19. Open yourself to possibilities with the first Stage of Abundance
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Intro to 4 stages, plus Stage 1- Possibility/Hope
Welcome to Episode 19 of The Money Mindset Shift! We are going to talk about the 4 Stages of Abundance, what is it, and dive into the first Stage!
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Welcome to Episode 19 of The Money Mindset Shift! We are going to talk about the 4 Stages of Abundance, what this is, and dive into the first Stage!
In my work, I’ve found it helpful to conceptualize our relationships to abundance by breaking it down into 4 stages.
1. Possibility (Formerly known as Opening to Possibilities)
2. Expanding Receiving (Formerly known as Creating Consistency)
3. Overflow
4. Having it all
The names have changed a little (as you could tell) from when I first began to conceptualize abundance in this way.
Possibility was formerly known as Opening to Possibilities, because that’s really what it is – a gaining of awareness that life can be different, and that you have the power to create that change in your reality.
Expanding Receiving was formerly known as Creating Consistency. And I realized that at each stage we actually seek to create consistency. So whether that’s consistency to pay our bills, consistency in having more than enough, consistency in able to give back and share, it’s in all of these things. So the name needed to be changed to really signify the actual experience of Stage 2, which is expanding receiving to move into and through stability and safety. It’s that exhale of relief that comes with having enough.
These Stages are not distinct – but rather there is much overlap between them. They all seem to exist on a continuum. Or on one of those fancy stat wheels. If you’re familiar with Pokemon or maybe D&D, you might know what I’m talking about.
And you aren’t unlocking some achievement as you move through them. There is a lot of fluidity in your experience, and you may find yourself moving back and forth between them for various reasons, and in various areas of abundance.
This conceptualization is also still growing and forming. So do expect maybe names to change and descriptions to be expanded upon! And if you have thoughts on them, I would love to hear them! This isn’t just something that comes out of me. It is something that comes from my experiences, my clients’ experiences, and I would love to include your experiences in it as well and if you are a client of mine listening to this, I’d love to continue to include your experiences!
Over the next few episodes, we will be diving into each stage, discussing some of the key themes, what experiences you may have, and how to navigate them!
But, as with everything, we have to start somewhere!
So let’s start right now by diving into the first Stage of Abundance – Possibility!
Before you enter this stage, it is sort of like you are asleep. You are going about life with the conventional ways of doing things. The systems at play really have a hold of your vision. So what you see around you and what the systems reflect to you really kinda describes your experience.
But then something happens. And you are introduced to difference. You may see this through someone showing up online and sharing their life, you may feel it in the frustration and contrast between where you are and where you want to be, you may experience a sudden change in your life that shakes you.
There are many experiences that can sort of shake the sleep out of our eyes. And when this happens, you begin to enter the stage of Possibility.
You begin to believe that you can have a different experience of money and that you have the power to change the relationship you have with money. My dear friend and client, Alexis Edwards @expansionprincipleinstitute on Instagram, said this is like the “initiation of self-belief.” And I really like that.
Throughout this stage, you are in a space of exploration. Exploring what abundance means to you and looks like in your life. Exploring the tangled ball of programs that you’ve been given and beginning to try to understand them. And through that, you’re building that belief in yourself as a power and as an agent to change your reality and your experience.
It may feel like a struggle of shedding the old and coming into the new. Especially in the beginning because the brain is very used to thinking certain ways and reacting to situations in particular ways.
One way to begin gently reaffirming the possibilities and shifting your brain is with constructing your world to reinforce the new way of thinking and being and elevate your energy to where you want to go.
So you do things like:
– Follow people who inspire you on social media.
– Create routines that nourish you.
– Leave yourself sticky notes or program reminders into your phone with things that feel good from the Affirmations + Reminders for Boss Bitches booklet!
These affirmations and reminders, they will work that initiation of self-belief, and the emails you’ll receive after you get access to the booklet will give you the tools to continue shifting. The link for the booklet is in the show notes should you need it.
https://slowmorningsco.com/affirmations-and-reminders-booklet/
So basically affirmations and reminders booklet but with dashes instead of spaces.
Then once you begin to feel the shift, there are things that will help you integrate it on a deeper level. Namely, the untangling of those limiting and oppressive programs that society has given you. This isn’t always the easiest process, so I recommend a few things!
Something I forgot to mention before was educating yourself. Learning. And so you’re going to continue to do that learning and education piece like listening to this podcast, maybe following me on instagram, etc., but I also recommend:
– More nourishment! Really cultivate physical and time space to nourish yourself, as best as you can. Work with the resources that you have available to you. This doesn’t mean go out and buy a whole sauna for yourself kinda thing. If you have the money and the resources to do so great. But find ways to use what you already have.
– As you’re going through this, stories of worth may definitely pop up as a result, so keep a journal nearby, a note document in your phone, or some way to voice note yourself. And work through those tangles as they come up. Money and worth get deeply and tightly tied together in societies, especially the United States, and I am sure other places as well. But my experience here in the United States is that it’s like peanut butter and jelly. They get tied together so deeply that we don’t tend to think of one without the other. So more than likely, it will come up and you’ll want some way of working through it.
– And I suggest to get intentional about untangling these things with journaling prompts and energy work! Limitless: The Money Mindset Journaling Bundle can help you with 111 journaling and meditation prompts and 6 videos to support you in journaling and moving through sticky spots like thought spirals. Those times when your brain is like “No! You’re a horrible person and everybody hates you and you’re gonna die alone!” Right? It spirals out from this like, this was a bad situation and I didn’t enjoy it to like, the end of the world. And that is not helpful. So you need to be able to work through them.
You can learn more about the journal and access it at:
https://slowmorningsco.com/limitless-journal-bundle/
And the link of course is in the show notes. But this journal is a magical talisman in and of itself, because it will hold the energy of possibility and limitlessness for you as you work to get yourself there. And it is a tool that you can continue to use as you move through the other Stages of Abundance as well.
It’s really amazing how this one tool has so many applications and how journaling can be such a supportive part of this journey. So I highly recommend getting it obviously. But if you don’t, do journal. That is my encouragement to you.
Then after Possibility, the second stage is Expanding
Receiving. And we will get into that one in the next episode of the Money Mindset Shift!
But if you have thoughts about this first Stage of Possibility, I would love to hear them! What have your experiences been with opening to possibilities? With having hope that things could be different? And with that moment of awakening or shaking the sleep from your eyes? That “Aha!” moment of like, “it can and it does get to be different!” I would love to hear more about that experience from you. So definitely reach out to me on instagram @shelbymelissa so that’s
https://www.instagram.com/shelbymelissa/
And that link will also be in the show notes. Reach out to me. Tell me how it has been for you, what your experiences have been, and if you think that you are in this stage, or maybe you’re in a different one. Let’s talk!
And I’ll see you in the next episode of the Money Mindset Shift!
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