Like sushi, Giga Pets, and Jackie Chan, feng shui has made its way West in a big way. Promising health, wealth, and happiness, feng shui offers endless appeal -- at least in concept. Unfortunately, feng shui's seemingly complicated methods are often difficult to learn and apply in a meaningful way. Fortunately, Move Your Stuff, Change Your Life is written in plain and simple English for the modern Western reader. Presenting sound feng shui advice in an easy-to-understand and easy-to-use manner, Move Your Stuff, Change Your Life communicates how to:
-- GET A RAISE
-- MEET "THE ONE"
-- BECOME ABLE TO CONCEIVE AND BEAR CHILDREN
-- FIND A DREAM JOB
-- EARN BETTER GRADES IN SCHOOL
-- ENJOY A BETTER SEX LIFE
-- ACHIEVE OPTIMAL HEALTHFeng shui is a powerful yet simple tool by which to change one's life. Move Your Stuff, Change Your Life reveals the ancient Chinese secrets that are as useful and necessary today as they have been for centuries.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Contents
How to Use This Book
Chapter 1: Opening the Feng Shui Toolbox
Ch'i Wiz!
Ba-Gwhat?
Cures, Cures, and More Cures
So Much to Do and So Little Time
Truth or Dare
Oh, Bagua
The Cycle of Life and Your Home
Lost in Space?
Calling the Panacea Police!
Got the Tools and Ain't Afraid to Use 'Em
Chapter 2: Show Me the Money! -- Prosperity
Power Tools for Prosperity
Hazardous Materials for Prosperity
Using Rags to Get Riches
Using Riches to Get Out of Rags
Is This the Stairway to Heaven, or Hell?
Credit Card Blues? Try Another Color
Bust a Move -- There's No Place Like Your Own Home
As Soon As I Win the Lottery. . . Well, Here's Your Magic Ticket
Dirty Money
No Time to Waste -- Show Me the Money Now
King in a High Chair
You Get What You Give
Checks and Balances and Ch'i, Oh My!
Opposites Attract
Hip to Be Square
Pieces of Eight
Immediate Action Items for Prosperity
Prosperity in Summary
Chapter 3: They Like Me, They Really, Really Like Me -- Fame and Reputation
Power Tools for Fame and Reputation
Hazardous Materials for Fame and Reputation
Swimming in Fame
Undo a "Dis" -- Get Respect
Fame Is Not a Four-Letter Word
The Red Carpet Treatment
"Hello, I Do Exist!"
Building a Reputation One Block at a Time
Glowing Reviews
The Red Badge of Courage
Nine-to-Five Respect
Slings and Arrows
Life of the Party
Fire and Ice
Eye'm Famous!
One Is the Loneliest Number
Immediate Action Items for Fame and Reputation
Fame and Reputation in Summary
Chapter 4: Why Can't We All Just Get Along? -- Relationships and Love
Just a Spent Fuel Rod in the Toxic Waste Dump of Love?
Power Tools for Relationships and Love
Hazardous Materials for Relationships and Love
Be Careful What You Wish For. . .
Really, My Seventeen Cats and I Are Fine, We Don't Need Anyone Else
Back Off and Nobody Gets Hurt
My Roommates Are Driving Me Crazy
Not Always the Bridesmaid
Sleeping Single in a Double Bed
My So-Called Wife
Yo Quiero "Cu-ch'i Cu-ch'i"
The Revolving Door to My Bedroom
What Good Could Come of This?
"Come In -- May I Take Your Clothes?"
I'll Never Trust Again
The Organ Trail
It Takes Two to Tango
Immediate Action Items for Relationships and Love
Relationships and Love in Summary
Chapter 5: Express Yourself -- Creativity and Children
Power Tools for Creativity and Children
Hazardous Materials for Creativity and Children
When the Feng Shui Wind Blows, the Cradle Will Rock
Banishing the Balancing Bunnies
Too Much of a Good Thing?
Taking a Dip in the Fountain of Youth
An Ounce of Prevention
Color Your World -- Starting in the Closet
Children -- A Big Part of the Family
Washing Their Mouths with a Bar of Soap
Three-Year-Old Thinking
Immediate Action Items for Creativity and Children
Creativity and Children in Summary
Chapter 6: 911 -- Helpful People and Travel
Let People Help -- It's OK
Power Tools for Helpful People and Travel
Hazardous Materials for Helpful People and Travel
Get Jacked In -- Networking Magic
The Dragon Lady
Contractors from Hell
The Art of Selling Houses, Cars, and Products
Getting Even
A Road More or Less Traveled
Wishing You the Best
First Class Taste on Coach Budget
Headin' Out
Five Countries in a Day
Immediate Action Items for Helpful People and Travel
Helpful People and Travel in Summary
Chapter 7: At the Intersection of Possibility and Potential -- Career and Life Path
Power Tools for Career and Life Path
Hazardous Materials for Career and Life Path
The Secret Door to Success Shouldn't Stick
Poinsettias and Professions
Stressed-Out Landscape
The First Step on the Path
Take This Job and Love It
Skipping Rungs on the Corporate Ladder
King or Queen of the Cubicle
Ancient Tech Meets High Tech
Left, Right, Up, or Down?
Retail Rescue
Flower Power
Dipping Your Pen in Company Ink
An Ear for Career
Six of One, Half a Dozen of Another
Immediate Action Items for Career and Life Path
Career and Life Path in Summary
Chapter 8: If I Only Had a Brain -- Skills and Knowledge
Power Tools for Skills and Knowledge
Hazardous Materials for Skills and Knowledge
Left Your Brain in the Garage?
The Wisdom to Go It Alone
Dumb and Dumber
Everyone Is the Teacher and the Student
It's All in the Hands
Lucky Number 7
Immediate Action Items for Skills and Knowledge
Skills and Knowledge in Summary
Chapter 9: How Not to Play Family Feud -- Family
Power Tools for Family
Hazardous Materials for Family
A Family Only Jerry Springer Could Love
Family Ties
Family Heirlooms
The Choice Is Yours -- Make It a Good One
Healing Old Wounds
Claim Your Space
Hang Up Your Hang-Ups About Sex
Ward, I'm Worried About the Beaver
Happy Feet
The Four Corners of the Earth
Immediate Action Items for Family
Family in Summary
Chapter 10: Just for the Health of It -- Health
Power Tools for Health
Hazardous Materials for Health
Desperate Times Call for Desperate Measures
If I Had Only Known Then What I Know Now. . .
Feng Shui, the Real Maytag Repairman
The Weight of the World Is on My Shoulders, Thighs, Hips, and Abdomen
Room with a View (For One Eyeball, Anyway)
The Body Bases Are Covered
Nine Ladies Dancing
Immediate Action Items for Health
Health in Summary
Chapter 11: Our House Is a Very, Very, Very Strange House
Commonly Asked Questions and Cures
Chapter 12: Pump Up the Feng Shui -- Adding Extra Power to Your Feng Shui Cures
OK, Stuff Moved -- Volume Level
Invisible Feng Shui
Adding Helpful People to Your Power -- Volume Level
Reality Bites If You Let It -- Volume Level
Magic Words -- Volume Level
Walk the Walk and Talk the Talk -- Volume Level
When to Call In the Pros
OK, I Moved My Stuff -- Has My Life Changed Yet?
