79 | Allowing yourself to receive more money // with Maren Rasmussen
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I'm Alex, and you're listening to the Mindful with Media podcast.
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:Alex | Mindful with Media: Let's just get
started by having you introduce yourself.
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:Both yourself and also
your, your business.
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:Maren Rasmussen: Okay.
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:I'm Maren Rasmussen and I grew up in St.
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:George, Utah, and I currently
live in Northern Utah.
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:I have two little kids
that are two and three.
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:They're a bundle of fun, and
then two stepkids that are.
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:older, like 19 and 22 almost.
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:So super fun.
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:I, yeah, I love rock climbing.
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:I love meditating.
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:I love all the mindset
work, all the things.
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:And then in the past 10 years or
so, I have gotten into energy work.
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:Maybe, yeah, it's been like 13 or 14 years
ago, I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia.
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:And I also suffered with
depression and anxiety.
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:And so it, sometimes when you get
to your breaking point, you're like,
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:okay, what are some other options here?
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:And I know that you've probably
experienced that with some of the things
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:you've dealt with in your life too.
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:And so I was open to some weird
things, one of them being energy work.
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:And I started with someone
that did, it's called N A E T.
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:It's an allergy elimination technique.
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:And that's kind of where I like.
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:Started opening up to energy work and
finding that I have a gift to see energy
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:and that it can be really useful for
a lot of people as I tap into that.
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:I felt there was a piece
missing as I was like doing it.
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:I just felt like something was
filled off and that's when I found.
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:Like thought work, mindset work
coaching, and then the two together are
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:just like this magical bundle of fun.
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:So it's been awesome to bring them
both together and really Work on people
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:energetically and see what I'm seeing,
but also coach them at the same time.
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:And I work with a lot of coaches too,
that already understand that aspect.
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:So then they can use the things that
they learned from our sessions to go and
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:coach themselves more and kind of release
things that are, that are holding them up.
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:So yeah, that's a little bit about me.
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:Alex | Mindful with Media:
Hey, I love that so much.
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:And I love the combination of the thought
work belief work with the energy work.
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:And I think you're going to be kind
of talking about both today, right?
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:Both aspects of that in relation to money.
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:And we'll get into that
a little bit later.
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:I'd love for you to just.
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:If somebody is, like, very new to this
world of energy, like, energy work,
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:how would you describe it to them?
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:Maren Rasmussen: Very good question.
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:So everything is made
of energy in the world.
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:And so I, I usually describe it to people
like everything's energetic and I just
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:have eyes to see the energy more clearly.
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:And I feel like a lot of people
actually, I would call it a
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:spiritual gift, a gift of some sort.
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:But I feel like a lot of people actually
have a gift in this way, but it's just
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:kind of shows up differently for people.
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:It feels like intuitive in ways.
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:Like you feel very in
tune or a lot of empaths.
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:If they say they're like a very empathetic
introverts, a lot of times might have
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:gifts and in these areas and extroverts
too, but I've just noticed that more.
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:But, yeah.
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:My goal, like there's so many
different ways to see energy.
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:Like some people feel it, some people
have specific scripts that they follow.
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:For me, I as soon as I get permission
from whoever I'm working on, I don't
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:work on anyone without that permission.
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:And then I can kind of, I
say, I tap into their energy.
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:So it does take effort on my part.
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:But from there, I.
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:can see different like symbols and
like, like a box or a circle or a clock.
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:And it kind of shows up in
different aspects of the
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:different areas of the body.
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:And then once I start talking about it, it
kind of unfolds to me what that story is.
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:So for example, maybe there's
like a clock stuck in someone's
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:like heart chakra by their heart.
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:And it could just, it could sometimes
open up to like, they're paying too much
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:attention to like the clock and the time.
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:Very time scarce.
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:And so then we can work on that
and kind of dig more into it.
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:The other thing I love about
energy work is that it can really
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:connect you with your ancestors.
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:So I do connect with
those that have passed on.
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:I don't call myself a medium.
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:Some people ask me if I am.
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:That's not my goal or purpose.
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:It just we're so interconnected.
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:With people and our family that it
they often show up and just like the
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:DNA of what we look like it's passed
down to us Beliefs which everyone could
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:probably think of like, oh, yeah, my
great grandma always said this phrase,
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:you know and we all believe it now and
so There's just like beliefs that kind
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:of get stuck in our system as well or
trauma that we can then release as well.
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:And when I say release, it's just energy
just kind of needs to be recognized kind
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:of like when we talk about feelings and
processing feelings rather than like
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:holding on to them when we recognize
it and say, like, I see you, it's okay
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:that you're here and it's okay to leave.
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:It kind of helps that energy shift.
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:And then we can bring something new in.
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:So energy isn't destroyed or created.
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:It just is.
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:It can be moved.
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:And so that's our goal as we, as I
work on someone is to help shift the
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:energy in their system to help bring
more circulation, like, energetic
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:circulation, even physical, a lot of times
physical issues, I think are just more
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:emotional or energetically at the base.
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:That's like the issue
that we need to work on.
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:It's not really the physical thing.
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:It's just showing up physically as a gift.
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:Like, hey, there's something
more going on here.
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:So it's much more of like a holistic
approach to a lot of things, but I also
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:Definitely believe there's a lot of things
that can support the system and the body.
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:It doesn't have to just be energy
work, but for people that it resonates
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:with, it can be very useful a very
useful tool in helping them progress
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:and heal and change and create.
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:Alex | Mindful with Media: So powerful.
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:I feel like, you know, I think
I've, like, heard things about
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:energy work or thing, and it's, I,
I, it sounded, like, so woo woo.
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:Like, what?
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:But I feel like since I've learned about
it from you, it's just, like, made sense.
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:Like, yeah.
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:I don't know.
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:I think you, you have a another
gift of, teaching it in a way that
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:resonates and just rings true to, to
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:Maren Rasmussen: Yeah.
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:I, I think too, like I can understand
why people think it's wuwu, you
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:know, and even when I first started,
I'm like, this is kind of weird.
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:So because of that perspective, it's like
really opened me up to like, Yeah, this
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:tool doesn't have to be for everyone,
but I think it can help everyone.
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:But also it's just, it's really
expanded my mind and consciousness to
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:be able to see, like, what viewpoints
are like, where's our focus and what
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:are we creating with that focus?
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:And we can, we can see it
energetically in our system as well.
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:So I, I think it's an amazing
tool and I love doing it.
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:I love working with people that are.
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:Yeah, just especially those that like
understand the mindset part of it too.
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:It just, I, we have some amazing sessions
that I just get so excited about.
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:Yeah.
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:Alex | Mindful with Media: I'm like,
I want to do a whole episode just like
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:asking about like experience you've
had and work you've had, but I do
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:think let's dive into money and yeah,
what do you have to teach us about
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:money, both like thought and belief
work and then also the energy aspect?
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:Maren Rasmussen: So I I love money work.
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:I think it can really show us a lot more.
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:It's not about the money.
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:Like the more I've gotten into money
and wanting to make money and create
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:more value so I can receive money.
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:And the more I've gotten into that
more money I want to make, I'm like,
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:Whoa, this is not about the money.
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:So I, I did a masterclass recently on
this and There's just so many little
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:snippets from that and books I've read
and coaches that I've talked to And
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:I'm sure you've had thoughts about
money too that just really opened
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:your mind up to how I want money.
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:Is that okay?
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:Can I create more of it?
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:So I always tell people like the
first thing you need to know is Where
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:are you currently with money like?
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:What thoughts do you have about it?
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:What do you believe about money?
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:A very strong generational
belief, especially in
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:Christians, is money is evil.
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:Or money is the root of all evil.
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:And it's really interesting to
see that, like, pops up quite
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:often as I'm working on people.
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:But it's trying, you know, people have
gone on to say, well, it's the love
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:of money that's the root of all evil.
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:I think you can really dig into that
deeply and figure out what is that really,
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:like, what was, if you believe in God,
like, what was God really meaning by that?
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:If we shift out of that, like,
money is evil, then what,
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:then what's, what is possible?
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:Some of my other favorite questions
are looking at, like, what your
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:parents believe about money.
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:What do you think about when
you look in your bank account?
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:How do you feel about spending
money, receiving money?
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:I know a lot of people have a hard time
receiving and having like things paid for.
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:So I've worked on people
before where they have that.
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:And I, I say to them, you know, money
the universe, which I feel like there's
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:just an energy, a flow of energy.
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:That's called like the energy
of money that's in the universe.
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:And it's always listening to us.
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:And when someone offers to pay for
a drink or for your dinner, or can
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:I buy your gas, whatever it may be.
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:Like the smallest things.
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:And we're like, we say no, it's kind
of sending a signal in that arena
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:of like, she doesn't want money.
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:Like we're, she's not
in the receiving mode.
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:She's not willing to receive.
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:And so it's, that's like a
very like finite detail, right?
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:A lot of people wouldn't even think
about that, but being willing to
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:be more open to receiving money and
receiving the enlightenment that
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:can come as you work on your money.
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:Beliefs can be so powerful.
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:And.
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:Yeah, deep.
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:And
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:Alex | Mindful with Media: like, that
concept so last year, my husband had a
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:lot of health challenges, and with that,
we had a lot of people reach out to help
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:in so many different ways, one of which
was financially, and I totally felt that,
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:where like, I've been doing all this
work you know, like money mindset work,
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:like to receive money in my business.
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:But then when people wanted to just
give us money and like significant
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:amounts of money, I felt that
like resistance of like, no, I
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:want to make this money on my own.
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:And I kind of had to work through
that of like, why am I saying no?
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:Like, I only want it from this one source.
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:I don't know.
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:I just.
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:That's a really fascinating
concept because I feel like I
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:totally experienced that last year.
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:Maren Rasmussen: it's like, it's
recognizing that money wants to come
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:to you and support you and help you
co create co create even ideas and
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:businesses, but also co creation in just
experiencing life, like experiencing
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:going on a trip or whatever desires
you have that you feel like drawn to.
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:I feel like those desires are given to us.
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:They're meant to be created and
money is just a tool to help support
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:that in the creation process.
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:So like one of my mantras, I like
always say is I am willing to receive
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:from known and unknown sources.
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:And I know Amber Smith are my coach.
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:She like talks about that a lot of like,
just imagine there's all these doors.
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:And like there's one door that's work
and there's one door that's your spouse's
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:work, you know Those are two doors that
you know money's gonna flow to you But
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:then there's all these other doors that
we often just keep closed or like nope.
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:Not that way.
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:Not that way
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:Alex | Mindful with Media: Yes.
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:Maren Rasmussen: So it's really learning
to like be open to I am willing to receive
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:from any, any source, even if it's through
my husband, like my abundant mindset
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:can help that money come from any way.
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:And I am not I'm not going
to close those doors.
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:I'm going to keep those open.
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:And then when it comes, I'm going to
recognize, wow, I helped create this.
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:I helped be open to this.
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:I helped it come to me.
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:Cause often we don't even recognize it.
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:The more we recognize it, the more we can
create and the more we can expand that.
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:Which I think is amazing too.
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:So,
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:Alex | Mindful with Media: I love that.
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:Yes.
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:Maren Rasmussen: One of the quotes, these
quotes, I don't know who said this, but
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:it says money is not the real thing.
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:It's only a symbol of the
real wealth inside of us.
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:So it's really connecting
with the wealth inside of you.
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:One thing I love to do
energetically is a money thermostat.
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:And this is kind of where you
feel comfortable with money.
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:I love looking at that with,
with my clients and seeing like,
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:okay, this is where you're at.
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:And it's usually like a yearly.
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:Yeah, or how much, or even like,
how much is it your savings account?
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:Like,
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:Alex | Mindful with Media: Hmm.
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:Maren Rasmussen: you can kind of see a
lot of like, how much am I okay having?
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:And a lot of times you can kind of
look at your savings account and see
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:like, oh, I'm okay having 30, 000 in
my savings account, whatever it may be.
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:When we get above that, it's
just like a thermostat, like.
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:It kicks on and it's
like, we got to cool down.
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:We got to get back to 30, 000.
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:Cause that's where we're comfortable
when we're below that it kicks on.
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:And we're like, we got to save, we
don't have enough in our bank account.
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:So I love helping my clients
also understand where they are.
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:And then let's, let's get more
comfortable with more, let's get
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:comfortable sitting with that.
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:And some ways to do this.
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:is by understanding how money is created.
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:I believe firmly like money is created
by value and this can be anything.
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:It's not just work.
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:Like value creation can be being a mother.
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:It can be sharing your
beliefs or sharing your ideas.
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:It can be work.
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:Work can totally be that serving
conversations that you have with people.
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:Like there's so much value creation.
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:That we can offer to people.
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:And then that is like one way that opens
up the door, another door or the doors to
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:receiving the energy of money that like
wants to come to you and support you.
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:Alex | Mindful with Media: Hmm.
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:Which is kind of coming back to
that concept earlier of like where
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:the money come from comes from.
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:I think it's easy to be like
money is an exchange of value.
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:I will.
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:I will do this service for you and you
will pay me, like, one for one, but
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:I, I, I think that's such a helpful
principle to, like, understand that
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:it's, it's not always, we don't
always see the exact transaction.
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:It's not as, like, transactional as it
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:Maren Rasmussen: I love Yes, exactly like.
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:It's you can do something years ago that
then it's coming back to you today, or
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:you've closed, you've kept that door
closed and now you're learning to open
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:it and it still wants to come to you.
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:So yeah, I think it is just an
energy of like value creation
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:and abundance, of course tapping
into that mentality that there's
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:enough understanding what you want.
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:That's like another thing
that I love to really.
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:I think people get scared to look
at what they want or some people,
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:especially I know I'm like deep in the
like the motherhood era and it's like,
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:I don't even know what I want anymore.
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:I don't even know what that is.
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:And so understanding and getting specific.
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:I think it's really important to be
able to connect with what you want
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:and really connecting with that.
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:So one thing my mind's going ever because
there's so many different things, but,
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:I really like when I thought more about
like, who it's who you become as you're
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:like, wanting a bigger, and this could
be any goal, but I do love specifically
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:connecting it with money because it
is something you can see come to you.
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:Like it's.
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:It's more clear like, Oh my gosh, I
just got that amount of money and that
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:is like, it's, it's easy for you to
like, Oh my gosh, I did this and this
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:is, so it's not transactional, but it
still is movement and it's flow and
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:it's something you can be physically.
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:But when I was thinking about this, one
of my clients, she has a goal to make
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:like a hundred thousand every month.
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:So I was talking to her about like,
how do you feel about that number?
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:And we were going back and forth.
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:But I just tried to help.
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:She kind of felt like, Ooh, like, I
don't know if I can charge my clients.
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:And I know it's worth worth this
value, but I feel like, Ooh, I don't
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:know about charging this amount.
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:And I was like, this is amazing.
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:Like, who do you have to be to
be willing to charge that amount?
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:Confidently, what beliefs do
you need to let go of what new
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:beliefs do you need to adopt?
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:How would you act differently?
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:And I've thought about this and
I'm like, Holy cow, this work
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:I've done on money has expanded.
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:Like I.
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:I have to be a different person with,
with my husband and kids, and I need to
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:let go of limiting beliefs about myself.
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:Like I can't think.
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:Oh, I'm so insecure and I don't know what
I'm doing and I suck, you know, like I
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:really have to like those things come up,
but I don't need to believe them anymore.
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:It's, it's in the process of this.
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:That's, that's why people, I always
hated the thing of like, it's
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:the journey, not the destination.
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:This work has helped me understand it
really is the journey, like the joy of
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:letting go of false beliefs about yourself
which you can see come up energetically,
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:but you can probably also feel them,
like when something feels heavy and dark
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:and restrictive versus something that
feels expansive and fun and light you can
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:definitely feel that in your system and
know Even though the world says, don't
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:think this way you can know deep down.
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:No, I feel drawn that to like,
love myself and take care of myself
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:and to believe that I'm amazing.
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:1 of my favorite quotes is
Marianne Williamson, deepest fear.
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:It's pretty much like.
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:That's what I that's like what my work is
all about is like helping people uncover
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:the light within them like the quote
says something like who am I to like,
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:share my light and she says, Who are
you not to like, you are a divine being.
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:And it's not our darkness
that we're afraid of.
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:It's our light.
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:Alex | Mindful with Media: Yes.
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:Maren Rasmussen: into things,
it is more and more like, oh my
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:gosh, people are just afraid.
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:For some reason, part of our humanness,
part of the world and how society
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:says things, but to share our light.
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:And when we share our light,
that's value creation.
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:And that automatically allows
that money to flow to you.
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:Which I love.
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:Alex | Mindful with Media: So good.
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:So good.
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:Maren Rasmussen: A couple other things
that I love to is like to personify money.
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:So if you think about money as a friend
I like to think like, oh, if it's
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:one of like my favorite people in the
world, I would let them come to my
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:house and stay as long as they need to.
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:So I'm willing to have it.
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:I'm willing to keep it.
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:And then if they need to
go, I'm okay to spend.
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:I'm okay to release.
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:I'm okay to donate gift, offer, pay.
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:When I think about paying for something
like a bill, like utilities or
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:electricity to the smallest degree,
I try to be very grateful for it.
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:Like, I'm so grateful I get to have
this electricity and pay for this.
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:Really personifying that can help
you understand, like, where is my
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:relationship with money and do I
have a good relationship with it?
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:I really love being able to think about
how do you think about rich people and
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:how do you think about poor people?
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:Like, I, I feel like a lot of
people have judgments both ways.
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:positive or negative.
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:Like a lot of times people
might say like, Oh, poor people.
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:They've really had to like
struggle and make it through life.
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:Like almost like they
have a better character.
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:And because of that struggle,
they're like a better person, which
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:would then make you like, not, it
would say money do not come to me.
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:Like I'm not going to be a good
person that has strong character.
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:And then if you look at rich
people, do you judge people
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:on how they spend their money?
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:Do you judge people that have nice things?
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:If you do that, money's going to say,
Oh, we're not supposed to go to her.
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:Because you're judging that and,
and looking at people that way,
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:or, or I've heard a lot of people
like, Oh, that rich snobby person.
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:So they characterize money
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:Alex | Mindful with Media: It's
so interesting how prevalent
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:that belief is in our society.
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:Even I think most people would
say, like, do you want more money?
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:Yes.
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:Like, of course I want more money.
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:But then, in fact, just last night I
went and saw Cinderella the musical
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:and I don't know if this is in like
the the Disney cartoon version, but
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:the the musical version is very focused
on like the poor people and the rich
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:prince and how like he you know, has
this kind heart to help the poor people.
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:But I was thinking that because everyone
in that show, the poor people, are
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:personified as these humble, good people.
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:And everyone, except for
the prince, that's rich, is
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:personified as snobby and selfish.
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:And there were so many jokes made
about, like, the They only want to
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:keep their money and, and anyways,
it was super interesting thinking
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:about that while watching the show.
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:Maren Rasmussen: It's, it is so
much around us and interesting maybe
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:to even listen to how your parents
talk about people that have money.
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:And, and now I've, it's been kind
of fun, like no judgment whatsoever,
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:but when I hear people talk about
money, it's little things pop up where
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:I'm like, Oh, that's interesting.
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:Like you're probably not going to make
more than this amount because of how
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:you're talking about, like, Your system's
not going to want it because it thinks
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:it's a bad thing, even though you want it.
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:So I know some people that someone in
my family that often says like, Oh,
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:this spiritual person or a person in
a church leadership position that has
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:a lot of money and that they are evil.
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:Like,
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:Alex | Mindful with Media: Interesting.
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:Maren Rasmussen: like combining, like,
Oh, these, these people are so bad and
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:they're, they're meant, they're supposed
to be spiritual, but they're not.
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:So almost like, oh no,
if you have a lot of
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:Alex | Mindful with Media:
Because they have money.
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:Maren Rasmussen: you're not
going to be spiritual anymore.
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:You're going to be this evil person.
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:I watched that.
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:I'm like, okay, that's probably
going to block money from you.
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:One of my favorite quotes I heard
at first from Brooke Castillo,
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:but it was like, money just makes
you more of who you already are.
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:So if you're generous, it's
going to make you more generous.
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:If you are greedy and evil, it's
going to make you more of that.
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:And so money isn't evil.
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:It just amplifies.
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:What's already going on in our system and
some people can handle seeing that and it
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:might bring out things where you're like,
Oh, I really want to change this about me.
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:And it might bring out that light
that you're afraid of that you're.
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:So if you're like, Oh, my gosh, I
have this gift or this thing that
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that's going to automatically
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:Are you willing to let that out and
willing to explore that and share that?
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:So good, good, some good things to
like, think about I do want to just say
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:like a few ways to tap into the energy
of money really is just, if you have a
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:good imagination, like perfect place,
but meditation, meditation I often use
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:So, really getting to that place where if
you already had the amount of money that
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to a place that feels comfortable.
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if I get sued now or how are
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:these people going to look at me?
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:So like the negative
thoughts start coming in.
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:So I just kind of let them pass by
and I get back into like, no, how
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:would this feel if I already had this?
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:I felt abundant and free
in having this money.
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:Like, what would I be thinking?
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:What would I be feeling?
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:What would it.
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:How would I, what would I do with my kids?
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:Like really playing with that, that
just opens up the door to abundance.
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:And I've seen this with my work.
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:My work is so energetic because I do
energy work, but most of my work is
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:When I tap into that, it's
like a client will contact me.
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:And then if I go a few days with
no one contacting me, I can,
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:okay, where am I blocked off?
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:What's going on in my system?
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:I can relax into it.
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:I can notice it, let it like, okay,
I'm noticing that I'm feeling a little
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:overwhelmed or Like recently I increased
my pricing because I felt there was a
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:little bit of a disconnect there with
how much I was charging versus how
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:much effort and value was being created
and what I felt like I energetically
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shift into that and open up to it.
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:And then let the clients come,
invite them in energetically.
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:And then of course, you're
going to do action too.
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:Like I'm going to share, I'm
going to be on a podcast.
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:I'm going to share something
on my Instagram or send
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:something to my email list.
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:Action is involved, but I think first
you need to get to a spiritual creation.
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:Everything's created spiritually
first before physically.
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:And so being able to tap into it that way,
if you can visualize daydream, imagine,
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:meditate, those are some really good ways.
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:That's really helpful.
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:I love those.
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:Maren Rasmussen: And lastly,
I would just say, like,
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aware of where you are, noticing how
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people with money or without it, and
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relationship with that, and I think
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:will change a lot of things but also
really practicing some good beliefs.
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:Some beliefs that I have that
I've been working on are I
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:always earn more than I spend.
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:Money comes to me effortlessly.
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:I am connected to money and Money in
light because some people still think
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:there's like dark money and like, so
you can be like, I'm connected to money.
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:That's in the light
ethical, all those things.
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:I'm willing to receive from known
and unknown sources some beliefs that
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:It only comes through
hard work and sacrifice.
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:I think that's a very interesting one
because I think a lot of us, especially
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of like the founding fathers and like
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:we're willing to go make our own way.
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:But think about some
of the hardest workers.
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:I think about some really hard workers
and like even like we have a lot of
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they're working all day physically.
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:And I know they're not making
as much as someone else that
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sacrifice and hard work.
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:Alex | Mindful with Media: That is
probably the number one thing I see
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about money is like, I mean, even from
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:like a practical standpoint, like I
had a client who wanted to do more
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:just like one on one coaching sessions.
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:And she was doing like done
for you services before.
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:And she wanted to just do done
for you or not done for you.
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:She wanted to just do coaching sessions.
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:And it would be like a lot
less time, a lot less effort.
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:And she's like, But I can't charge
money for that because it's so
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it's just so natural for me.
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you should be spending your time,
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:But then we, we accidentally spend time
doing things that are like, you know,
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:like I'm reading The Big Leap right now,
are more of our zone of competence, our
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of genius, which is actually better for
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:everyone, if it's effortless for you.
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:Maren Rasmussen: Oh, it's so true.
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:And I've had a few people I had one
person blatantly who, his personality
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:is just this way, but it's just like,
almost like you're not supposed to
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:charge people for your spiritual gifts.
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because I've had it.
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:I've played back and
forth like, is this okay?
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:Is this not?
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:And like for years and finally one day
I was just like, I meant to do this.
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:I'm doing it.
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:And so I, I feel like I've
been guided well since then.
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:And I, I do tap into that occasionally
to make sure I'm on the right track.
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:But I thought about that more and
I was like, Huh, it seems like
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paid for things that we hate doing
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:Alex | Mindful with Media: Yeah.
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:Maren Rasmussen: things
that we love doing.
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:We're not supposed to get paid for.
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:So therefore, if we work 40 hours a week
or most people, we're supposed to be doing
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:stuff we hate most of the time and only
do stuff that we love some of the times
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:and like only share our gifts, like the
small portion that we have available.
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:And I was like, that is so backwards.
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:Like I strongly believe.
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:So I always see this in the sacral
chakra, which is like around your hips.
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:I see ideas, passions, gifts, dreams.
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:And I strongly believe if you have
that within you, if you have even
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:just like the smallest thing of
like, I want to go learn how to.
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:Like ride a bike.
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:My, my child's learning how to ride
a bike right now, but ride a bike.
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:I want to go on this vacation to Italy
to not just like throw that out the
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:window, but trust that like, there's,
there's an experience in there for you.
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:Like you wanted to
experience that in this life.
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:You're meant to do that.
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:There's, there's purpose in it.
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:And so let that come out,
let it live, look at it.
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:Alex | Mindful with Media: Hmm.
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:Maren Rasmussen: And, and then
I'll, and connect with like, Oh my
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:Like for me, I like speaking.
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:I like coaching people.
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:I like doing energy work.
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:This is really fun and rewarding.
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:There's challenge in it, of course,
but that's like the humanness that
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:I'm just trying to release and like
connect more with my true self.
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those desires and maybe play around
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:with like, Oh my gosh, maybe, like,
the things that I love doing and I'm
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:really good at are is the thing I'm
supposed to be doing most of my day,
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:I think that's
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:Alex | Mindful with Media: so true,
like, the society really does have it
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:backwards, but that is I see that as a
very common belief that, that comes up,
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:but yeah, when you think about it, it's
like, no, it's actually not better just
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:for you, but it's better for everyone if
you're spending your time doing things
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:Maren Rasmussen: And some
people like with that, like
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just like, there's enough.
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:Some people have the belief, like,
Oh no, if I get this job, I'm
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:going to take it from someone else.
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:Or if I get this money, I'm
taking it from someone else.
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:My belief is like, there's
enough for everyone.
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:And there's say, there's like.
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:Okay.
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:10 million that wants to come to you.
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:It's just going to be sitting
there until it gets to you.
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:Alex | Mindful with Media: Hmm.
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:It's not like
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:Maren Rasmussen: not taking
it from someone else.
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:It's not like this, like
limited bank account.
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:It's just, it's abundant and being
able to, to see that and recognize
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:that and realize like, as I shine
my light, it's going to give other
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triggering for someone else and they have
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other favorite quotes is like, difficult
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:They show us to ourselves.
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:And so really it's, it's fine.
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:Like you can help find something in that
if that's triggering for you, if it's for
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:them, you can send them love and light.
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:But I really think doing money
work can be, can be life changing.
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:It can change who you are, if you're
willing to do it in a way that.
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:You, you believe it can
support you and help you.
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:And then it's okay.
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:Like I also, I would also like say,
think about how much money you want to
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a reason that amount people would
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:probably think, like, I don't want
to make a billion dollars, that's not
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:even like something I want right now,
but like a million, 10 million, yes.
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:And so like tapping into those numbers
that if it's a hundred thousand for
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:you, 10, 000, whatever it may be.
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:Connecting because there's a reason
that number is coming to you and
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:it's like, okay, where's the gap?
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:The gap is who do I have to become?
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:Or what do I need to let go
of and change in order to?
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:So it can just come to me.
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it's like, it will come, you release
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:the timing of it, you know, it will
come and then you just continue sharing
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:putting value in the world, all of it.
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:Alex | Mindful with Media: So good.
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:Maren Rasmussen: And
I think, yeah, that's.
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:That's like the main, the main
stuff that I love about money.
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:Alex | Mindful with Media: Me, that
was so good and honestly, this was
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fascinated by the idea of money.
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:I feel like I've done a lot of my money
mindset work, but I, I do feel like
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:I, I, I don't know if I've, my, my
thermostat, like I need to like visit
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:What, what were your tips again for
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:Maren Rasmussen: The thermostat.
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:Alex | Mindful with Media:
Yeah, getting to a
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:Maren Rasmussen: So, so one is like
understanding where you are and then
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:And in that gap, it really is
like, how do you think about money?
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:It's that gap is like being
more aware of how you.
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:You think about money that your
relationship with money and then
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:energetically or like visually going
within to create it spiritually first
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:and like getting to, okay, if I already
had this, what would I be thinking and
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:feeling and sometimes when you get there,
you might find some limiting beliefs like.
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:Oh, no, I would be thinking like one
of mine for some reason is like people
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:are going to sue me like I'm scared of
getting more money because then I think
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:people are going to like try to take it
and that's one like if I get this, it's
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:just going to get taken away from me.
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:So, okay, there's something that's in
that gap that I need to look at and
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:reevaluate and figure out like, okay,
if someone does sue me, then sometimes
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:it's going to go to worst case scenario.
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:If someone does sue me, then what?
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:Oh, I know how to create more money.
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:It doesn't matter.
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:Like, it's fine.
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:And I, I'm not going to be attracting
people that are out to sue me,
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:you know, like it's really just
like playing around with those.
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:So recognize where you are
and where you want to be.
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:And then that within that gap,
you can kind of play around with
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:it, with the visualization or, or
working on changing how you view
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:and think and talk about money.
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:Alex | Mindful with Media: Hmm.
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:I love that so much.
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:It's interesting you say that
about suing because I've actually
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:had several clients reach out.
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:They're really nervous.
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:They're going to get in trouble
legally with their business.
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:And so they're like, well, it's
easier just to make less money.
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:Cause then I Can't get
in trouble legally, like.
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:Maren Rasmussen: it's so interesting.
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:And it's like, what are as my
coach says, like, if you, if you're
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:picking up one side of the pen,
you're picking up both sides.
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:So like, yeah, if I'm going to
create a bigger, like, for me,
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:if I'm going to create a bigger
business, I need to probably, maybe
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:I need to have some contracts in
place or legal support, whatever.
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:Or maybe I need to start
offering credit card services.
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:So it really, part of that too is
like expanding that comfort zone.
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:That's where that comfort zone
and what that thermostat is
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:of like, I can handle this.
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:Like, if there's some legal issues
that come up, I can handle it.
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:And also I don't, I don't need to be
looking for that or attracting it.
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:Alex | Mindful with Media: Yeah,
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:Maren Rasmussen: a good one to get
like, I'm sure you coach them on that.
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:Like that's a good one to be like,
okay, if you have a coach, I'm
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:Can you help me dissect that
more and coach through that?
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:Alex | Mindful with Media:
totally, totally.
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:Maren Rasmussen: Yeah.
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:Alex | Mindful with Media: Oh,
well, for my listeners who want to
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:be part of your world, what's the,
well, one, where can they find you?
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:And then what's the best way to
get started working with you?
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:I
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:Maren Rasmussen: so you
can I'm on Instagram.
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:It's living awake with Marin.
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or else my email is listed there and
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you know how we can work together.
