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It’s Time To Get Naked

It’s been an “interesting” day.

I’ll start with the big lesson that today represents for me. It’s time to get naked. It’s time to step into as much authenticity as we dare. Any walls, any illusion of separation we create between ourselves and others, or between ourselves and our Selves, are going to smack us upside the head. Hard. My suspicion is that we’ll get smacked right in the wallet, too.

I’ll tell you what’s been going on for me: I reached my big, big, big goal of creating over 30K of revenue in a single month back in November. Having reached that goal, I thought I’d take December to regroup. I’m still regrouping.

The money’s been fine … I’m still happily turning in five-figure months. Today is the third of the month and my bills are already basically covered. What’s been missing is direction and passion. To be honest, for the last few months I’ve found myself in this alarming “people SUCK” territory that is definitely out of alignment with my deep desire to serve others. The conflict between the two has been pretty painful.

Last weekend, I had the huge privilege of speaking at “Ignite Your Spark,” a women’s empowerment conference in Utah. Even better, the keynote was the amazing Lisa Nichols. All in all, it was a great event full of excited people, and mingling with the other speakers and the attendees was wonderful. Being in this energized atmosphere, I got my own spark back! Hah! The event lived up to its name.

I realized why I’d been depressed: I’d been hanging out with some rather depressing people!!! And by depressing, I don’t mean sad or negative. I mean unable or unwilling or too stuck in fear to take action on their own behalf.

The reality for all of us helping or healing professionals remains that, no matter how we serve, we can’t take action on behalf of others. In the end, we all have to do for ourselves. I’ll be honest – one of my greatest strengths is taking action. Even when I’m scared (which is often! even though no-one ever believes me) or out of my comfort zone (like right now) or uncertain – I still take action. This is the number one reason why I’ve created a successful business. And unfortunately, no matter how much information I can give, no matter how much insight I can offer, no matter how much energy work, coaching, and business know-how I share … that is ONE gift I just can’t pass along. Because in the end, all of us have to act on our own behalf. No-one can do it for us.

So that’s been depressing. I’ve had a lot of doubt about how much good I can really do in the lives of others. I know, I know … I “should” detach from the outcome of my work, bla bla bla. Yeah, I teach all that. But when you seriously start doubting the ability of people to get off the tracks when the train is fast approaching … well, it’s tough. Because all the spiritual teachings in the world can’t help THAT situation get any better.

Being at an event where people cared enough to SHOW UP was great. Being with speakers who are DOING IT was wonderful. Watching Lisa Nichols, who is unafraid to cry in front of her audience, was awesome.

Back to the whole “getting naked” thing.

I left Utah re-energized and determined to connect with excited people who are IN ACTION in pursuit of the life they want to create. Basically, I found my love for people again. Yippee!

Only to get slapped upside the head today with ALL the stuff people bring into our lives: Love, support, disappointment, hurt, annoyance, hope, success, fear, pain, obligation, responsibility … all the wonderful energies and all the crap that comes when we huddle up and ENGAGE with each other. I feel like a wet paper towel.

I know what this is (yes, you students in my Money Manifesting Mastery program know, too!). I did one heck of a manifesting process last night and here’s the Universe, saying: “Really? Are you sure? Because all this comes with that particular territory …” I love how my rate of manifestation is about twelve hours. Crazy.

Greater authenticity and connection to our Selves also means being willing to connect in deeper and more authentic ways with each other. Our outer relationships mirror our relationship with ourselves. Do we dare be who we truly are, at every level of our existence, openly, brazenly, with no walls up? Even if being willing to connect – inwardly and outwardly – stirs up a lot of poop?

I think it’s the next phase of our evolution. It’s time to ENGAGE – with ourselves, with others.

Sooo … in the interest of engagement, let’s do some strategy sessions for free! Seriously – if you’re ready to get up close and person with WHY money might not be flowing for you, and you’re willing to DO something about it – then I want to help. So click here to apply. And what I get out of this is some market research – I want to know where you folks are at with your money and your purpose.

To authenticity in abundance,

Andrea

Money Myths: Working More

Here’s the next installment in my money myth-busting series! Discover why more work will NOT create dramatically different financial results for you …

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Abundance or Greed?

I received an absolutely fabulous question from one of my readers in response to my last post:

“The lesson of ‘not settling’ is one I have been learning about for a while now, and can easily see how it has brought much abundance into my life. Where I am struggling with this lesson is in the financial arena, and wanted to ask your thoughts. In money terms, how do you know the difference between knowing your worth (and ‘not settling’) which I assume is positive, and on the other hand, ego-driven greed which I assume is negative?” – Michelle

This question really got me thinking. Is there actually a limit to our worth, beyond which we are simply being greedy?

I don’t think that the spiritual perspective allows for the concept of “greed.” I would think that each Soul is as infinitely “valuable” as the whole of creation, and that there is no limit to our innate worth. And since Divine Abundance states that all resources are infinitely available, we are also not taking anything away from others by living abundantly.

But we are also human Beings, living in a third-dimensional experience! From this perspective, I think “value” vs. “greed” becomes a matter of personal integrity. Let’s say we were trying to sell something we KNOW is of no value whatsoever, just to make a quick buck. I would probably consider that greedy.

Value is a very subjective thing. In the end, it is up to us to truly determine the value of our products and services – and if we believe it, then we are not greedy. Then we are in integrity with our own sense of worth.

There are other considerations I always use when it comes to valuing a product or service that I’m offering. To me, being in integrity means that I will not charge my clients prices that I myself would not willingly pay, or am not able to pay myself. If I myself wouldn’t consider a comparable investment “worth it” – then how can I ask my clients for that investment?

I actually just sent out private invitations to my Divine Mastery program. The highest investment rate for that program, depending on what payment plan is selected, is $7,500. As it happens, that’s also what I invested in my business last fall for strategic tax coaching. I actually think the value is far greater … but I stay in integrity with what I myself am willing to invest.

Obviously, as our relationship to financial abundance changes, so does our sense of worth. Or … as our sense of worth changes, so does our level of financial abundance! Whether we like it or not, our relationship to money is all about our inner relationship to our own worth and the value that we have to offer the world. And as we embody a greater sense of worth, we can also uphold others in own their innate value.

When we consider the total transformation that we have to offer our clients or customers – the potential that our work has to create a significant change in their lives – then we usually find that we actually under-value our products and services. Think about it – my Money Manifesting Mastery program has the potential to teach someone how to consistently create exactly the income they want. I’ve gotten emails from students who have manifested five-figure dollar amounts from working with the program for a single month! Was that worth the investment of $297? Of course! Will every student get results like that? Probably not … but as service providers, that’s completely out of our hands. We can’t put a value on someone else’s result – only the potential. Because in the end, everyone is responsible for creating their own results. We can only offer the best tools we possibly can.

So if we can honestly, in our hearts, value the potential transformation that we have to offer others, then we are not greedy. We are owning our worth.

Thanks for the question, Michelle!

Blessings,

Andrea


The Greatest Gift to Give Yourself This Season

The greatest benefit of manifesting financial abundance is not actually about money at all. Yes, the money shows up. But what our manifesting journey really leads to is far more precious.

When we energetically engage with money, we come face to face with our self-worth and deservingness – or lack thereof! We start recognizing that the world is not showering us with abundance because we, ourselves, are not entirely sure we deserve it! We begin to understand how we have bought into the idea that we are somehow lacking. Of course, a perceived lack within ourselves must manifest itself as financial lack.

In many ways, personal and spiritual development has done us no favors. Now we are relentlessly engaged in “self-improvement” – as if something within us needs to be fixed. We work hard on ourselves, struggling to heal our “issues.” We “should” ourselves into being what we are not. We strive to be more enlightened, more conscious, a “better” healer, parent, or spouse.

The precious recognition that our money-manifesting path leads to is this: That we are already infinitely, abundantly deserving right in this very moment. We are already Divine Beings. What more is there to become? All that chipping away at ourselves, the eternal quest to be “more” or “better” … in the moment that we recognize that we are already far more than ENOUGH, abundance inevitably comes.

The greatest gift we can give ourselves this season is recognizing that we alone decide how deserving we are. The Universe recognizes us as Divine Creators. The Universe cannot argue with us, it can only agree. And so we will receive exactly to the level of deservingness and worth that we have decided on for ourselves.

We are not merely connected to Source. In this magical Universe where all is One, we ARE Source. When we give ourselves the joyful gift of simply being what we already are, abundance is inevitable.

Many blessings to you this holiday season,
Andrea

Manifesting Money Effortlessly

The idea of “effortlessly” manifesting money is certainly appealing, isn’t it? The word “effortless” has been dancing around in my brain for the last two weeks. For about ten days out of those two weeks, I swatted the word away as non-sensical. After all, we do have to be active participants in the process of manifesting money! Action is required, right?

I finally checked in with my Guide team about this idea of “effortlessness.” Is “effortless” money-manifesting truly a possibility?

As it turns out, there is a difference between “action” and “effort.” Action is indeed required for any act of manifestation. That’s because action is what grounds energy into this physical experience. If we wish to change our physical experience – including manifesting money and changing our financial circumstances – action is required.

We can’t help but be in action at all times – it is how we express ourselves as physical Beings. Action is a natural outflow of our energy into the world. Even if our actions don’t look particularly active, like breathing and sleeping … they are nonetheless actions. They can be witnessed by others in the physical world.

Action is a natural expression of our Being – the “doing-ness” that expresses our Divine nature while we are in this physical experience. Taking action, then, means doing what is aligned with our authentic self-expression. Action is “doing” from the inside out.

That doesn’t mean action doesn’t take energy. Of course we still have to peel ourselves off the couch to take authentic action! Nor does it mean that we are always comfortable taking action, because authentic self-expression into this physical world can be scary! Shining our authentic Selves into the world can leave us feeling naked, exposed … but when we step into action, we discover that what we first feared is actually entirely natural to us.

Effort, on the other hand, is “doing” based on external factors. Effort is acting on “should.”  Effort is calculated action, justified and rationalized by the mind. It is action based on how we might be perceived by others. It is action that is attached to outcomes, rather than action for the sake of authentic self-expression.

The difference between action and effort is subtle, to be sure. There’s a couple of ways to tell the difference:

  • When we take action, the reason for that action reveals itself within the doing itself. When we make an effort, on the other hand, the reason for taking action exists first.
  • When we are in action, we feel uncompromisingly like ourselves. Even if we are nervous or uncomfortable, taking action allows us to feel whole. In contrast, effort creates inner separation. There is a part of ourselves that feels compromised, left out, or unacknowledged.

On the surface, the two can look exactly the same. This article has been spooking around in my head for a while, and writing it down feels like the natural thing to do. I teach, I share, I write … it’s who I am and therefore this is what I do.

Of course, I could just as easily turn blogging into an effort, “shoulding” myself into posting because of a self-imposed schedule or because some “expert” once told me I “should” blog once a week.

It’s not difficult to see that true abundance cannot come from effort. Because effort is based on external factors, actions based in effort are not connected to our inner, infinite Source. Effort upholds a source of power outside of ourselves, something other than ourselves that determines our doing … even if that power is just society or collective consciousness. Effort cannot, therefore, manifest money. Sure, we can “earn” money through effort. But that’s not the same thing, is it?

Action, on the other hand, flows outward into the world from our infinite, Divine nature and cannot create anything BUT abundance … because the Divine IS infinitely abundant. Action is an essential ingredient to manifesting money.

So … what are YOU doing? Action or effort?

Blessings,
Andrea

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