This is for anyone who enjoys design (visual and interior), psychology, and decorating, and you don't have to be an expert because the explanations are so clear. More importantly, Cliff gives you the tools to apply feng shui yourself, whether you live in a dorm or a five-bedroom house.

Mack's experiences when he faces up to his darkest nightmares will astound you, and perhaps transform you as much as it did him.

Feng shui is knowledge that has been passed down through generations, like my grandfather who taught me. But Cliff only thought about applying feng shui himself in 2010, on moving into “a tiny trapezoid-shaped attic room with a broken window,” in London. Singaporean Cliff Tan is an architect with over 15 years experience in planning and space optimisation.

An informative, amusing, and beautifully illustrated companion book to the Dear Modern YouTube channel. Keep them low, in corners, either on legs, or on top of a large cabinet, perhaps balanced with a lamp on the other side. If you send a child to a good school, does it guarantee they will get a good job and become respected and rich? In the tradition of Marie Kondo and Mrs Hinch, this guide will revolutionise how you think about your space. Since I'd already done that, reading this felt slightly redundant and I don't think I acquired any new information.My mom has nagged us about our furniture placement all our lives, citing feng shui rules, but this book made it seem less esoteric and more commonsensical, and I love that!

But the chances are you need to spend eight hours a day sitting there, and you don’t want to make yourself miserable in a dark corner! Whether you believe in this spiritual asset (i dont) or not it is still fascinating just because of how much thinking goes into placing a single piece of furniture and what shape it should have because of what it symbolises. Traditionally there is less focus on these ‘service’ rooms in feng shui, but there is plenty you can do. Feng shui – the centuries-old guidelines for design – literally means ‘the way of wind and water’ and refers to the ideal location and orientation for the perfect city: with proximity to a river, protection from the hills and safety from floods.He focuses mostly on the rooms and goes through them one by one, and only briefly mentions the garden at the end, which was fine for me though.

In Feng Shui for Modern Living, TikTok influencer Cliff Tan answers these questions and more, explaining the ancient practice of feng shui and how it can be translated to modern homes. The main cooking appliance, the stove, is the central element (fire) and the sink (water) is secondary, so avoid placing them together, though plants between them can mediate if needed. If you don’t have a separate study room, then you’ll need to create an office area elsewhere, and in the living room is preferable to the bedroom.

Menopause affects every woman, and yet so many approach it with shame, fear, misinformation or silence. I’ve been interested in the concept ever since Tik Tok and this book did a great job of breaking down the principles and applying them to modern circumstances. His recommendations are all very practical, and update the older Chinese ideas that were rooted in a world of outhouses and fireplace stoves. In Feng Shui Modern, Cliff explains the concepts of feng shui and then uses expert tips and practical diagrams to show - room by room - how our own styles, colour palettes and furniture can be used to maximise any environment. it was fun reading about feng shui in English and seeing the author try to explain 「太極生兩儀，兩儀生四象，四象生八卦。」 i like that this book took many modern adaptions so it's not just "put a toad at your entrance for good fortune".