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Unlocking Wealth: How Your Nervous System Sets and Secures Your Financial Limit

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Unlocking Wealth: Expanding Your Financial Capacity with Ariana Reinhart


In this episode, host Ariana Reinhart delves into the crucial connection between the nervous system and financial well-being. She explains how your ability to hold and receive wealth is tied to how safe your nervous system feels with expansion. 

Ariana guides listeners through identifying their financial setpoints, expanding their capacity for abundance, and reprogramming their wealth beliefs. She also shares personal anecdotes, practical tips, and exercises to build a healthy relationship with money. 

The episode addresses common limiting beliefs, the concept of a wealth ceiling, and techniques for regulating the nervous system to invite more abundance into your life.


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Ariana:

I am so excited for this episode today because we are talking about unlocking wealth. And we're talking about something that most women never even realize is shaping their entire relationship with money. The fact that your capacity to receive and hold wealth is directly linked to how safe your nervous system feels with expansion. So in this episode, we're going to uncover the wealth nervous system connection. We're going to identify your financial setpoint. I'm going to give you tips on how to expand your capacity for abundance and expansion so that you can call in more money and more abundance into your life. And we'll work on reprogramming your wealth beliefs so that that money starts flowing to you easily so it doesn't feel hard anymore. And in the meantime, if as you're listening to this, you're noticing those sneaky little thoughts that say things like, I'm not ready, or, but who am I to do this? Or, well, that's not in my nature. You are not alone. I used to believe those too until I started journaling through them. So I actually created a Limiting Beliefs journal to help you overcome these beliefs so that you can move forward in all areas of your life with grace and ease and alignment, and allow yourself to really just start embracing that abundance that is your birthright. This journal is full of prompts to help you uncover and rewrite those stories. You can download it for free, the link is in the show notes. By the way, if you can't wait to hear more from this podcast, hit the follow button or share your thoughts with me on Instagram at Balanced Soul Awakening. It truly inspires me to hear your stories and the takeaways that you have from these episodes. Now it's time to grab your favorite drink, settle in and let's get started. 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 a quiet sky, or trying to outrun that 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. So we all have an income ceiling where no matter what we do, it seems like we can never hold finances above that threshold. And this ceiling represents what our nervous system is comfortable with. So if we end up going over that amount, like if we end up making more than that amount or bring that money in, it's very common for us to subconsciously sabotage it. Now this might look like you receive more money, but then a little while later you look at your bank account and wonder, how did I spend that much? It's back to where it was before. Or maybe you can't get over that ceiling amount, no matter how hard you try. This is because your nervous system doesn't currently feel safe with more money. It's very common for people to become uncomfortable when they see a rise in their bank account. And this can be very subtle. It will sneak up on you, but there's little signs that show that your body and your nervous system is uncomfortable, and that leads people to unconsciously spend these excessive amounts. Or a lot of the times, especially women, instead of spending it, we tend to give it away. And we have this thought that we're like, we wanna help others with our money. We see it as doing something good, but it's actually our nervous systems taking over and putting us back to where we were before, financially, where that nervous system feels safe. Many people, especially nowadays, especially after COVID and with the influx and everything, a lot of us are used to being in this mode where we're simply trying to survive. We're living paycheck to paycheck. Does that sound like you? You're trying to pay the bills, put food on the table for your families, and you might not consciously like it, but it's possibly become your normal. So for people who are in this like survival mode or in this where they're just trying to get by, when more money enters in, they consciously understand that it doesn't make sense to spend it or to get rid of it in some way. And they probably consciously want to make more or to save that money, but their nervous system and their subconscious takes over, which leads them to fall back into that same pattern of living paycheck to paycheck in some way. Or there can be the opposite where people cling onto that money because they're scared that they're not gonna get it back. And so they end up smothering money. But money likes to flow. She likes to move. She doesn't like to feel stagnant. She doesn't like to feel stuck. She doesn't like to feel smothered. She likes to flow. And the more that we can develop our relationship with money and develop that ease and comfortability with knowing that it's gonna come back to us, she's, she's gonna be there for us, the more likely we are to be able to invite that abundance in. The more we have gratitude for money, the more money we're going to be able to receive. But if we're stifling it and we're smothering it, and if we're holding onto it and with this desperate energy,'cause we're so scared to let it go, it's not gonna come. It's not gonna flow. Now I wanna share a personal story with you because these unconscious patterns can be very, very sneaky. I have always been one to save money, and sometimes I am that person who kind of smothers money. Not so much anymore, but I used to be. And I've had to put in a fair amount of work around my relationship with money and my money stories. But back in April, and if you're listening to this in a different year, I'm talking in April of 2025, I sold my house in Calgary and I received a lump sum that was more than I've ever held in my bank account before. The money sat there for a couple of months before I decided to invest most of it. And I didn't really think much of it, but it kind of surprised me that I actually, like, I didn't really feel any different after the money came in. And we always kind of have this belief or this thought like, we're gonna feel so different and we're gonna feel so amazing or so rich, or whatever when we receive this money. But I didn't really feel any different. And as I began to get curious and really look into my response around my new income, I realized that I was actually letting some of those old money stories run the show. I did celebrate the money when it came, came in, but then I ended up catching myself starting to view it as like not being mine. Some of it I was putting away for a future down payment on a house, so I didn't see that as being money that was mine because it wasn't available for me to spend. And shortly after receiving the money I wanted to invest it. It was like, okay, I've got this. Now invest. It took me digging deeper into this for me to realize that I was uncomfortable with this money entering into my life. And so I kind of subconsciously like wanted it outta my sight. I kind of like pushed it away in a way. I wasn't really valuing that money because I wasn't seeing it as mine. I was viewing my finances as being at that same level as prior to selling my house because the increase in wealth subconsciously didn't feel safe to me. And this is you guys, this is not something that I recognized right away. It was very sneaky and very subtle. I had to like really sit there and pay attention to it, and it took some time for me to work through that so that I could really value and appreciate this new financial freedom. I ended up allowing myself to invest in a program that I was really intuitively called to, but it cost thousands of dollars. And so initially, like before, I was scared to invest in that. I was like, oh, that's a lot of money. I don't know if I should be putting, you know, like I, I know I really want to do this and I feel called to do it, and I know it's going to be amazing for me and change my life, but that's a lot of money to let go of suddenly. That's where I'm smothering, right? And so I was able to release the majority of my scarcity thinking because I knew now that I had a safety net. So it helped me to release a lot of that worry, especially because shortly after I received, or shortly after I sold, sold my house. Like not even a month after I had to go on disability from an injury. And it took over two months before I received any other form of income. I did not have any money coming in. But initially at that time, I was noticing that that scarcity mindset was coming up. And that's kind of one of the things that made me realize like, oh, I need to look into this more deeply because I shouldn't be feeling this way right now. Like I'm okay financially for a couple of months. So it took me really tuning into my body and my reactions in order to be able to heal those stories and to feel safe and comfortable with this new income because our capacity to hold new levels of wealth isn't about working harder or finding the perfect strategy. It's about safety and regulation. Our nervous system is wired for safety, not for success. Our nervous system has one primary job, and that is to keep us alive. It is not there to make you wealthy. It's not there to help you rise into your full potential or to support your dreams and your expansion. It's there to keep you safe based on what it has previously experienced. And that's a key. So this means that your body is constantly scanning for anything that it perceives as risky or unfamiliar, even if that so-called risk is something that you consciously want, like more money, more visibility, or a healthier relationship with success. Your subconscious mind is formed in childhood, from the homes you grew up in, the relationships you witnessed, the stress you absorbed, the stories you heard, and the experiences that shaped you. And it holds beliefs like, I have to work hard to earn money, or money causes conflict. That's a big one. A lot of children see their parents fighting about money, right? Like think about it, when you were growing up, there were probably times where you saw your parents arguing about money, about finances. Or there might be a belief of if I have more, people won't like me. I know one that has kind of been ingrained for me, which I just talked to my mom about the other day, was that I'm kind of worried, like I have this, this limiting belief in the back of my mind and my subconscious that if I become really successful or really rich, that my family is gonna think that I'm too big for my britches. They're gonna think that I am like full of myself and I think I'm a big shot and whatever. And I was kind of talking to her about it and she was like, why would you think that? And then she said, no. Like, I mean, if, if you become that way, or if you become kind of like condescending or whatever, then I'm gonna let you know. But I'm not just gonna think that because you have more money, but that is a limiting belief that is sitting in the back of my head. And so it comes up and it rears its ugly head every single time I am wanting to do something to move forward with my abundance and money. Or there's also that thought and like media, movies, and everything have really ingrained this into our minds that women who are successful are selfish and mean. Like in the movies, that successful woman, the boss, she's always a bitch, right? Like in what movies is she not typically a bitch, at least in the beginning. That's how everyone sees her. They're scared of her. They don't wanna be around her. They run away from her. Think of Devil Wear's Prada. Think of, I think it's called the Proposal with Ryan Reynolds and Sandra Bullock. Like all of those movies put those views and those thoughts in our brains. And these beliefs live in the background of your mind and they shape what you feel is possible or what you believe might happen if you end up being successful. So if any part of you associates money with danger or pressure or rejection, then your subconscious is going to protect you by keeping you at the level that it believes is safe. And your nervous system reinforces all of that. So whatever feels familiar becomes what your body accepts as safe. If you've only ever known burnout, overworking, giving more than you receive, or making just enough to get by, then that becomes a baseline that your body tries to maintain, even if you don't consciously want that. So then when you start to expand, when you're trying to increase your income, maybe you raise your rates, maybe you ask for a raise, maybe you call in new opportunities. Your body might actually resist it. Not because you're unmotivated, not because you don't want it badly enough, but because your nervous system is trying to pull you back into what feels familiar. The familiar feels safe and the unfamiliar feels dangerous. Even when the unfamiliar is something good. And this is why you might start to notice patterns like you're hitting the same income level year after year, or you get a raise and then you end up overspending. A lot of people will, they think like, okay, well if I just make more money then I'll feel more comfortable and you know, like I'll have that extra cushion. But then when they start to actually make more money, they're like, Ooh, I have this extra money. And they end up spending more and then they end up putting their selves right back into that same threshold. Or maybe you start gaining momentum and then suddenly you notice yourself burning out. That's a common one too. And it's not that you're failing, it's that you're internal thermostat is doing exactly what it's conditioned to do. So your nervous system may interpret more, like more money, more rest, more freedom, more opportunity as a potential threat. And you may find yourself experiencing stress responses like fight, flight, freeze, or fawn when you have that opportunity for financial growth. Because the trick is that when your body feels unsafe, it's going to unconsciously sabotage anything that pushes you out of your comfort zone. This might show up as you freezing when opportunities arise, you might procrastinate on big goals. You do the busy work, but not the things that move the needle forward. You undercharge, or maybe you're giving above your means. You might overwork to earn your value. Maybe you cap your income at what feels familiar. You might downplay your desires, like what you really, truly want. How many people do that? Like it is so common. We are scared and embarrassed to tell people what we really, truly want deep down. Because we're scared that we're gonna be judged for it. Like I would like to become a millionaire, but that is hard for me to say. Like, that is hard for me to just sit there and tell you because I'm afraid that you might judge me for it. You might think that I'm greedy. But it's like. We do this so often. That is something I want that because I want to have financial freedom. I want to be able to help others understand that they can have the life that they love and that they deserve, and that they can have everything they want in life. And I want to help women like break those cycles and those patterns of getting into toxic, unhealthy relationships and to be fulfilled in their relationships. And that's not just like romantic, that might be work relationships, that might be familial relationships. Yes. I mostly want to focus on romantic relationships. But I want to help these women. I want to help them to feel the joy and the love and the presence and being able to be in the moment and not live in survival anymore. I wanna have fin financial freedom so that I can take my family and my partner on trips and I wanna travel the world. I want to be able to help my family out financially so that they no longer feel like they have to struggle. Those are the reasons why I want to become a millionaire. But that is still hard to say. As soon as I say it, my stomach feels like it contracts. And you might stay playing small because that feels safer. It doesn't feel safe to be seen, to be visible, to show your true, authentic, full self. You probably think you're gonna be seen as too much. And this is what creates a wealth ceiling. Again, it's not because you don't have the skill or the intelligence or the ambition, it's because your body has learned that expansion feels unsafe. Because the truth is the nervous system doesn't care about success. It cares about survival. Now, I have met a lot of women who tend to ignore their finances. They don't want to look at them. They don't like checking their bank account. They don't like looking at their bills or paying their bills or even going to see a financial advisor because they're scared about what they might find. And plenty of married women, especially like middle aged married women, also allow, or they have previously allowed their husbands to solely take care of the finances. The women don't know how much income is coming in, how much money is going out. They don't know the ins and outs of their finances, and they just trust their partner. And often this ends up placing strain on that relationship because there's an imbalance and it can also end up causing more anxiety for the woman because she's essentially living in the dark. And I personally know many women who have let their husbands have that full control of the finances and then they get divorced. And the woman becomes incredibly stressed and anxious. A lot of the time she doesn't know if she's going to like quote unquote, get screwed over. Or she doesn't know if she's making enough money on her own to support herself. She doesn't know how to manage the money when she's on her own. And this sends her into survival mode. And it really activates that feeling within her nervous system that she's not safe. She doesn't know how to handle the money. And so that's a huge reason why women stay in relationships that they don't want to be in because they have that fear and they feel like they don't know enough. And so, even though it's uncomfortable, what they're in, the relationship that they're in, the having someone else deal with their finances, it's familiar. Even though they might hate that relationship, even though they're miserable, they stay in it because the fear of leaving, the fear of having to do everything on their own and having to learn these new skills and having to just do all those things and have those responsibilities is more overpowering. The fear of being alone. The fear of not knowing if they're gonna be able to survive, if they're gonna be able to get by. But I really, really, really do not want you to have to live that way. I don't want you to feel stressed and anxious when it comes to finances. I don't want you to feel like you need to stay in something that you don't want to be in because you feel like you can't make it on your own or you don't know how. So if this is you, then together let's do some work to build your knowledge and therefore your confidence around money so that you can expand past your money ceilings and feel financially secure. And if money is a point of contention in your relationship, I'm actually thinking of putting a group Zoom call together to help women who are feeling unfulfilled in their relationship. Maybe that's simply struggling with discussing finances, or maybe you find yourself kind of nitpicking all the time where you're always like, you always seem to be in the middle of arguments with your partner. Or maybe you're just going through a lull and you wanna get that passion back. And it might not even necessarily be with your romantic partner, but it's a relationship in some form. Maybe you're reentering the dating scene. Maybe it's a familial or work relationship. In the Zoom call, I'm going to teach you how to communicate in ways that lead to the deeper connection that you desire rather than adding to the conflict. I mean, those conversations are never easy to have, but I will give you the tools and the techniques and the exercises to calm your nervous system so that it makes them easier, so that it moves forward and allows you to have that connection. So this is something that you would be interested in, please reach out to me via email or messenger. I would love to chat about it. I would love to give you more information, and there's absolutely no pressure. Because you reach out to me doesn't mean that you necessarily have to do it. It's just I would like to see right now who's interested in this. Okay. Now, success, abundance, and receiving require things like visibility. They require being vulnerable. They require the ability to have openness. They require rest, trusting yourself, setting boundaries, and allowing yourself to let things be easy, to let things come from a place of flow and alignment. But if your nervous system has only known struggle or self-sacrifice, then receiving is gonna feel uncomfortable, possibly even threatening. So all of this points to the fact that your wealth ceiling is less about what you want and more about what your body believes it is safe to have. But here's the part that I want you to hear. Comfort zones are learned, which means that they can be unlearned. You can expand what feels safe. You can teach your body that receiving is safe, that being paid well is safe, that rest and ease are safe, that you don't have to live in survival mode. When you start creating safety in your body and rewriting your subconscious beliefs, your capacity for wealth expands naturally. And the shift begins when you stop forcing success and start regulating safety. When you learn to work with your nervous system rather than against it, you expand what feels safe to receive. And you begin to make empowered decisions instead of fear-based decisions. You take aligned risks without your body going into shutdown mode. You hold more money without anxiety. You can increase your capacity for joy and rest and abundance. And you stop overachieving or putting in so much effort and you finally allow things to flow to you. This is where your wealth ceiling expands. It's not through pushing harder, but rather through allowing yourself to heal on a deeper level. Now, how do we identify your financial set point? The easiest way is not actually through numbers in the spreadsheet, but through noticing your patterns. So the first place to look is your income history. Most of us kind of hover around that same income level every year. Even when we change jobs, even when we take on more responsibility or we try to push ourselves to earn more, somehow we end up back at that same range. And that number again, has nothing to do with your potential, it's just what your subconscious is used to. And another clue shows up when unexpected money comes in. That could be a tax return, a bonus, a raise, or maybe you get a few extra clients. Watch what happens. Pay attention. Some women spend it immediately. Some like tighten up, and then they save every penny that they received out of fear. Others suddenly have an unexpected expense showing up. All of this is your body trying to return you to the level of money and knows how to hold. So from a place of curiosity, I encourage you to pay attention to how receiving that money feels in your body. Do you notice tension? Do you slip into a numbing state? Do you resort to letting your unconscious mind take over? What happens? try taking a step back and noticing those physical sensations, the patterns, and the way that these blocks are showing up. And then there's also the emotional part. So every woman has a point where money goes from feeling neutral to feeling stressful, and that can be either with more or less money. It can happen when the account balance is low, or the discomfort can actually show up when the account has more money than usual because more money can bring up those fears of responsibility, a fear of losing it, a fear of being seen in a bigger way. And your nervous system does not lie. The moment you feel tension, that is your body communicating to you. Take it as a lesson. It's your body giving you information, and that is where you've hit your set point. You can also notice it when you try to expand. If you raise your prices, maybe you go ask for a raise, or even if you imagine earning more. Your body is going to tell you what feels safe. And I will give you a clue. Imagining and visualizing yourself earning more and having that success is a crucial component to bringing that abundance in. But if your chest is tightening up and if that guilt is creeping in, if you instantly feel like you have to justify your worth, then that's your system trying to pull you back into the familiar. And then we have your baseline. Your set point is that level of money that feels normal for you. Maybe it's living paycheck to paycheck, maybe like, and that doesn't mean that you enjoy it or you like it, but it's what feels normal, what you're used to. Maybe it's always having just enough. Maybe it's having a little cushion, but not too much. It doesn't matter whether it feels good or not. If it feels familiar, then your body is going to label it as safe. So the truth is you probably already know your financial set point because it's a level that your life keeps returning to over and over, no matter how high or low things swing. And once you can consciously identify it, you can finally start doing that deeper work to expand it so that your financial reality reflects who you're becoming rather than who you used to be. The more aware you are to the beliefs that you have around money, the greater ability you have to be able to communicate those beliefs and recognize those triggers. And as you work on this, your goal might be to communicate with your partner about your concerns on how they're spending money or where the money is going. And then you can sit back and observe the contraction that's happening within your body as you have that conversation. And you can observe this within yourself as well. Notice the behaviors that you do that make you feel contract. Maybe you receive money and you find yourself bored, so you go out somewhere like to Sephora or somewhere else, and you spend it all. When you notice yourself tensing or contracting, allow yourself to breathe into that space and that feeling. Feel the emotion. Don't try to step it down or make yourself feel better. Don't try to push it away. Don't tell yourself that it's wrong to feel that way. That's just going to cause the emotion to emerge at a later date and even more intensely. So hold a safe space for yourself to experience an emotion and keep breathing until that tension lessens or completely goes away. And then you can work on regulating your nervous system. And there are many different ways to do this. So experiment and figure out what works best for you. It might be one thing, or it's probably likely to be a combination of things. You might decide to try somatic exercises, those are easy to look up on YouTube. One example is giving yourself hugs and gently rubbing your arms and your legs, rubbing your body, and telling yourself that it is safe to accept and to receive larger amounts of money. Another somatic exercise is using your eyes so you don't turn your head but you with your eyes you look all the way to the right on your optic nerve to, and then you hold it there until you yawn or sigh or have some kind of release. And you can work on grounding exercises, like imagining golden tree roots that expand down from the base of your spine all the way down your legs, out your feet, and through all the layers of earth until they reach Gaia's heart center or Earth's heart center. And then you breathe her healing energy back up through those roots and into your body all the way up and through your body. And it like cascades like a waterfall out through your crown. Other forms of grounding are walking barefoot in the grass. I know here it's winter, so you can't do a lot of these things right now, but walking barefoot in the grass, gardening, meditating in nature, building a snowman or anything that involves working with and connecting with the earth, and kind of just having a little bit of that play and fun in there. And you can also expand your nervous system's capacity by allowing your creative energy, that creative force within you to come forward. What is something creative that you like to do? It could be painting, drawing, dancing, singing, writing, building something, anything that brings you joy. Another thing you might wanna try is practicing breath work. That could be something like box breathing, where you inhale for a count of five, hold for a count of five, exhale for a count of five, hold for a count of five, and then repeat. It might be just taking some deep breaths and allowing yourself to calm. You can try nasal breathing, where now I don't really do this very often, so I don't know if that's actually what it's called, but where you like kind of plug one nostril and you inhale through your other nostril and then you plug the other one and exhale through the one that was originally plugged. You kind of rotate between those two. There are many different breathwork exercises that you can try. I am by no means an expert in that. I have some that I do that I like to stick with, but try some different ones out and see what works for you. Or doing visualizations are also a great way to calm and expand your nervous system. So you can visualize yourself celebrating that money coming in. Sometimes I like to visualize, um. I can't remember the game where they like stand in the container thing and they gotta try to catch the money that's blowing around with a fan or whatever. And however much money they can catch is what they get. But I envision it as like this money just pouring down on me, like cascading down on me and I'm just like pulling it all into my space, into my energetic field, and I'm receiving all of this money and I'm so excited for it and I'm laughing and jumping and like just so pumped to have this money. Having that gratitude is going to make a big, big difference. Maybe you imagine yourself like holding money and you see how it feels in your hands and then you can kind of like change it into an energetic ball. So it's the energy of that money that you're focusing on, and then you thank it for all the different things that you're grateful for. And imagine it expanding bigger and bigger with each thing that you're grateful for. Maybe you want to visualize a successful version of yourself, and you really tune into how she feels, how she talks, how she acts, how she behaves, how she talks to herself, the thoughts that go through her head. Or maybe you envision yourself going on your dream trip and all the things that you would do and how amazing it feels to get to do that. The key is to embody that energy so that your nervous system becomes comfortable with it, because your mind doesn't know the difference between your imagination and reality. So if you can invoke that feeling by imagining something, then your body believes that it's really happening. And I want you to pay attention to your money stories. This is really important. What are the things that you're constantly telling yourself? Are you always telling yourself that you're broke? Are you telling yourself, I can't afford it? Are you telling yourself that you can't make more money? What is it? And then reframe those. Like if you're telling yourself, I can't afford this. Maybe it's just that this isn't a priority right now. Which of those stories are you ready to let go of? Which stories aren't yours? We often pick up and hold onto these stories that aren't actually ours, that have been taught to us by society or by our parents, our loved ones, our teachers, our coworkers. And then rewrite your stories. If you need help with rewriting your beliefs, you can download my free Limiting Beliefs journal. It takes you like step by step how to rewrite those beliefs and form a new, healthier version. The link is in the show notes. And you can also listen to my episode, the Lies You've Been Living As Truth. It goes into full detail of how to reprogram your limiting beliefs and unconscious mind. And then the next step is to find affirmations or mantras that resonate with you and recite them to yourself every day. Allow yourself to feel into the energy behind them and embody that version of you. The repetition and embodiment will anchor in the new mindset. A few examples that you can use are, I can feel safe receiving more. Wealth supports my wellbeing. And breathe these in after you say them out loud. You're breathing that frequency back into your body. Another one is, I am so happy and grateful that money flows easily to me every day, and I have an abundance of money in my bank account. I personally love that one. It just feels so good to me. You can say my bank account is wide open and ready to receive. I am a money magnet. Making money is easy and fun. And if you want more ideas, I recently downloaded the I Am Affirmations app. So if you want a resource that provides you with like a bunch of different affirmations, that's one that you can use and it allows you to choose like what areas or categories that you want to focus on. I want you to recognize that money is just an energy exchange and it's actually neutral until we put meaning behind it. So work on neutralizing that charge around money and trying to view it as energy and then try to build a positive relationship with money. You can ask yourself, what amazing things could I do in this world if I was abundantly resourced? Money isn't bad. It can allow you to do incredible things. It can allow you to help others. Money is an amplifier of the person that you are and of your value system. So if you're a kind and giving person, then you're gonna do more good in the world with more money. It doesn't change who you are. Here are some exercises to strengthen your relationship with money. You can go on dates with money. You can check your bank account every day and tell it how excited and grateful you are to grow together. You might recite affirmations like the ones that I just mentioned. You can write letters to money. That's one of my favorites. Celebrate and have gratitude for all the money that comes to you, even if it's just a dollar, even if it's only 10 cents. Thank money for allowing you to pay your bills. Treat money like she's your best friend. I like to thank her for all the surprises that she brings me, and the adventures that she allows me to go on and for getting to spend time and hang out with my friends and go on dates with my partner. For allowing me to go on trips. There are so many things that money does for you. So instead of paying attention to the negative, like when you're paying your bills, instead of being like, Ugh, I have another bill that I have to pay, and it's just more money coming out of my account and I'm so stressed about it. Like feel the energy behind that. And then feel the energy behind, thank you. I am so grateful that you are available for me to pay my bills and for me to have a roof over my head and food on my table. This delicious food that keeps me nourished and allows me to move my body every day. Pay attention. Like, can you feel the difference in energy between those two things? And which one feels better, which one feels lighter and more expansive and makes you feel good? The first one probably made you feel contracted. The second one feels good and expansive. Um, some other techniques are, like I previously said, rewrite your limiting beliefs around money. That's a big one, because as long as you still have those old limiting beliefs, you're not gonna move forward. Clear out your energetic space as well as your physical space. In order to make room for abundance and money to come, you may need to purge. And another tip is to carry like a$50 bill or a hundred dollars bill in your wallet, your purse, one that you're not going to use It will help you to manifest more money because like attracts like. Now these exercises actually work if you do them and if you're consistent with them. Trust me, like they work. I have had many, many experiences where money has come in in amazing ways. I know I've previously talked about the time that I went for a hair appointment. So I went for a cut and color, which was over$200, and as I was about to pay for it, these women came running in asking if they could pay for my entire bill. And like I was in the middle of a big mall where there were thousands of people that they could have gone to, but they came to me. And they paid for every single cent. Or when I was renovating my fireplace at my place in Calgary, the stone that I wanted, the only one that like really spoke to me, it was the most expensive. And it was one of the only ones that wasn't on sale. But I was like, Nope, this is the one that I want. I don't wanna settle with something different. And so when I got to the till, that stone ended up actually being on sale. So I got a discount. And then when we got home, my partner realized that he forgot to account for like where the actual fireplace portion is when he was measuring it out. So I was able to return three of those boxes and get my money back on top of the discount that I received that I wasn't expecting. Or there's times where I've been paying for a course and for some reason I only got charged like a portion of the bill. Or I thought a course or a charge was in US money, and so it was going to be a lot more expensive in Canadian, but the price actually ended up being in Canadian, even though it said it was in USD. And it's just all these little things and they can compound. Sometimes they're little, sometimes they're big. But pay attention to those moments and those little things that happen, because that's the universe bringing more money to you or bringing some kind of discount to you. It's proof that your work around money and your money beliefs and your relationship with money is working. It's okay to have an easier life. It's okay to not have to struggle and live paycheck to paycheck. Teach your nervous system that it is safe. And if you're able to do this, you're going to pass these new beliefs on and you'll impact the people around you. You'll impact your children as well as past and future generations. Yes, you can actually heal those past generations and you can make things different for the future generations. Okay, lovely. It is now time for our self-worth shift of the day. So pull out a pen and paper or take a few minutes to reflect on your current financial comfort zone. This is important. This is some of the work that you really need to do. Where is it at? What are your triggers? What are the physical sensations that you notice when more money comes in? And if you're not sure where to start, you can reflect on these questions. When I think about earning more, what sensations or fears come up? What level of income feel safe versus scary? And now if I told you that you could be a millionaire, how does that feel in your body? Do you notice contraction? Does it feel good? Does it feel light and expansive? Do you like, oh my God, that's never possible for me? What do you notice? Because it's possible. It is possible. I can promise you that. It might not be easy, but it is possible. And when you're finished, I encourage you to choose one regulation practice to try this week and commit to it. Thank you so much for tuning in today. If this episode resonated with you, please take a moment to subscribe and rate the show. Your feedback helps us reach more people and create more impactful content. It is truly appreciated. And for those of you that love listening to guest interviews on podcasts, I am having a few guests coming on right away here, so stay tuned for that. It's going to be fantastic. I am so excited for them. 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.