Carol M. Olmstead

Carol M. Olmstead, FSIA, is a Feng Shui Master Practitioner, award-winning author, speaker, and founder of Feng Shui For Real Life. For nearly 30 years, she has helped homeowners, businesses, workplaces, and organizations create spaces that support greater balance, prosperity, productivity, and well-being through practical, easy-to-implement Feng Shui.

Working on-site and virtually with clients across the country and internationally, Carol provides personalized consultations for homes, home offices, workplaces, and businesses, as well as webinars, workshops, and corporate training. Her contemporary approach makes the ancient principles of Feng Shui accessible, relevant, and effective for modern living.

Known as The Feng Shui Maven, Carol believes that your surroundings shape the way you live, work, and feel. Even one thoughtful adjustment can improve the flow and create positive changes that ripple into every area of life. Her recommendations are practical, personalized, and designed to fit your lifestyle.

Carol's own Feng Shui journey began unexpectedly while working as a marketing consultant. After rearranging her office using Feng Shui principles, she landed a consulting contract in Hawaii just two weeks later — an assignment that was extended after she arrived. The experience inspired her to study with the Feng Shui Institute of America, where she earned the professional designation FSIA.

Today, Carol is recognized as one of America's leading contemporary Feng Shui practitioners. She has been featured or quoted in numerous national and regional media outlets, including Cosmopolitan, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Philadelphia Inquirer, Washingtonian, The Scientist, Prevention, Bustle, Observer, Mental Floss, and many other publications and websites.

Organizations ranging from Fortune 500 companies to government agencies, universities, museums, and professional associations have invited Carol to share her practical approach for creating healthier, more productive environments. Her clients have included Discovery Communications, Booz Allen Hamilton, Marriott, NASA, Georgetown University Medical School, the U.S. Mint, Leadership Greater Washington, and IKEA. She also served as Feng Shui consultant for the Museum of International Folk Art's exhibition Sacred Realm: Blessings and Good Fortune Across Asia.

Carol is the author of four Feng Shui books, including the award-winning Feng Shui Quick Guide For Home and Office: Secrets for Attracting Wealth, Harmony, and Love. Her other titles include Everyday Feng Shui: Simple Changes, Big Impact, Feng Shui to the Rescue: Rearrange Your Space, Shift Your Energy, Transform Your Life! and 365 Feng Shui Secrets: Daily Tips for Attracting Wealth, Harmony, and Love.

Carol has served on the Board of Directors of the International Feng Shui Guild and was awarded their Red Ribbon Professional Member status, recognizing her commitment to excellence and professional standards in the practice of Feng Shui.

Whether she's consulting with a homeowner, advising a business, or speaking to an audience, Carol's mission remains the same: to help people rearrange their spaces, shift their energy, and transform their lives — one practical Feng Shui adjustment at a time.

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