Money Messages, Myths and Misconceptions - 3 Part Workshop

Money is rarely just money.
It is atmosphere.
It is tone.
It is memory.
It is nervous system imprinting.
Long before we ever earn a dollar, we are absorbing what money means.
And most of what we absorb… we never consciously chose.

## Where Money Messages Begin

They begin in childhood — not in spreadsheets, but in kitchens.
In whispered arguments.
In late-night tension.
In overheard phrases:
“We can’t afford that.”
“Money doesn’t grow on trees.”
“Rich people are greedy.”
“We’re just not that kind of family.”
Money may not have been discussed openly — but it was felt.
If there was stress, your body learned:
Money equals danger.
If there was sacrifice and martyrdom, you learned:
Money requires suffering.
If generosity came at the cost of stability, you learned:
Wanting more is selfish.
These messages do not form as ideas.
They form as emotional truths.
And emotional truths become identity.

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## The Myths We Inherit

Over time, these early imprints harden into myths:

• Wealth corrupts.
• Power destroys.
• Ambition harms others.
• There is never enough.
• If I succeed, someone else loses.

These are not neutral beliefs.
They shape how we price ourselves.
How we negotiate.
How visible we allow ourselves to become.
How much we feel safe receiving.
If your nervous system associates money with conflict,
you will unconsciously avoid expansion.
Even if you say you want it.

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## The Cultural Reinforcement

Then comes culture.
We live in a time where government overreach, corporate excess, and financial exploitation are visible in ways they once were not.
Large institutions hoard power.
Policies favor concentration of wealth.
Corporate behavior often feels detached from humanity.
It becomes easy — even understandable — to equate money with corruption.
To see power as inherently toxic.
To feel morally superior by distancing ourselves from wealth.
But here’s the quiet consequence:
When we internalize the belief that money corrupts…
We subconsciously resist having it.
When we equate power with harm…
We unconsciously shrink from leadership.
We confuse systemic abuse with the neutral energy of resource itself.
Money is a tool.
Power is capacity.
Corruption is distortion.
Those are not the same thing.

You can learn more here:
Money Sessions 3-Part Workshop: Messages, Myths & Misconceptions
Featuring LIIFT UnTherapy + Compassion Key + RTT Guided Self-Hypnosis
Dates: March 3rd, March 17th and March 31st
Live Workshop via Zoom
Registration Link: Money Sessions, Live 3-Part Workshop
Early Registration Discount Ends February 28th (Save $40)
Spots will be limited to allow for depth.

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## Media, Marketing & Consumer Culture

Layered on top of this is constant reinforcement.
Advertising tells us:
You are not enough — but this product will fix you.
News cycles amplify financial crisis narratives.
Social media glorifies both extreme wealth and extreme outrage.
We are pulled between:
Consumerism and condemnation.
Desire and disgust.
Aspiration and shame.
This creates cognitive dissonance.
We want ease.
We want freedom.
We want impact.
But we do not want to become “one of them.”
So we stay small.
Safe.
Morally clean — and financially capped.

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## How Beliefs Take Root

Money beliefs take root through repetition and emotion.
A single argument doesn’t program you.
A single headline doesn’t either.
But repeated emotional charge does.
Over time:
Thought becomes belief.
Belief becomes identity.
Identity becomes ceiling.
And ceilings, though invisible, begin to feel true.

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## The Current Moment

We are living through a time where distrust of institutions is high.
That distrust may be warranted.
But if we are not careful, we will absorb the distortion into our personal story.
We may unconsciously decide:
“I don’t want more.”
“I don’t want visibility.”
“I don’t want responsibility.”
Because we associate those things with corruption.
This is how collective narratives quietly shape private limitation.

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## Reclaiming Neutrality

Money is neutral.
Power is neutral.
Leadership is neutral.
The moral charge comes from the consciousness behind them.
You can hold wealth ethically.
You can hold power responsibly.
You can build income without exploitation.
But only if your nervous system feels safe doing so.
That is the real work.
Not budgeting harder.
Not shaming yourself into discipline.
But clearing inherited fear.
Updating outdated narratives.
Separating corruption from capacity.

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## A Different Question

Instead of asking:
“Is money bad?”
What if we asked:
“Am I willing to become someone who can hold resources cleanly?”
Instead of:
“Power corrupts.”
What if we asked:
“What kind of power would I embody?”
This is not about defending corporations.
It is about reclaiming personal agency.
Because when ethical people avoid wealth and leadership,
the vacuum does not stay empty.

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## Money as Responsibility

Perhaps the shift is this:
Money is not a moral verdict.
It is a responsibility amplifier.
If you are grounded, it expands your impact.
If you are fearful, it amplifies that too.
The goal is not to reject money.
The goal is to become steady enough to steward it.

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## The Invitation

You cannot change a belief you cannot see.
So start here:
Notice your emotional reaction to wealth.
Notice your body’s response to expansion.
Notice the story you tell about “people with money.”
Then ask:
Is this mine?
Or is this inherited?
Because until you question the message,
you will live inside it.
And the story you live becomes the income you allow.
It becomes the limits you live your life within.
You can change this…positively, powerfully and permanently.

## If You’re Ready to Look Deeper…

Awareness is powerful. But awareness alone doesn’t rewire the nervous system.
Most of our money messages were formed before we had language for them. They live in the body. In the emotional memory. In the tone we absorbed long before we formed opinions.
And that means they don’t shift through insight alone.
They shift through guided clearing with a somatic approach. Through subconscious work. Through safely expanding your capacity to receive, hold, and steward more.
That is exactly why I’m co-leading a three-part live workshop:

### Money Sessions: Messages, Myths & Misconceptions

Together with Brian Eastman of LIIFT UnTherapy, we will gently and directly work at the root:

• Identifying inherited financial imprints
• Clearing emotional charge around money and power
• Separating corruption from personal capacity
• Building nervous system safety for expansion

Each of the three 75-minute sessions includes subconscious process work, somatic integration practices with Brian, and Compassion Key clearings led by Malinda — followed by a guided self-hypnosis Rapid Transformation Technique (RTT) audio to help you integrate the shift.
You will also receive a Money Messages Workbook to anchor what surfaces and track what transforms.
And for the first 20 participants who register before the deadline, we’re offering a free bonus Money Messages Quiz and introductory LIIFT UnTherapy clearing session.
This isn’t about chasing wealth.
It’s about becoming coherent with the level of resource you are meant to hold.
If this article stirred something in you — curiosity, resistance, recognition — that may be the doorway.
You can learn more here:
Money Sessions 3-Part Workshop: Messages, Myths & Misconceptions
Featuring LIIFT UnTherapy + Compassion Key + RTT Guided Self-Hypnosis
Dates: March 3rd, March 17th and March 31st
Live Workshop via Zoom
Registration Link: Money Sessions, Live 3-Part Workshop
Early Registration Discount Ends February 28th (Save $40)
Spots will be limited to allow for depth.

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