance in their homes and lives and would love the opportunity to support you!

When: I will be in LA from 8/24-9/10 for sessions usually lasting 2-4 hours.

Who: The Ideal Teen…

· Has some sort of clutter issues in their bedroom

· Is ready to make a positive change in some are of their life, i.e., self esteem, peer pressure, self worth, balance, body image, grades, friends, relationships, parents, clutter, etc.

· Is open to using their bedroom as a tool for empowerment!

· Is open to receiving coaching!

How: If you like to be considered for this complimentary makeover and for more information about what it all entails, then please email me your name and age and phone number and I will contact you and your parents, or call me and I will provide you with all of the details!!!

Only teens in WA and CA will be considered.

Inessa Freylekhman, MA
Feng Shui Consultant,Relationship & Teen Coach, Author, Educator,
www.fengshuifromtheheart.com
310.926.2722 CA
425.894.1783 WA

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Some Feng Shui Testimonials from my clients…..

“Thanks to Inessa, there is now a palbably peaceful and well-intentioned energy grid in my home.  She has a very encouraging and coolly refined touch, and it was really fun getting feng shui’d.  I love this new spatial connectivity in my home, and it has helped me in leaps and bounds with all the freed up positive energy I have for my life.  It’s like a new guiding philosophy and I love it.”-Kevin Wile, Filmmaker, USM Grad

“ I call her the Mary Poppins of Feng Shui. She immediately spotted the weak
areas in my home, and in my life, and using a combination of USM
skills and Feng Shui art, suggested “remedies” that call me into a
deeper conscious relationship with myself and my world. I now feel
much better at my desk - my holy space for writing and creating - as
well as generally in my home. I highly recommend that you give
yourself this gift!”

Elana Golden,USM Grad,  Screenwriter, director, teacher, Founder of The Writing Studio
www.thewritingstudio.biz

“I had the fortunate opportunity of working with Inessa to Feng Shui my home to bring in a new relationship. I was amazed that we were able to work over the phone using photos and floor plan. I really enjoyed her insight, humor, and knowledge. Over the years I had picked up some information about Feng Shui, but after my first session with Inessa, it was very clear that her skill and love of the craft exceeded anything that I knew. Each week I was able to look at my life and see how my living space was contributing to what I am creating. We worked most on my bedroom and now every time I walk into my room I feel the difference and I am reminded of the intentions I have set forward for my life and relationships. If you are thinking about exploring Feng Shui, I would absolutely recommend Inessa. It was a real treat to work with her.”   

- Anita Coats, USM Grad

“Sweet Inessa is nothing less than a miracle worker! After resisting her Fung Shui for more than a few months, I

have finally decided to give her a shot. Now, faster than I have ever imagined, all my dreams are manifesting

right in front of me!!! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I am forever grateful!!!

One HAPPY & JOYFULL Customer, Lauren Gale, Author

Feng Shui for Manifesting Divine Partnership-August Special!

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For those of you who Prefer the Facts!

*DISCOUNTED RATE FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST FOR YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY IN THE L.A. / Santa Monica/Ventura county/Orange County and Neighboring Areas!

2 hour Feng Shui Session + two 15 minute phone follow ups = $200, Reg. price $350 for woman and or men who are ready to manifest divine partnership, but have felt blocked in the past, and are now willing to make the necessary internal and external changes to their home and in their heart for the love they want! 

Please Contact: Inessa Freylekman (310) 926 - 2722
or email: fengshuifromtheheart@yahoo.com and on the web  www.fengshuifromtheheart.com

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For those of you who would like more info:                                                                                                                                                       

Are you ready to manifest a divine partnership?

Would you like to move to the next level in your current relationship?

If you’re someone that wants to call in a divine partnership, but feels energetically blocked and would like some support, then this is for you!

It’s a part of my purpose to provide Feng Shui services to support men and woman in opening up to experiencing divine partnerships! Our homes and bedrooms reflect exactly how we feel about ourselves and what we think we deserve when it when it comes to Love!

• Feng Shui for Love can erase and clear out the old imprints that have to do with lack and settling, and create inroads for new healthy patterns in your relationships!
• Feng Shui for Love will remedy all bedroom romance zappers in a heart-beat! This will change your energy frequency so that you become a magnet for attracting the love you want!

AUGUST SPECIAL:

I will be in California between  8/24-9/7 offering this exciting opportunity  to Feng Shui your Home for Love (with a specific focus on your bedroom!)

I’m offering a 2 hour on-site consultation + two 15 minute follow up calls for $200, Reg priced at $350, only for those woman and/or men who are ready and committed to manifest divine beloved partnership, but have felt blocked in the past, and are now willing to make the necessary internal and external changes in their home and heart for the love they want! 

If you are ready to create more space on the “inner” and “outer” to experience divine partnership, then I encourage you to set up an appointment with me right away

I look forward to serving you!

Please call: 310.926.2722 or reply to this email! Thanks!

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Some Feng Shui testi’s from my clients…..

“I had the fortunate opportunity of working with Inessa to Feng Shui my home to bring in a new relationship. I was amazed that we were able to work over the phone using photos and floor plan. I really enjoyed her insight, humor, and knowledge. Over the years I had picked up some information about Feng Shui, but after my first session with Inessa, it was very clear that her skill and love of the craft exceeded anything that I knew. Each week I was able to look at my life and see how my living space was contributing to what I am creating. We worked most on my bedroom and now every time I walk into my room I feel the difference and I am reminded of the intentions I have set forward for my life and relationships. If you are thinking about exploring Feng Shui, I would absolutely recommend Inessa. It was a real treat to work with her.”    - Anita Coats, USM Grad

“Thanks to Inessa, there is now a palbably peaceful and well-intentioned energy grid in my home.  She has a very encouraging and coolly refined touch, and it was really fun getting feng shui’d.  I love this new spatial connectivity in my home, and it has helped me in leaps and bounds with all the freed up positive energy I have for my life.  It’s like a new guiding philosophy and I love it.”-Kevin Wile, Filmmaker, USM Grad

“ I call her the Mary Poppins of Feng Shui. She immediately spotted the weak
areas in my home, and in my life, and using a combination of USM
skills and Feng Shui art, suggested “remedies” that call me into a
deeper conscious relationship with myself and my world. I now feel
much better at my desk - my holy space for writing and creating - as
well as generally in my home. I highly recommend that you give
yourself this gift!”

Elana Golden,USM Grad,  Screenwriter, director, teacher, Founder of The Writing Studio
www.thewritingstudio.biz

“Sweet Inessa is nothing less than a miracle worker! After resisting her Fung Shui for more than a few months, I

have finally decided to give her a shot. Now, faster than I have ever imagined, all my dreams are manifesting

right in front of me!!! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I am forever grateful!!!

One HAPPY & JOYFULL Customer, Lauren Gale, Author

Interview with Paul Castro

I was recently blessed with the opportunity to interview Paul Castro, the author of the original screenplay, “August Rush” which became a feature film in 2007, starring Freddie Highmore, Robin Williams, Keri Russell and Jonathan Rhys Meyers.

I was introduced to the move by my 17 years old sister, Michelle, and immediately became a fan! I ‘m not exaggerating when I say that I watched August Rush at least a dozen times.

I was touched and moved by the main character, August Rush, a young orphan who hears music in everything whether it be the wind in the grass or the roar of rush hour traffic. The sounds of the world are a symphony to his ears that later become fodder for his own symphony which helps him attract his biological parents. While watching the movie, all I could think was, wow this kid is working with the law of attraction; I wonder if the writer has any idea of what he was doing?

During Thanksgiving weekend, my girlfriend Lauren was visiting me in Seattle when I played her Soundtrack to August Rush.  She’d never seen the movie, but was as much in love with the music as I was. So like two teenagers, we listened to the CD over, over and over again, until I drove her to the airport for her flight to LA.

The very next day after she arrived she was invited to a film screening of yet another magical movie, “Benjamin Button” and  while waiting for the movie to begin she started talking to a young man sitting next to her who turned out to be the one and only, Paul Castro, the author of August Rush! When Lauren shared with Paul that she had “ just listened to the soundtrack like 20 times” and that her best friend absolutely loves his movie,   Paul graciously gave Lauren his email and told her to give it to her friend and that he would send me a copy of the original script.

Talk about law of attraction and manifestation! My connection with this movie was so powerful that I believe it helped me manifest an interview with Paul Castro on my next trip to Los Angeles. When you watch a movie in one breath you know there is something special there for you.

In retrospect I realize that my meeting with Paul was as much about healing some of my judgments around about what it means to be a successful writer as it was to understand the brilliance behind one of my favorite movies, August Rush.

The inspiration for “August Rush” was Paul’s nephew, Anthony, a child prodigy who played Chopin at the age of eight at the Governor’s Ball. He created the name “AUGUST RUSH” to honor Geoffrey Rush after he won the Oscar for his portrayal of a musical genius in “SHINE.” Paul then combined that last name with the August moon on which his nephew was born, and there you have “AUGUST RUSH.”

Inessa: What does it mean to be a writer in 2008?

Paul: It’s important to be healthy as a writer in the year of 2008. The days of Edgar Allen Poe waking up on the side of the sidewalk in an opium binge are over. Hemmingway living in a bottle in between novels is not a healthy way to live. I think the best creativity is accessed when we are at our highest vibrational level and that’s usually through healthy living whatever that means to you.

I’m not one of these holy rollers that says oh you’ve got to live a monk life or a Buddhist life of just complete purity. It was Abraham Lincoln that said a man without vices surely has no virtue. I am with many vices, but I do try to be very healthy. I try to excersize and eat right and do certain levels of my own meditation-what that means to me. I think it puts me in a much better position to access the creativity that’s needed to tell a poignant story that’s going to enrich another person’s life.

Inessa: So you are saying you don’t have to be broke and sick in order to be brilliant?

Paul: There is no honor is struggling and being a starving artist.

Inessa: Are you saying it’s an old archetype?

Paul:  It’s an old archetype that’s alive and kicking in the year 2008

Inessa: You think it’s still as bad?

Paul: Ya, I think in this town people love that. They love self- deprecation. They love telling people all about why there life isn’t working. You mentioned you were a Russian Jew. A lot of peoples say, this town is Russian, or this town is Gay. Oh you only succeeded because you went to UCLA and that’s the best film school, so you had an entrée into the business. It doesn’t matter what is true and what is not true. What is true is the reality that you are bringing to the table. Are you bringing your best self? There is a big difference between reputation and character. A person’s reputation is defined by other people. A character is something you know about yourself.

Paul told me he wrote 43 scripts before he got his big break.  He graduated number 1 from the UCLA School of Film, Television, and Digital Media where he scored a three picture million dollar deal three weeks before graduation. Many of the other grad students gave up. Success wasn’t yet showing up on the physical level and they started thinking about settling down and getting married and went home. He admitted that perhaps going home was the right choice for them, but that “Before you abandon a path your on ask, what’s the real reason? and that “Courage is holding on just one minute longer.” Two gems that I have already programmed into my brain!

For many on the spiritual path, including myself, we get into the habit of attending every seminar, having our chakras balanced, and our guru on speed dial and spending 3000 hours in therapy just to remove the emotional scars from when we were teenagers so we can activate our full potential today. I speak for myself when I say that my motivation to do and share and create in this world has in the past become somewhat thwarted by the need to fix myself. And that the “fix” myself sometimes bypasses taking small steps towards larger goals and aspirations. It’s important to remember that one of the most fundamental principles of being a spiritual being having a human experience is that “Spirit meets us at the point of Action.”  To me, Paul Castro perfectly exemplifies that principle.

Paul: Where there is a will there is a way. Life isn’t as complicated as most people want it to be. Mark Twain once said, “I’ve lived a long Life of Many Problems. Most of which Never Existed.”  So we look back at our life and we go were those teenage years really that bad? If we’re going to be honest with ourselves usually they are a lot worse the way we’ve remembered them-we’ve amplified them.”

Inessa: Speaking of Teenager I went to an all girls catholic high school and I’m a Jew!

Paul: When I was in grade school, I got my ass kicked by a Catholic nun named Sister Eileen and she was a really tough nun and when I graduated from the 8^th grade she knew I was going to military high school and we looked at each other like two old war buddies and I said, “I’m going to make you proud.” And she said, “Make G-d Proud” and I said” who’s God “ and she said, “The Artist In you” and the next day she died.

Everyone thought that I would be kicked out of Military High School in the first month and four years later I graduated # 1 in the school and dedicated those four years to her. It taught me that your own reality is really what you choose to make it. And that’s actually in the movie that Shirley MacLain is going to be in called “Eileen’s Ice” which is a drama about a 73 year old hostile catholic nun who’s ordered to mentor a 16 year old ghetto kid who is under house arrest. 

Inessa: Wow. I Love that!

Paul: This unwanting responsibility disrupts Sister Eileen’s efforts to complete an ice sculpture that she is been creating for the pope’s Christmas visit which is two weeks away. She has waited her entire life to meet the pope and ask for forgiveness for something that happened to her when she was 13 years young.

Inessa: That’s brilliant

Paul: That’s where spirituality meets metaphysics and spirituality comes in that’s it’s not labels that you have to adhere to, but actions.

Originally, Paul’s agent told him that the only person that could play that role of Eileen was Shirley MaClain but that they would need one million dollars.

Inessa: How did you manifest Shirley?

Paul:  I went to see a doctor for a sports injury. I told him I was a writer and about my new script. He said a friend of mine would be perfect for this. And I said who’s your friend and he said, Shirley MacLain. Write me letter about the script and give me the script with the letter and I’ll give it to her, so I did. I was surfing then got in my jeep and the phone rings. “Hey Paul, its Shirley MaClain. Read your script. I love it when are you coming to New Mexico and spend a few days.” So I’m going from an energy field of this will never happen to saying yes it will. Immediately when that was said I said no I won’t own that no I will be in collusion with Shirley and that weekend I was in New Mexico and spent three days with her on her ranch.

Inessa: That’s incredible you totally manifested Shirley MaClain against all odds! Not only are you so in alignment with your purpose but you don’t seem to have any fear.

Paul: I realize that we have a certain level of influence on our life and then we have to let go. It’s like when I was in Sand Point Idaho Skiing in Schweitzer Mountain, gorgeous mountain, it’s a hidden secret. What’s interesting about skiing is that you need skill to ski but you also need gravity, you need down hill. The mountain does the work for you. It’s like you’ve got to trust that this is all going to work out and you do your part by obtaining the skills required and can I ski, yes. I attained that skill. It’s a part of my DNA and I’m bringing that to the table. Now nature and the snow and the mountain is the thrill not my ability to ski.  It’s the elements around and I just have to surrender to them and I have an exhilarating time when I ski. The same thing is with the Entertainment industry .

Inessa: Do you want to win an Oscar someday?

Paul: Sure that would be great. That would be lovely… really appreciate that tangible physical acknowledgment of my ability. What’s more important to me is knowing that I have influenced the masses positively.

Inessa: How do you know when it’s time to surrender and when it’s time to act?

Paul: When you know you don’t have control. You can only influence as much as you can.

Inessa: how do you know when that moment is?

Paul: I really don’t believe we were born to suffer. I think we were born to contribute. When I go into a meeting with a studio exec or an actor it’s not like, I hope you by my script. Give me lots of money. Make me a famous screenwriter. It’s how can I contribute to you and your environment? Will this movie, if you’re an actor, help you to express your craft at the highest Level? Will it allow you to do other movies because it’s successful? At the studio, is this in with the types of movies you make? Is this going to influence your spiritual reach as far as reaching an audience on a grand level? I think people want to feel good-they want to feel god.

Inessa: It sound like the way you hold things is to be of service.

Paul: Not always, I still have an ego

Inessa: But you bring the service component into it. That probably helps you balance the energy of taking and giving.

Paul: Whenever I start feeling trepidatious or anxious into the situation I asked myself why, and it usually comes down to ego and that I’m not looking to add value. When I feel myself going into that realm I go wait and back up.

Inessa: Is there a turnaround technique you use when you feel fear?

Paul: I think when you feel the fear that’s telling you to do it. I think it just gives you a different perspective.

Paul is not only a major manifestor and an excellent writer but he is an altruist at heart. He volunteered for seven years as an expert crisis counselor at the Suicide Prevention Center of Los Angeles from 1997-2004. When I asked him why, he said that he wanted to offset the narcissism.

Inessa: What inspired you to be a writer?

Paul: First time I knew I was onto something was in the 6^th grade. There was a teacher. She was going through a divorce and she was very angry at the world so she came in and told the kids to “write a creative writing story for the next hour you brats, I’m going outside to smoke.” So I wrote about her having an affair with the janitor and plotting to kill the principle and take over the school. So it got me in front of the board of trustees and my parents and they were going to kick me out of school. That was the first time I thought wow this writing thing is a really powerful thing it got everyone so fired up and upset.

Then when you have an opportunity to write in high school. When you’re trying to impress a pretty girl with a Valentine’s card or for her birthday. That’s really the only time I had the opportunity to write until I was a junior in high school. And there was teacher named Don Cheesman. I should find that guy because he was a big influence. He had us write a creative writing story for his class. And I wrote one called “Life and Death” about two marine core buddies who go to war in the Middle East under President Bush after Tel Aviv is attacked and one of them dies. The interesting thing about that story is that it was before the Middle East conflict and before there was any President Bush one or two.

I was inspired by Paul on so many levels. He is truly a heart-centered man who lives in service to his purpose while simultaneously contributing and making a positive difference on this planet through his writing and teaching! I’m so grateful that there are artists like him in Hollywood making movies that not only reflect spiritual values, but that the very energy behind his writing is congruent with the themes he picks!

 Paul is currently working on a project called THE ULTRA ONE, a true story about legendary African American ultrarunner DAVID GOGGINS and his quest to raise money through his running for the families of fallen warriors.  Megastar WILL SMITH is considering playing the lead role.

Whether it was Paul’s military school that gave him the discipline to follow through on his visions, or Sister Eileen that taught him to be true to his inner artist, whatever it was he’s got the goods and we are so fortunate that he is sharing them with us!

If you wish to have your script evaluated by Paul, please go to:  www.milliondollarscreenwriter.com

*Nick Castle was the follow on writer for “AUGUST RUSH”

Commanding Position

I can’t tell you how many home offices and business offices I’ve walked into where the individuals  desk was either facing a wall or a window and their back was completely exposed and the door was out of sight.

In Feng shui ,doors are the mouths to opportunity from where the chi or energy enters.

When your back is to a door, it could be literally creating a blind spot and you may be missing some very important information or opportunities. Having a back to the door is metaphor that you are not in control of things. If you want to be the cause of your life and not just the effect, it’s important to set yourself up for success while you’re in the office. Not being able to see the door over a long period of time triggers the flight or fight response system in our body and it basically has a negative impact on our nervous system and contributes to feeling stressed out and overwhelmed!

Who do you want to be the driver of your business and finances?

When you can’t see  the door it may be an indicator, that things are falling through the cracks and you are not in command of your business and finances. First thing is to make sure that from your desk you have the widest perspective of the entire room including the door.  Except you don’t want to sit directly in front of the door. That’s considered the line of fire and can make it difficult to get things done and focus.

Make sure that there is a solid wall behind you, which represents security and support. Another very important piece of placing yourself in command of your business and finances is having a strong chair that really supports you.

When you have a rickety chair that’s almost falling apart or that has holes in the upholstery, or your just borrowing one from the kitchen denotes energy loss.

All through history kings, emperor and those who have held high rank knew the symbological significance of a throne.If you want to feel empowered, invest in buying yourself a chair that screams I’m the king of my castle!Sit in it and say our intentions out loud for your business, “I Am in Command Of my Finances. I am Deciding to Be Wealthy and Abundant Today!”

Some offices, like cubicles, it’s really challenging to gain the commanding position becasue they are already designed with the back being exposed to the entrance. In such cases it’s important to take the virtual command position and place a mirror somewhere on your desk or even on your monitor so you can see what’s behind you. It’s like having a rearview mirror on your desk and helps you feel at ease knowing that you are in command of your life!