Episode 103: Let's Talk About Money with Lauren Caselli
In this episode, Alisha is sharing her conversation with Lauren Caselli around the importance of having money conversations, digging into our discomfort around money and realizing that our fear of money is masking the desire underneath it.
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Talking about Money
Lots of stories that women tell themselves about money is preventing them from making money.
There is lots of power with owning your money story.
We often divorce the idea of being prosperous from being a spiritual person.
Money is really uncomfortable
We are trying to get closer to the root of our heart
Fear of money is masking the desire underneath it.
Began Seeing a disparity between women in business talking about money and men in business talking about money.
Put a date on the calendar to talk about money
Starting to make money, but don’t know what to do with it.
85% of all financial planners are men over 58 years old
Started a money community this year and even showed them the behind the scenes of my bank account.
Money and wealth building is a process that will last you for the rest of your life.
It’s less about the money because money is neutral.
The feelings around money are the things that prevent us from keeping the long-term outlook.
If you want to take any sort of risk you’re gonna lose a little bit but you’re betting on yourself to win.
As you build wealth, you lose sometimes
If you stay your entire life without experiencing a loss you stay far away from who you could be.
How do we get more comfortable talking about money
Conversation and relationship building around money takes time
Money: A love story by Kate Northrup
Sometimes starting with the emotional places of money is a good place to start.
Commit to having one Money Conversation a week.
Lauren doesn’t have a budget, but she has a spending plan
What is your savings goals for the year?
The best thing you can do when starting a business is to know how much you need to make to pay yourself a salary and cover your expenses
We can use money to connect with our higher selves
Money touches everything
The more we can dig into our discomfort around money the more comfortable we can get talking about it. The goals is to become less reactive around money
Talk about money like you talk about picking out an outfit. Money is neutral it’s just the story we tell ourselves around it.
Financial Abundance