3 Tips to Get Out of Financial Trauma & Take Action
How can you work on your money mindset when you're in a place of financial trauma?
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3 Tips to Get Out of Financial Trauma & Ready For Action
1) Move Out of Fight, Flight or Freeze
I can't tell you to sit down, be calm, look at your finances and make a plan if your brain is telling a million stories, making judgements and causing even more panic to rise. It's debilitating.
So I'm not going to start by telling you to pull all the crystals, do the breathwork, pull the oracle cards and pray to the Universe.
We need you to MOVE.
We need to get that energy that's been fizzing inside of you to move through your body.
If like me, you'd rather pull out your nostril hairs with tweezers than run or go to a gym, you can do my NEW ultimate favourite way to move your body.
Qi Gong.
Have you heard of it?
I had. vaguely.
I thought it was just for old ladies.
Turns out Qi Gong s pretty awesome at helping you move stagnant energy in the body. I love it to help you get out of that fight, flight or freeze mode. It puts you back into balance.
Here's a 17-minute video I follow myself and highly recommend;
2) Use Self-Energy Healing
I have my own method of energy healing called The Limitless Switch. I teach this to my Get Real Experience clients so they can change their energy state without me.
I get them to remove the energy of "I am not safe. Money is dangerous and frightening" and get them to add the energy of "I am safe. Money is safe." back into their bodies.
If you don't know how to perform self-healing techniques just yet, focus on self-soothing. If you watched the video in step 1, she explains about the thymus, a point in the body just between the throat and collarbone. Tap there gently while reminding yourself that you are safe.
3) Get REAL With Your Finances
Now you will be in a better emotional state, we are ready to tackle your finances.
Every Monday in The Get Real Experience is Money Mondays (you know how I love alteration!) this is where we look at our finances objectively and without judgement on ourselves.
We don't let our outgoings become a story or judgement of what that means about us as a person. We let all that sh*t go!
But it takes work.
And it's really difficult to do if money is not coming in as easily as it used to, outgoings have skyrocketed or circumstances have forced us into financial trauma.
I always like to start with subscriptions and make sure you look at both business and personal subscriptions.
If you're in a place of financial trauma and you're in a program on a rolling month-by-month payment, it might be time to cut your losses.
Yes, you might feel obliged, especially if you're in an online group. You might feel a sense of loyalty to the leader or the people in the group but if you're in a worrying place with money, you have to cut your losses.
Ask yourself if what you're paying is directly moving the needle and positively impacting your bottom line. If not, it has to go.
You can always pick it back up at a later date if you're in a better financial position.
Next look at your personal outgoings.
Is Netflix really helping you move the needle in your life and business?
It might be!
I get one of my clients to watch rom coms on Netflix as it's homework to learn to relax and take time for themselves.
It might not be...
If Netflix means you veg out and binge-watch series after series and bury your head in the sand with work (which then directly impacts your earnings), then it's time to stop that subscription.
Look at all your subscriptions and assess how important they are to your life and business.
Working on your emotional AND financial freedom forms the core work in the Get Real Experience.
It is my signature 12-week programme that is a mix of group work and individual 1:1 personalised support.
I hold a safe space for you to work on your mindset, energy, strategy and implementation across four key areas of your life and business:
✨ Receiving
✨ Expending
✨ Accumulating
✨ Letting Go
We start on September 19, 2022 and I would love to have you there.
As I know the impact of financial trauma, I always offer a scholarship place to each round of the Get Real Experience. If you need this but cannot commit to the investment, please reach out.
Laura