Karen Kingston
Author of Clear Your Clutter with Feng Shui
About the Author
Karen Kingston's first book, Creating Sacred Space With Feng Shui, is an international bestseller, Karen divides her time between Bali and London, and she teaches to packed audiences in the United Kingdom, the United States, and around the world.
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Works by Karen Kingston
Creating Sacred Space With Feng Shui: Learn the Art of Space Clearing and Bring New Energy into Your Life (1999) 357 copies, 3 reviews
7 Steps to Declutter Your Home 4 copies
Magia porzadkow z feng shui 1 copy
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lecturer
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trainer - Organizations
- Karen Kingston School of Space Clearing (founder)
International Feng Shui Guild
Society of Authors - Short biography
- Born and raised in England, Karen lived in Bali, Indonesia from 1990 to 2010, and is now based in England again. She is the author of two international bestselling books with combined sales of over 2 million copies in 27 languages. She is acknowledged as the world expert in Space Clearing, the feng shui art of clearing and revitalizing spaces in buildings. Her groundbreaking 'Clear Your Clutter with Feng Shui' book changed a whole generation's approach to clutter clearing and spawned countless articles, blogs, books and media shows around the world.
- Nationality
- UK
- Birthplace
- Yorkshire, England, UK
- Places of residence
- England, UK
- Associated Place (for map)
- England, UK
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Reviews
I'm sure that Ms. Kingston's advice works very well for other people, but a lot of what she said boiled down to advice I've heard many times about how an orderly house leads to an orderly life, or that you feel better if you have less clutter. This would make for a fine book, except that I find some of her other statements offensive. If your house burns down, that's a sign from the universe that you need to restart your life. If you have books near your bed, then your primary relationship is show more with them and not people. If you have extra cans of food in your house, it's great to just throw them away. If they were outdated, I would totally agree with that statement, but otherwise, wouldn't it be better karma to donate them to a food pantry? I'm sure there are many people out there who wouldn't have any problem with the above statements and many of the others that she provides, but I found most of them to be quite irksome. If it wasn't such a short book, I wouldn't have finished it. show less
Clear Your Clutter with Feng Shui: Free Yourself from Physical, Mental, Emotional, and Spiritual Clutter Forever by Karen Kingston
I have the original little paperback of this book that I think I read in 1999 or so, and I felt like it was a little bible of how to get rid of stuff; I need to revisit that one as reading the updated version I'm trying to remember what's been changed (although I definitely remember the whole colon and poop thing--that's burned into my brain). I do feel as though the author might have been one of the OGs dealing with clutter and how to let it go.
I've been on a purge of the "stuff" in our home for a while now, and hoped this book would encourage me to go forth with renewed energy. It did, a little, but I also found a lot in it that made me more irritated at the author than inspired. Books by my bed don't mean that my primary relationship is with books rather than people. It means that I'm an avid reader and read a lot of books, though (now) keep only a smidgeon of what I read. If my house catches on fire, it's not the universe biting show more me in the behind for my clutter, though it would be a misfortune. I found the author to be a bit patronizing, as well. What would really help me is a book that told me how to separate memories from objects, or how to detach myself from the joy those memories bring me of loved ones now gone, or times now past. It's not a sin to treasure memories, and sometimes objects help keep the heart whole, or help a wounded one heal. I want to cut down on our possessions mostly because I know it would make my husband happy, and to save my children from having to decide what to do with it all. The toy mechanical tiger that was my father's has memories for me from his stories, but they not only never met him, but never heard me tell the stories. Ebay, anyone? I think I need inspiration/motivation from inside myself rather than from inside the pages of a book. Thank you blogging for books for sending me this book. I am removing it from the pile beside my bed, to help declutter the house. show less
I rediscovered this book last week while in the garage unpacking boxes and boxes of books. Standing in the midst of clutter, a book on clutter is highly appealing. Reading a subtitle that says "Free Yourself from Physical, Mental, Emotional, and Spiritual Clutter Forever" speaks loudly. This is an interesting book whether you buy into Feng Shui or not. Kingston makes a lot of good points, particularly in the realm of why we accumulate things and what it says about us and what it does to us. show more She quickly identifies problems and issues and offers reasons why action is needed.
One particularly striking image that continues to speak to me is one that appeared when I read Kingston describing how each piece of clutter, item or book, has a piece of string that attaches itself to us so that we eventually become enshrouded and wrapped in all the strings connecting us to our things. In the realm of books alone I am a very tied up individual. I keep seeing strings to everything around me now as I sit in my office or move through the house. It is giving me a lot to think about. I've found this to be a highly effective book and recommend it to all fellow clutterbugs. show less
One particularly striking image that continues to speak to me is one that appeared when I read Kingston describing how each piece of clutter, item or book, has a piece of string that attaches itself to us so that we eventually become enshrouded and wrapped in all the strings connecting us to our things. In the realm of books alone I am a very tied up individual. I keep seeing strings to everything around me now as I sit in my office or move through the house. It is giving me a lot to think about. I've found this to be a highly effective book and recommend it to all fellow clutterbugs. show less
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