Financial Alchemy Coach Katie Curtin
Do you find yourself procrastinating about things you need to do to be successful? Do you have relationships with family, friends and bosses that don’t work out? Are you plagued by low-level anxiety about what’s in store for you?
What reasons do you give yourself for these situations?
Maybe you tell yourself you are procrastinating because you are lazy. Perhaps you blame your bad relationships on other people, or use the excuse that if only you had more money and time, things would be different.
You are fooling yourself! If there’s a pattern that keeps cropping up in your life, I’d be willing to bet a lot of well earned money that there is a belief, or set of beliefs, behind it all.
You may already be conscious of some of these negative patterns. Others may be below the surface and need detective work. But with time and patience, you can ferret them out.
Old programs and patterns will drive you until they’re released. They usually go back to infancy or early childhood and have become encoded in the energy systems of your mind and body. Unless you can root them out, you’re largely doomed to reliving your past and living today based on yesterday.
This, more than anything in your current life, can be the source of your greatest suffering. Fortunately, with all the leading edge mind/body techniques available to us today, you have the means to easily and permanently get rid of such patterns.
Each time I coach a client, I very carefully look and listen for the belief systems that lie behind the challenges they face. Then I work with them using a myriad of coaching and energy techniques to release those negative patterns. Learning the tools employed in The Financial Alchemy Program has allowed me to take this work to a higher level with often life-shifting results both for my clients and myself.
The only way to know that a belief system has been eradicated is to notice whether a repetitive pattern is still happening. It doesn’t matter how many counselors, psychologists, coaches and healers you’ve been to, if you are still having the problem, there are still negative beliefs that have not been released.
Try a little exercise right now:
Make a list of what you have time and money for and what you don’t. It doesn’t have to take you more than a few minutes, and it’s well worth it. To help get you thinking about this, here are some examples from my life. Maybe you can relate to a few of them. Others you may simply find curious or strange, because they’re not part of your belief system.
For instance, I’ve always been able to find the money to travel, buy a book I adored or take a course I really wished to do. I’ve had time for all kinds of exciting work or educational projects. But I have been a miser about time for just having fun for it’s own sake or finding money to buy “luxury items” like nice clothes, a visit to a spa or a massage.
Personal care and fun were guilty indulgences. When I bought beautiful clothes, I had to justify it. I would tell myself and others, “ I got this because it was such a bargain,” or “I had to buy this for work.” It was never okay to simply buy a piece of clothing because it excited me. Neither was it ever okay not to work hard all the time except when I was on vacation. Taking time and money for everyday fun and the little personal luxuries in life, has, ironically, been a much harder psychological task for me than doing hard labor.
If I look at my family, it’s not hard to see some of the belief systems that have run my life. Education and books were highly valued; it was okay to spend money in this way. Good food and travel were also considered worthwhile. But the rest of the time you were supposed to work long and hard, and, as a child I rarely saw my parents playing or doing things they found fun.
Now look at the list of what you have time and money to do and what you don’t. Ask yourself which of the messages you got growing up might still be influencing your choices in using your time and money. What you have is a list of some of your core beliefs. Some may work in your favor. Some not.
Being aware and conscious of these beliefs is an important step in distancing yourself from them. Sometimes it’s enough just to have that awareness. Often though, other techniques are needed to do the job, and having a coach with expertise in shifting these negative patterns can make a world of difference.
In Financial Alchemy Coaching we take the time to excavate all your old money beliefs and then have you create a money monster out of them. You then get to separate from or divorce this “money monster, and create a “money honey” out of positive beliefs you choose. You then engage in conversations with your money honey on what actions you can take that will allow you to experience more abundance and flow in your life. This effectively engages the imagination and the unconscious to create change, and it is also a lot of fun to do.
My money honey, suggested I go skating. “Huh,” I thought. “Having fun– how’s that going to help my finances? I bet it doesn’t work for me.” But I had made a commitment to take action, and so, grudgingly, a few days later, in the midst of a very busy week, I went down to the beautiful Toronto City Hall skating rink, with my son and skated for an evening. Should I have been using my time more wisely? Would staying home and doing one more item on my home-based business “to do” list, be more effective in generating funds. Turns out not.
Two days later, a personal loan of over $10,000, which had helped me pay for my coaching courses and business startup funds, was forgiven. This loan was something I was working to pay off. The person involved said that they had more than enough money for their needs, and they would be happy if I accepted this gift. I accepted with a lot of gratitude.
This was not the only time that doing something fun, or “indulging” oneself has paid off for me or my clients. A woman I coached was told by her money honey to purchase an $80 bottle of perfume, which she felt was very extravagant. A couple of days after doing this she unexpectedly received a check in the mail for $1,500.
Instead of working hard doing more of the “same old things,” work on releasing the mindset that holds you back. Everything becomes more effortless. Synchronicities and “miracles” happen. Go beyond your beliefs and let the magic begin!
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