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Do you readily discuss your finances with your spouse or significant other? And if you do, how smoothly do those conversations go, especially when times are very challenging? Challenging times occur when we change our careers, we lose our job or key business accounts unexpectedly, or the economy changes suddenly, leaving us completely unprepared.

Your answers to these questions can reveal just how healthy your relationship is with money. Talking about money can be difficult in the best of circumstances, yet, during challenging times, it can often be impossible. Fear and anxiety can either shut us down or throw us into a cycle of control and manipulation.

The way we deal with money in challenging times is incredibly important to look at. Why, because we are being given the opportunity to expand our wealth consciousness into being someone we’ve never been before; someone who attracts more money rather than repels it because of fear.

The way we handle circumstances that threaten us, shows up not only with money, it shows up in every relationship we have. Remember, how we do one thing is how we do everything. Threats, real or imagined, trigger our fight, flight, or freeze reactions. So, what can you do to improve your relationships with money, your clients, and the Universe, for that matter, that allows you to trust that all things good and beneficial will come to you in times of adversity, rather than go away? This is the million dollar question, literally.

I believe there are three (3) deadly mistakes we can make when economic times become challenging or when we experience sudden changes that negatively impact our income:

1.) We panic and ask ourselves short-term questions like; “What can I do to hurry up and get out of this situation?”

2.) We avoid addressing the truth of our situation by wasting our precious energy on condemning it and blaming others.

3.) We see ourselves as being smaller than our circumstances. Problems are seen as obstacles and look bigger than life. They seem insurmountable to deal with. (Sudden changes in our financial picture can often throw many of us into a conflict/survival mode of being.)

So, are you wondering what you can do during changing economic times that will bring you peace rather than panic? I’m sure, if you are like many of us, you do want to improve your circumstances rather than react in ways that only make things worse. I have discovered three things that are vital to do if you want to make a huge difference in turning your personal economy around while enjoying peace in the process:

1.) Ask yourself the question, “Who do I need to be within my current situation, now?” Then, strive to be it daily. Hold this as an intention. Become a beneficial relationship partner.

2.) Calmly look at the facts and figures of your economic experience. Do not judge anything or anyone. Accept your experience and know there is a greater purpose for it being in your life. Find that purpose!

3.) See yourself much bigger than your current problem or perceived obstacle. See it as a small situation that is ‘not a big harry deal!’ Remind yourself there is no real threat here. Anything is possible. What exactly could be possible for you now?

Wealth Practice #24 – Practice peace and acceptance

1.) Identify a current financial situation that threatens you, even if just a little bit. Declare who you want to be with it. Choose a way-of-being that doesn’t resemble your fight or flight reactions. Look for your highest values.

2.) Become familiar with the facts and figures of your situation as best you can. Do not judge yourself or the situation. Do not avoid this, thinking, out of sight, out of mind. This will come back to haunt you.

3.) Identify a higher purpose that this situation could be in your life to serve. Allow this higher purpose to replace any previous threat you might have imagined this experience would be. You are NOT a victim, you are a powerful creator.

Remember, we are what we practice!