Turns out, feng shui and marathon training usethe same muscle.

The past few years have been a journey, and at the beginning of 2025 I decided to place a few radical bets on myself—to course correct and stop letting excuses and illusions keep me from moving forward the way I wanted to move. What’s the best that could happen, right?

Going into the year, I had three main priorities: launching Chasing Lions, training for a marathon, and being at peace. There was one big lesson I had to learn with all three—consistency.

And at the core of that word consistency was consistently choosing to prioritize myself and the practices that kept me grounded, instead of spinning into a tornado of productivity followed by inevitable burnout. Because that cycle? It always ended my consistency. 

A brilliant woman in my life said to me earlier this year, “What is good for you is good for everyone.”

Meaning, when I’m taken care of, my whole family benefits. My clients benefit. My purpose benefits. 

So part of my consistency—running, practicing Feng Shui, and honestly, saying no a lot more—became an act of love for my whole world: my kids, my husband, my family, my community, and my business.

We’ve all heard this before, I know. It’s not new. But actually putting it into practice is different than standing on a pedestal talking about it. It looks different, and it feels different.

Here’s what I did…

The Steady Drumbeat

Running became a steady drumbeat for me. It made me think through my week, prep the night before, and show up even when it was hot as heck outside.

It became a practice of devotion to myself and my body. It was my meditation. My office hours. The place where I wrote many of these newsletters, talked myself off many ledges, and sorted through life.

I signed up for my first marathon in March, and next week I’m flying to Scottsdale to run it. It hasn’t been easy—and so many times I wanted to stop training because, hello, Texas summers are brutal—but I was going to run that marathon.

If I didn’t train, I’d either injure myself or not finish. Neither was an option.

So consistency and I became a dynamic duo.

Running, Rituals, and Energy Flow

Training for a marathon tipped over the first domino that helped me become consistent with my habits. And it turns out, it’s the same muscle needed to maintain the quality of energy in your home.

Feng Shui isn’t transactional. It’s a lifestyle.

Just like running, it requires preparation—and it’s also super simple. Put on your shoes and go.

Same goes for Feng Shui: use your home, clean it, maintain it. It’s pretty dang simple.

The rituals became the steady drumbeat in our home. The habits we’ve put in place help us have smooth mornings, eat healthier, remove distractions so we can make decisions easier, calm our nerves, and give us more time to hang together.

And I’m talking simple, consistent action.

My Consistent Feng Shui Habits

Every day:
☀️ Make the bed
🌿 Pick up the house in the morning and open the curtains

🪞 Clean up my office after my workday

☕ Prep the coffee the night before
👟 Set out my running clothes

Every week:
🧹 Sweep the porch
🧺 Sweep and clean inside

Everything else—the rituals and the remedies—happens as needed, based on what I need, what Greg needs, or what the kids need.

Running and the rituals we’ve built in our home give me peace. They give me more time in my day, more clarity on where I’m going, and honestly, they make me nicer. That’s a big one.

I ran a marathon!