Shifting to the positive

Addressing The Myths Around The Positive Financial Conversation

With everything I do, one of my goals is to bring light to the positive conversation around money and finances. And often this shift in mindset needs to start with a change in perspective.

To do this effectively, a great first step is to acknowledge the common myths in order to release these limiting beliefs and move forward.

Having positive conversations about money really isn’t something that we’re used to, because — for the vast majority of us — it’s not what we’ve been taught. Throughout our lives, the messaging and associations we have with money have been negative. All this has done is set us up to connect money and finances with negative emotions. Feeling negatively about money becomes normal.

This also means that we’ve held onto these negative feelings and associations for so long that they have become buried so deeply that bringing them to the surface can be very difficult. This fact also makes this particular conversation one of great opportunity as we look for positive changes in our life.

To begin this process, let’s start by looking at three common messages around the financial conversation in order to effectively shift the focus from myth to fact.

1. Avoid the Conversation
Myth: In order to have a positive financial conversation, you must not acknowledge or talk about the negative. You’re best to avoid it or suppress the negative altogether.
Fact: A positive conversation around all things money involves a shift. To get there, you must know what it is that you’re shifting. Acknowledging your negative feelings about money will help you see them and shift your perspective to the positive.

2. Depreciate Your Feelings
Myth: When you acknowledge what your negative feelings are, you should then dismiss them because they don’t serve you.
Fact: The shift over to the positive means being connected to the way you feel so that you can effectively work through those feelings with perspective and understanding. As a result, you’re appreciating your feelings.

3. Money and Emotions are Separate
Myth: Emotions and money don’t belong together because the connection between them can only be negative and lead to losses.
Fact: The opposite of that myth is true! The key is to bring an awareness and understanding to the way you feel. We just haven’t been taught how…until now!

Your positive emotional connections are the foundation on which you can build your own earn, grow, and enjoy model.

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