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You're out for a walk when a man appears on the sidewalk ahead of you.

He looks like a nice guy, but your brain and body silently scream CROSS THE STREET NOW.

What do you do? Cross the street.

You never second-guessed that decision.
Wouldn’t it be nice to do that with your money too?

Here are the four things stopping you.

1️⃣ 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲

Heart racing. Hands shaking. So nauseous you think you’ll throw up.

So you put the thing back on the shelf.

Text the girls “I can’t afford to go to Spain” with $20,000 in your vacation fund.

Say “yes dear” when your husband shows you numbers that make sense, but something feels off (and yes, something 𝑤𝑎𝑠 off).

With money, you’ve learned to override what your body is telling you.

With that man walking towards you, your body moved.

No lying to yourself or others required.

2️⃣ 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞

“What if 💩 hits the fan and I need this money for something else?”

“Is this really necessary?”

“Mom will keep reminding me ‘we don’t deserve nice things’ if she ever found out I bought a Coach bag for full price.”

With money, you’ve negotiated with that voice for so long you’ve stopped trusting it all together.

With that man walking towards you, you instantly agreed with it and never thought about if you got it wrong.

No negotiations. Zero guilt. Just trust.

3️⃣ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬

You open your banking app even though the last time you were in there was an hour ago and nothing has changed.

You know the numbers say you're fine (retirement is on track, the savings are there) but you add another $5,000 to savings so that nervous feeling will *hopefully* go away.

Your spouse knows you’ve had the money for the kitchen remodel since 2021 but it doesn’t feel safe to take it out of the account.

With money, no number feels like enough because you don’t know if you’re really going to be OK.

With that man walking towards you, deciding if you should be 5 inches, 5 feet, or 5 yards from him before you crossed the street never entered your mind because you knew you did enough.

Your instincts were more than enough. 𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑎𝑟𝑒.

4️⃣ 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐬

“Dad, I have 3 excellent job offers. Which one should I take?”

“Steph, should I put an offer on house A or house B?”

Drop an anonymous FB post in that finance group describing your situation in detail and ask their opinion.

With money, you weren’t looking for more information. You were looking for everyone to agree on what is OK.

With that man walking towards you, it never occurred to you to ask.

The only opinion that mattered was yours.
With the man and with your money.

Drop a 💯 and I'll send you the link to my free masterclass where I show you how to trust your financial instincts the same way you trusted yourself on that sidewalk.

That confidence you had crossing the street to get away from a creepy guy?

That's the same in the moment confidence you want to have with your money too.

Start developing that confidence when you come to my free masterclass Enjoy Your Money Guilt-Free. 👇