You Are a Badass at Making Money

BUSTING YOURSELF TIP #1: BUM-RUSH YOUR FEARS.
Figure out something you can do right now that will take you a giant step
closer to your goal of getting rich. Make sure it’s something scary,
something that you’d really rather not do because it’s super uncomfy,
something that makes you feel like you might puke, e.g., renting the
massive space for your new handbag company, flying across the country
and figuring out how to get yourself in front of the guy who’s hiring for that
engineering job that you’re perfect for, cold-calling ten prospective clients,
hiring a new full-time employee, etc. Notice any limiting subconscious
beliefs that may get scared out of hiding as a result, and if you have
anything come forth, write it down. Or, you know, have a meltdown. In
public. Like I did. I broke down into such an unraveled state of sobbing
hysteria in the middle of this seminar that the only reason I survived was
that I didn’t want to spend my last days on earth in Las Vegas. But
afterward, I felt great. It was like hurling up something that really needed to
leave my system. I felt lighter, relieved, like I’d been handed a permission
slip to finally grow up.
Once you’ve uncovered your heretofore unknown unhelpful belief, take
the time to feel whatever feelings come up. I mean it—pause, acknowledge,
and let any sadness or frustration or heartache out of your system: Damn
you, limiting subconscious belief! I spent half a century eating clam

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chowder from a can at home instead of dining at the fancy steak house
because of you! Let your feelings rip, but don’t hang out there for the rest of
your life. Your Little Prince was trying to keep you alive and loved, so once
you’ve had your temper tantrum, focus on where you’re headed, not on
resenting the past.
Once you’ve discovered what’s been holding you back and given
yourself a chance to start releasing it, begin feeling into a new story using
the specifics of what you’ve learned. For example, I visualized my father
being so happy and proud of my financial success. I imagined myself telling
him how much I love him, thanking him for being such an awesome role
model, and felt him being relieved that I was able to take care of myself
financially. Another thing that I did and still do is let him give me money.
I’m so much more aware of how it lights him up, which then lights me up,
and my newfound understanding of the energy in this exchange makes me
receive the money with even more gratitude and love for my dad than I had
when I actually needed it. He has no idea about any of this (um, Dad, are
you reading this?) and that’s not the point—this is all your stuff, these are
the beliefs that you created yourself, it’s about releasing the energy inside
you, not about involving other people in your therapy session.