Harmony at Home

W

hen most people try to grow their careers, their first moves usually start with resume boosters. Take an online course. Research potential opportunities. Go to a networking event.

Jen Weis, however, takes a different approach. Before anything else, she performs a ritual: cleansing the entryway of her home. She starts by wiping down the entire front door, inside and out, including the handles. Next, she replaces the old lightbulbs with brighter ones. In the entryway, she arranges a bundle of colorful, eye-catching flowers and lights a candle, filling the air with a fresh scent. Finally, she goes outside and sweeps the walkway that leads to her home.

The broom doesn’t just stir up dust; it stirs intention — a deliberate invitation for new opportunities, visibility and growth.

This isn’t décor for décor’s sake. It’s Feng Shui — the ancient Chinese art of arranging buildings, spaces and objects to harmonize the flow of energy and promote balance, health and prosperity.

For Jen, a Colorado Springs native and Feng Shui consultant, the practice began less as a hobby and more as a moment of fate. A few years ago, Jen’s husband gifted her a psychic reading. As the psychic sat with her, she told Jen that she saw her working with homes in the future.

“I asked if she meant real estate, and she said, ‘Have you ever heard of Feng Shui?’” Jen recalled. “I had heard of the words, but I really didn’t know anything.”

Curious, Jen started reading books on Feng Shui and quickly became interested. She began viewing her home through a different lens, noticing how placement, light and texture shifted the feeling of a room. Jen registered for a course from the Mindful Design School based in New York City and, several months of online classes later, was officially certified in Feng Shui.

At first, Jen applied her learnings to her own home. As she thoughtfully moved items around and brought in new elements, she began to feel an energy shift, both in her home and within herself. She felt more in tune with her environment — more present and awake to the world around her — and experienced a deep peace and calmness that extended to her family.

“When I started to practice at my home, I really felt a difference based off of what I was doing,” Jen said. “And then I started to realize how impactful this could be for other individuals. We walk around not understanding how the energy of our environment impacts our personal energy. We find ourselves trapped in the same ruts, and don’t know how to change. But one way that we can shift that is by shifting our environment.”

In 2023, Jen launched her business as a Feng Shui consultant, offering one-on-one consultations to help clients improve the energy in their own homes. Though her advice can be used for staging or simply to complement interior design, Jen’s main purpose is to get to know clients’ desires and help shift the energy in their home to reflect their goals and needs. 

The basics of Feng Shui include the five natural elements: water, fire, wood, earth and metal. Each element is expressed through specific shapes, colors and textures that can be intentionally incorporated into a space. The end goal is to create a balance of elements that leads to personal harmony. 

However, the more one becomes familiar with Feng Shui and is in tune with their personal energy, the more they can lean into the specific items and materials that will tap into certain areas of need and growth in their lives. For example, water is represented by wave patterns and the color black, but further symbolizes an energy of reflection, flexibility and clarity. So if someone was struggling with feeling rigid or stubborn, they could intentionally bring water elements — like a clear vase with water and flowers — into their home to help them go with the flow.

“The idea is to model your home or office in a way that’s going to support the energy and outcome that you want to have in your life, through the elements,” Jen said.

When working with clients, Jen first gathers basic information with a questionnaire: their birth date, floor plan and the challenges and goals they are trying to address. From there, she starts developing a plan, visiting the home to identify energy blockers and ways to open up energy flow. Once the vision has been laid out, Jen provides suggestions for bringing the elements into the home, allowing clients to choose which items resonate with them — whether it’s a wood carving, candle or stone sculpture.

“After the work is done, I often check in on my clients a week or two later to see how things are going,” Jen said. “Usually, before I even check in, they are reaching out, showing me pictures and telling me that I wouldn’t believe what’s happened in the past week.”

This was the case for two of Jen’s clients, a couple who were struggling with the husband’s job. Though he was trying to find a new position, he was having difficulty finding a good fit. Jen gathered this information and decided to focus on their home’s entryway — a part of the house that symbolizes the career (reread the article introduction here). The couple reworked the space, adding elements of water and fire to represent clarity and visibility. A month later, Jen’s phone rang. The husband not only received a job offer, but it paid more than he had expected.

Service is at the heart of Jen’s work in Colorado Springs. While some view Feng Shui as decorative superstition, Jen sees it as a mindfulness practice rooted in intention and awareness. With some simple tweaks to a room or shifting some furniture, Jen helps her clients overcome the barriers they face and create a space that feels like home — one intentionally designed to foster belonging and peace.

“What I bring to the table is not on a big, grandiose scale,” Jen said. “It’s one-to-one, meaningful moments. In a world that goes so fast, we need to take a beat to be mindful in our homes and be present. If I can make a difference in one person’s life on that level, that is something they will carry with them for a very long time.”

“If I can make a difference in one person’s life on that level, that is something they will carry with them for a very long time.”

For Jen, the work is not about rearranging furniture for aesthetics alone. It is about aligning a home with the life someone hopes to build. Sometimes, that alignment begins with something simple: washing a door, replacing a lightbulb, sweeping a walkway — and choosing, with intention, what energy is invited inside.