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Peg's Story

Hello. Welcome to Feng Shui Connections! I'm Margaret Donahue (Peg, to many people) and my work is about empowering people. It is about empowering YOU to live an authentic life and to be the best person you can be. My work has evolved through the years and continues to unfold in amazing new ways. I love to learn, teach, write and stay on top of what's working and what's not. I love success. I am thrilled when anyone I'm working with has a breakthrough and really figures out how to achieve the shifts they are looking for on a regular and consistent basis. I love the fact that science is rapidly catching up to what many of us have know for years ... that our thoughts, beliefs, feelings and actions really do impact what happens in our lives and that each one of us has a choice about every thought, belief, feeling and action that we have. If we don't like the ones we are having, we can choose to change them!

You've probably heard this before: if you like the life you are living, continue to live exactly as you are. If you would like things to be different, you must first be clear about what you want. Once you are clear, you must let go of all of your resistance (anything that does not feel good) and open yourself up to receive what you asked for. Ether and Jerry Hicks describe this process beautifully in their book, Ask and It Is Given. It's true and it works! This is one of many, many resources that cover similar material.

Each of us impacts the events in our lives every day and we co-create with everyone around us. Most of us live our lives on automatic pilot, however, taking things as they come and automatically responding in whatever way surfaces first. Sometimes this approach is useful. Many times it is not. I teach you how to live a life filled with purpose — your purpose — and how you can shape the events that come to you in a deliberate and consistent manner. Yes, you have much more "say" about your life than you may think is possible. You shape your life daily and it often happens by default. Often, what you DON'T want shows up and fills your life because that is what you are feeding. Whatever you focus on, you feed and it grows. Life is so much easier to navigate when you focus on what you want. It's easy to say ... to tell you to do this. It takes consistent practice to make this your automatic response.

Actually, most times we think that we are focusing on what we want. When I ask people to describe what they want, I hear a lot of DON'Ts! Each of us has a lot of experience with this. Listen to yourself for a day and observe everyone around you. Are you and others expressing what you want or are you defaulting to what is missing in your life and energizing the very situations that you don't want. Tune in, observe and listen. You'll learn a lot.

I provide a variety of services for individuals and businesses. I began this work with feng shui. One of the premises of feng shui is that your outer environment mirrors your inner self. So when you want to enhance your life, you can adjust your environment. Adjusting one's environment also includes clearing spaces of negative or unbeneficial energy. My feng shui experiences quickly led me to deeper levels of study and experiences about shifting from the inside out. As a result, I added Personal Clearing Services which include personal energy clearings, subconscious clearings and a meridian technique called the Emotional Freedom and Healing process. At the personal level I also prepare and analyze Four Pillars of Destiny Astrology charts. This is a Chinese astrology system and it is a wonderful way of determining how to use the Five Elements to bring balance to your life.

I love the study of feng shui. The practice is thousands of years old. Although a few different schools of thought emerged over the years, the basic premises and patterns remain the same. I've completed three professional programs covering traditional and western feng shui approaches and I've studied with many of the leading teachers. Since I knew most people would not follow this path, I opened The Center for Feng Shui and Intuitive Arts with three colleagues. At our Center we teach best practices, primarily from a Black Sect Feng Shui perspective because it is the most direct and the most spiritual way to begin. We also teach about the land (Form Feng Shui) and how to identify land that supports health and well-being as well as land patterns that are associated with patterns of imbalance and illness (geopathic stress). We teach students how to dowse, so you can identify healthy spaces for yourself. We also teach about intention, intuition, the power of thought, space clearing, personal clearing, Nine Star Ki and Four Pillars of Destiny astrology systems, EMFs and healthy buildings and Blessing Ceremonies. It's a lot. It's thorough and it's all related. It's inner and outer work. The inner world reflects the outer world and visa versa. Which bring us back to three basic premises of this work:

Everything is alive.
Everything is connected.
Everything is always changing.

At the local level I offer Adult Education classes each fall and spring at Salem, NH High School. I teach a variety of feng shui classes as well as classes about positive thinking and positive ways of living. I also speak to many professional and community groups about a variety of topics.

Along the way, I began a collaboration with Karen Kallie and we initiated Living Energy programs to teach people how to bring balance to their lives from the inside out and outside in. We teach you how to ground your energy and how to build your core inner power from your heart. Science is proving that your feelings and heart energy have much more influence over your life than your thoughts and beliefs. Physics is catching up with metaphysics!

After finding myself in and out of homes and businesses in a variety of shapes, sizes and conditions, I became very interested in healthy buildings. As a result I completed the Building Biology Environmental Consultant program through the International Institute of Bau-Biologie and Ecology in Clearwater, FL. Electromagnetic frequencies and the impact of technology on our health interests me immensely, particularly as they relate to accepted and encouraged products that we bring into our homes: mobile phones, cell phones, wireless internet connections, smart lighting and alarm systems and more. Currently, I identify simple ways for my clients to create the healthiest bedrooms. After all, we spend one third of our lives sleeping and when we sleep our body is doing its best to restore itself to full health. Our health is compromised and our immune systems are weakened, however, by many stressors that we unknowingly surround ourselves with. I'll go into the healthy home aspect as deep as a client wants to go, including measuring body voltage and evaluating air quality. I've included some simple steps you can take to begin to create a healthier home today. If you'd like to know more about EMFs or Indoor Air Quality, click here.

I also collaborate with Madeline Gerwick, founder of Polaris Business Guides. Madeline is a Business Astrologer and together we teach a program called Eight Keys to the Ultimately Prosperous Business. We teach this program via a 16 part teleclass series. We are also happy to come on site and teach you and your employees over the course of a few days or at an offsite sales or management meeting. Providing a framework where everyone is trained in positive methods that directly impact your bottom line is well worth your investment. Madeline also writes The Good Timing Guide annually. This is an easy to follow calendar that indicates the most favorable times to take important actions as well as the most significant periods to omit taking action. I've followed astrology cycles for most of my life. They are a wonderful tool for helping you navigate daily challenges and to bring ease and flow to your life.

Before moving into this work, I was employed by a corporation for over 21 years. I lived that life and I know all about the long work weeks, the impact of hiring surges and subsequent layoffs on the average person, doing work that does not bring you joy, answering to Wall St. and the focus short term results vs. long term growth. Overall, I had a very good experience and I often coached colleagues through challenging times and turned dysfunctional teams into high performance and service oriented groups. Although I didn't realize it at the time, my natural approach of cutting to the heart of the matter, looking at the most beneficial aspects and building from there is what enabled me to succeed and enjoy business. It's the same approach I use today. Much of this is also encompassed in the current "positive thinking" and "happiness" movement. As I said, science is catching up and catching up quickly.

My formal and informal education contributes to all I do. I have a BA in Sociology from Georgetown University and an MBA from Boston University. I completed programs with the Western School of Feng Shui, The NE School of Feng Shui and The International Institute of Bau-Biologie and Ecology. I'm a Red Ribbon member of the International Feng Shui Guild as well as the NH/VT Chapter. I'm also a member of the American Society of Dowsers and the Boston Chapter of the ASD and Four Walls One Roof, a group of women-owned NH businesses that are focused on enhancing the home.

I continue to study, learn and integrate what I know with the services I offer. Currently I am studying intuitive development with Sue and Aaron Singleton of The Way to Balance.

Peruse my website if you'd like to learn more. Sign my mailing lists if you'd like to receive a regular and informative newsletter. Contact me if you'd like to work together or have me speak to your company, community or organization.

We are each a catalyst and the architect of our life. Make the most of yours!