How to Shift Your Money Story
When the money conversation shows up in your world what's your initial response? Are you fearful or joyful? Do you get excited to share what you know or do you avoid the conversation entirely? Your default response to a money chat gives you a lot of information about your money story… the thoughts and beliefs you have around money.
Your story isn't right or wrong. It's a story. It's probably not even your story, but the thoughts and beliefs that have been passed onto you by those you trusted, and cared for, most. The outcome of that story will bring specific results. If you don't like the results, you need to change the story. It requires your focus and practice. The good news is that it's totally do-able.
One of the things that brought my own money story to light was when I started my own business. It was the perfect storm to illustrate my own thoughts about money. It was also an opportunity to rewrite the money story. Think back to your own perfect storm. What did you learn about your relationship with money? Take 5 minutes to write down what you discovered. (We'll use the information you gleaned in the exercise below.)
Although it might be tempting to make this conversation about money, it isn't. Money is an energy of exchange. It is about flow, your flow to be exact. When money is scarce, so is access to your flow.
4 Practices to Shift Your Money Story
One of the paradoxes of abundant cash flow is that the more you ‘need’ money, the less it graces your world. The more you focus on money as your outcome, the less that money manifests in your world. Don't focus only on the money, focus on the flow.
1. Rewrite Your Money Story. Write out your current money story, in exquisite detail. Make sure that you capture your feelings about your money situation too. Now re-write your money story so that you are experiencing the abundance you desire. Include how you feel. This is very important. Spend 5 minutes each day, or more, experiencing your new money story.
2. Add to Your Money Jar. Get a big jar and put money into it every day, even if it's only coins. Sing a little money song, “Money grows and money flows! Money gush, oh what a rush!” Have fun, be silly, enjoy watching your money grow and flow. When it fills up put it into your savings.
3. Shift to Your Abundance Mindset. Throughout the day tune into the thoughts sifting through your mind. Are they focused on flow or scarcity? Flip the switch by finding something to be grateful for in the moment. Feel the abundance that flows towards you. Now send that flow back out with your gratitude. The trick is to be part of the flow formula.
4. Practice Ask/Receive. One of the barriers to abundance might be that you're out of practice with asking and receiving. Most of us were trained to be self sufficient. It's a quality that is praised. It does not mean that you get to do it alone. Abundance doesn't work in isolation. One of the best ways to increase your flow is to ask for what you want or need, then receive gracefully. Make sure to show appreciation. It closes the circle and completes the energy of abundance. If there's ONE practice that I recommend over all others. It's this one. There is power in asking for what you want. There is grace in receiving the abundance of the Universe. Avail yourself of both of these gifts.
As you give time to these practices you will begin to experience insights and a ha's. You will clearly see your choices and be free to make new ones. As you make new choices you create a new money story, one of freedom, flow and abundance.
Spend most of your time on noticing, and appreciating, what you DO have. The more you focus on the flow in your world, the more everything flows in your world … including money.
PS Ready to dive into the abundance of your flow?
