Hi Reader -
If there was one common area of life that potentially triggers people, it would be money.
Funny enough, I don't think I would have classified myself as someone triggered by money in the past. I've done enough money mindset work that I "thought" my thinking was empowered and hopeful.
But as I have dramatically learned the past few years, the mind and body are not always in agreement...
That's why I often change my words now, and instead of asking, "What do you think?", I'm asking, "What do you feel?". (For the record, you would be amazed how many times I ask myself or others how they feel about something, and we still respond with thoughts instead of feelings. We really are a mental society.)
So I'm asking you, how do you feel towards money?
- When you log in to your bank account, how do you feel?
- When you pay your credit card, debts, or bills, how do you feel?
- When you make purchases, big or small, how do you feel?
Do you hold your breath? Contract? Worry? Do you get a pit in your stomach? Do you freeze or numb out? Do you procrastinate and avoid? Do you close your eyes (even metaphorically)? Does your heart race? Do you feel anxiety?
All that to say, money usually brings up some feelings...
Last year, I took a class from Kate Northrup called Relaxed Money, and it was one of the most powerful programs I have ever taken. As the title cleverly suggests, the course was designed to reprogram your nervous system around money so you can feel relaxed in all financial-related moments in your day-to-day instead of being activated and triggered.
This really is the missing piece for creating an abundant life. It's not just your thoughts! And thank goodness, because just doing the thought work wasn't working for me, and now I know it's not because something is wrong with me, it's because it wasn't the full picture. We need the body to be on board with creation! This is why the Law of Creation begins with feeling.
To be honest, I initially signed up for Kate's course because I felt deeply that it would help me in my marriage. While money hasn't been the main challenge in my marriage, we do have other topics that felt charged, and I had a theory that if I could reprogram my nervous system around money, it could also filter into other parts of my life, and I could apply the tools there too.
I'm here to tell you my theory was bang on.
What I learned has been monumentally useful in pretty much every area of my life. Parenting. Marriage. Money. Business. Health. You name it. SO MUCH SO... that I'm doing her full program a second time this year! (And I've never done a program twice!).
All that said, Kate is teaching a FREE WORKSHOP where she is introducing these concepts and tools, and I wanted to let you know about her event. It was this event last year that was so mind-blowing that I wanted to keep learning from her.
This FREE training is not fluff. It's the same depth and quality and insight as she brought to her full program and absolutely worth blocking out the time for.
These are some of the most valuable tools you can learn for life.
Hope to see you there!
Delightfully,
Brooke
P.S. On the topic of nervous system regulation, April's breathwork session is this Wednesday! Come heal your triggers with me!