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Something about your home not quite right? Hi, I'm Suzanne Hanger and I'm here to help you have a home that feeds your soul. I believe that everyone has a purpose and that if we all lived our purpose, we'd have peace and harmony throughout the World. But in order to fully live that purpose our homes must feed our souls.

I hope you’ll find Soul’s Home® TV helpful in giving you the tools and inspiration you need to have a home that feeds your soul, so you can live your purpose. If this sounds like it’s for you, please subscribe and I’ll look forward to seeing you each Thursday morning. Either way, I wish you well on your journey.

Journey To Your Soul's Home Podcast Suzanne Hanger

    • Religion & Spirituality

Something about your home not quite right? Hi, I'm Suzanne Hanger and I'm here to help you have a home that feeds your soul. I believe that everyone has a purpose and that if we all lived our purpose, we'd have peace and harmony throughout the World. But in order to fully live that purpose our homes must feed our souls.

I hope you’ll find Soul’s Home® TV helpful in giving you the tools and inspiration you need to have a home that feeds your soul, so you can live your purpose. If this sounds like it’s for you, please subscribe and I’ll look forward to seeing you each Thursday morning. Either way, I wish you well on your journey.

    Living with Purpose | Are You Confused About Whether to Sell or Stay?

    Living with Purpose | Are You Confused About Whether to Sell or Stay?

    Are you confused about whether to sell or stay in your home?
    In my workshops and private sessions, I often attract people who are struggling with selling or staying in their home. Our homes have such a major impact on the quality of our lives that it makes sense how difficult this decision is.  
    As I’ve listened to people’s stories, I’ve found a common thread to the struggle. The ego points out all the reasons to sell when your soul calls you to stay. Or, your ego convinces you to stay when your soul is itching to leave. Unfortunately, it can be very difficult to distinguish between the voice of your ego versus your soul. When this happens, it’s important to tune into your soul’s purpose for this time in your life.
    Look at your house from that lens and ask if your house supports you in living that purpose. If your home supports your purpose, stay until your purpose or something about your home changes. If your house doesn’t support your purpose, then it may be time go or it may be time to make changes to your home or decor, so it does feed your soul.
    While figuring this out may sound easy, it rarely is. If you need help hearing if your soul is calling you to stay or go, I’d love to talk with you. Just click the link to schedule a free 30-minute call. 
    In future episodes, we’ll explore specific situations where the choice to stay or go can be difficult starting with  when it’s time for adult children to leave their parent’s house. 
    Until next week, I wish you well on your journey.  

    • 3 min
    Living with Purpose | Is the Declaration of Independence Soulful? A look from a Soul’s Home® Perspective.

    Living with Purpose | Is the Declaration of Independence Soulful? A look from a Soul’s Home® Perspective.

    Is the Declaration of Independence soulful?
    In honor of Independence Day today, let’s look at the Declaration of Independence from a Soul’s Home® perspective. Community is an important Soul’s Home® ingredient and the Declaration of Independence is the foundation upon which this community of America was built. But does the Declaration of  Independence have soul?
    When it was written in 1776, the 13 American colonies were controlled by Britain’s King George III who imposed military rule, restricted trade, and collected taxes without representation or protection of life, liberty or property. One could say that the ego of King George III attempted to overrule the souls of the colonists.
    The most famous line of the Declaration of Independence “…that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” shows a refusal to allow a government to quash the souls of its people. It is this notion that our Creator gives us all the right to be free and live to pursue our happiness that is the essence of the Journey to Your Soul’s Home®. 
    Here in America, wherever you choose to live, you are free to connect with your soul because your right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness is protected by your government. Okay, yes! I acknowledge that this is not always true and that when the founding fathers said, “all men are created equal’, they did not include women, native Americans or slaves. While these omissions were not soulful, the work that was done to create a government that was by the people and for the people allows for a course correction over time.
    Most days, we take our rights for granted and give little thought to others in countries that inhibit their people from living their soul’s purpose. But today, let’s appreciate the opportunity we have to live soulful lives in our American community and register our wish for everyone around the world to be able to do the same.
    If you feel moved, write about this below because sharing is good for your soul. Next time, we’ll ask, “What gives you the right to own land?” 
    Until next week, I wish you well on your journey.

    • 3 min
    Living with Purpose | Does Your Décor Reflect Your Spiritual Purpose or Is it Keeping You Stuck? How To Use Décorating To Get Un-stuck.

    Living with Purpose | Does Your Décor Reflect Your Spiritual Purpose or Is it Keeping You Stuck? How To Use Décorating To Get Un-stuck.

    Does your décor reflect your spiritual purpose or is it keeping you stuck?
    A couple of months ago, I was spinning the wheels on my business and problem solving was going nowhere. Then, I remembered my father’s advice about getting stuck in the snow, “Spinning your wheels digs you in deeper making it hard to get out. Instead rock back and forth until you can move forward.”   
    That’s the same way the Journey to Your Soul’s Home® works. You shift your focus back and forth between your purpose and your home to move forward. It was time to shift my focus to my home.  
    When we’d last decorated, the spiritual purpose of our home was to maintain a connection with Eric’s children through their college years, re-align our marriage to an empty nest and develop my  Journey to Your Soul’s Home®. With three kids in college and my business just starting, we chose not to spend a lot of time or money decorating. I hung art from my single years even though Eric didn’t like it and put pictures of the kids everywhere so we’d feel connected to them. But now the spiritual purpose of our lives is different.
    The kids are mostly independent but well connected to us, our marriage is stronger than ever and I’m confident in my Soul’s Home® approach. The new spiritual purpose of our home is to enjoy our strong marital union and use it to support each other in our work. But our home didn’t reflect that. It felt stuck in time and I felt like a fraud. How could I teach anyone how to have a Soul’s Home® if I didn’t?  
    In the coming weeks, I’ll share how we fixed that! In the meantime, if you need my help hearing if your soul is calling you to re-decorate or move, I’d love to talk with you. Just click Contact Me to get in touch.  
    Until next week, I wish you well on your journey. 

    • 2 min
    Living with Purpose | Got Pesky Household Members? 3 Things You Can Do to Turn Pesky into Pleasure

    Living with Purpose | Got Pesky Household Members? 3 Things You Can Do to Turn Pesky into Pleasure

    Got pesky household members?  
    Last week, we applied the three choices you always have to things you don’t like about your house. But what if the thing you don’t like is a pesky household member? Let’s face it. It’s hard to live with other people! Heck, sometimes I find it hard to live with myself!
    So, let’s use the three choices to turn pesky household members into pleasures. Should you:
    1. Live with it
    2. Lobby for change 
    3. Leave
    First, think about your soul’s purpose for the short term – what I call the little p. If you need help figuring out your little p, check out Episode 05.
    Once you know your little p, ask if “living with it” makes sense. For example, is your soul is calling you to focus on something outside of the pesky relationship for now, say, a project at work or finishing school or caring for someone else? If it is, unless the pesky person is stopping you from focusing on this, your soul may be calling you to live with the pesky person, as is, until your other calling is complete.
    But if your soul is calling you to address this pesky relationship, you are left with two choices: lobby for change or leave. Today, leave is often the go-to choice. And leave makes sense if there’s physical abuse for example. But for your garden variety pests, your soul will likely call you to try lobbying for change first.
    “Oh, darn you, soul! It would be so much easier to leave or ask them to leave!” And maybe you will be called to leave eventually. But for now, if your soul is calling you to lobby for change there is spiritual purpose in your home and your relationship so lobbying for change will feed your soul.
    “Good!” You say, “Now, I can tell that pesky person what they should do.” Not so fast. The choice to lobby for change in a relationship has two components. First, look within yourself to clarify the outcome you want and acknowledge how you need to change. Only then can you lovingly explain to your pesky person what you need from them and why it’s important to you. 
    As difficult as it may be, you’ll have the most success if you avoid blaming, listen fully and expect to repeat this process several times. This is all easy to say but I know from experience, very difficult to do. If you ever meet my husband, he’ll confirm that I’m not always great at this.
    My wish for you is that the two of you grow spiritually through this process. If you feel moved, write about this below because sharing is good for your soul. Next time we’ll talk about: A Cat That Saved A Life. 
    Until next week, I wish you well on your journey.

    • 3 min
    Living with Purpose | Have So Much to Do That You Don’t Know What to Do? 3 Simple Steps to Cure the “Too Much to Do” Blues

    Living with Purpose | Have So Much to Do That You Don’t Know What to Do? 3 Simple Steps to Cure the “Too Much to Do” Blues

    Do you have so much to do that you have no idea what to do?
    I often feel like I have way too much to do. If you’re overwhelmed too, here’s a simple cure for the, “I’ve got too much to do” blues. It starts with the belief that there’s always enough time to do everything your soul wants you to do. Think about it – your soul wants you to live your most authentic life and if you’ve always got too much to do, that just can’t happen. You need spaces in-between to hear your soul. But it can be tricky to know WHAT your soul wants you to do, so let’s break it down into three simple steps.
    First, write a list of everything you think you should do. Second, find a quiet spot to connect with your soul.  Start with the first item and ask your soul if it wants you to do it – yes? no? Or maybe so? If you need help hearing your soul check out Episode 03. If you don’t get a clear yes or no, it’s a maybe – which means “no for now”. Write Y, N, or M next to the item and move on to the next one. 
    I’m typically relieved and surprised by all that my soul removes from my plate. But don’t stop here. The third step is to ask your soul when it wants you to do each “Yes”. You can focus on short term or longer term. For short term ask, “What do you want me to do now?” and see which item you feel called to do. After you’ve completed it or reached a natural break, go back to the Yesses and ask again, “What do you want me to do now?” For longer term ask, “Do you want me to do this, this week or later?” You can substitute this week with today, this month or this year. Whenever you feel overwhelmed, go back to the first step. Don’t worry if you haven’t finished all the Yesses, if they’re still a yes, they’ll show up again. 
    I hope that this will cure your “I’ve got too much to do” blues. If you feel moved, write about this below because sharing is good for your soul. Next time, we’ll talk about whether you’re a product of Nature or Nurture.
    Until next week, I wish you well on your journey.  

    • 3 min
    How to Leverage Your Troubles to Find Meaning and Purpose in Life

    How to Leverage Your Troubles to Find Meaning and Purpose in Life

    Can your troubles help you find purpose in life? 
    Last week, we talked about focusing on your soul’s purpose in order to stay balanced during life’s ups and downs. But what if you don’t know what your purpose is? Likely, you’ll find it in your troubles.  
    Let’s transcend your troubles by leveraging them to find purpose. Times of turmoil are fertile grounds for discovering purpose because by experiencing what you don’t want, you can clarify what you do want and are more motivated to get it.  
    Unfortunately, this opportunity is often missed because the ego fixates on our suffering, ruminates on what we don’t want, and becomes wistful about the past.   
    Rather than engaging our soul to springboard from our troubles into a meaningful life by envisioning a positive future, our ego wants to spiral us deeper into despair. Instead, engage your soul to focus on what you want. Recall a time that you or someone you know transcended an obstacle by turning it into an opportunity. Use that memory to inspire you to do the same.  
    So what does all this have to do with Soul’s Home®? The foundation of Soul’s Home® is knowing your short term or long–term purpose so you can set up your home to help you live that purpose.  
    I hope you’ll be able to leverage your troubles to find meaning and create a home that supports you in living a meaningful life. If you want help finding meaning in your life and in your home, check out the link to the Soul’s Home® Alignment DIY.  
    Next time we’ll ask, “Is your home an investment?”. Until next week, I wish you well on your journey.  

    • 2 min

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