Podcast appearances and mentions of karen rauch carter

In this episode, we dive into Move Your Stuff, Change Your Life by Karen Rauch Carter, exploring how Feng Shui can transform your home and empower your life. Discover practical tips for balancing your space, connecting your mind and body, and taking action to improve key areas like finances, relationships, and personal growth. Learn how Carter's holistic approach to Feng Shui reveals the hidden energy in your environment, helping you unlock your full potential. Perfect for anyone looking to enhance their space and life with simple, powerful Feng Shui techniques. Links: "Move your Stuff, Change your Life" https://amzn.to/4dCSmoh Karen Rauch Carter: https://karenrauchcarter.com/ ----------------- Free One room consult https://wix.to/OyIYXr0 Free Floor plan mapping: ⁠learnfengshuinow@gmail.com⁠ OR https://www.learnfengshui.com/freemapping Connect on social media & contact me HERE: ⁠https://linktr.ee/learnfengshuinow⁠ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/learnfengshui/support

Karen is a professional feng shui consultant and healthy-lifestyle designer, educator, and the best-selling author of Move Your Stuff, Change Your Life and Make a Shift, Change Your Life. She coaches, trains, and empowers people to use a variety of techniques to enrich and improve all areas of their lives.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-x-zone-radio-tv-show--1078348/support.

Do you wonder about the effectiveness of Feng Shui? Join us on Friday when national best selling author and Feng Shui expert Karen Rauch Carter will share with us true stories and anecdotes of how she uses Feng Shui as a tool to help her clients and audiences improve their health, career, relationships and more!

Do you wonder about the effectiveness of Feng Shui? Join us on Friday when national best selling author and Feng Shui expert Karen Rauch Carter will share with us true stories and anecdotes of how she uses Feng Shui as a tool to help her clients and audiences improve their health, career, relationships and more!

Do you want to learn how to use Feng Shui for home? In this interview with bestselling author of ‘Move Your Stuff, Change Your Life' Karen Rauch Carter, you'll learn the main Feng Shui principles to create powerful changes in your bedroom, living room, kitchen, and bathroom. You'll also learn how to use the Feng Shui compass, the bagua, and apply Feng Shui tools such as the Feng Shui elements, directions, and mirrors. Karan Rauch Carter has spent the past 30 years of her life dedicated to helping others create optimal living and work spaces for her clients. She has written the national best-selling book "Move Your Stuff, Change Your Life" as well as the followup book "Make a Shift, Change Your Life." She is a landscape architect, feng shui trainer and consultant and international speaker. Her job is to align her clients with living and workplaces that support their ultimate dream future - whether it be health, wealth, love or happiness in any life circumstance. When you order my book Lightworkers Gotta Work you'll get Life Purpose Bootcamp (valued at £197) – a two-hour workshop to finding and defining your life purpose – for FREE! Get it at www.georgelizos.com/lightwork RESOURCES MENTIONED: Karen's book: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B011IXQTE8/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0 Karen's website: https://karenrauchcarter.com Karen's Instagram Handle: https://www.instagram.com/karenrauchcarter Karen's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KarenRauchCarter FREE GUIDES TO GET YOU STARTED: Life Purpose Workbook: https://georgelizos.com/lifepurpose Intuition Mastery Accelerator Guide: https://georgelizos.com/intuitionmastery Scanning For Psychic Attack Guide: http://georgelizos.com/psychicattack Lightworker Survival Guide: https://georgelizos.com/lightworker-survival-guide Crystals to Manifest Your Best Life: https://georgelizos.com/crystals CONNECT WITH GEORGE: Instagram: www.instagram.com/georgelizos Facebook Group: www.yourspiritualtoolkit.com Website: www.georgelizos.com YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMLcoCVRHZU407OXj24HH8g?sub_confirmation=1

In this episode, Amy chats with Karen Rauch Carter about the life-changing capabilities of Feng Shui. Feng Shui is the process of mindfully arranging your home. With almost 30 years of experience, Karen has devoted her life and her books to teach others how to Feng Shui the spaces in which they live. Karen shares that her life wasn't always about Feng Shui. In the podcast, Karen talks about her previous job as a Landscape Architect and how a minor project requirement became the focus and passion she pursues today. Later in the podcast, Amy opens up about the role of a 911 call powerfully demonstrated the ways of Feng Shui and the impact it has continued to have on her life. Karen shares tips with us about how to Feng Shui our homes. In addition, We learn why mindfulness is important to this process and what it could mean for our past, present, and future selves. She breaks down the five elements of Feng Shui and tells us about a few simple changes in our bedrooms that can make all the difference. Also, find out how Fung Shui might help Amy's teeth and why space can bring opportunities. ** PLEASE NOTE - apologies for confusion but the offer stated in the interview is no longer available BUT Karen is offering something EVEN BETTER!** Go to - ChangeItWithKaren.com For a special offer!! Enter promo code READYFORCHANGE, to receive $200 off Karen's Virtual Feng Shui and Healthy Home Consultation. (from $697 to $497) Karen's books mentioned in the Podcast: Move Yourself, Change Your Life Make a Shift, Change Your Life Find Move Your Stuff With Karen: https://karenrauchcarter.com/moveitplus/ For more on Mindful Living Checkout: A Little Bit of Mindfulness Guided Journal, Volume 26: Your Personal Path to Awareness Amy's Newest Release: 100 Days to Calm

Season 2 Episode 1 Welcome to Season 2 of The Intuitive Energy Podcast! We discuss intuitive care, what you can do to develop and protect your intuitive self, and practical ways to be a grounded, energetic being in a chaotic world. Daily Rituals to Stay Grounded and What I Do as a Healer I drink a glass of water in the morning. I use a reverse osmosis filter for drinking clean water that is closer to nature. I try to put the most pristine water I can see in my body, no chlorine or fluoride, and make sure that it contains electrolytes and minerals. Next, using salt and Epsom salts in your bathwater and using a few essential oil drops or flowers/petals or stalks of a plant. I strive to eat organic (vegetarian) whenever possible and set an intention/to bless my food before I eat it. Like water, food holds intentions, that food ends up supplying your body with energy. It is beneficial to present it with your energy and intentions before you put it in your body. Prepare your water, as water holds intentions, which is why it is good to put your water out in the sunlight and have a mindful intention attached to it. Preparations to Leave Your Home Go for a walk and get sun on your face, and if you can, leave your house without your phone, so your walk can be intentional without distraction. If you can, walk barefoot or wear flat bendy shoes. I use my intuition when working with clients. Because of this, I prefer to protect myself; a few ways are: I use clove oil with a carrier oil on my spleen chakra (front and back) to help protect that energetically sensitive area. Also, wearing silk helps calm the sensitivities to the psychic energy around us. I buy silk blend sweaters, two sizes too big, so when I inevitably wash them, they will shrink and still fit. Good Energy Practices Breathe into your pelvis and your abdomen to be calm in your own body. Get your energy to your base, so your body can calm down and be more available to interpret the world around you. Get magnesium if you're energetically sensitive or if you need to feel calm. Modern farming practices have reduced magnesium in our food. Therefore, people find it prudent to add back into their systems. Ground treetops to roots and hug a tree as they want to receive energy, whether positive or negative. Gardening and other Earth activities are essential. Besides, you can ground yourself by using a grounding mat for sleep and working. Get one for your desk to help with the electronics around you while you're working during the daytime. Use my Disco Ball Exercise and create a bubble of energy around you. Do this by visualizing a life-sized disco ball, step inside and close the door. You're now encased in mirrors reflecting outside energy. Also, you can still sense the energy of those around you when you choose. Nighttime Rituals to Create Calming Energy Salt and saltwater baths are great, especially before bedtime. Send energies you no longer want into the salt in the water; then, let the water drain out while you are still in the tub, envisioning it takes your cleared energy down the drain with it. Make sure to leave electronics out of the bedroom as blue light disrupts sleep.  The eyes are the only part of the nervous system that is exposed to the outside world. Give them a rest before you try and sleep. Put a small bowl of salt by the bed at night; it serves as an energetic welcome mat to wipe your feet' energy off before coming back into your body. You can also use a Flower of Life under the bed to sleep well.  Karen Rauch Carter, author of "Move Your Stuff, Change Your Life: How to Use Feng Shui to Get Love, Money, Respect, and Happiness," recommends putting an image of the Flower of Life under your mattress while you sleep. You can download your own here... www.ScottClover.com/floweroflife Final thoughts… Use your imagination to create your own rituals to protect your energy. Look what is around you in your environment. For example, I found a walled ramp walkway by my house that has 8-foot walls. I visualize the stuck energy on the back of my chakras are attaching to the walls. The walls are holding onto and clearing out the end of my chakras as I walk down the 25-meter ramp. Resources  Learn how to clear out your own chakras in real-time during a session with me! My clients have found this to be a beneficial practice for the throat, spleen, or liver area if you have alcoholism in your family. Book a session with Scott Clover today Listen in to Intuitive Energy Podcast  Connect with Scott on LinkedIn Read about Scott's work in the Wall Street Journal   Journey with Scott Clover on Social Media YouTube   Facebook   Instagram   Pinterest   On the Web   Spread the word of intuitive healing and share this episode with a friend!   Disclaimer This Podcast is for educational and informational purposes only and solely as a self-help tool for your own use. I am not providing medical, psychological, or nutrition therapy advice. You should not use this information to diagnose or treat any health problems or illnesses without consulting your own medical practitioner. Always seek the advice of your own medical practitioner and/or mental health provider about your specific health situation. For my full Disclaimer, please go to www.scottclover.com/disclaimer

I am thrilled to have my good friend Karen Rauch Carter back on the show! Karen was one of my first guests way back on Episode 14 - take a listen! Karen is a professional feng shui consultant and healthy-lifestyle designer, educator, and the best-selling author of Move Your Stuff, Change Your Life and Make a Shift, Change Your Life. She coaches, trains, and empowers people to use a variety of techniques to enrich and improve all areas of their lives. moveitwithKaren.com AND she is my inspiration to completely declutter my life and travel "home free"!! We have designed a special program that we will be launching soon - CLICK HERE to be the first to know when we launch our Declutter to Manifest program!!! XOXO Shelly ShellyAristizabal.com

Claire Boscq Scott is a wonderful entrepreneur and she is a mystery shopping and Customer Service specialist. Claire lives to inspire global businesses to thrive by delivering exceptional customer experiences in measuring and improving employees’ performances.   No. 5 Top 30 Global Customer Service Guru, UK Top 10 CX Influencer and CX Thought Leader 2020, with three decades of expertise in mystery shopping and customer service, Claire, AKA The Busy Queen Bee, is an authority in the Customer Experience industry. She brings a more holistic and comprehensive approach to employee and customer experience.   She is a Keynote Speaker, Consultant & trainer specializing in retail and hospitality. Author of 3 books, Thrive with the Hive, Thriving by Caring and launched in September 2020, No 1 Amazon Best Seller and Hot New Release in customer service; The Secret Diary of a Mystery Shopper. Her online Learning and Development platform BQB CX Institute offers a wide range of online and onsite training and has developed her Caring Service Culture Leadership Programme a game changer for many organizations who want to become truly customer centric.   Questions   Could you share a little bit about your journey for us? I know that I read your bio and it was just amazingly fantastic. We like to hear from our guests, a little bit about their journey, how it is that you got into what you're doing today, into mystery shopping, into being a customer experience thought leader, a little about how you got to where you are today. You have quite a few books as it relates to customer experience and mystery shopping as we read when we're reading your bio. But your most recent book that you published earlier this year right at the onset of COVID is The Secret Diary of a Mystery Shopper. So could you tell us a little bit about that book? Who is it for? And also, I think it's important to also if you could share with us, persons think mystery shopping is only for companies that are big, large organizations. What is your idea on that? Do you think everybody needs to do mystery shopping? And can it be done on a small scale versus a large scale? And how do you approach it? How have you seen customer experience evolve or not evolve? I've seen that and I think it's gotten worse as a result of the pandemic. I think customers are paying more attention to how they're being served, especially how they're being treated when they enter your establishment, and the pandemic has brought that more to the forefront. Of course, I know it can be more cultural in some countries or in some regions. What has it been like in your areas? Could you share with us maybe what's the one online resource, tool, website or app that you absolutely can't live without in your business? Could you share with us maybe one or two books that have had the biggest impact on you? Could you share with us one thing that's going on in your life right now that you're really excited about? It could be something that you're working on to develop yourself or something you're working on to develop your people. Where can listeners find you online? Do you have a quote or a saying that during times of adversity or challenge, you'll tend to revert to this quote; it kind of helps to keep you focused or just get you back on track if you feel like you are getting derailed.   Highlights   Claire’s Journey   Claire mentioned that the similar background as Yanique. Her dad had a restaurant, so she kind of grew up in that environment and when you're in that environment, you either love it or hate it, so she loves that. She loves the interaction with customers. She loves seeing people having fun. And so she did her catering school, hotel and service management hospitality in Nice, down the south of France. And so she’s French originally.   And then she knew she had to speak English. She had to be able to speak better English if she wanted to do something with her life. So, she made it a mission to try to find a job somewhere she could speak English. And she found this little tiny island right across the Somalo between France and England, which is called Jersey. And that was her very first time in Jersey when she was just 18 years old, young girl, just coming out of catering school. And so, she did a few seasons. She was doing the ski resort seasons in France and then Jersey in the summer. And then she went and work at Disney World in Florida.   So that was 25 years ago, that was her very first serious approach on customer experience and what truly the word means about customer experience and employee experience. And anybody who's worked out there, 25 years ago seems like it was a couple of months ago. They had such an incredible time in terms of the training and terms of the environment, in terms of everything that is done in the organization, it really is to put the customers in the middle of everything that they do. So when she came back from America after a year working there, she knew she wanted to continue in that path. And so she continued in hotels and started managing hotels. And she moved back to Jersey on this little island when she first came when she was 18 to actually run the hotel, she went there to be a little receptionist a few years before, which was interesting.   So very much in the receiving end of the service industry, very much in the receiving end in trying to help their customers and really kind of delivering those great service. And about 11 years ago, she used to work in a hotel which was a UK group, and they had mystery guest and those guests had to be flown over from the UK to actually be able to perform mystery guests.   And she was thinking, “Well, surely we should be able to do that locally.” and she realized that at the time there was no one on their little island which was doing the mystery shopping, so the measurement of customer experience. And that's all it all started really, a little idea thinking, “Well, perhaps I could do that.” And so, she handed her notice in, she sold her house, she got divorced and she started her own business and that was it. Well, if you're going to do it, you may as well do everything at once.   The core of the business was measuring the customer satisfaction and the employee performances, of course. And as you do the measurement and as you help the companies, your clients to analyze results, you realize there's a lot of gaps in the businesses. So you realize that really they haven't got some great standard, they don't really understand what the customer experience is about or the customer journey. They have no employee experience mapping in their toolbox. They’re training the staff, but they're not really training them regularly or consistently or with the right materials. So, there's a lot of work needed to be done before you could actually measure. And so, over the years, from really doing the mystery shopping, which is almost the last part of it, she started helping the businesses throughout the whole employee and customer strategy.    Who is Mystery Shopping Really For? Can It Be Done on a Small Scale vs. Large Scale?   Claire agreed and stated that she thinks that's mystery shopping is probably one of the easiest way and quickest way to really realize where you are at this moment in time is in terms of your performances in your business.   You could pull CX strategy, it could take four months, six months before you start embedding things and implementing trainings and new strategies and you start seeing some changes. With mystery shopping, it's a measurement, so you're creating a questionnaire where you want to really see what the objectives of these are about, were you're trying to achieve. And then you're sending out mystery shoppers, they're answering the questions and there you go.    Within 48 hours, really, you can have some results and you can start being able to improve areas, celebrating success of course, you always want to celebrate success, but improving areas which are potentially being identified as needed a little bit of TLC.   So, mystery shopping, yes, very much. For a very long time, it's been seen as a large organization and possibly also bricks and mortar, so retail industry rather than anyone else. Potentially, yes, hospitality as well, you got the hotel inspectors kind of things, but it has very, very much grew, and especially with this year a huge boom into different communications, because suddenly we were not face to face.   Suddenly we were all online, suddenly we were using WhatsApp, suddenly we were using some new communications channels that we never had before or very, very small amount of people were. So it really started to think, “Well, actually, well, if we are communicating with our customers this way, we also need to measure this way. So, your website needs to be looked at, when is the last time you've actually read your website? When is the last time you've actually pressed on the buttons of your website to see what is working, what isn't working? And how long does it take for an inquiry to come to you? How do you answer to the customers? What are the words you are using?   And so, all those things which are the journey mapping and when we talk about journey mapping, whether it's online, on the phone or face to face, it's exactly the same. And whether you’re soloproneur or a large organization, you need to know what is happening in your business and how you're delivering the services or the promise of your services. How is it fulfilled? So there are a lot of new areas, which is a reason why she has published a book as well. Claire stated that she guess Yanique has got quite a few stories as well in her little handbag of good service, bad service, those kinds of things.   So, she has had this book, she has been keeping stories of mystery shoppers been incredible over the years, so she thought, isn't it just a perfect opportunity that we have the pandemic and businesses are looking at what they're doing and how they're doing it, to give some ideas on what is good, what doesn't look good, what you should be doing and what you shouldn't be doing. So, The Secret Diary of a Mystery Shopper kind of says it all on the title. They are true stories from mystery shoppers, some stories were from people who had given her some stories of good service and some stories are the bad stories and also the exceptional stories, because she believes positive breeds positive. So, it show things are going well, you can show things where they've done an amazing job here, give people the ideas and thinking, “Oh, well, if they can do it, I can do it, too.” So, that's why The Secret Diary of a Mystery Shopper was published and very, very quickly it was in her head. She’s seen, she’s written, she’s seen herself on stage doing that keynote and talking about it and doing that. She even thinks it should be a great series.   So, you learn by stories better because people can relate and use that as well on your website, we connect on an emotional level. And so, if you're connecting with customers, whether it's a good emotions or whether it's bad emotions, your customers will remember you for sure.   Me: So, basically, to sum up what you've said, you're basically saying that mystery shopping is something that all organizations should do. And even if you do it on a small scale, just to get an idea of what is happening, because I find a lot of executives are totally disconnected from what's happening on the ground with their actual customers, especially if they don't make it an intentional act of theirs to interface as a customer themselves, whether to call the business as you said, or visit the website and click on a few buttons or even shop with the business, go in as a regular customer to a branch that you probably would have never visited before to have that experience yourself, because then you'll understand why your customers complain, what are some of the pain points they're having and where are the opportunities that exist that could be improved? Maybe some are low hanging fruit things that you could change effective immediately and so may require a little bit more investment and thought.   Claire agreed and shared that one thing that she has done as well during the pandemic, obviously with no face to face, she has created an online course on how to set up a mystery shopping program because she has seen a lot of clients locally, smaller businesses who they had conversation with and said, “Clair, I'd love to do it, but I can't afford your pricing. I can't afford to get an organization to do it for me.”   And so they go off and then they put a little questionnaire together, they’ll ask their friend and family to do it. And then it comes back with not very good responses, they come back with moans rather than objective responses. And so they think, “Oh, well, that thing doesn't work.” And then they let it go and they're not getting the right information.     So, she put that program together to actually help the smaller organization, so they can do it right and they can follow the steps. She gave templates of a mystery shopping questionnaire, she shows them how they should train their friends and family if they're going to use friend and family, there's a little video on how to be a mystery shopper. And so those kinds of things are important, you need to know what is going on in your organization otherwise, how do you manage it? It's an important part of that customer experience strategy. Absolutely.   How Has Customer Experience Evolved or Not Evolved as a Result of the Pandemic?   Claire shared that she thinks the first thing that it has brought to the company; they straight away got into a fire fighting mode where everything gets dropped off. So, for her, she lost all her clients in three days and it was quite remarkable and quite a shock in thinking, actually. Is it really what you should be doing?   When there's something where people are going to need more help and support, should you be letting go all the training, should you be letting go all the exercises and the help, the support you're giving so you can actually give even better customer service during a pandemic? But, you can understand people, and she thinks that's the biggest problem in a kind of a bigger challenge is really, it's that CX or EX employee experience and customer experience isn't seen as a benefit, but as a cost.   So, a company will stop that because they see it as a cost rather than seeing it, wow, our employees are going to need more support, they need more training on how to handle those customers who are scared, how to handle customers who are going to be shouting, how can we give them some emotional intelligence training? How can we teach them a bit of resilience? How can we teach them a bit of mindfulness so they can actually feel better in themselves?   So, there are a lot of things that really could be done and should have been done and some companies have been absolutely incredible by the way they've turned things up and certainly have moved from the customer experience being in the forefront to the employee experience coming at the forefront. And that for her is an important part of it, because if we have no employees, if the employees aren’t feeling well, if they're not happy, if they're not content, if they don't feel valued and cared for, they won't care for your customers.   So businesses need to bring more care into what they do, they really do need to bring more care into the organization. And she always talked about the Yin and Yang so she always has a bit of a holistic approach to CX. And the Yang energy, it's not, “Let's do it. Let's go, let's go, let's go. More figures, more sales, more this, more that.” Whereas, we need to bring a little bit of that Yang energy where we actually pause and we actually ask our employee how they feeling today, we go and see our customers and we shake their hands and we remember their names and we connect with them on an emotional level. And that's really the difference between the Yin energy and not caring energy and that Yang energy, which is all that pandemic scarcity and anxiety, then everybody's trying to fire fight against.   App, Website or Tool that Claire Absolutely Can’t Live Without in Her Business   When asked about an online resource that she can’t live without, Claire shared that her personal business, she uses OneNote, which is part of Microsoft's 365. And she has been using it for quite a few years now. And she walks a lot in the morning, she goes for almost 45 minutes, 50 minutes walk in the morning so she can make some notes, she can copy paste, and she can write a speech. OneNote has been something really, really incredible. She uses it absolutely every day. And the last few months, obviously with a pandemic as well, she has been doing a lot of videos and a lot of video recording and she has been using a software called Camtasia.   So, she’s going to send Yanique The Queen Bee Christmas message that she just recorded and then you'll see how she actually have done with that on Camtasia. And she’s really getting the hang of it and thinks videos are very, very powerful way to get ourselves more visible, more credible, more likeable, people relate to you when they see you and you're able to share message. And it's that visual and you can also add a bit of music and all that kind of thing. So, there's a real something about video that makes it quite powerful.   Books That Have Had the Greatest Impact on Claire   When asked about books that have had the biggest impact, Claire shared that the obviously The Secret Diary of a Mystery Shopper, pull that one in. Claire shared that she is a Feng Shui practitioner. So for her, just the same for her, but she brings Feng Shui into the environment of their clients. So, again, the environment will affect where people perform, if you feel good in your environment, you will deliver great, amazing service. If it's dark, if there are no colours, if it's cluttered everywhere, no one's going to perform the way they should be.   So, she discovered Feng Shui probably about 10 years ago now. And one of the books that really got her going was Move Your Stuff, Change Your Life: How to Use Feng Shui to Get Love, Money, Respect, and Happiness by Karen Rauch Carter. And it was very simple, so it was more of a European Weil Feng Shui. And then she went on, she had got trained with Davina McKale, who is Feng Shui Master. And so she has developed quite a lot of the Feng Shui in her leadership program. When she does a big program with organization, they will look at the culture, they will look at the environment, they will look at people and they will look at a customer. So those are the four areas where she really, really focuses when they do a big program on CX. So it's a great book to read. So, started with the Feng Shui, that's a really simple and really easy way to get started.    What Claire is Really Excited About Now!   Claire shared that the idea that The Secret Diary of a Mystery Shopper was kind of a catalyst to start for her, a repositioning in terms of her keynote speaking, in terms of her consultancy, because there's quite a lot of CX experts out there and everybody seems to be doing CX at the moment, which is great. It's really good because you kind of bring a whole new forces and a whole new energy in terms of people wanting to help.   But she really wanted to reposition the mystery shopping as the key part of what she does. So her new keynote is can you afford to be clueless about your customer service? So, she’s doing a new keynote with the book, she’s preparing next year, possibly doing a audible book with a new story, more stories. And the idea is also to share the book, translate it in different countries and actually add more stories with the different countries that they talk to. So, there are a few things that are in the pipeline that she’s got for next year.   Where Can We Find Claire Online Instagram – @claireboscqscott Twitter - @cbsbusyqueenbee LinkedIn – Claire Boscq-Scott Facebook - ClaireBoscqScott Website – www.busyqueenbee.com    Quote or Saying that During Times of Adversity Claire Uses   When asked about a quote or saying that helps her to keep focus, Claire shared her kind of strapline is bringing more care into what you do, bringing more care into your employees, your environment and your customers, and you will have a thriving business and she thinks that's an important part. We do get busy, on the busy, busy side of it but if that pandemic has showed us something is, if we don't care for our employees, well, they're never going to perform, they're going to be working remotely and not feeling any love from anybody. And so it’s really important that we really care for our environment, for our people, and then our customers.   Me: It’s funny you mentioned that because when I started this business, the vision for the company is “To Create a More Caring World” but the reason why I came up with that tagline is, when I was a little girl, I used to watch this cartoon on Disney Channel called the Care Bears and they all have these little different care symbols on their tummies and when they shine their light on everybody, it transforms them into being more kind or more generous. And that was my vision for when I started business that at the end of the day, whatever I’m doing with a business whether it’s through market research, mystery shopping, customer service training, leadership training, it all should be with the mindset that I’m trying “To Create a More Caring World” like a care bear. So, it’s really nice to know that we may not have thought of it from the same perspective, but we definitely have the same goal in mind.   Please connect with us on Twitter @navigatingcx and also join our Private Facebook Community – Navigating the Customer Experience and listen to our FB Lives weekly with a new guest   Grab the Freebie on Our Website – TOP 10 Online Business Resources for Small Business Owners   Links The Secret Diary of a Mystery Shopper: True Customer Service Stories through the eyes of a Secret Shopper: The Good, The Bad and The Exceptional by Claire Boscq-Scott Move Your Stuff, Change Your Life: How to Use Feng Shui to Get Love, Money, Respect, and Happiness by Karen Rauch Carter   The ABC’s of a Fantastic Customer Experience   Do you want to pivot your online customer experience and build loyalty - get a copy of “The ABC’s of a Fantastic Customer Experience.”   The ABC's of a Fantastic Customer Experience provides 26 easy to follow steps and techniques that helps your business to achieve success and build brand loyalty. This Guide to Limitless, Happy and Loyal Customers will help you to strengthen your service delivery, enhance your knowledge and appreciation of the customer experience and provide tips and practical strategies that you can start implementing immediately! This book will develop your customer service skills and sharpen your attention to detail when serving others. Master your customer experience and develop those knock your socks off techniques that will lead to lifetime customers. Your customers will only want to work with your business and it will be your brand differentiator. It will lead to recruiters to seek you out by providing practical examples on how to deliver a winning customer service experience!

What an amazing interview! From choosing the kind of relationship you want, re-negotiating with your partner every year, clearing the energy in your body and your home to learning to be clairvoyant, this was an action packed episode! Here's a link to the feng shui bagua we talked about. For doing your own feng shui design. And here's the very simple feng shui book recommended by Andrea. "Move Your Stuff, Change Your Life." by Karen Rauch Carter. More about Andrea. Andrea Firpo is a Psychic Cheerleader focused on transformational healing by building awareness in the body and mind around the deep conditioning of emotional trauma. Andrea draws from her background in psychology, feng shui, plant medicine, reiki, shamanism, and psychic energetic healing to identify underlying patterns that undermine her clients' self-worth. The simple yet powerful energetic tools she teaches helps them identify blocks, expand their intuition, heal and make incredible paradigm shifts in their lives.Andrea is also an author, contributing work to Dreamweavers, Ceremonies, and the recent #1 Amazon International Bestseller, The Art & Truth Of Transformation For Women. As a show host and producer, she highlights the stories and lessons of incredible women overcoming traumatic events in her podcast, "Brilliance through Resilience." She lives with her family in Portland, Oregon and works with clients everywhere.www.andreafirpo.comGet a free intuitive meditation at www.pychiccheerleader.comConnect with Andrea on Social Media:https://www.instagram.com/psychiccheerleader/https://www.facebook.com/psychiccheerleaderhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIJCtjmAGHOcYFK0dUK0bEw?view_as=subscriberBrilliance Through Resilience Podcast - www.brilliancethroughresilience.com Shop for guided meditations and other services. - www.findpeacewithinthestorm.com

April & Jen enter the cleansing and decluttering heart of the Virgo New Moon, in opposition to healing and spiritual Neptune. The Sun engages in smooth aspects with Saturn and Pluto, calling forth our power and authenticity. And a protracted discussion of midpoints – what are they and why are they important? Also: animal trainers, feng shui, and our very own Encyclopedia Braun! Sign up for April's mailing list for updates, a free monthly lunar workbook, AND an email tutorial on the Lunar Phases! To read April & Jen’s essays, or to join the podcast conversation and leave a comment, go to www.BigSkyAstroPod.com. Read more about this week’s astrology at the Big Sky Astrology website! Follow Big Sky Astrology on IG, Twitter, and FB @BigSkyAstrology Read a full transcript of this episode. Episode links: 00:30 – A big thank you to everyone who supported our first annual Podathon with donations and by downloading our five daily episodes! Winners of our big drawing will be announced by email on the 15th. . 01:55 – Are you listening from Latvia, Norway, India, Portugal, or New Zealand? Tell us what makes our podcast one of the top Society and Culture podcasts in your country! Is it the Bob Ross references? . 03:17 – The Sun trines Pluto (Sep. 14, 4:05 pm PDT) on the Sabian symbols 23 Virgo (Sun), “An animal trainer,” and 23 Capricorn (Pluto), “Two awards for bravery in war,” at the degree of January’s Saturn/Pluto conjunction. Both symbols speak of bravery in confronting dangerous things, and imply that our power derives from handling small things, and serving something larger than ourselves.   . 06:30 – For more on the Jan. 2020 Saturn/Pluto conjunction, revisit Episode 6: Saturn & Pluto Eat More Crunchy Things, Episode 7: Saturn and Pluto Go to the Repair Shop, and Episode 8: Saturn and Pluto Need a Party. . 07:19 – Venus squares Uranus (Sep. 15, 8:28 am PDT). This combination can bring unexpected expenses or income, and sometimes both. Unexpected developments in relationships, especially around the subject of independence vs. togetherness. . 10:22 – Jen Braun is a regular Encyclopedia Brown! To hear more about the Sabian symbols (Venus) “Children on a swing in a huge oak tree,” and (Uranus) “A woman sprinkling flowers” go to Episode 23, Talkin’ Taurus and the Void (Of Course!) Moon. . 10:26 – What are midpoints and why do they matter? . 15:53 – We enter the midpoint between eclipse seasons with this week’s square from the Sun to the Lunar Nodes (Sep. 16, 5:53 pm PDT). Sun in Virgo arbitrating between Gemini/Sagittarius nodes to find points of commonality in their search for truth. (Shout out to wonderful astrologer Caroline Casey!) . 17:40 – Learn more about Lunar Nodes on Episode 24: Scorpio Full Moon & Lunar Nodes for Grasshoppers. And take a deep dive on eclipses with us in Episode 5 Unboxing Eclipses. . 18:33 – ** MOONWATCH ** 25 deg. Virgo “A boy with a censer.” With the New Moon point opposed Neptune and trine Saturn, the rituals of cleansing, organizing your home, and healing your thought patterns can help you sow new seeds, particularly in the area of work.  . 22:19 – A couple of books we like about decluttering with feng shui: Karen Kingston’s Clear Your Clutter with Feng Shui and Move Your Stuff, Change Your Life by Karen Rauch Carter. . 22:52 – Sign up for April's mailing list and you’ll get a new, monthly Working with the Moon e-book for each lunar cycle! . 23:22 – The Sun trine Saturn (Sep. 17, 2:36 pm PDT) rewards a good work ethic and possibly indicates a new job or kind of work. Make sure what you do now is aligned with your authentic self. . 24:43 – April is a water sprite! . 24:54 – As Mercury finishes up in Libra this week, it squares Jupiter on Sep. 17 at 3:35 am (conversation out of balance, philosophical disagreements) and Pluto on Sep. 20 at 10:18 pm PDT (deep conversation, language that prompts power struggles, but great time to continue New Moon ritual because words and ideas have tremendous power). Listen to your inner voice, and look very deep within before you engage others in important conversation. . 28:05 – Here comes the Sun, following in Mercury’s footsteps through the treacherous terrain of Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and Pluto. More about the Sun’s ingress into Libra in next week’s episode (and even more in the subscriber-only special episode we’ll release next Tuesday!). . 29:25 – As always, April and Jen appreciate you! If you enjoy the show, take a moment to subscribe and give us a 5-star rating and/or write us a happy review! We want to offer our warm thoughts once again for everyone who donated to the podcast in our recent Podathon! If you didn’t get a chance to donate then and would like to support the podcast, toss a few dollars our way to help keep the show going. If you donate $5 or more, we’ll send you an invitation to our upcoming special episodes for the equinoxes and solstices. Thanks, podpals!

What's up Witches!? This weeks episode is all about my favorite books that I've read in 2019.  This pod covers: My favorite books for this year on spirituality, astrology, developing intuition, and self-improvement  ———— Book List:  **some links may be affiliate** “Field Guide to Lucid Dreaming: Mastering the Art of Oneironautics” by Dylan Tuccillo, Jared Zeizel, and Thomas Peisel https://amzn.to/35zl8Ue “Kitchen Table Tarot” by Melissa Cynova https://amzn.to/2sCdGtb “Psychic Navigator” by John Holland https://amzn.to/2Z0OjNu  “Clear Home, Clear Heart: Learn to Clear the Energy of People and Places” by Jean Haner https://amzn.to/2YWfxFe ”No Mud, No lotus: The Art of Transforming Suffering” by Thicht Naht Hanh https://amzn.to/35xTJSH  “Your Microcosm: The Astrological Planets” by Marina Kuhn https://amzn.to/2YYzz1K  “Move Your Stuff, Change Your Life: How to Use Feng Shui to Get Love, Money, Respect, and Happiness” by Karen Rauch Carter https://amzn.to/34xf79B  “How to Meet and Work with Spirit Guides” by Ted Andrews https://amzn.to/2sHGRL9 “Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts.” by Brene Brown https://amzn.to/35sSrIJ “I Will Teach You to be Rich” by Ramit Sethi https://amzn.to/2M71Qhl  -------------------- My Website: www.spacewitchastrology.org Instagram: @spacewitchastrology Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/spacewitchastrology/ E-mail (business inquiries ONLY): spacewitchpodcast@gmail.com

Now that Liz and Sarah don’t have an official office, they’re creating “a room of their own” at Sarah’s house. While Sarah insists on following the feng shui guidelines in the book Move Your Stuff, Change Your Life, Liz just wants a functional, pleasant space to work in. Then they debut a new segment, The Craft (And Fain) on the craft of writing. Their first topic? Swim out. This week’s Hollywood Hack will make your legs red-carpet ready: Sally Hansen’s Airbrush Legs. Then Liz has a vicarious double Celebrity Sighting (Chris Pratt and Jeff Goldblum) courtesy of her husband, Adam. A Room of One’s Own:https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Room_of_One%27s_Own Move Your Stuff, Change Your Life by Karen Rauch Carter:https://www.karenrauchcarter.com/ Best office color:https://cdispaces.ca/blog/best-office-colors/ A Room of One’s Own: Why We Need Space and Quiet The Shield:https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0286486/ Vampire Diaries:https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1405406/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1 The Fix:https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7942774/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 Sally Hansen’s Airbrush Legs: AirbrushLegs Chris Pratt:https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0695435/ Jeff Goldblum:https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000156/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1 Photo by Laurie-Anne Robert on Unsplash Happier In Hollywood is part of ‘The Onward Project,’ a family of podcasts brought together by Gretchen Rubin—all about how to make your life better. Check out the other Onward Project podcasts — Happier With Gretchen Ruben, Do The Thing, and Side Hustle School. If you liked this episode, please subscribe, leave a review, and tell your friends!

Part 1 of 2--Today we are incredibly honored to have Madeleine Bock join us for a coaching call. Her bravery and willingness to face her needs head on and in such a honest way. Madeleine came to us to be coached on weight and body image. This is a topic that hits very close to home for me, as it was the first thing I focused on when I began working with Jay. After years of fighting my weight, he was the first to ask me to forgive myself...and it changed everything. Body issues affect so many of us. I am so amazed by Madeleine and I know each of you will be as well. As with most of our coaching episodes we have spit this into two parts. We hit a BIG ah ha moment and Jay asks the real question...see how Madeleine answers! We will be back with Part 2 in two weeks after our very special 1 Year Anniversary Episode next week! This week we invite you to join us on the Doing the Work Facebook page to share your body image stories. Are you ready to let it go? If you are currently struggling to achieve a goal, manifest your dreams, or just get over the hump in an area of transformation--we are here to help! Contact us through the contact form or via Facebook to sign up to have a coaching session on a future episode. We would love to help! And a free coaching session from Jay is pretty darn amazing too. Thank you for listening! We appreciate you! Don't forget to subscribe on iTunes, Google Play or Stitcher to get your episodes automatically sent to you each week! We would also love for you to submit a review on iTunes! A few things mentioned in this episode... Lean Inside: 7 Steps to Personal Power by Jay Move Your Stuff, Change Your Life by Karen Rauch Carter Make a Shift, Change Your Life by Karen Rauch Carter www.moveitwithkaren.com Thank you for listening. We are so honored to have you with us each week. Please note that some of the links are affiliate links through Amazon. We get a little money if you end up purchasing the item through the link. This money helps to keep our podcast on the air! We do not link to anything that doesn't naturally come up in our podcast interviews/conversations. We are not asked to link to any specific product or service. 

Aired Tuesday, 25 April 2017, 2:00 PM ET Feng Shui Tips for Love, Money, Respect and Happiness All things Feng Shui! Karen Rauch Carter is a feng shui consultant and healthy-lifestyle designer, educator, and the best-selling author of Move Your Stuff, Change Your Life (one of my fav books) and Make a Shift, Change Your Life. Karen will be serving up her top traditional feng shui tips for love, money, respect and happiness, and sharing critical tips on how to create healthy homes in these modern times. About the Guest: Karen Rauch Carter Karen is a professional feng shui consultant and healthy-lifestyle designer, educator, and the best-selling author of Move Your Stuff, Change Your Life and Make a Shift, Change Your Life. She coaches, trains, and empowers people to use a variety of techniques to enrich and improve all areas of their lives. Karen has over 20 years of experience studying and implementing methods and modalities that produce consistent, and some say miraculous, results. WEBSITE: http://www.KarenRauchCarter.com WEBSITE: http://www.MoveItwithKaren.com FACEBOOK FAN PAGE: https://www.facebook.com/karenrauchcartercom/ FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/KarenRauchCarter TWITTER: https://twitter.com/MoveYourStuff YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/user/lifewithzing/feed

Oh my gosh!! We are so excited to have Karen Rausch Cater, author of "Move Your Stuff, Change Your Life" on the podcast today. Her book has been one of Jay's more recommended for all his clients over the years. Her easy approach to Feng Shui is incredibly powerful and attainable.  Karen is a professional feng shui consultant and healthy-lifestyle designer, educator, and the best-selling author of Move Your Stuff, Change Your Life and Make a Shift, Change Your Life. She coaches, trains, and empowers people to use a variety of techniques to enrich and improve all areas of their lives. Karen has over 20 years of experience studying and implementing methods and modalities that produce consistent, and some say miraculous, results. If you are currently struggling to achieve a goal, manifest your dreams, or just get over the hump in an area of transformation--we are here to help! Contact us through the contact form or via Facebook to sign up to have a coaching session on a future episode. We would love to help! And a free coaching session from Jay is pretty darn amazing too. Thank you for listening! We appreciate you! Don't forget to subscribe on iTunes, Google Play or Stitcher to get your episodes automatically sent to you each week! We would also love for you to submit a review on iTunes! A few things mentioned in this episode... Lean Inside: 7 Steps to Personal Power by Jay Move Your Stuff, Change Your Life by Karen Rauch Carter Make a Shift, Change Your Life by Karen Rauch Carter www.moveitwithkaren.com Thank you for listening. We are so honored to have you with us each week. Please note that some of the links are affiliate links through Amazon. We get a little money if you end up purchasing the item through the link. This money helps to keep our podcast on the air! We do not link to anything that doesn't naturally come up in our podcast interviews/conversations. We are not asked to link to any specific product or service.   

Feng Shui is really like good nutrition for your environment: it guides you to intentionally arrange the stuff in your home to make your life great; just like intentionally eating a healthy diet makes you feel great. Just like “you are what you eat,” if you have clutter in your space, you have clutter in your life. But unlike a healthy diet, you can’t just say “eat more plants” and call it a day! Feng Shui has A LOT to it, which is why I’m so glad Karen Rauch Carter had A LOT to say about it! Get ready to learn how to move your stuff to change your life.   You’ll hear: The 9 different areas of our lives Feng Shui can help us improve. Exactly what to add and remove from certain places in your home to achieve certain outcomes. The #1 most important thing to do when you’re “feng-shui-ing” your home. How to feng shui your home even if you live with roommates. Karen’s couldn’t-be-easier first step to hard-core de-cluttering. And tons more! Links related to this episode: The full show notes with all the deets from this episode! Where you can go to submit a question for the show! Where you can go to suggest a guest (yourself or someone else) for the show! How to work 1-on-1 with me! Where you can go with a screenshot of your rating & review to get a free gift! Party in My Plants on Instagram Party in My Plants on Facebook Party in My Plants’ Cooking Videos on YouTube Party in My Plants’ website

Change your space - transform your life! Is your environment creating 'Energetic' sickness? Is your space full of 'LOW ENERGY' life-robbing vibration? Are you ready for an 'INSTANT' new environment? Do you feel dragged down by your reality? Do you want to be free, light and full of joy? Join professional feng shui educator, consultant, and the best-selling author Karen Rauch Carter for Make a Shift, Change Your Life: Feng Shui for Your Body, Mind, Spirit and Environment. In this session with Karen you will learn how to make the connection between your environment and your life circumstances, how to attract and enhance opportunities more easily for love, prosperity and health and more, Karen's top health-generating tips and how feng shui can transform your life, relationships and career. Free past, old and stale energy now! Learn energy practices to heal your space! To get your free Energy Healing Kit and more go to: http://www.YouWealthRevolution.com

Feng Shui! Today my guest will be my feng shui guru, Andrea Foti. She will be teaching easy ways to implement feng shui into your every day life. We will be taking your calls and giving readings and coaching tips. Andrea Foti M.A is a bilingual clairvoyant angel reader, certified Feng Shui practitioner and certified Dream Coach®, who uses her intuition and knowledge to empower clients to believe in themselves, delivering messages and providing guidance with love, kindness and integrity. Her interest in becoming a better person and enhancing her spirituality has taken her to attend different classes where her faith has deepen and her intuition awakened. As part of her growth process, she has taken classes with Diana Dorell to learn the magic and beauty of the angelic realm, with Karen Rauch Carter to learn about the ancient art of Feng Shui and with Marcia Wieder to learn how to be a coach that inspires and help people to make their dreams come true. Her journey to become a more experienced healer continues as she is always looking for new opportunities to learn and grow.

Karen Rauch Carter joins us as she tell us some tips on how to get the energy..chi...moving to over benefit. Great Show!