This book is so easy to implement. I read this a few months ago and forgot about it. One day, just noticed that I was able to create very elaborate designs in my jewelry. Ideas flow smoothly. I realized that when I moved my workbench, I unknowingly (maybe subconsciously) moved it to the creativity corner. Wow.

Move Your Stuff, Change Your Life : How to Use Feng Shui to Get Love, Money, Respect and Happiness

This little book by Karen Rauch Carter is the best feng shui book I've read. Use it and go to work making the changes that bring love, money, respect and happiness.

Carter's simple power tools are easy to incorporate into your life. She begins with the feng shui toolbox, explaining chi energy, the bagua, cures for what ails your space, etc. and then goes on to explain all aspects of feng shui cures for your home, your life and your well-being.

Power tools for prosperity might be as simple as clearing your clutter and adding something purple to the prosperity corner of your home or a single room or as complex as diagraming your home's layout. Either way, her methods are fun and interesting, and whether you choose to incorporate her ideas or not, you will find the book a fascinating read.

I personally used this book to de-clutter and decorate my home and can attest to the wonderful results.

Very highly recommended.

This book is written perfectly. Structure is very simple and easy to understand. I love this book! I live by it now.
It the best purchase I've made in couple months.

I am a classically trained interior designer and have been practicing for over 20 years. A couple of years ago, I decided to learn Feng Shui to mix it up a bit.

Move Your Stuff, Change Your Life is one book I read to learn Feng Shui. I also read others--many of them were too "far out. " Move Your Stuff, however, is a terrific Feng Shui book. Concise and easy to understand is at the core of why this book is so good.

Last year, I used Move Your Stuff and Harmonious Environment: Beautify, Detoxify and Energize Your Life, Your Home and Your Planet when I moved into my new home. Harmonious Environment is Feng Shui + green living + great design and the books work wonderfully together. The Feng Shui approach is slightly different from the authors and they both make sense.

My home is now gorgeous. The Feng Shui techniques I used helped me land the job of my dreams, brought my husband and I closer and has erased the friction between (some)family members.

I use the techniques on some of my clients, too and have equally as impressive results.

Right on!

Guide to my first attempt to Feng-Shui. Hard to believe, but things do work better since "I moved my stuff"!You never know until you try it, so give it a try.
Well written, entertaining, perfect for the beginner and the non-fanatic.

This book is very easy to understand. Has a lot of wonderful, helpful material. Highly recommend for beginners.

I have purchased this book 8 times and have given it to my friends that are interested in Feng Shui but were intimidated by Feng Shui . This Feng Shui book is so easy to read . It's witty , easy to follow , and fun to read. I like that it gives easy cures and tells the destructive things not to put in a particular area. This book is awesome for the beginner to the intermediate.I have at least 20 Feng Shui books and this is the one I will pick up the most.

I moved my stuff after reading this book on Feng Shui. The major thing I did was clear any clutter from the house, throw out old stuff, clean closets, really get rid of unnecessary "things." My life now feels much freer, happier. I feel it was in part due to the book's message of moving things around so the chi can flow properly throughout my house. I got rid of a lot of old baggage in the process of clearing away the junk. Elaine Williams

I am a classically trained interior designer and have been practicing for over 20 years. A couple of years ago, I decided to learn Feng Shui to mix it up a bit.

Move Your Stuff, Change Your Life is one book I read to learn Feng Shui. I also read others--many of them were too "far out. " Move Your Stuff, however, is a terrific Feng Shui book. Concise and easy to understand is at the core of why this book is so good.

Last year, I used Move Your Stuff and Harmonious Environment: Beautify, Detoxify and Energize Your Life, Your Home and Your Planet when I moved into my new home. Harmonious Environment is Feng Shui + green living + great design and the books work wonderfully together. The Feng Shui approach is slightly different from the authors and they both make sense.

My home is now gorgeous. The Feng Shui techniques I used helped me land the job of my dreams, brought my husband and I closer and has erased the friction between (some)family members.

I use the techniques on some of my clients, too and have equally as impressive results.

Right on!

This is a wonderful book on Feng Shui. Other feng shui books are way over my head but this one is in "plain" English. Great ideas!!

We've all heard the saying, "Be careful what you wish for because you just might get it." Well, Karen has a way of putting intention where your stuff is in this book. An outstandingly simple, but straight forward method of learning Feng Shui.

In fact, I've purchased quite a few more and had them sent to friends!

And yes, it is just that simple - move your stuff, change your life.

I've been a Feng Shui practitioner personally for many years but found it difficult to grasp the ancient concepts as they are taught by others. With Karen's book, I finally GOT IT and got it quickly!

And has it changed my life and the life of others who've received it.

An example of how much it works? My sister seemed to have money just slipping out every month. When I saw her staircase from the second floor bedrooms ended a few steps from the front door, I gave her some red tape to put at the bottom of the last rung along with Karen's book.

A few weeks later, the money problems disappeared. But months later, she was speaking to me on the phone and explaining how money just seemed to be slipping out the front door as if the red tape wasn't there any more. Suddenly, she let out a scream. "It's gone!" she screamed over the phone, "someone took off the red tape!" After putting another piece of red tape back in place, the money problems stopped again. Needless to say, she checks her tape every day now.

That's only one sample of the many true stories I could tell you of how helpful and easy this book is to use.

And my life? A complete turn-around, and it's still going!

If you've wanted to get a feel for Feng Shui and just didn't know how to get started, this is the PERFECT book for you! Written with a delightful sense of humor, great practical stories, and simplicity in mind, this book is a definite winner many times over.

A friend let me borrow her copy of this book and I was hooked! I went and bought a copy for myself and through the years have bought about 5 more copies as gifts to people. She has a great writing style and easy to understand instructions. Highly recommend this to anyone who is trying to jump start some changes in their lives.

This book is packed with useful information. I am always useing it as my main guide to fixing the feng shui in my home. I can read it for hours always learning something new when i pick it up. I have already wittnessed a difference in my life. This is an excellent buy!

This book makes feng shui easy and fun! Karen Rauch Carter uses the Black Hat style which is a very simple, but effective, form of feng shui. With this book you don't need a compass, pendulum or certified feng shui expert, in order to enjoy the benefits of this timeless art. You'll be able to start making changes to your home, and your life, immediately with the easy to follow instructions that are provided.

Inside, you will find a chapter for each of the 9 sections of the Bagua. Immediate action items and a short summary are provided at the end of each chapter, which can be referred to over and over. Karen will keep you entertained though out the entire book with her quirky sense of humor! She also provides loads of examples and stories of how feng shui can improve your life. I am an antique dealer, by trade, and I own my own business. I can honestly say that after decluttering my laundry room (my prosperity area) and painting it a pretty shade of lavender, I immediately noticed and increase in sales at my shop!

Just A Tip: Make sure you read chapter 12 before you start making changes in your home, the affirmations in this chapter will make all of your actions much more effective!

This is probably on the top five list of good feng shui books that I've ever read. Very informative and easy to understand and follow. It's really put together nicely.

While I do think there is definately something to harmonizing the energy around you, I don't think that moving your stuff is any guaranteed way to bring a certain thing to yourself. I have a love/hate relationship to books like this. I find some really good ideas, and some I think are silly and just don't work. I know that there are other issues involved. -Like what's in a person's birth chart for example. If someone is having a difficult planetary aspect in their money house, then, no amount of moving furniture/furnishings is going to change that aspect. Although, I do think it COULD help the person deal with it better. By moving something, it could represent a shift in how one has arranged or re-arranged their thinking about the problem. So, in that way, I think it could have a beneficial side.

I found many interesting things in this book, for example, in my helpful people/travel section of my home, that's where I already have the computer (World wide web) and I just happened to have a world map there. I found a lot of other helpful information too.

This is a fun and interesting book, and it's not gonna hurt anything to give something a try afterall. Just see what works for you.

Excellent explanations and suggestions without getting bogged down in thousands of years of history. Written in 21st century speak with humor and intelligence. The best Feng Shui book in my bookcase (I have a few) -topping Lilian Too's series. Even tells you the anecdote when the sink is in your romance corner!

I LOVED this book, and I am having so much fun with this, I have completely redecorated my home, using mostly stuff I already had, and all my friends are commenting "What have you done?" "It feels different in here" and "Everything seems to flow better". I hung a cutglass windchime in my missing "family" space to energize the space as recommended, and within minutes my youngest daughter called me. Amazing! And so much FUN! Now I am waiting for my romance energy to imporove!

If you were to study "real" Feng Shui you would be overwhelmed with the complexity - It's more than going into a room and determining a person's wealth corner, fame and recognition area, etc. - it takes into account a person's birthdate, their spouse's or significant other's birthdate, blah blah blah - I think a lot of it really comes down to intention - If you do certain steps and intend and believe, then you will see results. I think the most change I've ever seen (in my life and when I stage people's homes) has to do with clearance - clearing clutter, clearing items that no longer serve a person, and/or items that drain a person's energy. That being said, this book does offer good advice in that respect. Afterall, you can't bring in new when you're harboring the old.

I purchase several feng shui books and this one was the easiest to understand. However, nothing happened after purchasing several hundred dollars of feng shui items. Instead it seems bad things were happening to me. I junked all the stuff. I think it's total nonsense and more like witchcraft...stay away from it.

I've read several Feng Shui books. This one is by far the easiest to read and apply the techniques. The author tells you exactly what colors and objects to put in each section (gua) of your home. In just one month, I've noticed positive changes in my life - both my husband and I are getting new job offers, my kids are behaving better. The author uses easy things - no need to spend thousands of dollars re-doing your home. She even uses regular aluminum foil and kids construction paper. However, if you are really into feng shui, there are more detailed books out there to hone in on particular problems. This is a general, over-all, fix-your-home book.

Can't tell you how much I LOVE this book. It makes understanding Feng Shui easy, and the humor is a plus. I carry the book with me most days and when I have a few minutes, I read a few more pages and get a few more ideas. LOVE IT!!

This down to earth approach to Feng Shui is not only easy to read and understand, the humor makes it a fun read. I am amazed at the results the simple methods of directing and changing chi has made for me - and most "cures" can be accomplished without even being visible changes. At the very least, interesting and entertaining - at best, who knows? Fame, fortune, love!

This book works! When something is out of sync....family, work, money I open up my book and make a few adjustments! I sware it works! I've given 4 copies away as gifts thats how awesome this book is. I believe it is a must have. If your looking for a college degree in Feng Shui this is not it. If you want to put the idea's to work in your everyday life this book is it.

I have read several feng shui book and I think this is the best and works too. I started on my prosperity area and in less than 24 hours it started working. I made a month paycheck in two weeks without working too hard.



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I bought Karen's book in 2000. I have used it to organize my homes (moved a lot) and find it most helpful. When I have everything in order, stuff happens! Got the job interview I wanted. Got money. Enjoying my adventurous life. Wishes are becoming realities. Acquire this book and consider it one of God's opportunities to better one's self. A good read. Well planned for easy reading and usage.


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This is very easy to understand and very entertaining. I tried the techniques and after I worked on my prosperity corner I received an unexpected but welcome check. There are many types of Feng Shui and many don't acknowledge Black Hat, but for me this is the most reasonable. Most of the other forms are just not feasible in the way we live today. This book is well worth the money.

I really liked this book. I thought it was entertaining as well as educational. It read like a novel while teaching me how to balance my stuff. I really liked the part about affirmation in the back. I believe the affirmations should probably be read before you start moving your stuff around, that way when you place stuff and say your affirmations at the same time, it makes the placement that more meaningful for you and your intentions.

I bought this as gift as I have been using my own copy of it for years. I highly recommend it as a basic easy to use Feng Shui tool for any level. It's funny and well-written, and gives incredibly effective directions for, "Moving your Stuff" which will change your life!

This is a simple Feng Shui text--not a lot of complicated charts and very easy to read.

The author has you analyze your life, then figure out problem areas (living paycheck to paycheck? Can't find your keys?) Then the author suggests how to rearrange rooms and add certain Feng Shui elements like red threads, mirrors, etc to ward off bad energies.

The book is very chatty and less technical than many Feng Shui how-to books. There are a lot of line drawing illustrations and examples of situations--how houses are oriented for example.

This is a very good, short introduction to Feng Shui and probably one of the most readable books I've seen on the subject.

I stumbled upon this book by accident, and really had a fun time reading it. Like others have said, it's great if you don't know anything about feng shui and you need someone to explain it to you in plain English. At first I thought it sounded too much like superstition, but I really liked the explanation that it was really just giving energy (and thus momentum) to our thoughts (much like writing down goals or taping an inspirational quote to the bathroom mirror).

I've had the book for a few months and hadn't put anything in place because I knew there was a strong possibility we might move, and I didn't want to put forth the effort only to box it all up.

Well, we are moving, and last week I painted a small paper box silver, and wrote "The perfect buyer for our house" on a slip of paper inside. Then I hid it in the Helpful People & Travel area of our home. Our home went on the market last night, and we had a full price offer before noon today. Coincidence? Perhaps, but I can't wait to feng shui our new house once we've moved!

this is not authentic feng shui..
I would recommend Feng Sui for dummies or complete idiot's guid for a more through understanding of this ancient art...
This book is interesting but is not enough information for thos who really want to understand this science...
It is entertaining amd introduced me to the concept but was not sufficient for my needs...

I got this book because I was interested in coming up with some sort of "plan" for making over my apartment (and by "plan", I mean something more than cleaning off surfaces so that new items may be stacked or piled in place of the old ones).

The effect of using this book has been very interesting, as it has caused me not only to undertake cleaning and re-arranging, but also to start thinking about what I really want to do in these various "areas" of my life -- something I didn't seriously think about before - I just let things happen as they may. As a result, I have found this cleaning and re-arranging process interesting and inspiring in an unexpected way, rather than terrifying, which it had been before.

I note here that some have criticized this book for being too New Agey or not "classic" enough feng shui. Well, that makes it perfect for people like me. If I had to pick up anything "heavier", I wouldn't undertake the task. The fact that this book is an easy read and easy to understand is what has made it accessible for me and easy to use. I definitely recommend this book for the terminally cluttered and messy, like me. You will find it encouraging and helpful.

My wife loves this book. Since she started reading it, she can't put it down. We have yet to experience some of the power to which this book refers, but the concept is helpful nonetheless. It helps to clear up some of the clutter in your life.

I enjoyed this book because it is a quick read and easy to follow. You don't have to read it from chapter 1,2,3,... you can skip around to what matters to you the most and it is funny too!

I have recently become interested in Feng Shui, and many of the books I am reading have been confusing and contradictory. I highly recommend this book to be the first you read on the subject. It is an easy read and chocked full of practical, useable advice. The explanations are straightforward. Move Your Stuff, Change Your Life is humorous and fun. Please read it today!

I have read articles and books on feng shui, but this was the best. The information is easy to read and understand. If you are new to the ideas and concepts of feng shui, this is the book to get. This book gives great information and will become a handy reference tool.

I have looked at several Feng Shui books before and it was just too over my head. This book makes it manageable, useable and fun.

THE BOOK WAS NEW & THE SERVICE WAS EXCELLENT. I WILL CERTAINLY BUY FROM THEM AGAIN.

With Handbook of FS by Lam Kam Chuen and Lillian Too's Irresestible FS Magic makes a trio I want to come back to again and again. And the trio I can actually use! I lent it to several friends and they all loved it, understood it and could put it to use immediately. I recommend.

This is easy to read and understand and most things are covered. A couple of things are not quite covered, like staircases, but for the most part this book is fun, useful, and very easy to implement.

Move Your Stuff, Change Your Life has several good points. It is not filled with unecessary or common place information in the introduction. The author kindly gets to the point not soon after the introduction. The author focuses the book on one subject of Feng Shui; the sections of Ba-gua per Black Hat. Each section of the Ba-gua is a chapter to itself that is amply dealt with and uniformly organized consistanly. The drawings of floorplans are clear and understandable. There is a large graph crossection of the basis of each qua that is straighforward and clear. The authors approach maintains it congenial user-friendly. The author does a good job of making connections between the gua/sections instead them being isolated. There are a lot of useful,interesting suggestions and explanations in the book. The Ba-gua sections begin with the "Prosperity" followed by "Fame and Reputation..then "Relationships and Love"..positioned to meet the book's (sub)title.

On the other side of things the subtitle of the book reveals a typical problem that arises; materialistic and instant gratification waterdown approach. The author continues throughout the book with a condesending, sterotypical, unnecessary, and cheesy use of marketable well-known names of people and slang expressions. Tacky and presumutious suggestions like "You can even use one of me (photo in back of the book)" in reference to what images to put on an altar, namely herself. There is in too many instances in this book of a lot of stupidity in expression, suggestion, and approach.

Three stars is for its good points about this book. However I would encourage anyone to not limit themselves to it..read, compare, grow.

I bought this book because I was participating in an online Feng Shui course at one of the online web schools as I wanted to learn more about it. There had been a number of gardening and DIY television programmes on UK tv at the time which promoted the use of Feng Shui.

The book contains a series of chapters describing the various situations and ways to use Feng Shui in your house or apartment, and each chapter is accompanied by stories of people who have benefited from the use of Feng Shui, making continual claims that using Feng Shui will change your life for the better too.

I have to say it read to me rather like those web sites which state that you too can make £30,000 a month using online marketing to sell your ebook! I didn't greatly care for it and will probably end up giving it to the local charity shop.

I was attracted to this book for the very reason that so many people seem to dislike it: it's basic, simple, straight-forward. I lived in Asia for 5 years and have accumulated numerous feng shui books - and was completely turned off by the whole attitude that "real" feng shui knowledge and power is only for those who have "earned" it. I don't believe this, and neither does Karen. Her attitude is that the power to change your life is right there, and with some adjustments, you'll tap into it - all on your own, with no "masters" or years of study. While I respect those who can and do study, the fact is that feng shui is an accessible and simple philosophy, and I see nothing wrong with a book promoting that.

Another thing I like about this book is that it troubleshoots many situations, such as what to do if you live in a flat (as opposed to a house, which so many of us do) and what to do if part of your Prosperity, Family, Health and Fame corners fall outside your flat (as mine do, since I live in an "L"-shaped flat). Nowhere else have I seen such practical, real advice.

I walked through my flat with the book in one hand and I noticed that all areas of my life that are going well (Helpful Friends, Creativity, Career, Knowledge, Relationships) already have things that Karen recommends, so I left them alone, as she says. But the areas where I am stuggling (mentioned above) all fall outside my flat, specifically in a dirty, dusty, unheated general storage room across the hall, full of tables and dead flowers (this is my Prosperity corner, so no wonder I'm living from paycheque to paycheque) and in the stairwell outside. I can't do anything about the architecture of my building, but she gave me several ideas how to help the situation and make up for this lack of chi. I made the changes yesterday (I buried a purple pencil in the dirt floor of the storage room, for example, in hopes of nudging my Prosperity into action) and am hopeful that things will improve. I'll keep you posted!

Karen Rauch Carter explains Feng Shui in simple to understand, humorous reading. This book literally changed my life. It is so inexpensive and at this point, so dog eared. Ü

If you're interested in Black Hat Sect Feng Shui, this is the book to start with. It explains Feng Shui in a way that makes it simple for even the slowest of us to understand and implement.

And as I said, it changed my life... got me out of the red in my checkbook, brought amazing opportunities into my life, promoted family harmony... just to name a few. I hit a bump in the road, I head back to my book and figure out a new cure. Works every time!

I can't imagine anyone not enjoying this book! I highly recommend it!

For most serious Feng Shui learners, students and Consultants, this book represent the summary of all false folk beliefs related to Feng Shui. Its author comes from Black Hat Sect, a New Age Feng Shui School born in 70's last Century. It is not Traditional Chinese Feng Shui at all.
The book is full of wierd advises, written in such manner that may lead readers to believe Feng Shui is some kind of Spiritual Decoration, mixed with chinese superstition and New Age beliefs.
Don`t waste your money on this book.
There are a lot of serious books on Feng Shui. See Eva Wong, David Twicken, Larry Sang, Kartar Diamond`s books.

I ordered this book and am eagerly awaiting its arrival. I followed some of the suggestions (which I found through ivillage.com and her own site) Karen gives for your prosperity corner. Two days ago, I bought some red, green and purple cloth and placed it under the cushions of my sofa and chair (that are in my "prosperity corner"). And I placed this tiny savings bank (in the shape of a treasure chest) filled with money wrapped in purple cloth, and also placed that on the table in my "prosperity corner." And oddly, I keep finding coins in my path. And today I received a call that I'd be receiving $500 from a car accident I was in a month ago. ..Can't wait to see what more will progress!! =)

This is a fun book that provides ample inspiration and ideas to reorganize and redecorate your home or office. I use this book and gave copies to my kids. If you need a quick jump-start when your surroundings are ho-hum or cluttered, this is the best book to read to get unstuck. Don't trust the library to have it when you need it on a gotta-clean-this-messy-apartment kind of day; get your own copy. You'll refer to it often and, if it works for you as it has for my friends and family, it'll pay for itself in one use.

Whether you're an advocate of feng shui or not, this is a fun book that provides ample inspiration and ideas to reorganize and redecorate your home or office. I use this book and gave copies to my kids. If you need a quick jump-start when your surroundings are ho-hum or disorganized with clutter, this is the best book that you can read to get unstuck. Don't trust the library to have it when you need it on a rainy, gotta-clean-this-messy-apartment kind of day; get your own copy. You'll refer to it often and, if it works for you as it has for my friends and family, it'll pay for itself in one use.

I started moving furniture around and got one dollar and seventy three sents from underneath.
I got my boyfriend's love by cleaning the toilet AND the shower while singing "fu manchu fu manchu".
I got my naybors' respect by doing kungfu in the parking lot and getting the apartment complex on television.
I got happiness all along by being the sucker I've always been.

People are used to my wacky stories about my family, but my new favorite wacky stories are about Feng Shui.

I read this book with much skepticism....but thought, "Hey, it can't hurt, right?" A few years ago, a Feng Shui practicing friend of mine asked me if I closed the toilet lid when I flushed...I said, "Sometimes, but not always...." and she replied, "You're FLUSHING away your wealth!" I had a good laugh, but decided to try it. I began religiously to put the toilet seat down...and got an unexpected check in the mail from the IRS that year. Let me just say that has never happened before or since.

I decided to bone up on Feng Shui and did a Bagua map of my home and saw that my wealth area was my back bedroom which was in maxed out disarray due to a flooding problem which had recently been fixed. I took a week off from work and totally remodeled the room....even put new furniture in....and my husband got a nice raise! I know, it sounds crazy... but I think, in part, having an orderly home free of clutter destresses you and helps you become more peaceful and therefore more productive and happy.

This was a great book. I can't comment on the love part as I've been married forever (but still love him), but I'm sure it can't hurt to try either! I highly recommend this book, if for no other reason, to get your home decluttered and more organized.