INTERVIEW

An Interview with Norma Lehmeier Hartie, Author of Harmonious Environment

Written by Carole McDonnell
Published December 01, 2007
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Introducing “Harmonious Adjustments?” What exactly is that?

Harmonious Adjustments are made only after a space is clean and organized, negative energy is gone and the environment is as free from toxins as possible.

With all this research on these principles, some of it must have leaked into your own home life. what is your personal environment like?

People always tell me that “your home feels good,” or that it’s like a sanctuary.

Ooh, that sounds nice. Harmonious Environment contains hundreds of resources and information providing eco-friendly and safe construction and building materials and household goods. How did you find out all this information? You did a lot of research?

Both research and applying principles to my home and my clients’ homes. I really wanted the reader to be able to learn how to make a home harmonious with the application of Harmonious Adjustments™.

I see that your book is found in regular bookstores, health-food stores and decoration centers? That's a wide variety.

Harmonious Environment has a wide audience. It is in health food stores, new age stores, bookstores, green stores and home design stores.

What are the major categories of this book?

These are the chapters:
Introduction
Part I: Banish the Ugly from Your Life
1: Eliminate Harmful Products and Replace them with Eco-Friendly Ones!
2: Free Yourself from the Tyranny of Clutter and Dirt Forever!
3: Dowse Your House and Other Clearing Methods
4: Goodbye to Damaging Personal Body Care Products
5: Eating for a Harmonious Body: Natural and Organic Foods
Part II: Bring in the Beautiful to Create a Harmonious Environment and Self
6: Earth-Based Spirituality: Honoring Mother Earth and Self
7: Harmonious Adjustments: Using Feng Shui and Other Techniques For
Powerful Results
8: Cohabitating with Plants, Crystals and Rocks
9: Nurture Yourself with Flowers
Part III: Putting the Pieces Together
10: How to Decorate with Harmony and Confidence
11: Conclusion
Part IV:
Resources

How did you come up with the title?

It was hard work. Experimented with different titles until I was happy.

So with all these principles, what is the main message you want readers of your book to grasp?

You can create a beautiful, healthy home while treading lightly on Mother earth.

What books have most influenced your life most?

Too many too mention.

What book are you reading now?

Publishing reference books.

What're you working on?

Marketing Harmonious Environment and a new book on publishing.

Yes, yes, your book was self-published. But it garnered many awards. The grand-prize winning book in Writers’ Digest 15th Annual International Self-Published Books Awards competition, competing against 2,404 total entries in nine different categories. It was also a finalist in the Nautilus book awards and Foreword Magazine. That is a lot of recognition for the hard work of self-publishing. If you had to do it all over again, would you change anything in the way you approached publishing this book?

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Carole McDonnell's short stories and essays appear online and in print, in speculative fiction, ethnic, and Christian publications. She lives in New York with her husband, two sons, and their pets. Wind Follower, published by Juno Books in June 2007, is her first novel.
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An Interview with Norma Lehmeier Hartie, Author of Harmonious Environment
Published: December 01, 2007
Type: Interview
Section: Books
Filed Under: Interviews, Culture: Home and Garden, Books: Spirituality, Books: Self-Help, Books: Reference, Books: Home and Garden, Books: Health
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#1 — December 1, 2007 @ 18:00PM — Natalie Bennett [URL]

This article has been selected for syndication to Advance.net , which is affiliated with newspapers around the United States, and to Boston.com. Nice work!

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