Manifesting Abundance: Your Money Mindset Reset
When I was a child, my parents were on a very tight budget. Between my mother’s pension and my father’s disability payments, money was always stretched thin. When my mother received her payments, she would lay all the cash out on the kitchen table and sort it into piles, each one allocated to a different bill. I remember sitting with her as she did this, watching the look of tension on her face as she set aside money for one bill, wondering if there would be enough left over for the next one. By the time she got to the last bill, the worry she felt was palpable, even to me as a small child.
Reflecting on this memory in the present day, I can see with absolute clarity how much my mother’s fear influenced my own personal relationship with money. Although I’ve since worked on clearing these limiting beliefs, it shows just how deeply ingrained these behaviours can be.
As its root, this story is a good example of how a poverty mindset can develop and in turn, create energetic blocks that limit your ability to manifest abundance. So, how can you overcome a poverty mindset and give yourself a money mindset reset?
Be Aware
The first step to changing your thought patterns is to be aware that they exist. You can’t hope to change something that you don’t first acknowledge into existence, so take some time to reflect on your own personal relationship with money. What were your early childhood experiences with money like? How did your parents treat money? What feelings occur when you pay your bills each month? Do you have any spending habits or patterns, and how do they make you feel? Are you an emotional shopper, or are you a money hoarder? You can work through this reflection through meditation, journaling, or talking through them with someone you trust. Through careful, judgement-free reflection, you can start to release the fear and replace it with trust and acceptance.
Practice Mindful Speech
In the Law of Attraction, our words and the things we say help to define our reality. Focus on the way you talk about money; if you find yourself frequently saying things like, “I’m so poor”, “I never have any money”, or “I’m so bad at budgeting”, they will eventually become your reality even if you say them as a joke or in an off-hand way. It becomes a sort of self-fulfilling prophecy and you’ll begin to internalize their message. Instead, take a different approach:
Avoid “poverty” language such as words like “want”, “should”, or “would” as they convey a sense of lack or of regret.
Replace limiting words with empowering ones, such as “I desire” or “I intend”.
Use expansive and empowering language like “amazing”, “blessings”, or “magnificent” to uplift yourself and others. Pick five “abundant” words and try to use them each and every day.
Gratitude will amplify your manifestations, so even before you receive something, express thanks for the effort or opportunity.
Neutralize Negative Thoughts
In the same way that your words and language can promote a poverty mindset, so can your thoughts. Now, no one can prevent negative thoughts altogether so channeling your energy into thinking positive thoughts 24/7 is a fairly futile task! Instead, focus on changing the way you react to negative thoughts.
The next time you have a negative thought, for example remembering a time in the past where you were perhaps careless with money and thinking “That is so typical of me, I’ll never get in control of my finances!”, simply stop and take a deep breath. Acknowledge the thought without judgement and neutralize it with an affirmation such as “Delete”, or “I choose abundance instead” and redirect your mind to a more positive memory or topic instead. This process of redirection will help stop your brain feeling the need to fixate on and over-analyze every negative thought, stopping you from falling further into the poverty mindset spiral.
Remember, the journey from a poverty mindset to an abundant one lies within trusting that the Universe provides infinite resources and opportunities.
With Love and Joy,
Dame Marie Diamond
Feng Shui Master and Best-selling Author
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