Question and Answers with Angela
Find out more about our Feng Shui expert and have your questions answered

Where do you live?
I live in a village called Buckingham out in the countryside. It’s beautiful, peaceful and quiet out here. (note: since this article was first written I've moved to Vancouver for a year before returning to London. I still live in London.)

How big is your house?
I have a big four bedroom house. I live in a quiet neighbourhood. The area where my house is built has got a river embracing the house. I love this neighbourhood, people are very nice and there are wild deer that roam this place! I can even hear sheep baaing at night sometimes from the farms nearby. Sometimes, I can hear the owls too. It is quiet and peaceful, just the way I like it.

Do you have to drive long distances to see your clients?
Yes, I often do. I get a lot of clients from London which would take between one and a half to two hours driving to get to them one way and then the same back. I also get clients from Birmingham which takes me over an hour to get there and them another hour back. I have also had clients in Norfolk, Suffolk, Blackpool, Devon, Brighton, everywhere! I fly to Scotland to see clients! Distance is no problem for me because I enjoy helping people and I am passionate about my work. It is also fun to see different parts of the country. I would be bored if I was to just stay in one place all the time.

Your address probably has people thinking you live in London, do your clients know you have to drive over an hour to see them?
Some do some don’t. Most of my clients are caring and considerate people, so I think most of them understand that I have traveled a long way and long time to see them. They know that I may be onsite in their house for 3-4 hours but it will have taken me 4 hours travel in total on top, so its always a eight hour day or more to do one consultation and that’s not including the charts. I always let them know their charts are calculated for them are done days before hand, so that takes another hour per adult again before I even get in my car!! That’s why I take a deposit before I see them because their charts are done in advance.

I don’t mind the travel though, I know my clients do appreciate the fact that I travel quite a distance but don’t charge for the extra time or expenses as other people would. Usually after the consultation when they have understood how deep Feng Shui really is, they say that what I charge for all the time traveling, time spent consulting, and the level of expertise that I have to help them I am too cheap because there is no way you would be able to get your accountant to drive for 4 hours to your house to see you without him charging you extra for drive time and mileage!!

Now I know why you charge what you charge it’s a whole days work! How wrong I was to think it was just an hour.
You cannot conduct a proper Feng Shui consultation in one hour. I spend time discussing the issues my clients are facing first, then I take directions of the building and then I need at least 1 hour or more to do the calculations on site. After full assessment do I present the analysis and advice. Don’t forget I calculate their personal bazhi energy charts before I see them and this takes 1 hour for each person already. What about their directional charts? That’s more time. If they have got 4 kids, I have to do it for their kids too. I care and I am a responsible consultant. That’s why I don’t do it by hour. I am there until I am satisfied the audit is complete. That’s why after the consultation my clients tell me I am cheap for what I give.

What are your fees then?
For London, I usually charge £300 - £350 to include the traveling time and expense. If there are a lot of people in the house, or it’s a big house with many rooms, I will charge more because it will be more complicated. If it is someone local to my area, it will be less. I think most people are sensible and know that this is a professional limited company. So you get what you pay for. If you want a professional you have to pay professional rates.

Although I do have a top web site built by a professional web developer (he's done work for Virgin, Coca-cola, BP and Nestle to name a few), people know that they can see me at any of the 10 exhibitions that I am at and hold seminars at every year. I am not on the internet only, you can see me in person!! A lot of the people who have seen my web site also saw me during the seminars that I had earlier this year at the BBC Good Homes show. It was really good to hear so much positive feedback from people who have taken my course and read my works.

How do you get booked up weeks in advanced, isn’t £300 a lot of money to most people?
It is a lot of money to most people. However, when it has found you a husband, saved your argumentative marriage headed for divorce, you get a promotion at work, your business is saved from bankruptcy, your terrible sleep improves, you find your direction in life and you are not stuck in a rut anymore, £300 is peanuts! Your £100 pair of shoes is not going to get you a husband, men don’t care about your shoes. When you are exuding bad vibes all the time men won’t want to date you or commit to you. When you are tapping into your personal worst energies or your husband is, you are headed for long term arguments and that leads to divorce.

That’s a pretty bold statement to make isn’t it?
Of course. I can say it boldly and I am probably one of the few people out there apart from my Masters and some other Chinese Masters who dare say it boldly. I have seen it, done it and been there myself. Don’t think I haven’t exuded bad vibes myself and almost ruined my marriage. I have been there and that is why I do my work with passion. I always say you don’t need to believe in Feng Shui in order for it to work because it’s not about whether or not you believe it. It’s working on you and affecting you anyway. Its like gravity, you don’t need to know about it or have studied it in order for the laws of gravity to affect you right?

When you say audit what do you mean?
For example, when people study Feng Shui, they are studying the science of what is happening in the environment. Just like how people study seismology (study of earthquakes) this is a fine science of how and when the earth is going to split and shake. They study it so that you will know to get the hell out of there or prepare yourself for when it happens.

It’s like knowing when the seasons are going to change. Why is it important to know about the seasons? Think about it. Why is it so important to know about the season? Isn’t it so you know what is going to happen and when? When you know when it’s going to happen at least you have got options. Like put on a coat, bring an umbrella. Not go out in a T-shirt and shorts when it’s going to snow.

So same with Feng Shui, if you know certain house structures cause you to always struggle financially, certain energies in your house will cause you to feel empty inside, be miserable and single, always feel tired and get tired no matter how much healthy foods you eat, wouldn’t you want to know so that you can do something about it?

Hey, that sounds deep, that sounds serious!
You are damn right it is serious, why do you think people like me spent thousands of pounds and many years to study it? Why do you think I charge hundreds of pounds to diagnose energies and find solutions? Because it is a serious subject and it does cause these things to happen. What most people don’t understand or realise is that the cause and effect of energies in the environment influence your head. It gets inside your mind. You think it is you losing focus, losing direction in life, cannot find the answers to your problems, but it might not be you. If you have been absorbing crap toxic energy for the last few years, you will start feeling crap and do toxic things to yourself.

Your mind will start self sabotaging. You don’t need to believe in Feng Shui (the cause and effect of energies in the environment on you) in order for it to work because it affecting you anyway, just like gravity! When I am doing a full scale audit, I am doing traditional Feng Shui, using formulas that have been scientifically calculated and based on the individual and the specific house they live in. I’ve seen things on TV like the colour green is for growth so paint everything green if you want to grow. Chinese Feng Shui doesn’t work like that, that is interior design, and not Traditional Feng Shui. If you want to be able to foresee problem areas so that you can prevent it before accidents happen and solves problems then you want the real Feng Shui, you want higher levels Feng Shui, this is knowledge that goes beyond the basics you will be able to buy off a bookshelf.

Feng Shui is deep, a lot deeper than what people know about it. Don’t think that good things take only 5 minutes to learn and master. Only fools will think like that. Think about it, whatever problems you have, your problems did not come about in 5 minutes. If you were to explain what your problem was, wouldn’t it take you longer than 5 minutes?

So then if it takes longer than 5 minutes to even just explain your problem, what makes them think that for me to explain something that is the solution to their problem will be 5 minutes or less?

And that is precisely the problem with the majority of ordinary Joes. They want answers in 5 minutes! If it takes longer than 5 minutes to explain, they cannot take it. Their simple little minds go into meltdown. They don’t have the patience or intelligence to understand that something really good, deep, profound, something that has been around for thousands of years, has had years and years of research, is going to take more than 5 minutes to explain. So they suffer. They suffer because they don't give themselves a chance for a new solution to their old problems.

What you will find is that people with that kind of mind frame have the biggest problems and they can never solve it until they get professional help. If this sounds like you, then wake up! Don’t let yourself fall into this trap, because if you do, the solution could be staring you straight in the face but you will never get it. Don't miss out through being ignorant of what can help you.

However, my clients are not people like that because like I said before, the majority of my clients are upwardly mobile people. They are smart. They are the kind of people who know what their happiness is worth. Like I say, my clients are not the stupid loser types of people.

How do you define stupid people?
People who keep doing the same thing but expect a different result. People who only hope for change but do nothing about it. Wake up!! If you want change, do something different, you gotta try doing something new. Obviously your old tactics have not been working!! Only you are wasting your own time. Find out what can cause all the bad luck, rubbish relationships, etc and then you can find the solutions.

What about the excuses people make to not do anything?
People love to make excuses, its part of their self sabotage behaviour. The more they keep making excuses for things that can really help them the more you can be sure there is something deeply wrong with their mind because that is where it all starts from – how a person thinks, their mind. Maybe deep inside these people are just afraid to win, for whatever reason it is. Maybe they are just very shallow and stupid people. I really do feel sorry for people who say they want change but don’t even give themselves a chance. Life is too short to live unfulfilled and time just keeps on ticking whether you like it or not. I never like to waste time, I don't like looking back and saying oh, if I had only got this or got that. My brain does not work like that, my brain will keep on looking for answers until I get it. I am not afraid to lose. If you are not afraid to lose, more often than not, you will win a lot more times than you will lose.

What about those who think, well its£300 and they don’t have the money for it?
The same person who says they have no money to join the gym, or pay for a new course, or something that could really help them will be the same person who will smoke and drink themselves into a stupor for a little bit of temporary pleasure. When they wake up the next day, it will be the same unhappy thing they have to face again! Brand new day, same old feeling of emptiness or stuck in a rut, waiting for something better to happen but come 10pm it still hasn't happened. How do I know? I have been there, felt it, suffered it, got out of it.

They are the same people who will buy a pair of boots or beauty treatment for £100 thinking it will make them feel better, but it never does! 6 months down the road, in fact 5 years down the road, they are still stuck, alone and feeling unhappy because they still have not found a husband or divorced because they couldn’t keep a happy relationship, still struggling financially because they are still stuck in a job that they hate. However, 5 years down the road, they will be 5 years older and feel even worse because then they will feel like they have wasted 5 years more of their time. I see cases self sabotage cases like that all the time. Time is something you really cannot get back, once its gone its gone. That is why I always say if you value yourself and your life, get help before you waste even more of your life, fulfil your potential. £300 can come and go, you can always earn more money, but you cannot get back your wasted time or time wasted because your career or business is not getting you the financial rewards it should be.

So what is your advice?
My advice? You gotta know what you want and be willing to pay the price.

I have paid my price in time, a lot of money, a lot of effort and self sacrifice to know what I know today. When people were out partying getting drunk, I was studying, when they were out swanning the mall, hanging out with their friends, I was working. I was obsessed, fascinated and extremely determined to find answers on what influences our lives and how to make change in someone. Because I am so crazy about it, I can eat, live breathe my work 24 hours a day without ever being bored. I am always doing research and finding out why and how things happen. That is how I became so good at it. Not just through luck, but through sheer hard work and determination, through making sure that my Feng Shui (cause and effect of my environment) is supportive of me, is bringing me greater luck, more energy and not sabotaging my hard efforts.

People who know me know I am a very very determined and strong individual. It takes a certain type of individual to be able to help others. My personality and background knowledge is very good for my field of work.

Everyone in life has paid their price to be where they are and where they are not. People who have gotten to the top in their fields have paid the price in time spent studying, researching, dedicating all their time to their field of work. People who have got muscle bound bodies have paid their price in physical workouts at the gym and having the proper diets. You will find that all the best in the field are dedicated individuals. Nobody just wakes up and has a scuplted body, or just gets a Law Degree without having to study, or becomes a good public speaker without having had training. Whenever my plumber comes round, I never say he is expensive because he has spent his time training how to become a good plumber while I was studying my field. Its a simple concept but so many people don't get it! This is how we get by in society, we each have our own specialist knowledge and that is what people are buying.

If you don't want to spend years of your time learning plumbing, then get a professional to do it for you. This is what everybody does, but some people still don't get it!! Amazing isn't it how some people think.

What do you say to people who say Barristers, accountants and Feng Shui is so expensive?
People love to say that Barristers are so expensive, accountants are so expensive. Expensive compared to what? Someone who is working at McDonalds? The 18 year old clerk at your local supermarket? Come on! Get real, these are professionals, people who are experts in their field, they are not going to be charging the same price as a cashier at your supermarket. Anyone who thinks that has got to be really stupid. The going rates for Psychics easily cost £30 for a 30 minute reading. A good haircut costs £45 and you have to go back every 8 weeks. Are there still that many naive people out there? You get what you pay for!

So what if someone really needs your help but cannot come up with the £300 all at once?
No problem, I have already taken this into account. I see people from all walks of life. I make it as easy as possible for my clients to see me. First of all, my company takes credit cards. Second, fees are always taken in 2 payments. I take a deposit before I see them and payment on the day. Third, for those who need it, they can have a payment plan spread out for longer. Just let me know in advance.

Some people think that this should be for free or spiritual people shouldn’t charge
Ha ha ha! This is the most naive view. Where did you learn your rules of karma? From TV or Jerry Springer show? If you were to become a disciple of at least 3 high level Buddhist Masters and learn from them for at least 5 years, you will get a concensus of opinions and your real story there. They will tell you about karma and why they take the red envelope. Learn the rules from the glossy easy read magazines and you get the tooth fairy’s views on Karma. To answer this question correctly you will need to come to my class on karma, karmic cycles, interference and payback where I can explain in unequivocal terms how it all works. I don’t like to give two sentence answers and not do this important question justice.

Why have you become so popular?
I think its because people can tell I am genuine, I care and I am real.

So can you see two consultations a day?
No, I prefer only doing one consultation a day. Unless it’s someone who owns a home and business and they aren't far from each other. When I am with my clients, I am 100% focused on them and my brain is 100% engrossed in finding solutions to their problems. I can assure you this is no easy task! I take Feng Shui and helping people very seriously.

It takes time to analyse everything in detail and with travel time I usually get back quite late. When I get back I still have to reply to my emails, prepare for my seminar materials, write articles for my web site and other magazines, etc. I lead a very busy life!! I allow four bookings a week and that’s pushing it!

Who are your clients? What type of people do you work with?
The majority of my clients are upwardly mobile people who believe in investing in their well being. Most of them have a University degree and are quite intelligent people who are very much into personal development and have tried many different methods of achieving their goals but have not gotten much success. In a nutshell, they are proactive people. Usually after they have attended one of my live seminars or read some of my articles they understand how the environment can have adverse effects on them and so book an appointment to have me conduct an audit.

Are these residential or business consultations?
Both. Usually people who have businesses will get a consultation done for their business and also their home as this is the most effective method.

Have you had any VIPs as your clients?
Yes, I have. I have audited Feng Shui for people who work in Parliament, CEOs of big corporations, pop stars but whether you are an MP or housewife, I will treat you with the same amount of care and respect. I treat all my clients equally and am not one to judge people based on what status they are at, how much money you have because I don’t really care about that type of thing. I don’t charge you anymore because you are rich. I don’t work like that. I don’t believe having more money or less money makes you any more or less important. I believe in doing my best to help people become the best that they can be.

Yes, your environment can bring out the best in you. Just like how a sunny day can make you feel better, and a cold winters day can bring on SAD syndrome in people, your house and working environment affects you.

So I would guess that a lot of your clients are older than you, is that correct?
Yes, I do get people from all ages, students to grandmothers but majority are people who are in the same age group as me, and ones who are in their 40s. But you know what, it doesn’t matter to them how old they are, how old I am because a lot of my clients have been recommended by friends and family who have gotten results. They can read faces and probably figured out I have got the type of personality they want to share with. I want to share with them.They know I am there for the purpose of helping them. I don't care if they haven't had the energy to clean their house or they have got so much clutter because they are so badly stuck in a rut, its doesn't matter because I am there to help them. I care and very often they pour out their heart to me and they shed tears. I am so touched in moments like that, I feel touched and blessed to be able to help people feel better about whatever situation they are in.

What about people who have committed a wrong act?
First of all, I don't judge people based on what is right and wrong to me, and second, when I look at their charts and the type of environmental influence they have been under, I know why they may have done what they did. In some cases of bad Feng Shui you can literally see what is going to happen in the future if corrections are not made, like male adultery, or female adultery, car accidents. When the combinations of negative energy collide with the time period in their own destiny, the chances of accidents happening or shall we say wrong acts is over 90%!! With the ability to calculate the when and how the collision occurs, it can be avoided. That is why I always say Feng Shui is to bring out the good and reduce the bad. With more knowledge, you can have better choices.

One of the reasons why Feng Shui is becoming more and more popular in the West is because it allows people to be more in control of their lives. You can use it to find answers and prevention. I am not here to judge people. I am here to teach people, empower people, make them feel better, in confidence, in friendship. And that is why I have a lot of happy clients who introduce their friends to me, who remember me.

When you do your best by people they remember. Sure this is my business and peopleI have to pay for a consultation but so what? Do you hold a grudge against your hairdresser because they have to charge for giving you a beautiful haircut? Are you worth it? Just read the many testimonials on my web site!! I get a lot more testimonials and responses back from my clients than what you will ever see, because of the nature of what has happened in their lives and that all my consultations are strictly confidential, I never ever mention whom I have seen unless they want to share it with others. You can imagine if you almost had a break up in your 10 year marriage, your husband keeps screwing up but it got better after Feng Shui, you won’t want to put your picture on the web. You might put in a testimonial but not many people want their photos up like that and I respect that. This is not a Jerry Springer show, its about real life problems being solved.

Is Feng Shui mystical?
Yes and no. There are mystical and non-mystical aspects to it. The non-mystical parts are things you will widely see in many web sites out there on the internet. The mystical side of it is very powerful and the secret side. I use both scientific side and mystical side if necessary to make change during my consultation. That is why my consultations give people very good results and where other consultants cannot make changes, I can.

Feng Shui cures, consultations, courses, where do all these all fit in?
You are referring to the different levels of Feng Shui.

There are different levels to Feng Shui – when you first start reading about Feng Shui, I am sure you will have read about the various cures and enhancers like the lucky coins, Happy Buddhas, these are the first things the beginner will usually start with when they come to Feng Shui. These things can help, however, just using these alone may not be strong enough to make the shifts if the problem has grown deep or if it’s a big problem.

So you go to the level 2. Use more advanced Feng Shui, for example learn some formula Feng Shui yourself. However, if after you have DIY your own business or house and you are still not getting the changes, or things got worse then there are 3 reasons for it.

1. You have done your own Feng Shui wrong because you interpreted the book you were reading wrong.

2. What you were using was not advanced enough to solve your problem. You did not work out your Eight Elements, Ba Zhi and don’t know how to chart your own energies, find out what you need, what you don’t need, how that relates to you within the boundaries of your house, how to align your energies in your house or business properly and accurately. You did not know how to detect and calculate negative energies in specific areas of your house and how to properly neutralise and minimise those negative energies. There are a lot of exceptions in Feng Shui. Many people will have read about some formulas, but few know how to use it properly and few understand what the exceptions to these formulas are.

3. Wrong activation of water can lead to accidents, sickness, lose money, not enough activation leads to no good results. Do you know which one you did?

So you need to then go to level 3. Professional onsite consultation where your own energy is charted, the the house's energy is charted, and these two energies are analysed and aligned.

You talk a lot about energy alignments, what is that?
In a nutshell, having the correct energy alignment is the foundation for you being to be able to be the best that you can be. When I say the best that you can be, I mean best that you can be in terms of having vibrant health, feeling good about yourself, being able to think clearly, having happy relationships. Each person has their own personal best they are capable of achieving, like not everyone is the type who can run a 4 minute mile nor do they want to run a 4 minute mile.

Can you give an explanation closer to home?
Ok, you know that your backbone, your spine, your skeletal structure is the foundation for your body to be able to hold itself upright, so that your organs and muscles are held in the right place so that you can walk, run, do all the things a human body can do.

If your energy field out of alignment if the flow of energy is out of alignment, it is like having a slipped disc in your back. If one of your bones in your spine is out of place, what would happen? What aspects of your life would it slow you down in? Would you be able to walk or run normally still or would it cause you discomfort? Would it impede your sex life? Would it make you feel bad emotionally because you know you can do certain things but its not doing it? Would it get worst over time?

For a lot of people, that is exactly what is happening. Their energy field is out of alignment but they don’t know it. A lot of people don’t know until they learn more or until they have it checked. So they keep trying or working harder but it still doesn’t work, they keep feeling tired when they wake up and decide to have a healthier lifestyle but still wake up tired, they do all the conventional things but things just don’t work. So what do most people do? First thing they do is they just blame themselves and beat themselves up, after that, they accept the failures,

“ I can just never good sleep, “

“ I have just never really had good sleep, “

“ Oh, I am just unlucky all the time”

“Oh, men are all crap, none of them want to commit to me” ,

“All my relationships are crap”,

Pretty soon, it becomes:

“What’s the point in trying, things always screw up for me anyway,”

The mind, body, spirit and environment are all interelated. Let's just take one quick example. Did it ever occur to you, if you always get bad sleep you could get tired easier? If you get tired easier and less energetic, will you have more patience or less patience with people? Is it possible that this can make you have a short temper, and because you have got a shorter fuse now, does that affect your relationships positively or negatively? Now asnwer me this, what caused your terriible sleep? How important is it to always get long term good sleep? What is your bad sleep was happening just because of wrong energy alignment just like how people have their backs out of alignment? Would you want to check and see?

People who have got the wrong energy alignment but don’t know usually stop trying and give up! They end up missing out on what they should have. And its really sad because if your energy is out of alignment, its not even you, you just need a little adjustment. So now do you understand why its important to have the correct energy alignment?

Wow! I really understand now. That you for answering all my questions, I now understand that Traditional Feng Shui really is deep. I think if I ever do have a problem that I cannot solve myself, I will certainly get you in to do an audit for me. You have made me realise that paying for an expert to do the work is the difference between getting a lawyer to represent you in Court or representing yourself in Court. Doing your own accounts for your business or getting a professional accountant. I think I will get your number and give it to my sister, she needs your help. Thank you.