As women entrepreneurs, we often fall into the trap of thinking that success in business is solely dependent on hard work and business acumen. But what if we told you that there are other surprising factors that can influence your financial growth?
Money is often considered the ultimate measure of success. We're told that if we work hard and apply enough business acumen, we'll reap the financial rewards we desire. However, while these factors are undoubtedly important, they aren't the be-all and end-all of financial success. Emotional wounds and limiting beliefs can hinder our growth and prevent us from achieving our entrepreneurial dreams.
As an Emotional Healing Facilitator, I have worked with many successful women entrepreneurs who have hit a wall in their financial growth or worse fallen backward from a point of success. They often come to me feeling frustrated, overwhelmed, and stuck. And upon talking with them I often find that they know what to do but often they go to take action and then something prevents them from moving forward. Or they make money, but it seems to slip through their fingers.
Emotional wounds can be caused by various life experiences, such as past traumas, personal relationships, or feelings of lack of self-worth. These wounds can create negative patterns of behavior that affect our ability to attract and retain financial abundance. For example, if someone in your family failed as an entrepreneur and you go to start a business. That memory or emotional connection may present as anxiety or your financial setpoint may be affected by internal programming that says “that is all our family can earn.”
Furthermore, emotional wounds and limiting belief can lead to self-sabotage. Self-sabotage can present as procrastination, perfectionism, fear of failure but it can also present as constant striving, not letting up, relentless pursuit of a goal, never relaxing or allowing yourself to have downtime for things like self-reflection or self-care. Regardless of what end of the spectrum you find yourself on, the result is often the same – dwindling sales or inability to get your business off the ground.
It's important to recognize that emotional wounds are not a weakness, but rather a natural response to life experiences or even inherited stress responses to unknown events. However, to achieve long-term financial success healing our emotional wounds can provide a springboard to your full potential.
There are emotional wounds and then there are limited beliefs. Limiting beliefs can occur from continual environmental programming through repeated exposure to the same messaging and it can also occur from generational belief systems, etc. However, it occurs limiting beliefs often sound like this – do any of these sound familiar to you?
Money is the root of all evil
I'm not good enough
I don't deserve success
I'm not smart/pretty/young/old enough
“We” (family) don’t succeed
The good news is that there are ways to identify, isolate, release and reframe these limiting beliefs allowing you to shift your mindset towards abundance and success. The first thing you can do on your own is to remind yourself that these statements are not fact but fiction and begin to paint a different internal story.
Tips and Strategies for Overcoming Emotional Wounds and Reframing
Limiting Beliefs
Now that we've identified the emotional wounds and limiting beliefs that can hold us back from financial growth, let's explore some tips and strategies for overcoming them.
We are often our toughest critics but give yourself grace and remind yourself that what is happening may not be your fault. Until you are sure that you don’t have underlying, unconscious limiting beliefs and emotional wounds, it may be nothing that you are currently doing (or not doing) that is creating your current financial position.
Challenge Your Limiting Beliefs: When you catch yourself thinking negatively about money or success, ask yourself if those thoughts are really true. Often, our limiting beliefs are based on outdated, not our own or simply inaccurate information.
Seek Professional Support: Consider working with a certified healer or coach who specializes in helping entrepreneurs overcome emotional blocks. They can provide you with personalized strategies and support to help you grow.
Visualize Your Ideal Outcome: Spend time imagining your business thriving and your financial goals being met. This can help you stay motivated and focused on your vision. And especially pay attention to intruding visions that provide insights on what you really think of money. You may get flashbacks from things that happened around money from your childhood or you may have given money a persona that isn’t pleasant.
Let your money flow: By giving money away and not being tight-fisted thinking there will never be enough, money begins to gain a positive energy in your life. Start small if you have to and grow into bigger and more targeted giving.
Are you feeling overwhelmed and stuck in your business? Are you tired of trying every productivity hack and traditional therapy without seeing any results? It's time to try a different approach! As an Emotional Healing Facilitator, I can help you overcome those emotional blocks that are holding you back from achieving your goals. Book a free discovery call today to find out how I can support you on your journey towards success. Let's work together to unleash your true potential and see real growth in your business!
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