𝐒𝐨, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐡 //

Fun fact: I was 34 years old when I realized how much ass my relationship with money sucked!

My ex-husband had just moved out, cleared out the bank accounts and removed me from any assets we had built together.

My income went from $12K to $2K overnight with zero savings.

As a single mom, I was worried we were going to be homeless. AGAIN. For the fifth time.

It was around that time that I first heard the question: How’s your relationship with money?

I was stunned. TERRIBLE! Was the answer.

I simultaneously hated money and hating needing money, but still 𝑑𝑖𝑑 actually need it so felt like I was begging for it while secretly resenting it.

Over time, as I’ve worked with others, I’ve noticed many people feel the way I felt back then.

Ending up in a cold, frigid relationship with money that they wish they didn’t have to be in. Often pretending that they weren’t.

Feeling like the orphan that has to be respectful to the tyrant headmaster.

If money was a friend, it’d be the friend you never talk to on Facebook.

If money was a partner, it’d be sleeping in a separate bedroom living a separate life.

Completely 𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑑.

But I’ve learned some things about money as I’ve healed my relationship with it.

Firstly, 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐮𝐬! It wants to play, and support us and do our bidding.

Its only agenda is to be a 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑐𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑢𝑠. That’s it. The end.

Secondly, 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐢𝐭.

Like a dog to its owner.

So the reason we often move into challenges with money is because we are actually pushing it away. 

We want it, but we actually secretly 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑑𝑜𝑛’𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑖𝑡. Or want to need it.

And this creates chaos.

The thing is, boo, it costs money to build orphanages, and end world hunger

To create support programs for the people who need them

To evolve the current broken ass systems

To build wells and ship goods where people that need them are.

So if you really want to be part of the change, you are going to have to - at some point - make amends with money.

If you feel ready to start that now, check out my class: 

Money: A Love Story

Because one of my most important missions while I’m here, is to connect the people who came here to do good, with the resources they need to do that.

It’s a new day, my love. Let’s do things differently.