When you’re feeling stressed in your life, it’s not generally because other people are putting too much pressure on you – though that’s what most decide is the trouble.

Stress is generally the result of our own decisions and errors in judgment.

We take on too much work, too much responsibility, and then other things in our life begin to fall by the wayside, leaving us feeling unbalanced and unable to keep up with the demands placed upon on.

Ideally, we should be learning how to say ‘no’ to things in our life that we don’t want to do, but when we’re already vulnerable due to mismanaged energies in our home, it is only more difficult.

Instead, you might want to start off with Feng Shui adjustments to help you manage your environment and eventually the rest of your life.

When You’re Stressed Right Now

If you’re feeling the heat in your life right now, you need ‘emergency’ Feng Shui cures.

You want to start off by taking a moment to breathe. Simply breathe in and out to regulate not only your heartbeat, but also your energy. Find the center of yourself, the part of you that is quiet and calm and reassured that all is well, even when it doesn’t feel that way.

Once you can created a bit more peace and calm, you can then begin to clear away the energies that are stressing you.

• Look around the room – To start things off, take a look at your space. Are there areas where you have clutter or a mess? If you do, take note of these spaces and begin to see what spaces feel as though they need the most attention.
  

• Find out what’s wrong - By looking at a bagua, you can begin to see what these messy areas correspond with energetically. For example, if you notice that the right side of your room is cluttered, you might begin to think about how your family life right now is unbalanced. Look to the areas of clutter not as messes, but rather as ways to diagnose your stressors.
  

• Clean up the clutter – Stress is only enhanced by the presence of clutter in your life. To make sure you are as stress free as possible, you want to remove as much clutter from your space as you can. And no, this doesn’t mean you can just hide it somewhere else. You need to remove the extraneous things from your space and make sure they don’t come back to stifle your energy flow.
  

• Add neutral colors to your space – If you are feeling stressed, try to find a way to add something cool in color and soothing. Blues and light purples are a great way to enhance your energy. Find a scarf that you can drape over yourself or over something in your direct line of sight. Or you might want to remove items that are brightly colored as they can draw too much energy to a space, leaving you feeling drained and chaotic.
  

• Add a water element – Water is a very soothing element to have in your space when you are stressed. Not only is the sound of the water calming, but it also helps you shift the energy of your space, allowing your worries to wash away. Think about placing a small fountain or a fishbowl in your space if you can. Or if you’re in a space without these features, head to a local pond or find pictures of water to post in your office as a substitute.
  

When You’re Constantly Under Stress

For some of us, stress isn’t just a condition of our current situation; it’s something we will deal with every single day.

It can help for you to have long term Feng Shui cures in place to try to prevent as much energetic disturbance as possible. You don’t want the quick fixes, you want cures that help you retain your sanity every day.

So, whether you are a doctor or in another high pressure position, you might want to try these fixes:

• Don’t have things in your environment that you do not love – For example, if there is anything in your environment that reminds you of stressful times, remove it – immediately. The same can be done for your wardrobe. Only wear things that feel good and that make you feel good as you move throughout your day.
  

• Surround yourself with images of happiness – You want to keep pictures of your friends and family close by as well as in your family areas of your home (the left side of your rooms from the entranceway). This way, you can constantly remind yourself of the things that really matter.
  

• Make sure your doorways are always clear – When you block the entranceways of your rooms, you are blocking the career and life path energies of your world. And that is generally where most of us find our stress’s source. Make sure you can easily enter and exit the rooms of your home so that you’re not stifling any positive energy.
  

• Add plants to your environment – Plants are natural energy transmuters. They take negative energy from the environment and turn it into healthy and prosperous energies. Of course, you will need to make sure you are taking care of the plants to ensure they can continue this important work.
  

• Consider soothing sounds – As you enter into the world of jarring energies, you might want to add soothing sounds to offset the stress these noises can bring. Things like soothing music and chimes are a great way to add positive energy back into your life.
  

Stress may be something that’s entirely under our control, but that doesn’t mean we aren’t going to be stressed from time to time.

With these Feng Shui ideas, you can start experiencing more days of peace and calm, which can make the ‘bad days’ a bit easier to bear when they do come.