Feng Shui, Grief & Sacred Containers: How Your Home Holds Your Healing with Paula Agudelo

This week's Healing Her Story episode arrives at a perfect bridge moment, between Virgo season's energy of clearing and Libra season's invitation into beauty and balance.And today's guest has spent her life living at that exact intersection.Paula Agudelo is an interior designer behind Sacred Interiors, helping women transform their homes into sanctuaries through intentional design and ritual. With 14 years in luxury interiors and two decades of metaphysical, psychological, and spiritual study, her work blends Feng Shui, the Bagua, ritual, and somatic awareness to help women create homes that mirror their truth and support who they're becoming.Her path to this work came through loss. Her father was murdered when she was nine. And somehow, in the grief that followed, she turned to art, flowers, and rearranging furniture. Beauty became her first healing practice.In this episode Riva and Paula explore:What sacred actually means and why it has nothing to do with religionWhy your home is not just where your life happens but where your life is being createdThe nine areas of the Bagua map and how each one connects to a different area of your lifeWhy clutter affects cortisol levels in women and what the science says about our environments and nervous system regulationCreating containers for grief including a 20-minute timer practice that changed everything for PaulaWhy systems are not the opposite of spirituality but the container that allows flow to happenPractical rituals for busy women that have nothing to do with Pinterest perfection, fresh flowers, a clean stove, coffee in peaceThis episode is for every woman who has ever felt like her home was holding her back instead of holding her up.Connect with Paula Agudelo:Website: sacredinteriors.design Personal site: paulaagudelo.com Book: House of Becoming — a poetry collection exploring the soul of the home and how to create sacred space for yourself Instagram: @sacredinteriors Resource: The Feng Shui Bagua MapSend us Fan Mail Our intro and outro song, Reclamation (Reborn), is an anthem of remembering.This song was created as a companion for the healing journey, especially for women reclaiming their voices, their rhythms, and their belonging in a world shaped by patriarchy.You’re invited to listen, feel, and let the music meet you wherever you are.Looking for support? Here's how to go deeper:Book a Somatic Assessment: Your 75-min 1:1 virtual session to explore what your body is holding and shape a personalized care plan. Book HereFree Trauma Recovery Mini-Course: A self-guided intro to trauma recovery and nervous system care. Download Here1:1 and Group Support: Virtual and in-person offerings. Learn MoreMeditations on Insight Timer: Guided practices for nervous system regulation. Listen HereWatch Reclamation: A music video and expressive arts project. Watch HereFollow on Instagram: @healingherstorypodcastSubscribe so you never miss an episode. Email [email protected] or DM @healingherstorypodcast on Instagram.