SECTION EIGHT: Money, Work & Self-Worth
SECTION EIGHT: Money, Work & Self-Worth
Theme: Realigning your earning, giving, and receiving.
Goal: Explore your money story and realign your work with self-respect and ease.
This section is about the relationship between money, work, value, and self-worth. Money is rarely just about numbers. It often carries stories, beliefs, emotional patterns, family conditioning, fears, expectations, and identity.
The way you earn, spend, save, charge, give, receive, negotiate, and think about work often reveals deeper beliefs about what you believe you deserve.
These prompts are designed to help you uncover your money story, examine your relationship with work, and begin creating a healthier relationship with earning, receiving, and valuing yourself.
1. What messages did you receive about money growing up?
Think about what you learned from family, culture, religion, school, or the environments that shaped you.
What messages did you hear?
Examples:
- Money is hard to make.
- You have to work yourself to exhaustion to succeed.
- Wanting more is selfish.
- Rich people are greedy.
- Security matters more than passion.
- You should be grateful for whatever you get.
- Stability matters more than fulfillment.
Which messages still influence you today?
