SPACE WHISPERING

Space Whispering: Design + Soulful Tools

My first and most vulnerable episode, I recorded it on the first anniversary of the podcast. Thank you so much for listening from around 35 countries and counting. Check out my freebie: https://rhayni.co/voice [https://rhayni.co/voice]

41.🪞Your space is a direct reflection of your unconscious mind with Elizabeth Armistead🧠

Elizabeth Armistead is a Feng Shui expert and spiritual empowerment coach with over fifteen years of experience. This is a conversation about using space as a tool for becoming. Not decorating tips. Not Feng Shui rules. This is about who you're becoming and how your space either supports or sabotages that transformation. Topics we whisper in our conversation: * Clutter isn't laziness—it's stuck energy, unprocessed emotions, and identity confusion. * Intentional object selection: does this reflect the life I'm creating or leaving? * Small shifts, big ripples: you don't need to gut-renovate to transform Elizabeth: "You can't step into the future version of yourself if your space is still holding the past." ☎️Guest Contact Info: www.elizabetharmistead.com [http://www.elizabetharmistead.com/] More about R H A Y N I: https://rhayni.co [https://rhayni.co/] Your space is talking to you. Are you listening? Every object, every corner, every color is either supporting your transformation or keeping you stuck. You can't become who you're meant to be in a space that reflects who you were. Interested in working with RHAYNI? Start with the Space Whispering Session: rhayni.co/sws [https://rhayni.co/sws]

⛩️ Soul-Led Business Beyond Hustle Culture with Norbert Hrunevics

This is a conversation about the collapse of old paradigms. Norbert Hrunevics guides conscious entrepreneurs who are ready to move beyond systems that deplete them. Born in the USSR and raised in Hungary, he has moved through cruise ships, corporate Dubai, and back home at 31. He knows what it feels like to rescue everyone while abandoning yourself. Then he learned something: when you're connected to your soul, you don't need to get energy from outside. You become the energy. We talk about what happens when you move from your soul center instead of pushing through depletion or hustle culture. We explore communication that occurs without words—sensing what people need before they say it. We discuss kintsugi, the Japanese art of mending broken pottery with gold. The cracks aren't damaged. They're where the gold comes in. Your sensitivity isn't your weakness. It's your medicine. 📞Guest: https://www.threads.net/@norbert.hrunevics [https://www.threads.net/@norbert.hrunevics] https://x.com/hrunevics [https://x.com/hrunevics**] https://substack.com/@norberthrunevics [https://substack.com/@norberthrunevics] Remember to download Norbert's free ebook called: From Hidden to Heard HOLISTIC SPACE ASSESSMENT Uncover the Hidden Potential of Your Space and Align It with Your Soul’s Purpose: https://rhayni.co/hsa [https://rhayni.co/hsa]

Cristina Samper: Colombia is her Magic, New York is her Becoming

Cristina is a visual design expert, art historian, and curator of experiences that celebrate rather than compete. We talked about living between worlds. The magical pull of home. The friction of New York. How she went from competitive art spaces to building something collaborative and real. And that's where the actual work happens—in the in-between. Listen to Cristina process it all out loud. cristinasamperc.com [http://cristinasamperc.com/] | @cristinasamperc.arte Your space speaks. Are you listening? The psychology of space reveals that our relationship with our home directly mirrors our relationship with ourselves. Upload 2 photos of any area in your home + answer 2 questions. I'll send you a personalized voice note revealing what your space is trying to tell you. This isn't about perfect design; messy rooms are welcomed. Start here: rhayni.co/voice [http://rhayni.co/voice] and let your space speak.

Embodied Architecture: A Conversation That Questions How We Design With Drew Graff

We met a year ago at KU. I was visiting and at one point filling in for Jae Chang's design studio, where students were designing a food hall for the future of KC. I sat down with each student individually and asked them to look at me. Not the computer to show me their design because I want to hear them, look into the person who was designing first, not the computer or their creations. That conversation with Drew and his classmates stayed with him. He came back a year later to talk about why. Because here's what he discovered: architecture is really embodied. It's building space. It's locations for our bodies to exist, move, see, hear, and taste. And once you see that—once you actually feel it—you can't design the same way again. Drew quilts. He's been quilting since he was seven. His mom, grandma, and great aunt, all quilters. He didn't understand the labor until he made one himself. The hours. The care. The intention is embedded in every stitch. That's when it clicked: this is what embodied work looks like. And it changed how he thinks about architecture. We talked about AI. What happens when the data shaping our design tools carries bias? What does that mean for the spaces we build? But more than that, we talked about whose stories buildings tell. Whose are erased. Because architecture isn't neutral. It's deeply tied to gender identity, to race. It really is a humanities field now. I shared a story about visiting land in the DR. One development, completely leveled and bare, I got sunburnt in minutes. Less than a minute away, totally different. Cooler. Softer. You could hear nature again. It's not just about cutting trees. But native soil develops over centuries. It manages water, supports root systems, and regulates temperature. When you bring in fill from outside, it doesn't know how. Drew understood right away. He said something I needed to hear: we don't know better. We know differently. That's the shift. That's what changes how you design. Not having all the answers. But respecting the other. Asking who this is for and who it's built on top of. Designing with communities instead of for them. That's the shift. That's the work. Referenced: * Citizen Architects: Other Ways of Doing Architecture — on citizen experts vs. expert citizens * Bell Hooks — Killing Rage: Ending Racism (on rupture and transformation) * Glenn Murcutt — architect drawing from Aboriginal Australian principles * Phenomenology & biopolitics — frameworks for understanding how spaces encode power 📞 Connect with Drew: Drew Graff is an architecture and design student exploring subversive spatial practices, phenomenology, and biopolitics. Portfolio: https://indd.adobe.com/view/1258482a-c0f0-450b-9132-f5bd295bd83e [https://indd.adobe.com/view/1258482a-c0f0-450b-9132-f5bd295bd83e] 🔗 Work with Rhayni: bio.site/rhayni