Family, Friends, and Navigating the Holidays
As the holiday season approaches, many of us find ourselves balancing joy, stress, family dynamics, and the inevitable swirl of activity that December brings. In Feng Shui, we understand that environments—both physical and emotional—shape our energy. When chaos rises or family interactions feel overwhelming, it’s not just the space around us that becomes cluttered; our personal chi can become scattered as well.
This month, we’ll explore simple, supportive ways to anchor yourself, harmonize your surroundings, and move through the season with more ease, intention, and grace.
Quick takeaways in this issue...
- Tips to cherishing the holidays even in the chaos
- Learning to lean in if decorating is hard or brings memories
- Challenging you to let it go...what if you didn't...
- Holidays tips and blessings
- Quick tip on holiday art
- Good and Bad days in December 2025
- Holiday tips for empty nesters or those alone this season
See you next year, 🌿 the International Feng Shui Guild
Family Feud or Full House? A Feng Shui Guide to Cherishing Family Relationships During the Holidays
Who’s excited about seeing the in-laws or the ex and the new girlfriend or the bickering kids over the holidays? Um....maybe not so much. There are a lot of nuances when dealing with family. And this can amplify during the holidays. Learn tips to making the most of your family relationships in this article.
Feng Shui can be a benefit and a helpful tool to navigating time with others.
And our time with others is important. So, what can you do when relationships feel difficult or even if things are humming along but you want to balance and boost those connections even more?
Look no further than your Health and Family gua.
Read the whole article to read about the impact of the family gua, adding the wood element, and tips for preserving your energy
Decorating for the Holidays – Shifting Perspective and Leaning in
"If the holidays for you are hard, and holding an object from a time in your life, that ceases to exist anymore, evokes your own 'layer of sadness,' or causes a 'pang,' or feels 'tough,' or even resonates as your own 'stabbing reminder,' then I offer you this;
"Before pulling out your box of decorations, create a space for yourself that feels sacred. Set yourself up for success. Help yourself tune into the present moment. Breathe. It’s important for us to ground ourselves before doing this to anchor our own energy into the here and now. Objects from the past can pull you backwards, and if not careful, send you into a tailspin. (And for some, the tailspin happens just at the thought of taking the box out, and, that’s OKAY.) Even that is progress in my opinion.
"If it all feels like too much, then stop. All I can ask is that you do is your best. Like Don Miguel Ruiz says in one of my favorite books, The Four Agreements, 'Your best is going to change from moment to moment; it will be different when you are healthy as opposed to sick. Under any circumstance, simply do your best and you will avoid self-judgement, sef-abuse, and regret.'”
We love this piece from Angela Kazarian. 🎁
Read the whole thing here and find yourself potentially shifting your perspective in magical ways.
Let It Go, Let It Go, Let It Go
by Kristi Stangeland, My ParaVita
"This year I suggest we adopt a Feng Shui approach to the holidays. In an effort to find more serenity in our lives we can do more than de-clutter and re-organize our physical environments. We can also re-evaluate how we manage our time.
"What would happen if we didn’t:
-Send holiday cards to people we haven’t seen in 20 years…
-Try to replicate the picture-perfect centerpiece from that glossy home magazine…
-Bake 10 different kinds of holiday cookies…"
So much to love in this piece...
Read the full article for tips to de-cllutter your "to-do" list and set yourself up for a win this December!
Feng Shui Holiday Tips and Blessings
by Diana Garber, Intuitive Concepts
"The holidays can be hectic. Presents, cards, decorating, cooking, cleaning, cookies, candy, just the list alone creates stress! Feng Shui can be used to mitigate this stress. Feng Shui is meant to bring balance and harmony into your home and life.
"Feng Shui is about utilizing the natural healing energy from the earth in your home. How you manage your space has a major impact on your moods and relationships with others around you."
Read Diana’s tips to keep your home peaceful this holiday.
Holiday Art Feng Shui Tip
"If there isn’t a picture of your family all looking happy and engaged, try art. The family gua is represented by the color green and the element of wood. Look for a picture of a lush forest or a piece of art made from wood. It offers the motif of growth, abundance and strength. If green isn’t your thing, try to support the wood element in this gua with art that features the water element where blues, and blacks and wavy styles are present."
Feng Shui Tips for Empty Nesters During the Holidays
The holiday season can feel different for empty nesters—quieter, tender in unexpected ways, or even a little overwhelming as old traditions shift and new rhythms settle in. Feng Shui offers gentle support during this transition, helping you create spaces that comfort, uplift, and reconnect you to what feels nourishing right now. Below are a few simple tips to bring harmony, warmth, and emotional balance to your home during the holidays.
This article isn’t just about empty nesters. Loss or loneliness doesn’t always come from being alone. You might struggle during the holidays with challenging relationships such as parents, in-laws, siblings, ex’es, children, or any combination.
Know that we are thinking of you. We are sending you love. We are with you in spirit and energy. We lift everyone up for the greater good. And we always will.
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