Something I have heard a lot throughout my career and something I am seeing a lot right now across social media is the advice to never say no to an opportunity. It’s the idea that you should always say yes to any opportunity that comes your way, regardless of what it is and how you feel about it.

As women and people socialized as women, there are so many differences in the ways that we are taught about money compared to men or people socialized as men. We absorb these teachings and it leads to limiting beliefs that prevent us from taking ownership of our wealth and finances. But this week’s guest is here to help you acknowledge your beliefs around money and change your money mindset so you can start creating emotional peace with your money.

Do you understand money’s role in your emotional experience? Today’s episode is about money, but it isn’t about saving, investing, or how to use your money. Really, this is a Money 101 belief class because money plays an incredibly important role when it comes to stress and rest, and your beliefs about money really do make a difference in your emotional experience of life.

Believing that rest should always be fun and that your mind should be quiet when you decide to rest is like giving someone who doesn’t like carrots carrot juice and expecting them to all of a sudden like it. It’s not the way it works. When you place an unrealistic expectation on yourself that your brain should be quiet when you decide to rest, you are setting yourself up for disappointment and resistance.

Do you often feel tired and fatigued? Are you exhausted from what is going on in your life? Most often, when we say we’re tired, it is the mental and emotional experience we are having that we are tired from or of. But there is a difference between tiredness and fatigue.

Taking a vacation doesn’t mean you have to take a week or two off to go away or leave the country. There are so many different ways you can take a vacation, and when you expand your mind and think of it differently, you can experience more of the benefits.

Do you consider yourself to be creative? There is a narrative in our society that there are “creative people” and “non-creative people,” leading us to believe that we are all one or the other and we have to choose which side we identify with. But we are all creative, and thinking otherwise is not true, and it is not serving you.

When you believe you are responsible for other people’s feelings or behavior, you are left feeling depleted of your time, energy, and effort. It is so emotionally draining to spend time worrying about what other people think, and using so much effort to try and fix situations so that other people think differently of you. It is time to change things.

If I asked you to rate your life on a scale of one to 10, most of you would likely fall between the six to eight range. This was definitely my answer at first too, but what if I offered that your life is truly at a two? I’m not saying your life is terrible or shitty in any way. Instead, seeing your current life at a two might help you allow the desires that are bubbling under the surface, and to go after them.

How you show up for yourself during a tough, busy week is the ultimate insight into your relationship with yourself. The way you treat yourself, talk to yourself, and support yourself are all an indication of where you are on your priority list. So what are those insights telling you? Do you need to find a more productive way to deal with these crazy weeks? If so, don’t worry, I’ve got you.

So many people have access to paid time off at their workplace, yet they choose not to use it. And yes – I said choose. Because when you don’t take time off, it is a choice. Extended periods of time off are not a luxury, they’re a necessity. Whether you want to take a day or a week off, to travel or not, we’re changing the way you think about PTO in this week’s episode

One of the greatest truths in life is that life is 50:50 and there is so much beauty in fully embracing and accepting the human condition in its entirety. So why do so many of us still try to resist the “negative” parts of life?