Your Way Home REVIEWS 

Your Way Home The Psychology of Place Inside and Out By Lou and Bruce Stewart An Excellent Resource for the Conscious Reader Reviewer: Nancy Illing "educator and author" Your Way Home, by Bruce and Lou Stewart, is a thoughtful, readable, practical guide to living the life you imagine for yourself. Clear explanations walk you through the principles of NLP and Feng Shui. Insightful examples, and relevant exercises, help the reader apply thses principles to achieve health, prosperity, and harmony. I am always looking for answers to the typical questions of life. Why are we here, What's wrong with other people, and how can I get my life together? I have studied Psychology, Anthropology, and Astrology. I have looked into religion, physics and metaphysics. I followed Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, Phil Donahue, Oprah, Dr. Weil, and Dr. Phil. I have read and tried NLP and Feng Shui. I can say with authority that this book is a remarkable reference.

You can do the exercises. You can apply the principles. You can change your life. Complete with index and glossary, this is a book you will return to again and again as you move through your life. Get yourself a copy and give a copy to a friend. Reviewed by Nancy Illing, author of Sparks Ignite Imagination, a book about creativity.


Unique blend of principles
Reviewed by Christina Gonzalez, LMHC

"In Your Way Home: The Psychology of Place Inside and Out," the authors have created a very unique blend of psychological principles to help the reader find his or her Core self through Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP) techniques, and, with Feng Shui techniques create an external environment that reflects that Core and truly create a sense of "being home" both inside and outside. This is highlighted with interested mind-body-soul techniques including reflective exercises, partner exercises, techniques from Aikido martial arts, and much more.

In reading this book, as a psychotherapist myself, at first I was taken a back by some of the foreword from Grandmaster Lin Yun and his poetry and thought "what am I getting into?" as this was obviously something far removed from my own training and experience. Each page that I read, however, led me almost voraciously to the next and then the next and the book flowed smoothly and easily. I found myself not only reading the book to review it and to see potential applications for others but also found myself stopping along the way to do most of the exercises presented in this book, underlining many passages and actually taking some notes in my own journal. Not to mention the fact that I also completely rearranged my bedroom and de-cluttered one corner of the room. I felt I could not continue reading without doing something physical in my own environment.

If concepts like NLP, Aikido and Feng Shui are foreign to you, this book does a great job of introducing how borrowing from various traditions can help to create a sense of "home" both within and without and help people release themselves from the physical and the emotional clutter that often times keeps us "stuck". This book might open a new world to some and might spark a desire for further reading about these topics. Even for those well versed in these fields, the exercises, thoughts, and quotes presented present a very innovative and integrating approach that is sure to offer some useful techniques for anyone who is open to receiving them. The book is sprinkled liberally with interesting anecdotes, thought-provoking quotes from many traditions, and a bit of the authors' own sense of humor that makes it a delightful and an interesting read.

The exercises at the end of the book in particular convey some very powerful techniques that can go a long way towards helping people become "unstuck" and are probably best done with a supportive partner. In fact, this whole book would be a great "buddy read" for two like-minded individuals to serve as support during the exercises and to discuss the exercises. While all exercises can be done easily in a journal or a notebook, the authors also have a workbook which I didn't review but would probably be a very beneficial with this process.

This book is highly recommended for anyone who is feeling "stuck" in some area of their lives and is committed to following through on the exercises, particularly if they have a supportive family member, therapist, friend, or other "buddy" to help support them through the exercises. Reading the book alone will not only change lives or environments, but the topics presented along with the exercises can substantially improve the resources, tools and even major areas of lives for the open-minded reader.


Your Path to Peace
Reviewer: Anita Jefferson,Author, "Climb Every Obstacle: Eliminate Your Limits!"

The Stewarts, authors of Your Way Home, are your guides to inner peace. They teach you how to create an "inner" sanctuary and home, whereever that may be.

What I loved about this book is that it answered my questions, and I am sure the questions of many others, about how and why to integrate Feng Shui, NLP and other methods to create peaceful existence. Lou and Bruce Stewart tell you how and why as well as provide knowledge, based on their years of experience and practice, that helps improve the manner in which you live. They artfully blend together ancient practice (Feng Shui), which I now better understand, with contemporary advances. They use principles, exercises and personal stories to valaidate our home or place can be free of negativity.

This is a unique book; it simplifies the complex and show you ways to adapt your environment so that you can continually experience inner healing and peace for your mind, body, and spirit. Buy this book and grow.


Intriguing Concepts for Rearranging Your Inner Self
Reviewer: Richard R. Blake (San Leandro, CA)

The authors combine the ancient art of Feng Shui with today's Neuro- Linquistic programming to provide a solid foundation to create this blend of Eastern philosophy and science for becoming your true self.

Maintaining a journal during your reading and study of this book will enhance the value of your experience on this exciting discovery of finding your way "home". After integrating only a few of these principles I have already experienced a newly awakened sense of confidence and creativity.

The book includes an excellent glossary, end notes, an index of exercises and an extensive general index. These helpful tools make this a valuable book for future study and reference.

The Stewart's have thoughtfully packed the book with comprehensive background information, charts, exercises, and inspiratioal stories. I found it to be captivating reading.

The behavior patterns modeled throughout this book are applicable for the beginner, the intermediate, and the advanced student of Feng Shui.

Other Reviews

Read Review (pdf) printed in Chi & Me Spring 2008

Read Review (pdf) printed in The Indie, Asheville June 2007

Read Review (pdf) printed in Gambit Weekly March 2005

Read Review (pdf) by Andree Cosby, a poet who lives in Mandeville, LA and teaches English at Southeastern Louisiana University. CHIL Magazine reprint 2005