Reclaiming Me Podcast

The Scarcity Trap (And How to Break Free)

• Ariana • Episode 8

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In this episode of 'Reclaiming Me,' host Ariana Reinhart dives into the pervasive issue of scarcity thinking and its impact on our lives. She discusses how scarcity mindset manifests through feelings of not being enough and the constant need to hustle, affecting everything from confidence to relationships. 

Ariana explains the origin of these limiting beliefs, including generational trauma and societal expectations. She provides actionable steps to shift from scarcity to an abundance mindset, emphasizing the importance of gratitude, celebrating others, and trusting in one's worthiness. 

Ariana also shares personal stories to illustrate the power of intuition and patience in manifesting a fulfilling life. The episode concludes with empowering affirmations and reflective journaling prompts to help listeners start their journey toward abundance.

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Ariana:

Hello, beautiful soul. Welcome back to Reclaiming Me. Today's episode is one that's really close to my heart because I know how many of us struggle with this without even realizing it. Scarcity keeps you living small, always hustling for more, and still never feeling like it's enough. In this episode, we're getting really honest about the scarcity trap and how it shows up in your life. It's that quiet voice that keeps you believing that you're not enough, you don't have enough, and you never will be enough. I will show you how to recognize scarcity thinking in your everyday life, how it shapes your confidence, and most importantly, how to break free and step it into an abundance mindset where you finally feel worthy of receiving. I hope you've been enjoying and finding value in this podcast. Please reach out with any questions that you have or any related topics that you would like for me to cover. I am here for you and I want to provide value for you, so I want these episodes to speak to what you need and what you're ready for so that you can embody the future version of you now. So grab your favorite drink, settle in, and let's get started. And by the way, if you can't wait to hear more from this podcast, hit the Follow button. Or if you want to get my stop playing small, rebuild your confidence and understand your Worth workbook, click the link in the episode description. This workbook is designed with a clear purpose and that is to guide you towards a more joyous and fulfilling life. It covers three transformational techniques to build unshakeable confidence and reclaim your inner essence so that your wounded inner child no longer runs the show. It's an incredibly powerful tool to support you in your healing journey where you no longer feel the need to settle in life and love. You are not too much. You are not too sensitive. You are not too late. Welcome to Reclaiming Me, the podcast for the woman who's ready to stop shrinking and start coming home to herself. Whether you're driving home from another long shift, walking your dog under quiet sky, or trying to outrun the voice that says you're not enough. This space is for you. I'm your host, Ariana Reinhart, speaker, coach, and your guide on this journey of undoing the noise, shedding the pressure, and rising into who you were always meant to be. This show explores what it really means to heal from toxic patterns, rebuild your confidence, and reclaim the love and life you actually deserve. Here we talk self-worth, healing, boundaries, power, and the sacred process of becoming. Because you were never meant to fit in. You're on the journey back to who you were before the world told you who to be. This is your invitation. Let's begin. You know that feeling when you look at someone else's success and instantly think that means I'll never get there. Or when you overwork yourself because you're afraid that if you slow down, everything's gonna fall apart. That's scarcity. Scarcity mindset is the belief that there is never enough, and worse, that you are not enough. And it can be a sneaky little voice that whispers things like there's not enough to go around. If she has it, then I can't. I can't trust things to work out. I'm always one step away from losing it all. This is so expensive, I can't afford it. If you've ever felt like no matter how hard you try, you're still stuck in survival mode, constantly worried about time, money, love, and energy, then this is for you. Scarcity doesn't just show up in your bank account, although that's often where our minds go first. It shows up in your relationships and how you think about love in your self-worth, and how much rest you allow yourself and in whether or not you feel safe asking for what you need. In opportunities, your confidence, and even how much joy you allow yourself to feel, how much pleasure you allow yourself to feel. And this mindset can quietly run your life unless you start choosing something else. And here's the thing. Scarcity doesn't just limit what we believe is possible, it keeps us playing small, keeps us stuck in fear and constantly hustling for worthiness. Now, we aren't born thinking this way. We learn it. Most of the time this mindset doesn't actually even come from us. It doesn't really belong to us. It comes from generational trauma, what you were taught by your parents and authoritative figures growing up, the stories that you were told as a child, and society's hustle culture mixed with that unattainable idea of perfectionism. It's often rooted in early experiences. Maybe you grew up hearing money doesn't grow on trees. That's a very common one. Or maybe you were compared to siblings or your classmates. Maybe you gave your heart away and you were left feeling like love was scarce and hard to find. Maybe you were told to be grateful for what you have and not to ask for more, or maybe as a child love was given to you with strings attached. Maybe money always felt tight and unpredictable. So now as an adult, you might say yes to things that drain you because you're afraid that they're not gonna ask again. You're afraid you're gonna miss out. You might undercharge for your gifts, hold yourself back from asking for a raise or a promotion when you know that you deserve one, settle for relationships where you're bread crumbed, where you're just given those tiny little pieces to keep you coming back, but you're not actually receiving the love that you deserve. You might feel unsafe, slowing down, resting, or trusting that ease and that flow. You know that feeling where it's like, oh, everything's been going well lately, so you're just waiting for the ball to drop, you're just waiting for the shit to hit the fan. That's because you don't trust that your life can flow with ease. Our subconscious mind picks these messages up and it runs with them, and it creates a lens through which we see the world. And unless we become aware of it, we're going to keep repeating those same cycles and those same patterns. And those traumas and beliefs are not your fault. But it is your responsibility to heal them, to grow and to learn from them, and to break that cycle so that the next generation doesn't have those same belief patterns that keep them playing small. And this is not an easy task to break these cycles, but it feels so good when you finally do. It should also feel good that now the next generation doesn't have to deal with it. They're not the ones that have to break it down. Scarcity has a very heavy energy attached to it. And if you start to become aware, you can actually identify scarcity by how it feels in your body. It will typically feel like tightness in your chest or your throat, kind of this feeling like you can't fully breathe or speak freely. It can feel like a knot in the stomach. It's often experienced as anxiety, nervousness or like this energy of what if I lose it all? A lot of the time it can create your shoulders and your jaw or your entire body to be kind of clenched and tense and tightened, and it's, your body is literally like bracing itself, waiting for something to go wrong. It might show up as restless sleep. Your mind is spinning at night. You're constantly planning and worrying and calculating and thinking about all the things that you have to do the next day. I know so many people, especially women who experience this, so if this resonates with you, trust me, you are not alone. And it can also show up as low energy or burnout. Feeling like no matter how much you do, there's always so much more and So you just finally get burnt out with it and it makes you feel like you are behind. So you're constantly exhausted, rather than uplifted and energetic. The energy of scarcity is very contracted and closed off. It feels small, rigid, and like everything is restricted. It's like a holding on for dear life energy. And sometimes what you can do is just take a few deep breaths, kind of really tune into your body and ask it like if you have a thought or something is coming up, say it to yourself or ask your body, like, how does this feel to me? And if it feels constricted and tight, like it's like sucking you back, like it's closing you off, like it's shutting you down, then it's not good. And it might be a scarcity thought. But if it feels open and expansive and good and free, then that means that it's probably right for you. And scarcity is fear driven. It's that underlying vibration of fear. It's the fear of losing, the fear of missing out, the fear of not being enough. You'll find yourself in constant comparison when you're in that frequency of scarcity. It whispers like if she has it, then you can't, which creates a competitive kind of survival energy. Or if someone else is doing that or teaching that, then I can't. And so it holds you back from doing those things that are right for you, that are meant for you because you're feeling like, well, someone else is doing it, so that means that I can't do it. It's already done. But the truth is that you are going to bring it out in a way that's different than them. You're going to speak about that thing, you're going to do that thing in a way that's different from everyone else. And it's your frequency and your voice and the codes that you have within yourself that are going to resonate with your people. Scarcity also feels like desperate and hurried. It makes you rush and overwork and grab at things because you're afraid that they might slip away. It's very heavy and dense. It weighs you down and keeps you focused on lack instead of the possibilities. It can often make you, like you'll overwork, but yet you still feel behind. You might become a workaholic and neglect other areas of your life because you feel like you can never get caught up, or you need to keep making more money in order to do the things you wanna do or live the life that you wanna live. And this can sometimes cause issues in other areas of your life. Scarcity can make you scared to set boundaries and to say no. This is also a big one. It's like that FOMO. You find yourself afraid to say no or to set boundaries with individuals because you're afraid that these opportunities or love are gonna disappear if you do. It's like you think that this is your only chance, and so you've gotta grasp it. And so you keep saying yes and yes, and yes to all these things, which leads to burnout, and then all of a sudden you're like, oh my God, I've had no time for myself. I've had no time for my priorities. I've given way too much of myself, and now I'm exhausted. So you want to, it should either be a fuck yes or a hell no. If it's not a fuck yes, then it's a no. Now we're gonna get into the energy of abundance here soon, but I just wanna give you an idea of the difference between these two forms of energy. So in contrast, abundance feels open and expansive. You might notice that your shoulders drop, your breath deepens. There's space to move, and it feels like you can stretch and there's space to dream and dream big, dream bigger than you could ever imagine, and to trust that, that those dreams can come true for you. It's trust filled. It's that energy that says there is always more coming, so I don't need to chase. It's joyful and magnetic. Instead of grasping at everything you can possibly get your hands on and every opportunity that comes along, you attract. Instead of forcing things, you allow them to flow. And it's light and radiant. Abundance feels kind of like sunlight on your skin. It's that warm, flowing, natural, beautiful energy. So why is scarcity harmful? Do you guys ever have those words that like your brain knows that it's, it's wrong. That like you're not pronouncing it properly, but it still wants to say it anyway, and it takes everything you have to say the word properly? That's, that's where scarcity for me, like I always wanna call it scarcity, even though I know it's scarcity. I always wanna call it scarcity. So you might catch me doing that every now and then in this episode. So why is it harmful? It keeps you from resting and healing, which ends up taking a toll on your mental health and your body. And there are so many of us nowadays that are living in this. We're living in this burnout now. We're living in this just like feeling of depletion and like there's not enough The old ways of thinking and the old constructs, we're in the process of them being broken down right now so that we can upgrade, like the world, society can upgrade into a new frequency, and that's gonna really start to happen in the next decade. Um, it's kind of really starting to flow in the next couple of years here, but right now we're in that process of all those old constructs being broken down, and that's why the world seems like it's gone to shit right now. That's why there is so much of this just chaos. But it's going to get better and, and just lean into the good while you can right now instead of focusing on the lack, instead of focusing on the chaos and all the things that are going wrong. Scarcity also keeps you stuck in people pleasing, in perfectionism and in burnout, like I've said. You feel like you always need to be performing or you need to be making more or doing more, like it's just, you can never stop. Or you need to make others happy so that they don't get upset with you or they don't leave you, they don't abandon you. That people pleasing, that fawn response is really comes in when you're living in that frequency and that energy of scarcity. And it makes you believe that you're not good enough. This type of thinking severely, negatively affects your confidence and your love for life. It comes from this energy of desperation, which actually blocks you from manifesting abundance, and it tells the universe that you don't want what you're asking for. It's feeding into your ego and keeps you at that same level you're currently at, while your reticular activating system keeps looking for proof that this lack is very much a part of your life. Okay, now I'm just gonna take a second to remind you to go download my free, Stop Playing Small, build your Confidence and understand Your Worth Workbook, and remember to leave a review on Pod Chaser. You can find both of those links in the show notes or follow me on Instagram at Balanced Soul Awakening. I also wanna point out again that we will take time to cover your questions in these episodes. So please reach out if you have any burning questions, or if there's anything that you would love for me to discuss on this podcast, I would genuinely love to hear from you. While scarcity mindset is the belief that there's never enough. There's not enough time, money, love, opportunities. And it creates anxiety, comparison and desperation, the abundance mindset says there's always more, there's more opportunities, there's more resources, more possibilities. And when you believe this, you make choices from a place of trust rather than fear. You make choices from a place of love rather than fear. And switching to abundance starts with gratitude for what you already have, as well as the belief in your ability to create more. You stop gripping so tightly to what's right in front of you because you trust that there's more coming. And you trust that even if you say no to this thing right now because it doesn't quite feel aligned, something even better is going to come. An example of this is when I left my previous relationship because it was very, very toxic and it was abusive. And I was looking for a place to live. Let me tell you, that was not easy. It was not fun. The city that I live in is not very dog friendly, and so it took me three months of trying everything I had to find a place to rent, but because I had two large dogs, everyone was like, we picked someone else who doesn't have animals. It was very frustrating and exhausting. I wanted nothing more than to leave my partner's. I wasn't actually with him at the time, but to just leave that house, to get out of that energy and to no longer have to deal with that shit. It was an exasperating process. So there was an apartment, and I hate living in condos and apartments. Um, but there was this apartment that I was looking at and it was not in the best part of the city that I live in. And I didn't particularly like it, but I was offered the place. So I was talking to a family member after and she was kind of like, well. Why don't you just take it? You have this opportunity and it's there. Why don't you just take it? She was kind of getting frustrated with me'cause she was like, well, it, it doesn't really seem like you actually wanna get out of this situation. And I was like, I do. I really, really do. But I also don't want to lock myself into a contract and get into another situation where I'm gonna be miserable again. Where I'm not gonna enjoy it. I don't want that for myself. I know that there's something out there that is right for me. I know that something is coming that is the right fit, and this is not the right fit. So I waited it out. And sure enough, the perfect place for me at the time came along and I was able to accept that place. The rental industry here is very, very competitive. It is very difficult to find a place. But the girl that was showing me. Was like, Nope. Even though this girl has dogs, I really like her and I feel like her energy is right and this is the right fit. She turned down multiple other people, but she felt like I was the right fit, and that was a perfect example of not just grabbing onto every little thing that comes along because you're scared of losing it or that something's gonna happen. I am so incredibly glad that I waited and that I trusted my intuition and that I did that because I know that I would've been really not happy at all in that other place, and I would've kind of just ended up replacing one place where I was miserable with another. And another example of this too actually was, so I just sold my house at the beginning of this year and I received an offer on my house from a real estate agent and it was lower than I was hoping that it would be. But the contingencies or stipulations, I can't think of the word, was like he didn't want to do a home inspection. And so it was what I was told was a really, really good offer, and I was being recommended to accept it by pretty much everyone. And I was like, this doesn't feel right. It just, it does not feel right in my body. And it was an incredibly hard decision because it was like, oh my God, what if I reject this offer? What if I decline it and it's the only thing that comes along and then I'm stuck with this and then I just totally messed everything up. But I was tuning into my intuition. I was tuning into my body and it was like, this isn't the right one. And the funny thing is, actually before I even listed it, I had told both my mom and my realtor I have a feeling like I'm going to receive an offer that I'm not particularly going to enjoy. And then I'm going to, it's gonna be a little bit like, uhhh, I don't know what to do. I'm gonna feel kinda, I don't know, and then I'm going to receive another offer for 505,000. That specific number came up. I'm just getting this feeling. This is what my intuition is telling me. So, yeah, it came down to the point where it was like, okay. Now this is actually happening. And so I've received this offer that I don't particularly want, and it's not sitting right with me. And all day I was like, oh my God, I don't know what to do, and everyone's telling me to accept it. I don't know. And so I'd go back and forth and I was struggling with myself because there are several times where my intuition was like, it's not the right one. Just wait. Just wait. Just stay calm. In that situation, it is incredibly hard to do. And I was like, oh my God, am I making a huge mistake? But I stuck with it and it was kind of interesting because every time that I was about to give in to that fear, something would come up and it was okay, well now the offer has expired. And then so we redid another offer and then literally 30 minutes before the offer expired, he was like, oh, well there's the furnace is making this noise. And so you either take off 10 grand for that or you get it fixed and it ended up just being a screw that was loose. And so there were all these things. Then all of a sudden my partner sat down with me and was like, would you be happy if you accepted this offer? And I was like, no. I honestly wouldn't. And so I sat there a little bit longer and it was about to expire again, and I was literally just about to be like, okay, I don't know. No other offers have come in. Maybe I should just accept it. And I'm starting to type out the message to my realtor and all of a sudden I get a text from her, we just received a new offer. And the offer is for 505,000. And in the end we were talking about it and she's like, holy crap. Ariana, your intuition totally called it. Good for you for listening to that because your intuition just saved you$18,000. It just made me, I guess,$18,000 and that was an incredibly hard decision. And don't get me wrong, I still have those moments where it is very, very difficult not to play into that fear and to just listen to and trust my intuition. But I'm so freaking glad I did and pretty much every single time, I'm so glad I did. So this is just a story to let you know what is possible and that even though it's hard, really just listening and tuning in is usually the right move to make. And there are things that are possible and that are ready to come for you, but the universe might be testing you to see are you actually ready for this? Are you actually gonna trust in me? Are you actually gonna surrender and trust your intuition that these things are possible and they are coming? So now that I went off on that tangent, we'll get back to the feeling of abundance. So abundance feels light. It feels expansive and free. You really don't have to hustle or earn your worth. Abundance is honestly your birthright and it's just society and the teachings and those limiting beliefs that we have been raised to believe that have been imprinted into our subconscious, that make us believe otherwise, that make us believe that there's not enough and these things aren't possible. Abundance doesn't mean ignoring challenges or pretending that everything is perfect. It's about shifting from fear to trust, from there's never enough to, there's always more on the way. It's knowing that someone else's success doesn't take away from your own. That love and joy and money and opportunities expand when you lean into them. When you start living in abundance, you stop grasping and you start allowing, you stop competing and you start celebrating. You stop settling and you start receiving. So let's talk about how to actually do this, to shift from scarcity to expansion. You are not stuck in scarcity. You may have learned it, but you can also unlearn it. So here are some shifts that you can start making today. Number one is name the fear. Have awareness around when your scarcity mindset is coming through. And notice when you say, I can't, I'll never, or it's too late. Or the next time that that tightening, panicked, feeling arises, just pause and ask yourself, what do I believe I'm going to lose right now? Is it love? Is it safety, validation, control? We love to have control as humans. Awareness is always step one. Getting honest with the fear helps to loosen its grip. Number two, choose a truth that expands you. Try to reframe those thoughts. Instead of, I can't afford that, try that's not a priority right now, but I'm creating space for it. You can say, universe, please show me ways to make this affordable for me, or please bring in the money that I need for whatever you're trying to call in. Instead of, there aren't enough opportunities, say the right opportunities are always finding me. Instead of, I can't, ask yourself, how could I? Maybe you haven't learned how to do something yet, but you can learn. Maybe you don't have the money yet. What are some ways that you can make a little extra money? Challenge yourself to start looking for creative solutions rather than just seeing the problem. And repeat this to yourself even if you don't fully believe it yet. There is more than enough. What's meant for me cannot miss me. My worth is not tied to my productivity. I don't have to prove myself to be chosen. Believe that you deserve good things now. Number three, practice gratitude daily. Gratitude trains your brain to see what's already working. When you can practice gratitude for what you already have, it allows you to see that there's more than enough. Anything you want, anything you can dream of is available. And there's probably a lot more abundance in your life than you actually realize, so trust that there's more than enough for you. Sometimes it helps to even pay attention to simple things, things that we overlook, like the abundance of grass, or the abundance of trees around you. The unconditional love from your animals, from your pets. The abundance and easy accessibility of water. There is abundance all around us, but we just sometimes fail to actually see it. So write down at least three things that you're grateful for every night and really feel into them. Really feel that gratitude. Number four, celebrate others. Instead of falling into comparison, practice celebrating the wins that others have. Their success is proof that it's possible for you too. And celebrate your small wins as well as proof of abundance. When you celebrate and acknowledge even those little things, it anchors the frequency into you, and it also shows the universe that you are grateful and you're ready to accept more. Five: practice receiving. Scarcity keeps you in a loop of overgiving a lot of the time. And expansion starts when you allow yourself to receive, whether that be compliments, support, love, pleasure, or rest. Especially as women, we are so programmed to give. But we're often not open to receiving. Start to practice having awareness around your ability to receive and continuing to explore becoming more open to receiving. Pay attention to how you feel and what you say, even when someone gives you something as simple as a compliment. Or when someone wants to buy you coffee or dinner or even make you dinner. Do you just smile and say, thank you and accept it graciously? Or do you make some kind of excuse? Do you brush it off, decline it, offer to pay instead? Say that you can't accept their offer. Say no, that's okay. I'll make you supper instead. What do you do in these situations? And if you catch yourself not being open, don't place any shame or guilt on yourself. Just begin to work on graciously accepting and saying thank you, no matter how difficult it is at first. It will get easier with time. I promise you. This simple act rewires your brain to receive. Let abundance feel safe in your nervous system again. I used to be terrible with even accepting a compliment. I would get so awkward and uncomfortable and I wouldn't know what to say, and it made me kind of just wanna like curl up in the fetal position and hide. That may sound silly, but it was where I was at. When I was growing up, a lot of the time compliments from a male meant that they were attracted to me and that they wanted something from me. So it kind of became an uncomfortable situation to be in, especially accepting compliments from males. But over time, I was able to heal that, and now I can accept compliments with grace and ease. Now I know that I can accept it and still stand in my power and hold my boundaries without feeling bad. Six: create rituals that anchor abundance. Maybe it's a morning mantra like I am open to abundance in all forms. Maybe it's writing yourself a check for the amount of money that you wanna call in. Maybe it's dancing in your kitchen to remind yourself that joy is always available. Maybe it's having a monthly money date. Do what feels fun and expansive for you. A daily affirmation that I love to recite is, I am so happy and grateful that money flows easily to me every day, and that I have an abundance of money in my bank account. Repeat that one and then breathe it in after you say that. And another helpful ritual is to take a few deep breaths before making a decision. And ask yourself, am I choosing this out of fear or trust? When you shift from scarcity to abundance, your whole energy changes. You move differently. You speak differently. You show up for yourself in ways that you never imagined. It's not about denying the hard things. It's about trust and living from a place of love. There are more opportunities and more joy ahead of you. Living in abundance means saying yes to yourself. It means allowing yourself to take up space, to rest without guilt and to dream without limits. Manifesting isn't about what we want. It's about how we feel and what we believe we deserve. You can want something with everything you have, but if you don't believe that you deserve it or that it's possible for you or that it's coming to you, it's not going to happen. You're not going to receive it. A lot of the time when people are attempting to manifest, they're actually coming from a place of scarcity and desperation. It's an energy of like, I need this to happen so that I can pay my bills or in order for my life to get better, or whatever it is. But the universe doesn't respond well to desperation. The tricky thing is that most people don't understand that this is the energy that they're in and that they're trying to manifest from. So something that you can do is meditate on what you want to come into your life, what you want your life to look like. And see it happening. Imagine that it is already happening for you during this meditation. What does it feel like? What does it look like? How do you dress? Where do you live? How do you talk to yourself and to others? What actions do you complete as you go about your day? What are the things that you need to do to get yourself into that elevated frequency of the person who is available to receive this abundance? Get very, very specific. The universe likes when you're specific and when you command or claim that energy. When you come out of this meditation, you should be feeling like a different person. That's the impact that you want it to have. That's the depth that you wanna go into. And then you start to live your life like you are that person and like those things are already happening. And that's when everything kind of starts to flow in. When you can really embrace that new identity. This is something that you have to practice. It's not going to automatically happen after one session. And have patience. Trust that it's coming in for you. Trust that it's happening, without the desperation of when it's coming. The universe and spirit don't really understand time. Time is a construct on earth, in our world, in our dimension, it will flow when it's ready to, and you don't need to understand how it's going to come. The universe will take care of that for you, and often it knows far better ways than we can even imagine. You just need to believe, to trust and to surrender. Take inspired action and just let it flow. You are not selfish for wanting more. You are not broken just because you've struggled. You are not behind. It's very common now to look at your friends or other people and see what they have and be like, oh my God, I don't have any of those things. I'm so far behind. What am I doing with my life? And we can often get into that energy. But you're not behind. You are on your own journey. It is safe now to believe in more, not just for others, but for you too. The universe isn't punishing you. It's just waiting for you to start saying yes to what you truly deserve. You've been living with these beliefs long enough. They have kept you small, playing it safe and silent, but they've also kept you from living the life that you're meant for. You don't have to rewire them all overnight. You just have to start replacing them one by one with truths that empower you. Okay, it is now time for our Reclaim This affirmation of the day. Repeat after me and write it down if it resonates with you, so that you have it on hand to recite daily. Some people like to write affirmations on post-it notes and stick them in high traffic areas around the house so that they're consistently reminded to speak kindly to themselves. Our reclaim this affirmation of the day is, I choose beliefs that expand me. I choose to see abundance. I choose to dream bigger. I choose beliefs that expand me. I choose to see abundance. I choose to dream bigger. Breathe that in. Stop waiting for the perfect moment. It's never going to come. You need to make the decision to move forward, to do the things that you wanna do, to see the things that you wanna see. Go explore the world. Do the thing that scares you, embody that next level version of you. If you want your dream life to come to fruition, you need to stop playing small. It's not going to happen while you're living inside your comfort zone. Start living life the way you want to live, not based on others' expectations, not based on what you think you should do. Live it from alignment with your goals and your desires, and then watch your life transform before your eyes. And as always, we're gonna close off with our self-worth shift to reflect on. So I have a few journaling prompts for you today. Where in my life do I feel like there's never enough? What stories around worth, love or success did I inherit that no longer serve me? How would I show up today if I believed I was already enough? And what's one small way I can step into abundance today? Remember, the shift doesn't happen overnight, but every choice you make to believe in more. More worth, more love, more possibility, brings you closer to living a truly abundant life. Scarcity shrinks your life. Abundance expands it. You get to choose which store you live, and I'm here cheering you on as you step into your most abundant, radiant self. Thank you for joining me on this journey of returning to yourself. If today's episode spoke to your soul, I'd love for you to share it with a friend and don't forget to subscribe so you never miss a moment of this reclamation, or share your thoughts with me on Instagram at Balanced Soul Awakening. You are not too much, you are not behind. You are not broken. You are worthy, you are whole, and you are already everything you're seeking. This is reclaiming me. Until next time, be gentle. Be bold, be you.