Survive Scarcity Mind By Reframing Abundance
“Your money blocks will be solved if you would commit to finical debit.” *cringe*
Recently, I was considering a program that focused on money mindset. One that seemed to be going to go beyond the spiritual bypassing and looking into the roots of money blocks. Perhaps it will.
I commented that if the abundance became available, I’d be excited to join. Responding to my comment, the coach sent a paragraph long rumble, highlighting that I was blocking money, that ‘I just needed to commit to this program to step out scarcity mind’.
First off, you don’t know me… *snap
I’ve had no personal conversation with this coach. They don’t know what I’ve been going through or that a year ago, I committed to the universe’s call and put all my energy and focus into building my online business. Trusting the money is coming I’ve been living solely off credit cards for months, and that grateful for the abundance I have. Though I’m behind on rent, I’ve been discerning about how I spend money. The only reason I’m not currently HOMELESS is because of my relationship to manifestation, community, and abundance.
Second, my comment was not that of someone in scarcity mindset.
The normal response of scarcity mind is: “Oh, I don’t have the money, so I can’t do this”. I chose the wording around my comment with the intention of Manifestation and Divine Timing and a pinch of Universal Guidance. IF I needed to do this program the money would unfold.
Third, thank you for the judgement and the spiritual bypassing. I will NOT be joining.
I received the universal direction I asked for in this coach’s response. I was already on the fence about joining and it wasn’t because of the money. I was on the fence because of who was offering the program. I’ve been following them, and they have some amazing insights. BUT multiple things they’ve said have made me pause to question working with them.
Was this my response to them? No, I left them on read.
Money Mindset vs Reality
I understand the principles of the money mindset:
Allowing yourself to spend money because you know that more is coming.
Money flows to me and through me.
Worring about money, stops money from coming in.
What you focus on you attract.
Money is just energy.
But there’s always more to learn.
I’m in search of a program that holds the piece I’ve been missing. The piece that will allow me to break free and thrive, in my own way.
Not programs that are stuck in the construct, “You got to spend money to make money.”
When it comes to scarcity mindset, teachers have gaslighted, manipulated and bypassed me, my survival mode, and the real scarcity I’ve been in. Telling me it’s my mindset that’s in the way.
Telling me to just not think about it, push down what’s really happening, don’t look at it, just dream your way out of it.
That’s not healing, that’s not getting to the root. It creates a bigger problem I’ll have to deal with when my false reality crushes around me. Which is what I’ve seen unfold for these teachers.
I’ve lived on the borders of scarcity my entire life. I know what it feels like when you must rebuild from stretch, when you can’t fall back on family, money, or partners (they don’t exist), or when you must make panic decisions just to survive.
And it needs to be said, “You can do everything right but sometimes it doesn’t matter what your mindset or choices are. You can still end up in scarcity.”
There is REAL SCARCITY out there and the possibility of a second Great Depression in the United States is real. Currently, people are losing jobs, SSI, medical programs, and funding left and right.
No amount of money spent on fluffy programs will prevent that reality. We must face our individual realities.
It’s time for finding real solutions, reframing, and deconstructing from the world’s construct of living abundantly.
Money Discernment
Imagine you’re drowning in the ocean. The person trying to save you tells you to think about how much better your life will be when you’re no longer drowning instead of throwing you a life ring to pull you out…
When scarcity transforms into survival, scarcity survival mode feels like drowning on land.
Though I thrive on living minimally, I have basic needs to survive and function in today’s world such as: food, housing, transportation, means of communication, water, heat, and power.
When those are threatened by lack of funds, survival mode and scarcity mindset become a natural response leading me to safety. IF I allow myself to process what I’m navigating.
Part of that processing requires discernment in money spending.
Money discernment is prioritizing your spending on the basic needs of today’s worlds: food, housing, transportation, means of communication, water, heat, and power.
If you have children or fur-babies, then your priorities shift a bit. *I may go hungry… Sass never will.
Money discernment is realizing that you’ll need to temporarily go let of and/or be very picky about spending money on anything that’s extra. Extras like new clothes, junk food, books, subscriptions, classes, and coaching.
I’ve reframed money discernment into Intentional Spending. Meaning I ask myself; do I really need this? Only spending on what I need vs what I just want.
Forking over your bill money for a money mindset program adds unnecessary stress and anxiety to your already vulnerable mindset. Plus, you won’t be able to take that program if you can’t pay for means of transportation or communication. *shrugs
Going into debit to pay for the program can cancel the lessons you’d learn within the program once the bills start rolling in again. *Based on true events.
The good news is that there’s tools out there that don’t involve spending money!
If you ask around you can find healers (like me), therapists, masseuses, hairdressers and more that will offer trade through energy or service.
There’s also a ton of free publications on Substack, YouTube, and Podcasts that give you valuable information for healing, survival, and more. Often, they’ll include free activities to utilize until you’re ready to add to your Intentional Spending.
Reframing Abundance
Scarcity Mindset has taught me how to live minimally and to stop comparing my idea of living abundantly to others. These new perspectives reshaped my understanding of money and abundance.
“But Mac, money is just energy.” Yes, and…. the almighty dollar is a man-made construct to exchange abundance. Money is part of abundance, but abundance is more. Pun intended
Abundance comes in many forms: energy, focus, experience, courage, wisdom, rest, time, authenticity, food, clothes, love, joy, laughter, hope, faith, family, friends, community, and more.
“If you have a roof over your head, food in your cabinet, and multiple pairs of clothes you have abundance.” – Maha Amma Boise Dharma Center.
When we’re in scarcity mind, discerning where to spend money, we start to only see the lack of *FOMO* and lose track of the abundance we have or could have.
Viewing abundance outside of money transforms our perspective of abundance, allowing us to see we’re gaining instead of losing.
Little Mindset Shifts for Scarcity Mindset:
Can’t afford junk food or going out to dinner? Now you’re gaining an abundance of healthy eating habits and starting that diet you couldn’t start before.
Can’t afford going to that event or show? Now you’re gaining an abundance of time that’s allows you to focus on other things: rest, projects, healing etc.
Can’t afford gas? Now you’re gaining more exercise to get where you need to go AND preventing the additional waste of natural resources.
Shifting these perspectives allows us to start using out of the box thinking like returning to the bartending system. Many of us have been dreaming of this for years.
Can’t afford eggs? Maybe your neighbor has chickens. Start a little garden and trade with each other! Or vice versa. You gain connection to your community, spending less at the grocery store, and you’ll know where your food comes from. (This is happening around me, neighbors planning who’s growing what so they can all trade.)
PLUS, you’re reconnecting to Mother Earth which is a FREE mental health activity. Did you know digging your hands in dirt releases a scent that is its own form of aromatherapy?
Don’t like the clothes in your closet or food in your pantry? It’s an abundance that you can trade. Gather members of your community for clothing or food swaps. (which was a normalized practice before billionaires needed more money)
Can’t allow others to pay for you? Now you’ll learn how to accept that abundance from others. Whether it’s allowing friends or family to take you out for dinner, buying you something you need, or giving you rides to run errands it’s abundance in unexpected ways. Also learning you how abundance can come in an unexpected way.
Think you’re in this alone? Now you can gain the comfort of knowing you’re not alone that someone/thing is watching over you. Ever have a time when money, food, or something needed just magically appeared? Maybe someone stepped in and offered it, maybe you found a twenty in your pocket, or maybe it just doesn’t make sense, but somehow it was all there when you needed it. Reflect on these times to see the unseen. You’re not alone, the universe, your guides, and your community have your back. And you can have an abundance of gratitude for that.
Personal Experience Taught Me
There are lessons and perspectives to learn from scarcity… if you can get out of survival mode long enough to see it. *ha…ha… cringe
Reframing abundance opens your mind to see how abundant you are, what abundance looks like to you, and all the forms that abundance can come in.
Slowly easing your panicked nervous system out of survival mode. Opening space in your mind to start looking forward to the possibilities of what could be in six months.
Then when you finally get to buy new items, program, or to “treat yourself”, you appreciate it more because you’re intentionally spending.
If programs, workshops, or retreats cross your path, ask for a sign as to whether they are the right decision for you. Letting go of the outcome, knowing that if money comes it’s meant to be. Regardless of how it comes, trade, a friend, or unexpected cash flow…
I don’t have all the answers, but this is how I shift my scarcity mindset. Sometimes it just takes time and work.
What I do know is that I’ve made it this far with a lot of seen and unseen help. Abundance is flowing in, in all forms, I’m doing the work, and things are shifting.
I may not have the fancy capitalistic cash flow but in MY construct of abundance. I have what I need. If I need something else and the time is right, the abundance will present itself.
If you want to share some joy with me… a cup of tea always brings a smile to my face. - thank you!
A Gift From me to you!
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