Episode 9

Preparing for Change: Finding Your Center Before the World Shifts

Published on: 9th July, 2026

What if the most important preparation for the future isn't knowing exactly what's coming—but becoming the kind of person who can meet it with clarity, courage, and calm?

In this episode of I Ching Mashup, Michele and Lisa explore a question inspired by conversations surrounding emerging global, energetic, and natural shifts:

What positive emerging pattern are we being invited to notice, and how can we align with it over the coming months?

Rather than predicting events, the I Ching turns our attention inward. The guidance is surprisingly clear: strengthen your inner foundation, cultivate discernment, and resist the temptation to react from fear. As external uncertainty increases, your greatest resource becomes your ability to remain centered.

Together, we explore:

✨ Why periods of uncertainty invite deeper self-awareness

✨ The difference between reacting to fear and responding with wisdom

✨ How stillness and discernment prepare us for meaningful change

✨ Why shadow work can become a doorway to greater freedom

✨ The importance of strengthening your inner foundation before taking action

✨ How communities grow stronger when individuals cultivate clarity, responsibility, and compassion

As the reading unfolds, we're reminded that every cycle contains both endings and new beginnings. Rather than rushing ahead or becoming overwhelmed by uncertainty, we're invited to pause, reflect, and repair what needs our attention—both within ourselves and within our communities.

This conversation is for anyone sensing that change is unfolding, feeling called to live more consciously, or wondering how to remain grounded when the world feels unpredictable.

Because the strongest foundation isn't built after the storm.

It's built before it arrives.

We are grateful you joined us!

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About the Podcast

I Ching Mashup with Michele and Lisa
Conversations on Space, Timing & Transformation
Join Michele and Lisa as they explore the timeless teachings of the I Ching — the ancient Book of Changes — and mash them up with real life, real questions, and the collective shifts we’re all navigating together.
Through honest dialogue, intuitive reflection, Feng Shui principles, spiritual inquiry, and everyday experiences, each episode becomes a living exploration of transformation, alignment, resilience, and conscious evolution.
This is not fortune telling.
It’s a conversation with change itself.
New conversations and collective readings released throughout the year.
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About your host

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Lisa Alban

Lisa Alban is a best-selling author, Board Chair of the International Feng Shui Guild, and founder of Cloud 9 Feng Shui. As a modern Feng Shui authority and energetic architect, she integrates spatial strategy, environmental psychology, and intuitive diagnostics to support conscious leaders and refined homes.

Her work bridges structure and intuition—showing that space is not aesthetic decoration, but a living system that shapes identity, clarity, and legacy.

Through design, dowsing, and governance-level leadership in the field, Lisa elevates Feng Shui beyond lifestyle trends into strategic transformation.