Find Yourself at Home - by Emily Grosvenor (Hardcover)

About the Book

"A fresh, smart, and inspiring lifestyle book that shows you how to create an empowering home environment by changing the messages you are telling yourself within your own four walls. Award-winning magazine editor and certified Feng Shui consultant Emily Grosvenor invites us to a reality where our homes hold limitless opportunities to create meaning, shape behavior, and inspire action. Drawing on ancient wisdom and modern science and filled with examples from the author's groundbreaking research and work with clients, this is a philosophical and practical guide to creating a home environment that reflects your values, shapes your behavior, and supports you on your journey of self-discovery. Divided into chapters by aspiration-such as attraction, creativity, purpose, partnership, focus, and connection-and filled with gorgeous full-color illustrations, Find Yourself at Home presents a new way to collaborate with your living space, carry out your purpose in a changing world, and create the perfect home in which to thrive"--

Book Synopsis

Experience magical shifts in your life by redesigning your living space.

Home can be a space to explore your sense of self, a message board to cue your aspirational goals, and a story where you choose which parts of your past to put down and which to carry. In Find Yourself at Home, design journalist and interiors consultant Emily Grosvenor introduces her five steps to align your home to suit your purpose and your path:

PHILOSOPHY: Connect with the mystery and power of your home
SPACE: Prepare your environment for your story
BUILD: Discover design tools to cue your behavior
DESIRE: Bring your aspirations into your space
DESTINY: Take your purpose into the world

Drawing on ancient wisdom and modern science, along with examples from Grosvenor's groundbreaking research and work with clients, Find Yourself at Home is a philosophical and practical guide to making spatial shifts that will help you cultivate a more meaningful life by shaping your space so it shapes you back.

GREAT GIFT FOR HOME DÉCOR MAKEOVER AND FENG SHUI FANS: This is a great gift for people who are looking to rejuvenate their homes, and for those who love home makeover shows, marathoning HGTV shows, and bringing spiritualism and philosophy into their daily lives.

A FRESH TAKE ON HOME DESIGN: Many of us have decluttered, home-edited our pantries, tried minimalism, made our homes hygge, and chosen things that 'sparked joy.' Now it's time to shape our homes to reflect who we want to be and our purpose, to make every room align with the behaviors we want to create. This is for readers who are recognizing that our homes have become more than places to rest: they are places for mystery, self-discovery, and empowerment.

FOR READERS WORKING FROM HOME/STARTING NEW CAREERS: For many of us, our homes are now also our offices. This is the perfect guide for anyone wanting to bring more of their aspirations, such as focus, creativity, and purpose, into their workspaces.

Perfect for:

• Fans of wellness and those interested in Feng Shui, creating habits, and setting intentions
• Anyone looking for ways to make their home reflect who they are and their goals/aspirations
• Anyone working from home or starting a new business from home
• An inspiring and practical gift
• Fans of Marie Kondo's books and popular guidebooks such as Joy of Less, Soulful Simplicity, Clear Your Clutter with Feng Shui, The House Witch, and Theology of Home

Review Quotes

"This work's best quality is that it details how feng shui can help readers manifest the things that they are looking for in life."

--Library Journal

"Delightfully illustrated tome...a thinking person's guide to creating a home."

--Booklist

"Enter the magic! Emily Grosvenor's entertaining insights and practical guidance reveal the magical world of shaping your home's energy. Find Yourself at Home shows you just how much personal empowerment and resilience can result when you become a conscious collaborator with your home."

--Terah Kathryn Collins, author of The Western Guide to Feng Shui: Room By Room and founder of the Western School of Feng Shui

"The design of our homes has tremendous power over our mental health, for better or worse. Emily Grosvenor has created a must-read guide on harnessing this power for good. Her tips pair ancient wisdom alongside modern design, and you'll leave with the tools you need to create a positive space to live your most beautiful life."

--Kelli Lamb, Editorial Director and Co-Principal at Rue magazine and author of Home with Rue: Style for Everyone

"I loved this book. Find Yourself at Home is elegantly written, emotionally intelligent, and endlessly inventive. Emily Grosvenor's humane, gentle approach guides us to a better understanding of our homes and ourselves."

--Claire Dederer, author of Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma and Love and Trouble: A Midlife Reckoning

"Find Yourself at Home invites you to design your space and yourself. Navigate your way to a happier and healthier life at home and in your heart and mind through compassionate guidance and soothing practices."

--Moorea Seal, bestselling author of 52 Lists for Happiness

"Find Yourself at Home is the resource, encouragement, and inspiration you need to make any place or space feel like home. Leaning on her background in environmental psychology and feng shui, Emily Grosvenor makes a strong case for the idea that as we change our homes, we change ourselves. Rather than treating our homes like pretty little boxes for storing stuff, she inspires us to create a collaborative space that reflects who we are every bit as much as who we want to be."

--Julia Watkins, author of Simply Living Well

"In Find Yourself at Home, Emily Grosvenor has written a book that will give you the courage to go deeper and think and feel your way to a home that better represents the people who live there and supports you in making both bold and subtle changes that shift its energy. This book will guide you as you begin to reimagine your home as a loving place that supports your life and the lives of others who live with you."

--Ann Lightfoot, author of Love Your Home Again and cofounder of Done Done Home

"Find Yourself At Home is a great resource for anyone trying to look deeper into the meaning of home. This book reminds us, through Emily's personal anecdotes and practical tips, that self-reflection is key to a collected and purposeful abode."

--Max Humphrey, interior designer and author of Modern Americana and Lodge

"Emily Grosvenor quickly draws you into her world where you're encouraged to notice the beauty in the everyday, and the story and importance in all homes. The power of dreaming and engaging is at the heart of her philosophy for creating a home that supports harmony. She helps readers look beyond the surface of function and aesthetic to how both of these things can create a deeper value for your life. Find Yourself at Home is full of practical tips, questions to help you reflect on what you want from your home, and fresh perspectives on how to create it."

--Rebecca Atwood, author of Living with Color and Living with Pattern and founder of Rebecca Atwood Designs

About the Author

Emily Grosvenor is a certified Feng Shui consultant, an editor of Oregon Home magazine, and a Fulbright scholar whose essays, features, and commentary have been featured in Good Housekeeping, Marie Claire, The Atlantic, Design*Sponge, Salon, and Publishers Weekly. She currently resides in Oregon.