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COVER

TITLE PAGE

COPYRIGHT

DEDICATION

NOTE FROM AMY

HOW TO USE THIS BOOK

INTRODUCTION: EVERYTHING IS ENERGY

PART 1

THE FRONT DOOR

CHAPTER 1. Foyer

PART 2

REST & LOVE

CHAPTER 2. Main Bedroom

CHAPTER 3. Guest Room

CHAPTER 4. Children’s Bedroom

PART 3

NOURISHMENT & LIVING

CHAPTER 5. Kitchen

CHAPTER 6. Dining Room

CHAPTER 7. Living Room and Den

PART 4

PRODUCTIVITY & CREATIVITY

CHAPTER 8. Home Office

CHAPTER 9. Library and Study

CHAPTER 10. Meditation Room

CHAPTER 11. Children’s Playroom

PART 5

CLEARING, HOLDING & MOVEMENT

CHAPTER 12. Bathroom

CHAPTER 13. Transitional Spaces

Laundry Room

Hallway

CHAPTER 14. Spaces for Storage

Basement and Attic

Garage

Closets

CHAPTER 15. Outdoor Areas

Porch, Balcony, Patio

Driveway, Pool Area, Yard

CONCLUSION: YOUR HEALING HOME

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

OTHER BOOKS BY AMY LEIGH MERCREE

PICTURE CREDITS

NOTES

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

My name is Amy Leigh Mercree, and I have been a medical intuitive for over twenty years. It has been my privilege and joy to work with my clients and learn how the body works on subtle energetic levels. They have taught me that we can manifest health in endless ways. Over all these years, one thing that I have come to understand is the way that our dwellings affect every facet of our being: we spend most of our time in our home, so it has a profound effect on our bodies, our minds, and our spirits. And even before the pandemic, when we all spent so much time at home, we would sleep there, eat there, play there, and create there. Many of us also began to work from our homes instead of going into an office.

My job is to advise people on how to set up their homes in a way that energetically, physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually supports their way of life. Specifically, I want to see my clients living in a home that helps them obtain their hearts’ desires. We all have states of being to which we aspire. Even though we may know intellectually that being present and mindful is a good thing, intuitively it can be challenging to balance that peacefulness with all of our future goals, dreams, and ambitions. We have experiences that we desire: a summer trip to Europe, a promotion, ten thousand new social media followers. As humans, we are conditioned to look to the future. That may be one of the reasons that we evolve—because we are wired to strive for more. So, in this book, I want to help you set up your living space as a peaceful nest to help you enjoy every moment of your life with mindful presence while also providing a place full of energy that helps you manifest your desires.

Yes, making that kind of home can seem like a big task! But our homes can be places where we can be present and grateful and appreciate our lives but also get excited about the process of making them better.

A big part of what I want you take away from this book are the following truths:

1. Everything is alive.

2. Everything is connected.

3. Everything is energy.

Using these simple yet powerful truths, we will unlock the power of your space and magnetize your desires so that they bring you health and joy.

In this book, I have laid out ways to apply contemporary and ancient knowledge from all over the world to the arrangement of our homes. We will draw insight from aromatherapy practices, botanical healing, and the contemporary use of minerals and crystals as well as Taoist and Vedic philosophy, Buddhist tradition, Native American ritual and mythology, and so much more.

Let’s take this journey together! Let’s overhaul the energy of your living space, no matter how small or big, and align your home, your health, and your life. Take the teachings in this book and apply them to your home to create the life experience you desire. I’m honored and excited to be your guide. So, with fresh eyes, open the front door and step inside with me—let’s create the healing home you’ve always dreamed of!

XO,

Amy

I created The Healing Home because I want you to have the life of your dreams. I know that the way you arrange your home infuses it with energy, which is key if you want to have the momentum necessary to accomplish what you want to achieve. When I speak to clients who want to make changes so they can reach their goals, I ask them to take stock of their lives and tell me what isn’t working—what frustrates them. We often discover that there are so many facets of their existence that could flow more easily if they had systems to support their daily activities. For example, if you value order, a simple habit of making your bed upon rising can bring a sense of routine that feels comforting and grounding to some. On the other hand, if too much structure feels suffocating, then you might choose to keep your evenings unscheduled and spontaneous to balance your more traditionally scheduled workdays. That is why The Healing Home is broken into rooms: each room is a place where you perform certain tasks or activities over and over again, so if we look at those activities with open eyes, we can figure out how to make them easier and more natural. This process is meant to be easy, and the ideal result is also ease.

The goal is to make you feel happy as well as harmonious in your relationships and your living space, physically healthy and spiritually whole. You should be able to embrace the energy in your own body, your magnetic charisma, and your own beautiful radiance. When you feel like you have a holistic understanding of the way in which you interact with your home, you will feel more empowered to take the helm and own your life with sovereignty, confidence, and authority. You will gain an understanding of the way in which you live your life so that you can improve it from the moment you wake up to the last second before you go to sleep. So think of this book as an essential guide to that process, whether you do it all at once or over time.

Although this book is organized room by room, the sequence is up to you. You can start anywhere you like! If you feel like you want to make over a particular room, you can simply start there, or you can go through the whole house beginning at the front door where this book begins. Each section includes in-depth energetic makeovers, but I have also included quick fixes that can produce results right away. The introduction will cover some of the main schools of thought and healing traditions that we will lean on in reconsidering your space, such as feng shui and Taoism, shamanic techniques including using sound to clear dense energy from a room, and utilizing certain plants to bring specific types of energy to areas of the home. The approach to each room will be primarily based on its energy, but that will also mean addressing the other physical, mental, and spiritual ways we interact with the space—so that could be how it smells, the beauty and clarity of its light, its organization, its ability to support growing things such as houseplants, and more. We will apply these modalities to healing the energy in multiple rooms, so you can read about their basic tenets in the introductory material before you dive in to specific exercises. And, if you’d like to get to the exercises right away, that’s also fine! Go ahead and skip to the room you’d like to work on, because the exercises in that section will refer back to the introduction in case you’d like to learn more.

Everything is alive and interconnected. We will harness that truth and power and align your home to your dreams, wants, and needs with grace and ease. Let’s jump in and create your healing home!