16/04/2024
Money/putea ~part 1
Let’s talk about the uncomfortable.
I’ve never been one for small talk anyway 😅
The openness of “private” life stuff that not many speak of.
Let’s start to normalise talking about money in a way that releases pressure on our selfs our relationships and the trickle affect that it has in our lives.
Help us feel more at home in aligned decisions that serve us, our whanaus and our happiness!
Money is sooo over looked when it comes to mental health, but not for the reasons we think they are.
we have a lack of financial education
One of the biggest life skills we need in todays society (and it’s not taught in schools, go figure)
We were sold a story that success was only tangible.
It bothers me For our men who feel a duty to provide and the attachments to what that should look like and how this day and age the way we live in this world our bodies and minds weren’t really built for a lot of these jobs.
It bothers me For our women who feel they don’t have men to provide or they play both roles!
There is many nuances of this topic and I’m sure this little ol post won’t cover it all, I can’t speak for everyone.
The obvious almost masks some of the underlying issues. Tax. Low wage rates or rising living costs.
The genuine struggle for low income whanau who are genuinely trying there best.
and yes colonisation and the effect it had on many lives and the need to shift into a new way of survival mentally and physically many weren’t able to
adapt too it’s trickled down and morphed into different issues on the way
Then in comes continual cycles of it for an array of reasons, learning through what’s passed down or what isn’t passed down.
Insert trauma and masking with addictions from substances to shopping and all the inbetween
social norms can be conceded in a popularity contest of the coolest or best new things.
How well others are doing based on what they have or how they dress and what each other is able to do or not do (not everyone)
This isn’t saying material and physical things are bad, love everyone winnng and living there best life when financially able, within our means and the choices are congruent with your values and inner happiness 😍 that’s the aim that’s the goal and that’s the point
Borrowing to keep up or being stuck in a borrowing mindset that keeps us stuck in a rut when in need of survival essentials that’s an issue we face Keeping us small
Money has the power to be a beautiful circulating energy
I’ve just touched the surface here, more to come.
Cheering us all on for the journey is forever winding and unwinding
enjoy it whanau don’t take it so seriously but stay true to you and your desires 🫶🏽