Dear Money Adventurer, Boundaries are one of the steel threads that run through this life and money journey. They’re one of the core themes that come up in this work over and over again–in money, life, love, and even business. From the first day of my Art of Money program to the conversations that unfold in my Mentorship community, we’re exploring what it means to be in healthy relationship; to have healthy boundaries. Not only in your personal relationship with…
Dear Money Adventurer, Even if you are completely unaware of your personal money story, your body knows it well. Your body has been there for every formative money experience you’ve ever had. Your body holds every money belief you’ve ever learned or acquired, every heartfelt money emotion, from shame and anxiety to confidence and joy, and everything in between. Your money experiences and money emotions are rooted in your body. Your body knows. It remembers, even when you don’t. This…
Dear Money Adventurer, Wherever this finds you in your money journey, I want to remind you that there is nowhere else you “should” be. Sometimes, as we navigate the ebbs and flows of life and money, we pick up expectations that aren’t ours to carry. We compare our homes, our careers, how “successful” or how “good” with money we are to our friends, family, peers, and colleagues, and we find ourselves lacking. In the midst of comparison, you lose sight…
Dear Money Adventurer, Money does not have to be a point of contention and conflict in your relationship with your partner. Talking about money is challenging for many couples. But the very things that make these conversations so difficult–the deep emotions, values, and beliefs we carry around money–are the same things that can draw you and your honey together in more intimate understanding and compassionate connection. Money can actually bring you and your sweetie closer together, if you let it.…
How do you measure money transformation? Is it cracking six figures? Paying off all of your credit card debt and retiring early? Constructing four new income streams and buying a summer home? With respect: not necessarily. Of course, I love supporting people to make a thriving income. But the real work isn’t about get-rich-quick schemes. It’s about the emotional journey of breaking through money ceilings. Unravelling unspoken agreements with family members about under-earning. Letting go of inherited money messages that…
Dear Money Adventurer, Today, I’ve got two helpful, new money relationship pieces that were just released out in the wilderness of the internet, and one quick head’s up that has to do with some local planetary influences. (I’m looking at you, Mercury.) Money, Relationships, and Entrepreneurship Earlier this month, I had the chance to sit down with cash flow coach, bookkeeper and Art of Money Alum, Bill Hershey, to talk about money, relationships, and entrepreneurship. These are some of my…