Money and Finances

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John Gailbraith, the famous American economist, said:

“Money ranks with love as man’s greatest source of joy and with death as his greatest source of anxiety”.

On the anxiety side of things there is no doubt that money can be a source of great angst and I certainly have personal experience of this.  I’ve also run many workshops, written a book and worked with many people privately around financial issues and the lack of prosperity, abundance, or financial stability that so many people wrestle with.

If you’re in a financial struggle you may not realise how you have deep seated, and often unconscious beliefs, either acquired from your family of origin or negative financial experiences along the way, which profoundly affect your financial status. Beliefs about your worthiness to receive can also be a major limiting factor.

You may have inner conflicts that you haven’t recognised – for instance, if you believe rich people are ruthless and power hungry, then there is a part of you that is going to work against being rich.  If you came from a “working class” family but are striving to be wealthy and financially independent, there will be a part of you that is working against betraying your tribe.

Uncovering these beliefs and inner conflicts and how they govern your relationship with money can be very enlightening as well as really shifting the state of your finances.

“Many thanks for helping me get ‘unstuck’. Having been a successful consultant and investor, I found myself struggling to gain clients, with projects that were consuming cash instead of making it.  Since starting with your sessions, my projects are moving again, investments are gaining, and newfound opportunities for generating money are surfacing once more.  You have no idea how great that makes me feel!”

You may feel very stressed about your financial situation, with very real concerns – the amount of debt you have piled up, inability to pay bills, constantly juggling trying to make ends meet, not being able to provide your family with what you want.  Your inner critic may be having a field day – beating yourself up for past financial mistakes, for being a failure, for not being able to earn more, for not being a good money manager, for wasting money…

However being stressed – with the anxiety, insomnia, tension, obsessive thoughts, drained energy and procrastination that go with the fear, flight and freeze response – doesn’t actually solve the situation.  Releasing the stress and having a new perspective can make space for clearer and more creative action to bring about change.

“Most often the last thing I thought of at night and the first thing I thought of in the morning ceases to be a worry, and is something that I let flow through my life.  I now pride myself on the financial milestones that I continually pass, effortlessly!”