Feeling Like Your Inner Zen Took a Sabbatical? These 4 Sneaky Hacks Will Drag It Back Faster Than Mercury Retrograde Can Mess Things Up!
Added on January 15, 2026 inASTROLOGY CARDS
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Ever tried to clear out your garage only to find it’s not just the dust and old paint cans clogging up the space, but your very soul? Yeah, me too. It’s like Mercury decided to throw a retrograde rave in my attic, and all those forgotten knickknacks were RSVP-ing without my consent. When my husband and I finally tackled our garage renovation, the stress of sorting sentimental junk and negotiating what stayed (and what went) wasn’t just a physical purge—it was an emotional rollercoaster I didn’t see coming. There’s something oddly cosmic about how decluttering a space can clear the fog from your mental skies, especially when you realize how much baggage you’ve been hauling around—both literally and figuratively. If you’ve ever wondered why a clean room suddenly feels like a spa day for your brain, or why your mental clutter sticks around like an unwanted Zodiac sign, you’re in the right place. Let’s dive into how syncing your environment with your emotional vibes can actually bring some much-needed calm to the chaos—and yes, there’s a little astrology sprinkled in to keep things spicy. LEARN MORE.
Years ago, my husband was looking to expand our living space, which meant getting rid of everything that was stored in the garage so it could be renovated. Identifying items to give to family and friends and creating piles of things to throw out or donate was the source of stress, a few disagreements, and a lot of inner work to let go of some material items and create the room we wanted.
Once the space was cleared out, he and I were relaxing one evening, and he remarked how great it felt to have that space emptied. Not only was it a good feeling to have that open space, but we acknowledged how having some of those material things was clogging up our own mental and emotional aspects, and we didn’t even realize it. It was as if we were breathing new, refreshing air without all that stuff packed in the garage.
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I’m sure we’ve all had experiences where we have cleaned out a drawer or organized a room and felt completely calm and regulated afterward — accomplished in the full sense of the word, where there was an elation, a joy, a heightened sense of emotion — clarity even — and perhaps an expansion of our mental capacity.
There is a direct link between our mental and emotional states and our external environments. Creating a flowing living space or business environment includes going within and clearing potential obstacles in our beliefs and feelings. In many cases, this is an ever-evolving journey.
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Often, we only clear physical clutter when our emotional or mental aspects have reached a threshold. Just as we clear physical clutter, we need to remove the mental chatter and emotional build-up regularly so we can open up to our true essence and how to be that essence in our lives.
If we’re feeling stuck in a specific area of our lives, like relationships, health, or career, take note if we are truly addressing all the emotions we have in that area. Are we addressing any anger and resentment from previous situations that we may have suppressed — even as early as childhood?
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Making sure we address the range of emotions we feel throughout the day and giving them an outlet is quite healthy. Partake in things like journaling, exercise, talking with trusted friends, meditating, listening to or playing music, spending time with pets or children, gardening, or painting.
Research shows that journaling about your thoughts and emotions helps you regulate your feelings more effectively and can reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression. The key is combining both emotional expression with cognitive processing, which helps you make sense of what you’re experiencing rather than just randomly venting.
On the flip side, creating time to identify, write about, visualize, and feel what we want specific areas of our lives to feel like is equally important. So often, we are getting through the day with only the things we have to do, and running out of energy and focus. Creating time to wonder and consider what we want our future to look and feel like has wonderful, beneficial results.
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Taking an inventory of what we have inside that is yet to be expressed externally fuels inspiration and confidence. Knowing our desired outcome is starting the process of opening avenues energetically for those very desires to come to fruition.
When you take time to visualize and plan your goals, it actually increases your motivation and helps you develop better strategies to achieve them. Research on goal-setting in mental health found that clearly identifying what you want for your future creates a sense of agency and helps you feel more in control.
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We all know the question of “does this bring me joy?” to parse out physical belongings. This same question can also be asked regularly about our thoughts, tasks, and emotions. Knowing what brings us joy may be tough to determine, especially if we’ve been living life to be accepted by others, including ourselves, or living just to get by, or in other scenarios.
Are the activities and relationships we have fulfilling us on some level? Are we losing ourselves in the mix, or are we enjoying our daily work and time with family, friends, and ourselves? Do we have a specific hobby we enjoy?
Once we determine where our joy originates (within ourselves) and through which activities or non-activities that joy is best expressed, it becomes easier to review our physical environments with discernment.
Which activities or friends can we remove ourselves from temporarily or permanently that create more space in our lives? Do we have enough time to play music, exercise, create art, go for long walks in the woods, or whatever feeds our souls and clears our minds?
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Know what brings a slight smile to our faces when we’re doing (or not doing) them, and make time in our weeks to do more of that. Being in joy increases the speed at which the energy of our dreams comes toward us.
Initially, we may not be aware that we’re clogging up our mental, emotional, and even spiritual spaces since this buildup of energy starts when we’re young. We learn what behaviors help us belong, what brings love and attention to us, and what causes rejection. While these are important things to learn in our early years, sometimes the way we learn them and the patterns we employ accumulate in our energy systems.
A UCLA study found that mothers living in cluttered homes had consistently elevated cortisol levels throughout the day compared to those who described their homes as organized. The research shows that physical clutter doesn’t just reflect mental state — it actively contributes to chronic stress and affects your overall wellbeing.
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Similar to a pipe that becomes blocked up over time — initially, we may not see a huge impact on the flow of water with minimal blockages — but the more we accumulate experiences and push down emotions or dreams, we’re going to see more physical accumulation and even a blockage sooner or later.
Feng-shui is about creating a space that flows with the right balance of colors, densities, and textures to ensure optimal flow. We can apply this type of balance to our mental and emotional bodies, too.
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Where do we feel bunched up and crowded or free-flowing in our days? The part of our home associated with those aspects indicates where we are doing well and where we could use some attention and improvement.
When we have the above in place, we can start to review our lives more objectively and see where we might want to make some changes, and what end goals we want to see fabricating in our lives, which will then introduce and enhance the flow of what the universe has to offer us.
De-cluttering our worlds begins from within — when we take the time to realize the inner emotions, thought processes, and feelings about ourselves and the world we live in. By doing so, we can make significant or subtle changes to create more ease and flow on all levels and open up to the abundance we already are.
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Pamela Aloia is a certified grief coach, intuitive/medium, and author of inspirational books. Pamela supports people through change and helps them enhance their lives and experiences via energy awareness, meditation, and mindfulness.
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