{"title":"Featured","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"the-house-of-me","title":"The House of Me","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"product-description font-section-product-description richtext\n\t\t\trichtext-quill\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA monthly practice for becoming more at home in your own life\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(Buy it today or get it FREE as part of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/brocante-home.circle.so\/feed\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eyour subscription to The Atelier\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe House of Me is an 18-page illustrated monthly reflection practice from BrocanteHome, designed to help you notice what is flourishing, what feels a little off, and where you might want to place your attention next.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInstead of treating your life as one enormous problem to solve, you wander through it room by room.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is a Kitchen for nourishment and energy. A Bedroom for rest. A Drawing Room for friendship. A Study for purpose and curiosity. A Dressing Room for body and identity. A Hall for practical life. A Parlour for pleasure. A Garden for possibility. An Attic for memory and letting go. A Hearth for home itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd behind another door, there is the Secret Room: the private self that belongs entirely to you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOnce a month, you answer a handful of gentle questions in each area according to how life has\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eactually\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efelt lately.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom those answers comes your\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHouse Measure\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNot a grade. Not a target. 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