Let Go Courageously and Live with Love: Transform Your Life with Feng Shui

The essays in Let Go Courageously and Live with Love are the stories of a feng shui consultant who has been a daughter, mother, wife, and now single woman with adult children. They explore the theme of mustering the courage to let go of belongings, thoughts, patterns, and relationships to live a beloved life. Using insights gleaned from her feng shui training and her work with clients for more than a decade, Laura Staley shares inspiring ideas for you to consider for your home and life. You will gain practical and profound ideas about creating a life you enjoy inside a home you love. ----- “This book captures the deep beauty of feng shui. Laura’s voice rings clear with authenticity, vulnerability, and strength, as her stories move you into the kind of self-inquiry that can reveal hidden treasures in your own life . . . stories I’ll read and be inspired by again and again.” Terah Kathryn Collins, best-selling author of The Western Guide to Feng Shui

The founder of Cherish Your World, Laura helps people thrive in the physical spaces where they live and work. She educates people about the optimal arrangement of belongings for comfort, safety, and flow; de-cluttering for freedom; and staging for an efficient and rewarding home sale. Laura knows that the conditions of our homes and workplaces shape the quality of our lives.
 
Trained and certified with the Western School of Feng Shui and seasoned by more than a decade working with a variety of clients, Laura uses her intuition and expertise to help her clients produce remarkable results in their lives. Her own awakening to the power of feng shui came on the heels of a flood and the realization that she could live with beloved belongings rather than unloved hand-me-down stuff. Feng shui invites us to live with what we love and enjoy our lives. Her trifecta of helping people includes public speaking, writing, and consulting. Laura is a published author of the book Let Go Courageously and Live with Love: Transform Your Life with Feng Shui.
 
Prior to becoming the founder of Cherish Your World, Laura was a full-time parent and an assistant professor at Ohio Wesleyan University. She earned a Ph.D. in political science from The Ohio State University. Each summer she competes in a triathlon named after her dad. Her joys in life include parenting, loving her dog, spending time laughing with great friends, running, biking, swimming, dancing, reading, meditating, practicing yoga, and listening to music she loves. Laura believes that love always finds a way.