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Feng Shui For Successful Entrepreneurship

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I am pleased to share this article written on me about my business and career journey.
I encourage everyone to follow their dream. Hope this is inspiring to you.
I am always here to help,
Belinda
Harmonizing Your Space for a Better Life
Belinda Mendoza’s path to becoming a Feng Shui Master was far from conventional. She spent 18 years as a highly successful sales leader in the medical device industry, known for her ability to turn around struggling businesses. However, after reaching a high rank, Belinda became fed up with the unethical practices and discrimination in the corporate world. She yearned for a more balanced and creative life, one where she could truly make a difference.
In 2000, Belinda resigned from her corporate job, feeling empowered to follow her dream. Inspired by Feng Shui, a practice she had encountered through a friend, Belinda used its principles to improve her workspace. The results were nothing short of transformative—more pay raises and promotions in two years than she had experienced in the previous decade. This success led her to pursue a career in Feng Shui full-time. Now, with over 20 years of experience and 700 hours of training, she has built a successful business based on principles of harmony, energy, and service.
Overcoming Challenges as a Sole Entrepreneur
Running a small business can be challenging, and Belinda has faced her share of obstacles. One major hurdle has been changing the narrative around her work. Many people still view Feng Shui as a luxury rather than a necessity. Belinda’s mission is to educate the public on how the environments we inhabit directly affect our health, well-being, and prosperity.
As a sole entrepreneur, Belinda also manages her own marketing, social media, and advertising, which is time-consuming and often outside her area of expertise. Despite these challenges, Belinda continues to host free talks for local organizations like Rotary Clubs, schools, and churches, where she shares insights on how to create harmonious environments. She also refers clients to local vendors and artisans, ensuring that her business supports the local community.
The Importance of Integrity, Honesty, and Service
At the core of Belinda’s business philosophy is a commitment to integrity, honesty, and loyalty. She is open and transparent with her clients, which has led to a loyal client base and many repeat customers. Belinda’s focus on creating a safe, harmonious, and joyful space for her clients helps them thrive both personally and professionally.
Through her work, Belinda has also embraced the use of Zoom, offering her services to clients around the world who may not be able to visit her in person. Whether dealing with body, mind, or spiritual issues, or simply needing guidance on design, Belinda is committed to helping others through her unique Feng Shui approach.
Creating a Space for Healing and Growth
Design For Energy is a boutique business based on the principles of Feng Shui, with a focus on helping clients create spaces that promote healing and growth. Belinda’s services are designed to make clients feel more comfortable, productive, and balanced in their environments.
Additionally, Belinda is an advocate for those who have experienced pet loss. She wrote the book “Feng Shui For Healing the Loss of a Pet,” available on Amazon. She also maintains a Facebook community, “Belinda’s DIY Feng Shui,” where she offers daily or weekly tips to help people live their best lives. Through this community, Belinda’s mission is to empower others to create a better life through the power of Feng Shui.
Bring Harmony to Your Space with Design For Energy
One of the greatest benefits of being an entrepreneur, according to Belinda, is the ability to set her own schedule. Unlike her previous corporate job, which led to burnout, Belinda now enjoys the flexibility to work as much or as little as she chooses. This gives her time for self-care and to pursue other passions, such as mentoring through the Big Sister Program and supporting Austin Pets Alive, a no-kill shelter.
Belinda also finds fulfillment in inspiring others through talks, blogs, and seminars. Her entrepreneurial journey has been one of continuous learning, creativity, and empowerment. She encourages others to follow their dreams, especially if it means transitioning into a business that aligns with their passions.
If you are looking for a transformative way to enhance your environment and improve your well-being, Design For Energy is here to help. Whether you need advice on creating a balanced home or office space, or guidance through life’s transitions, Belinda Mendoza is the trusted expert to assist you. With her wealth of experience and dedication to service, Design For Energy can help you create the harmonious environment you deserve. Reach out today for a free 45-minute consultation to explore how Feng Shui can benefit you.

Feng Shui for Valentine’s Day Romance

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Happy Valentine’s Day from Design for Energy! 
In the spirit of the season, I wanted to share some Feng Shui tips for romance. Whether you are already in a relationship, seeking a partner or wanting a romantic connection, this blog post will help to prepare and perfect any space and amplify your intentions for romance.
Romance goes beyond the traditional chocolates and roses. Valentine’s Day is a great opportunity to focus on love in many forms: self-love, romance and the positive energy that flows throughout your home. If you make intentional changes, you will start to see romance naturally flow in your life. It’s important to set your relationships up for success by being mindful of your decor and placements. Energy and chi must be able to flow freely for love to flow freely in your life.
Feng Shui Tips for Romance this Valentine’s Day:
  • Write an Intention: Visualize what it is you want out of love and write it down on paper. There is power in your Intentions especially when it’s put somewhere you frequently pass.
  • Set up your bedroom: Salt lamps are a nice alternative to bright, disruptive lighting. Set the mood with warm lights, candles, serene landscapes, and rose quartz crystals to attract love. Avoid mirrors that face the bed as this can disrupt sleep and create unsettling energy.
  • The best colors for romance: Color plays a big part in your mood and energy levels. Try adding soft, neutral tones to create a soothing, intimate environment.
  • Everything is better in pairs: In the bedroom specifically, you want to attract romance by putting your decor pieces in pairs: two lamps, two bedside tables, etc. This invites connection into your space and creates an Intention for relationships.
  • A picture is worth a thousand words: Put up artwork or a picture of the relationship you want or a current picture of you and your partner. If you’re already in a relationship, the bedroom is a great place to put photos of you two. You will want to avoid family photos here and think of the photos in this room as a visual Intention you are setting for yourself.
  • Take action: If you’re single, go out for a night of fun and mingling. If you’re in a relationship or married, go on a date. Valentine’s Day is a great time to build connections whether you hope for them to exist or they already do.
  • Set up a Zoom consultation for love, romance, and attracting the right partner: I am always available to discuss areas you want to enhance. Give me a call and we can schedule a time to meet virtually. I’m happy to provide more tips during our discussion.
For other Feng Shui tips to attract love and romance, visit this interview I did with love coach Aurelie Hervet from Sydney, Australia.
Wishing you love and balance,
Belinda

Feng Shui for a Positive Mindset

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The art of Feng Shui is all about harmony in our environment and helps to create optimism and inspiration.

In our current times, it’s easy to get depressed and anxious. Mental health statistics show suicide as the second-leading cause of death for teens and young adults, ages 10-34 with 13.6% of adults 18-25 having serious thoughts of suicide in the past year. Social media can fuel fears and affect our mental health.

It is important to create a space that makes you feel good and sets you up for success. Check in with yourself by asking, “How is my emotional well-being today?” It is important to talk with friends and family. Everyone deserves Mental health support when they need it so allow the topic to not be taboo in your life. As important as it is to check in with your space and the flow of energy, it’s just as important to do a mental check.

Feng Shui tips for a positive mindset:  

  • Surround yourself with positive messages and motivational quotes. Create an inspiring Vision Board you can see everyday.
  • Stay in the present moment (don’t focus on the past or the future which has not occurred yet)
  • Stay creative! Begin a new hobby like painting pictures or re-purposing old items.
  • Journal your thoughts and fears so you are aware of your thoughts. It helps to release them.
  • Write positive affirmations daily or for the week. Place them where you can see them.
    • Here are some examples: 
      • ” I am balanced in body, mind, and spirit.”
      • “I feel safe, protected, and loved at all times.”
      • “The Universe always has my back.”
  • Be grateful and practice gratitude each day
  • Begin a meditation, centering, or prayer practice. Join a group if you feel isolated. Start one in your home.
  • Get in touch with Mother Earth daily by putting your bare feet on the ground. If you are at the beach, put your feet in the water. The sound of water and the feel of earth’s energies coming up from the soil or sand is transformational.
  • Get rid of clutter in your space. Clutter is a big energy drain and can cause depression.
  • Add plenty of light to your space, avoiding florescent bulbs. You can even add a salt lamp to each room as this improves air quality and mood.
  • Add mood-lifting scents to your home like eucalyptus, mint, bergamot, lemon, orange, and Ylang-ylang.
  • Add drops of oil to a diffuser to scent a room or just place some in your hand and inhale.
    • Quick tip: Carry essential oil roll-on bottles for on-the-go relaxation. It’s an easy way to stay grounded, calm and peaceful.
  • Create an altar in your home. This can be a table or shelf with some of your favorite things that make you happy.
    • In feng shui, an altar consists of 5 elements.  Fire, water, wood, metal, and earth. Place something symbolic of each element.
    • Add a picture of your family, friends, ancestors, mentors or other spiritual guides to this area.
    • Place intentions in a red envelope for good luck and prosperity.

How to incorporate the five elements into your home:

  • Fire – a warm candle
  • Water – bowl of water
  • Wood – a plant or wood item (including wooden furniture)
  • Metal – wind chimes, bells and coins
  • Earth – rocks, dirt, ceramics, bricks, tiles or crystals

If you are having challenges in your life, don’t be afraid to seek professional help. This includes the 988 Lifeline that is recommended by the CDC which is available over call, text or chat. Talking to someone neutral and unbiased can help process your feelings. There are many wonderful tools and resources you might not be aware of.

Feel free to set up a Zoom session with me so we can create an uplifting environment for you today.

Sending you positive chi,

Belinda

Feng Shui Your Closet

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In the art of feng shui, each area of your home is a life area. With that said, closets are just as important as any room in your home. Depending on the area and floor plan of your living space, your money area might be a closet so it’s an area that shouldn’t be ignored or forgotten.
How to keep your closet’s energy at its maximum potential and that area of your life moving:
Closets often get ignored, cluttered or closed. Naturally, it can tend to be a one stop spot for clothes we’ve forgotten about, items we haven’t seen in months or other miscellaneous items that don’t have a real ‘home’ in your home. Needless to say, it doesn’t matter if it’s a storage closet for things you don’t use, it can still greatly affect your life. For starters, start with a basic declutter whether that’s the Marie Kondo method of finding what brings you joy or simply eliminating things that no longer serve you or are of use to your daily routines. This is a great opportunity to find these items a new home. Does your neighborhood have a buy/sell/trade page? This is an easy way to declutter and remove these items in a sustainable way. You can also refer to this simple recycling guide for items that can be safely recycled in Austin. Not only does it feel great to reduce clutter in an Earth-friendly way, but it’s also boosting the energy in this area with a simple task that frees up space for things you do use and need.
You should also have good lighting to find items easier and try keeping things organized by categories using The Home Edit method or any other color coding way that helps you stay organized. Try using the saying: “a place for everything and everything in its place” for inspiration and remember how easy it will be to reorganize when things get cluttered again because everything will have its own home. Did you know? Color can actually affect your state of mind and how balanced you feel in a space! You’d be surprising how arranging by color can mentally sort through the clutter on its own. It’s a great way to walk into a room feeling clear headed and stress free.
Feng Shui areas of abundance to remember: 
Southeast: Money
South: Fame
Southwest: Relationships
North: Career
Northwest: Helpful People and Mentors
Northeast: Spirituality and Self-Cultivation
Lastly, remember that by sending me just a few pictures, I can help set up a Feng Shui your closet Zoom session to help keep prosperity flowing at any point. Happiness, joy, and organization is at your fingertips. I’m just one call away at 512-740-1251.

Feng Shui Tips for Maintaining Positivity, Balance, & Mental Health

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As summer months approach, it’s a great opportunity to put focus on maintaining positivity, balance and good mental health. This is a time of year when things are hopefully slowing down for you to a point where you can achieve more of a work life balance and carve pockets of time out for yourself. Without these three being in sync with each other, it makes it hard to thrive in these technological, fast-paced times. Now is a great time to check-in and ask yourself, “How do I feel? Do I need to pause?” You can also ask, “Have I Feng Shui-ed my environment lately? Do I feel in alignment?”
If not, Feng Shui can help improve your body, mind, and spirit energy. These simple questions offer the opportunity to reflect on what needs a recharge. What needs some extra care this month. The last thing you want to do is reach a point of burnout so before that can happen, take these steps to get back on track using Feng Shui. Having a positive mindset can be achieved in a way that’s responsive to your interests. Positive thinking is proven to improve stress, increase productivity, lower rates of depression, increase longevity and lower levels of distress or pain.
You can do this in a couple of different ways:
  • Exercise regularly
  • Do yoga or Tai Chi
  • Practice Chi Gong (Qigong)
  • Practice Meditation (even if it’s just 5 or 10 minutes per day)
  • Body work or a chakra reset with a massage or reiki
  • Therapy if needed to process grief, resentments or anger
Soft tones like pastels transmit a sense of relaxation to our mind and body as well. In Feng Shui, blue tones helps with stress, anxiety and depression so this is a great way to transform a room for mindful practices like yoga, meditation, and tai chi. It might also be a good idea to avoid patterns in these rooms as it can be distracting as you wind down. The main goal in Feng Shui is a sense of order, cleanliness, and simplicity that allows energy to flow freely so you can live more harmoniously. Blue tones help achieving proper balance. For your relaxation space, avoid the use of too many mirrors as this can result in an unnecessary energy drain. You will want to leave this room feeling recharged versus sluggish.
When it comes to getting good, quality sleep this can be achieved with Feng Shui of your bedroom:
  • Minimal to no electronics or screens
  • Place your bed in a central, commanding position
  • Avoid mirrors in the sight line of your bed
  • Invest in a quality mattress tailored to your needs
  • Maximize air flow to feel fresh and clean
  • Achieve balance and symmetry using bedside tables on either side
  • Soothing, muted color tones like soft blues
  • Low-light, warm bulbs or night lights
  • Minimize books to what you are currently reading

These can all affect your energy levels and will drain energy at times when you least expect it. Technology can especially disrupt our circadian rhythms – the physical, mental, and behavioral changes we experience over a 24-hour cycle. Think of it as our bodies internal clock. Light and dark have the biggest influence on circadian rhythms, but food intake, stress, physical activity, social environment, and temperature also affect them.

Studies show that sleep deficiency changes activity in some parts of the brain. If you’re sleep deficient, this may result in trouble making decisions, solving problems, controlling emotions, and coping with change. A study published in the journal Indoor Air found that sleeping in well-ventilated rooms, whether through an open window or open door, led to enhanced sleep quality, reduced nighttime awakenings, and lower carbon dioxide levels. As the levels of carbon dioxide decreased, individuals experienced deeper and more uninterrupted sleep.

Graphic courtesy of Sleep Foundation
How the Feng Shui elements impact us psychologically: 

Feng shui consists of five elements, each of which is said to have different impacts psychologically, ultimately affecting feelings of wellness and balance. This is great to keep in mind as you Feng Shui your space to achieve balance and harmony. You can easily tailor a space to be more creative, stable, balanced, etc. using elements like wood and earth as accents.

  • Earth: Grounding, security, stability, balance
  • Fire: Passion, enthusiasm, boldness, expressiveness
  • Metal: Clarity, focus, logic, critical thinking
  • Water: Abundance, prosperity, insightfulness, wisdom
  • Wood: Creativity, new life, growth, intuition

For questions on how to make your space in alignment with Feng Shui practices for improved mental health, you can contact me anytime at 512-740-1251.

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