What if your home could heal you? Meet Lynne Niehaus, artist, interior designer, “Design Shaman,” and intuitive creator of sacred space, who joins Heather in this episode for an inspired, grounded conversation about the energetic language of design.

They explore how your space holds your stories (including the ones asking to be released), how clutter can signal emotional overflow, and why intentional design is one of the most practical spiritual tools we have. Plus, Lynne shares insights on color, the magic of starting small, and how to handle design compromises with a partner.

✨ Topics We Cover:

• Why your energy lives in your environment (and vice versa)
• How motherhood (and chaos) changed our approach to “sacred space”
• The surprising link between junk drawers and emotional boundaries
• Design triggers + intuitive insights: a live reading of Heather’s altar space
• How to bring more color and clarity into your space—starting now
• Lynn’s go-to spiritual and design practices, from sage to moon rituals to altar work
• The soul of co-creation in relationships (and design arguments with your partner)

🎨 Check out Lynn’s ⁠Homescapes Membership⁠ for weekly design support and gorgeous behind-the-scenes resources.📲 Follow Lynn on Instagram at ⁠@lynn_niehaus1⁠

Workshop Replay: https://design.lynneniehaus.com/marketrecap2025

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Summary:
In this special 10th episode of The Sacred Boardroom, Heather sits down with actor, writer, producer, and embodiment coach Natalie Neckyfarow for a powerful conversation about art, energy, and identity. Natalie shares how years of burnout, overgiving, and unprocessed emotions shaped her path—and how she ultimately reclaimed her creativity through energy work and spiritual healing.

Together, they explore:

• How sensitive creatives can navigate burnout and performance anxiety

• The connection between stage fright and energetic boundaries

• Why embodiment is more than a buzzword—and how it changed Natalie’s career

• How to use spiritual tools like energy work to enhance your art, not escape it

• Creating rituals for safety, expression, and artistic expansion

Whether you're a performer, entrepreneur, or empath navigating your path, this episode will help you reconnect with your gifts and show up with sovereignty.

Links + Mentions:

• Connect with Natalie on Instagram: @natalieneckyfarow

• Explore The Embodied Actor: theembodiedactor.com

• Discover your business energy archetype: sacredboardroom.com/quiz

• Book a Boardroom Session: sacredboardroom.com/session

In this deeply expansive episode, acupuncturist and Chinese medicine practitioner Dana Bairen joins Heather to explore the emotional, energetic, and spiritual roots of physical pain. Dana shares her winding path from engineering and military service to the healing arts, and how she uses esoteric acupuncture, five-element theory, and yin/yang wisdom to support her clients’ healing.

We talk about seasonal rhythms, burnout, the ego’s role in healing, and the power of deep listening—in both body and business.

Topics We Cover:

• Why physical pain often reflects emotional blocks

• How Chinese medicine honors the body, mind, and spirit

• The five elements and what they reveal about your energy

• Esoteric acupuncture and energy movement

• Seasonal living and why winter isn’t the time for goals

• How to release self-judgment and come into alignment

• And much more...

  
  

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-Intro/Outro by Oliver Wick