Margaret Stevens https://margaretstevens.co/ Clear the Clutter Podcast + Business & Mindset Coach Fri, 24 Nov 2023 18:53:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 EP 78: 2 Lies and 1 Truth about mastery https://margaretstevens.co/ep-78-2-lies-and-1-truth-about-mastery/ https://margaretstevens.co/ep-78-2-lies-and-1-truth-about-mastery/#respond Fri, 24 Nov 2023 18:40:36 +0000 https://margaretstevens.co/?p=8680 You start to deeply, energetically, emotionally understand that money is a tool.  It can help or hurt you.  But its all in how you use it.

You can use to speed up time. Or keep you stuck and loose that momentum for the millionth time.

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THE PODCAST IS BACK!!!!!

I’m so exited to have dropped my first mini episode in a while.

Todays episode has a fun game with it. I go over 2 Lies and 1 Truth about mastery. Lately I’ve been diving quite deep into mastery.

⭐What does it look like to master your craft look like for you?

⭐ Do you believe any of the lies I go over in the episode?

⭐ Did I miss a lie that you have been told?

BTW. What did ya buy for black Friday? I have a few recommendations for you below. They have definately helped me on my path of mastery and I hope they can help you too.

Plus, who doesn’t want to save some money in the process?

Links mentioned in episode

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When you feel like you cant get ahead. https://margaretstevens.co/when-you-feel-like-you-cant-get-ahead/ https://margaretstevens.co/when-you-feel-like-you-cant-get-ahead/#respond Fri, 09 Jun 2023 11:29:46 +0000 https://margaretstevens.co/?p=8435 You start to deeply, energetically, emotionally understand that money is a tool.  It can help or hurt you.  But its all in how you use it.

You can use to speed up time. Or keep you stuck and loose that momentum for the millionth time.

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Has all this money talk been a bit triggering? I know this might sound a bit crazy.

But Ive seen it so often, when you start making more. If you don’t have the tools in palace to handle the growth. Your brain can create these random story’s about how it can all go away.

It can feel like sand slipping through your fingers. While your doing everything to hold on to what you have.

My demons sound like:

💙 Money has to come through a certain way. AKA a job.

💙 Money never last.

💙 Money doesn’t stay around.

💙 There are always bills that need to be paid, so there isn’t enough to sit in savings.

💙 I have to grind myself into the ground to make things happen.

💙 I cant say no, because they ANY opportunity wont come again.

There are so many things I had to unlearn and over come at each income level.

For you, it might be something different.

💙 It might be getting to get paid REALLY well for being creative. 💙 It could be working for yourself isn’t safe

💙 You work really hard keep a budget, but can’t get ahead

💙 Sill feel like your living pay check to pay check

💙 You want more freedom and are tired of the grind

I don’t know what your money journey looks like. All I can do is share where I am at. I also can appreciate how exhausting this journey can be.

Its not easy to try and change the way to interact and make money in your life. Especially when very specific “advice” is drilled into our head. Regardless if it works for us or not.

My goal is to always shorten the road for you any way possible. Your not alone. I’ve shared a lot of my journey. But take a moment to read some other testimonials that have been where you are

Right now, my favorite course of hers is open.

If you’ve been following my emails and have heard me talk about Amanda’s work, now is the time to enroll. It’s an incredible opportunity.

Plus, when you enroll, you’ll instantly gain instant access to the Drop the Money Struggle Bonus for pre-work and save an extra $777 off the course.

💙 💰 Check out the course-> Money Mentality Makeover💙 💰

 

Enroll through me, and you’ll receive two bonuses:

  1. Betting on Me: This flagship course will teach you how to monetize your skills, regardless of your life circumstances. You’ll have access to over 8+ hours of content with continual access and lifetime updates.
  2. 8 Live Strategy Coaching Calls: Over the course of 8 weeks, I’ll guide you through implementing what you’ve learned. Join our dedicated group, where you can ask for help and never feel stuck doing it alone

Check out the course-> Money Mentality Makeover

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I’d still be a basic broke b*itch in Pasco if I had listened…. https://margaretstevens.co/id-still-be-a-basic-broke-bitch-in-pasco-if-i-had-listened/ https://margaretstevens.co/id-still-be-a-basic-broke-bitch-in-pasco-if-i-had-listened/#respond Thu, 08 Jun 2023 01:37:42 +0000 https://margaretstevens.co/?p=8432 You start to deeply, energetically, emotionally understand that money is a tool.  It can help or hurt you.  But its all in how you use it.

You can use to speed up time. Or keep you stuck and loose that momentum for the millionth time.

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Don’t shrink…. Shift.  I’ve shared a lot of our past money growth pains over the last few emails.  It was a scary to “air it all out” if I’m gonna be honest.. 🥺

But everything I’ve gotten, the husband, the job, the fur babies, the new ducks… has all been because I said… Fuck it, why not. Lets try this…

I have this part of me that loves to take risks and rebel against what people are telling me.  OMG, the advice I use to get was HORRIBLE.

That’s how people told me to fix my issues with money…  

💙 Spend less than you make.

💙 Find a job that will give you health insurance.

💙 Make sure you pick a good college major.

💙 You can, maybe, go on one good vacation a year.

💙 Its not possible to make more than you did last year.

💙 Dont you have enough already? Why do you keep wanting more?

🤦 I’d still be a basic broke b*itch in Pasco if I had listened to it.  

What they were really saying was.    

💙 Dream smaller, your too shiny.

💙 Hold up. your asking for too much.

💙 Who are you to get that…

💙 You have to wait your turn.

💙 What your asking for is making me uncomfortable.

All of the little.  “I cant take it anymore….. Lets burn it all down. Because this is just suffocating” decisions

.

Got..👏 me… 👏 here…👏

Not all at once.  It still was messy and hard and would, at times. Leave me balling in my car, like my heart was coming out of my chest.

So when I talk about money. I can speak on that from living in so many income brackets.  The biggest shift I can share is that its all mindset.

Mindset and trusting the nudges you get can lead to the life you were actually meant to live.  But, got a little of course on the way there.

Building confidence in yourself and how you handle money will lead to.

💙  Apply for jobs, that make more than you do now.

💙  Starting that side hustle you always dreamed about.

💙  Stop doing everything for free.

💙  Filling your time up with crap, then secretly resenting it.

💙  Trusting yourself to earn and spend more than you did before.

You start to deeply, energetically, emotionally understand that money is a tool.  It can help or hurt you.  But its all in how you use it.

You can use to speed up time. Or keep you stuck and loose that momentum for the millionth time.  

All the baggage that we bring to the understand around money, is not required.  Feel free to let that shit get lost at the airport. 🧳✈

This money course grows with you, regardless if your starting out making 20k a year or 200k+ a year.

Right now, my favorite course of hers is open.

If you’ve been following my emails and have heard me talk about Amanda’s work, now is the time to enroll. It’s an incredible opportunity.

Plus, when you enroll, you’ll instantly gain instant access to the Drop the Money Struggle Bonus for pre-work and save an extra $777 off the course.

💙 💰 Check out the course-> Money Mentality Makeover💙 💰

 

Enroll through me, and you’ll receive two bonuses:

  1. Betting on Me: This flagship course will teach you how to monetize your skills, regardless of your life circumstances. You’ll have access to over 8+ hours of content with continual access and lifetime updates.
  2. 8 Live Strategy Coaching Calls: Over the course of 8 weeks, I’ll guide you through implementing what you’ve learned. Join our dedicated group, where you can ask for help and never feel stuck doing it alone

Check out the course-> Money Mentality Makeover

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You will be able to manifest so.. much… faster https://margaretstevens.co/you-will-be-able-to-manifest-so-much-faster/ https://margaretstevens.co/you-will-be-able-to-manifest-so-much-faster/#respond Wed, 07 Jun 2023 01:31:17 +0000 https://margaretstevens.co/?p=8429 Discover a course that actually works! Don't waste your time and money on ineffective courses anymore. Find a solution to your pain points and achieve real results. This course is designed to grow with you and provide ongoing support at every stage of your journey. Say goodbye to disappointment and regret. Give yourself a few minutes to see if this course can solve your problems once and for all.

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Raise your hand if you have bought a course and were disappointed in it? 🙋‍♀️   I know I have.

You read a sales page or see something on the socials and get sucked in.  They are able to create magic with there words and tell a really good story.  Have cute stickers or emojis. You get swept up in how they make you feel.

💙 Like the possibilities are endless

💙 You will be able to manifest so.. much… faster

💙 This course will transform you

It will bring forth this magical person that has it all together. The one that is never upset or has a bad moment.  Its just one simple click away.

You get the courage.. Tell yourself its gonna be different this time and buy the course.

and… then you start to dig a bit and are disappointed. Or worst yet, they throw so much at you that its impossible to implement any of it.

💙 So you quit.

💙 Hide there emails about the course.

💙 Hell even forget that you bought is six months from now.

💙 Don’t tell anyone, other than a possible accountant hopping for a write off.

Not all courses are created equal. Actually… I’m gonna be hella honest. There are a good chunk of courses suck.

💙 They lack depth and feel like its missing parts.

💙 There is no follow through on what they talk about.

💙 The teacher doesn’t really know the material.

💙  They don’t live and breath there work.

I’ve bought a LOT of courses to. Like so many, that I have an organization system and spreadsheet with my login info. 🤓 All with the intention of moving my business and personal life forward. But most of them haven’t done that.

So why do we keep buying courses, audio books and workbooks?

To solve a problem or a pain point faster. But most of us cant actually tell you what that problem was.  🤦

My problem was simple. I knew we were broke and I was determined to not stay that way forever.

When I bought the course. I’ll be honest. I got excited about the lifetime updates.  It wasnt really common back then.

What that turned into over the years is referring to it over and over again.  Regardless of my income level or direction money showed up in my life.    

I have been able to grow with this course and be supported at every stage of mine and Bens money journey.  I don’t know another course that has been able to do that.  (and I’ve bought a lot of them. Just don’t tell Ben. lol)

My goal with these emails is to make you aware of a solution to your pain.  If money feels scary, overwhelming and out of control this is a way to solve it… as fast as you want.

Not all parts of the course will be relevant to you.  For years, I focused on the bonuses Drop the money struggle and Elevate into overflow.

I need help getting out of the ugly struggle and bad habits I had been practicing.  

But once I “mastered” those skills.  I lived and breathed The wealthy woman bundle for almost 2 years.  I loved that I had the ability to pick and choose what I needed help with.

Now I’m going back to elevate into overflow, but from a new perspective.  My energetic minimum and maximum are different then what they were 5 years ago. So why not brush up on some skills to strengthen myself at this level.

This course is meant to grow with you. All I ask is that you give yourself a few minutes to see if it can solve a problem for you too.

Right now, my favorite course of hers is available for presale.

If you’ve been following my emails and have heard me talk about Amanda’s work, now is the time to enroll. It’s an incredible opportunity.

Plus, when you enroll, you’ll instantly gain instant access to the Drop the Money Struggle Bonus for pre-work and save an extra $1k off the course.

💙 💰 Check out the course-> Money Mentality Makeover💙 💰

 

Enroll through me, and you’ll receive two bonuses:

  1. Betting on Me: This flagship course will teach you how to monetize your skills, regardless of your life circumstances. You’ll have access to over 8+ hours of content with continual access and lifetime updates.
  2. 8 Live Strategy Coaching Calls: Over the course of 8 weeks, I’ll personally guide you through implementing what you’ve learned. Join our dedicated group, where you can ask for help and never feel stuck doing it alone

Check out the course-> Money Mentality Makeover

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My story part 2: from creditors everywhere to finally keeping our money https://margaretstevens.co/my-story-part-2-from-creditors-everywhere-to-finally-keeping-our-money/ https://margaretstevens.co/my-story-part-2-from-creditors-everywhere-to-finally-keeping-our-money/#respond Tue, 06 Jun 2023 02:46:05 +0000 https://margaretstevens.co/?p=8419 Are you tired of feeling trapped in a never-ending cycle of financial limitations? Do you find yourself yearning for a breakthrough, that one idea or opportunity that will bring in the cash flow you've always dreamed of? It's time to transform your relationship with money and unlock the path to financial success.

Introducing Amanda's transformative money course, a comprehensive program that goes beyond traditional financial advice. This course delves into the mind, body, and soul connection with money, offering a holistic approach to financial well-being. It's not just about numbers and spreadsheets; it's about rewiring your beliefs and mindset surrounding money.

Countless individuals, just like you, have experienced remarkable changes in their financial journeys after enrolling in Amanda's course. From breaking free from financial struggles to building substantial wealth and achieving true financial independence, the testimonials pour in, showcasing the power of this program.

But the impact of this course goes beyond money. Participants have reported positive changes in other areas of their lives as well. When you transform your relationship with money, you unlock newfound confidence, peace of mind, and a sense of abundance that permeates every aspect of your existence.

Whether you're starting from scratch with limited resources or already earning a significant income, Amanda's money course has modules tailored to your specific needs. It provides practical guidance on budgeting, saving, investing, and managing debt. It also addresses the importance of developing a healthy financial mindset, empowering you to make informed decisions and take control of your financial future.

And now, the opportunity you've been waiting for is here. The presale for Amanda's money course has just begun, offering an exclusive chance to enroll at a special price. Don't hesitate; seize this incredible opportunity to transform your financial trajectory and finally live the life you desire.

Unlock the doors to financial success and embark on a journey that will forever change your relationship with money. Enroll in Amanda's money course today and witness the remarkable transformation that awaits you.

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Yesterday I told you a story about how I was able to find a course to get me on the right track.  Here part 2.  

When we decide to close the shop, it was a HUGE move.  We had a lot of debt to deal with.  While we loved being entrepreneurs, we needed a break.  So while Ben was at a motorcycle auction, he mentioned that he was going to close the shop.

That lead to a phone call, which lead to an interview 3+ hours south at a dealership.  He was smart enough to negotiate that we both work for the company or that I would go work at one of there competitors.  Lol (such a boss move)

Needless to say, after an obsessives amount of hours weighing the pros and cons. We decide to say good by to our life and move south.

With that came even more debt and decisions.  See when we closed the shop we had a 7k loan on a credit card and a 35k loan to a local small business incubator.  Just for the shop alone.

Knowing that we had to pay them back was a bit overwhelming.  Because on top of that, we were moving into a RV, we couldn’t find housing and selling were our house at the same time.

So juggling moving, driving back and forth 3+ hour each way on the weekends to renovate our existing home.  Plus taking all of our cash and using it to start paying off the business debt was a lot.

We were making about 3x more each week than we were when we owned our business.  But we didn’t keep any of it. I truly mean it when I say we were taking ALLL of our excess money and paying off the business.

It felt like the creditors come from everywhere.

💙  a bill for our phone and internet from the shop. Even though we returned the equipment.

💙  That incubator loan for 35k that had to be paid back in 7 months to “allow” us to close the business or they would sue.

💙  We had to pay the county because they didn’t know we had closed and tired to charge us for assets they thought we had.

💙   A PO box to move all our mail to our new home.

💙  Personal credit card debt that had racked up while owning the shop.

💙  Paint, new AC, new roof and other things to make the house look nice to sell it.

💙  One of us driving to our old home each weekend to get things done. ( We took turns, but still.  Gas, food, ect).

It was such a weird time.  We were both making more than we had in YEARS.  But we weren’t keeping any of it.  

I hated the feeling that we were spending it as fast as we made it. So instead of making up a story or “limiting belief” in my head that we had manifested this debt.

I made up a new story with the help of one of the bonuses from the course.  I leaned in hard to drop the money struggle bundle every time the bills felt overwhelming.  

How I said it in my head….  We are paying our way out of poverty and clearing the decks from our old lives.  Every time someone wants to charge us.  Its just another part of our life that we are releasing so that we can fully create a new life down south.

I was willing to clear all the clutter to get to that new life.  

💙  I donated hundreds and hundreds of household goods instead of moving them.

💙  Ben sold tools and equipment that he wouldn’t need anymore.

💙  Our clothing got paired down and we sold all our furniture.

💙  Most of my office stuff got sold and books that I had been collecting for 10 years at that point.

Basically we sold/donated/gave away so much that we could fit everything in a 10×20 storage unit.  And that included a 8ft tool box with the tools that Ben did keep.

Being so willing to get rid of everything started to add up. We finally had stopped getting random bills saying we owned someone else money.

Ben was able to side hustle his face off and we paid that stupid loan off.  I took every hack I could to redirect money and snow ball it toward the existing debt we did have.

Buy the time we sold the house. We were in the clear.  No more people having there hand out. No more random bills. No more baggage.

All the while I was learning and listening to the money course over and over again.  It was one of my favorite things to listen to while driving from home A to home B.  All those hours on the road really added up.

I took every opportunity to soak up the wisdom and change my mindset.  I had said that prayer to help me manifest the life I wanted all along.  This felt like me holding up my end of the bargain and “doing the work”.

Does that mean this has to be your story.  Hell no!!!!  This just happened to be mine.  Changing your mindset around debt and money doesn’t have to mean you blow up your life in the process.

But what it will mean is that you are clear on the vision you are holding and what you really want to manifest.

That can be as simple as getting the credit cards paid off and having 10k or more in savings. Or it can be a big and bold as what Ben and I did.  

The path to the life you want is really only a few moves away.  I’ve proven that over and over again, as I keep realigning myself with my new dream life.

I see money as an opportunity to do good in the world and keep me and my family safe now.  Not as a stressful burden or something that I have no control over.

Plus, the tools that I have learned helped me from making stupid mistakes once we really were able to keep it. The reason why I talk about this course every year when it opens is because it grows with you.

Regardless of where you are at on your money journey, there is a module or lesson that can help you shift.  While it can feel like magic at times. It really is just you putting yourself into a supportive and positive environment. Were people are willing to stop sabotaging there lives when it comes to money, make more and finally thrive.

Right now, my favorite course of hers is available for presale.

If you’ve been following my emails and have heard me talk about Amanda’s work, now is the time to enroll. It’s an incredible opportunity.

Plus, when you enroll, you’ll instantly gain instant access to the Drop the Money Struggle Bonus for pre-work and save an extra $1k off the course.

💙 💰 Check out the course-> Money Mentality Makeover💙 💰

 

Enroll through me, and you’ll receive two bonuses:

  1. Betting on Me: This flagship course will teach you how to monetize your skills, regardless of your life circumstances. You’ll have access to over 8+ hours of content with continual access and lifetime updates.
  2. 8 Live Strategy Coaching Calls: Over the course of 8 weeks, I’ll personally guide you through implementing what you’ve learned. Join our dedicated group, where you can ask for help and never feel stuck doing it alone

Check out the course-> Money Mentality Makeover

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My Story: From Making $250 A Week To 100k https://margaretstevens.co/my-story-from-making-250-a-week-to-100k/ https://margaretstevens.co/my-story-from-making-250-a-week-to-100k/#respond Tue, 06 Jun 2023 01:47:01 +0000 https://margaretstevens.co/?p=8416 Are you tired of feeling trapped in a never-ending cycle of financial limitations? Do you find yourself yearning for a breakthrough, that one idea or opportunity that will bring in the cash flow you've always dreamed of? It's time to transform your relationship with money and unlock the path to financial success.

Introducing Amanda's transformative money course, a comprehensive program that goes beyond traditional financial advice. This course delves into the mind, body, and soul connection with money, offering a holistic approach to financial well-being. It's not just about numbers and spreadsheets; it's about rewiring your beliefs and mindset surrounding money.

Countless individuals, just like you, have experienced remarkable changes in their financial journeys after enrolling in Amanda's course. From breaking free from financial struggles to building substantial wealth and achieving true financial independence, the testimonials pour in, showcasing the power of this program.

But the impact of this course goes beyond money. Participants have reported positive changes in other areas of their lives as well. When you transform your relationship with money, you unlock newfound confidence, peace of mind, and a sense of abundance that permeates every aspect of your existence.

Whether you're starting from scratch with limited resources or already earning a significant income, Amanda's money course has modules tailored to your specific needs. It provides practical guidance on budgeting, saving, investing, and managing debt. It also addresses the importance of developing a healthy financial mindset, empowering you to make informed decisions and take control of your financial future.

And now, the opportunity you've been waiting for is here. The presale for Amanda's money course has just begun, offering an exclusive chance to enroll at a special price. Don't hesitate; seize this incredible opportunity to transform your financial trajectory and finally live the life you desire.

Unlock the doors to financial success and embark on a journey that will forever change your relationship with money. Enroll in Amanda's money course today and witness the remarkable transformation that awaits you.

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Have I ever told you the story of how I went from $250 a week to $100k a year?   It was years ago, when Ben and I ran a motorcycle shop.  Ben had talked about running a shop for years as a dream.  Then the opportunity came up in 2015.  

So we opened the shop.  Our first year was fun and rough at the same time.  So much fun because Ben was doing something he loved and we were gaining traction fast.  

💙  Expanded locations 2x because we got too big

💙  Getting tons of referrals from existing customers

💙   Making more money each week through the shop

But the scary part was when we hit year 2.  See, we had a run way of about a year of income before the shop had to start supporting us.  Between my corporate job and then the settlement I had gotten for my broken arm.  We had some wiggle room.

Then, when it came time for the shop to start paying us. MANNNNN did we mess it all up.  

💙  We didn’t know how to account for the taxes.

💙  We struggled putting a dollar amount to our time spent

💙  We always made paying ourselves the last priority.  

It was always the business coming first.  Not taking into consideration that the business should take care of us too.   So about this time.  

I finally hired a decent accountant and she told us to start at least paying ourselves $250 a week, each.  That $250 felt so scary. Mind you, I had been fired from a corporate job making 40k a year just before.  

So it wasnt the “actual” dollar amount.  It was that I didn’t feel worthy of the money.  I had so many hang ups around making money, selling, paying ourselves.  

Most of the time paying ourselves would make me want to throw up. But at the same time, the tiny income that we were taking was starting to take a toll on us.

💙  We couldn’t get a car loan with out my dads help because our income was too low.  (aka non existent)

💙  We were racking up credit card debt. Often times paying the minimum or $2 more if the a/c bill was cheap enough.

💙  We started bartering out services around the house, because we couldn’t pay to get the a/c properly fixed.

I felt like a frog in a pot of water, and the water was starting to get uncomfortable.

Other than Ben beating cancer, it was one of the times I’ve prayed hardest for help.  God, Angels, Universe, anyone who was listening. I knew that we were one accident away from something catastrophic happening.

Then a friend make a Facebook post about a women call Amanda Fances.  I was like cool..  I keep asking for the universe to help me around money.  Let me follow her.

Following her lead to buying one of her courses on my credit card, using the payment plan.  

Which turned into me digging into some of my biggest money fears:

💙  Like taking customer out of paying us for services. Because they could do them next time. Even when they were asking for it then and there.  🤦

💙  Not being comfortable of handling more money. At home or for the shop.

💙   That I could ever get good with money and not have to spend it all before it disappeared.

And slowly, as I used her work.  

💙   $250 a week started to become $300 a week…. Then $400 a week…  I got comfortable paying us more each week.

💙   The shop goal went from bringing in 5k a month to 10k a month. It was safe to handle more money.

💙   I started “selling” when at work. Aka making relevant recommendations with no attachment other than to be of service.

My life changed by using Amanda’s work… Even though we ended up closing the shop.  We couldn’t expand anymore without going to a franchise;  and wanted to do something different.  

The money principles have stayed and grown with me.  I used them to negotiate my salary for the job I’m at now..   Let me be fully transparent 60% of my paycheck is commission.

Why? Because I knew that as I learned my craft I wanted to make sure I didn’t have any money hoops to jump through. I didn’t want to have to ask for a raise every time I made progress.

I knew that I could trust my self to make more money.  I had a unbreakable foundation in place.  I also had lifetime access to resources to get me unstuck while our income has grown.

I’ve used here course over and over again for  years now.  Its been with me through some extreme lows and now for the bigger dollar highs.  

Right now, my favorite course of hers is available for presale.

If you’ve been following my emails and have heard me talk about Amanda’s work, now is the time to enroll. It’s an incredible opportunity.

Plus, when you enroll, you’ll instantly gain instant access to the Drop the Money Struggle Bonus for pre-work and save an extra $1k off the course.

💙 💰 Check out the course-> Money Mentality Makeover💙 💰

 

Enroll through me, and you’ll receive two bonuses:

  1. Betting on Me: This flagship course will teach you how to monetize your skills, regardless of your life circumstances. You’ll have access to over 8+ hours of content with continual access and lifetime updates.
  2. 8 Live Strategy Coaching Calls: Over the course of 8 weeks, I’ll personally guide you through implementing what you’ve learned. Join our dedicated group, where you can ask for help and never feel stuck doing it alone

Check out the course-> Money Mentality Makeover

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Transform Your Relationship With Money And Live The Life You Want https://margaretstevens.co/transform-your-relationship-with-money-and-live-the-life-you-want/ https://margaretstevens.co/transform-your-relationship-with-money-and-live-the-life-you-want/#respond Mon, 05 Jun 2023 01:53:57 +0000 https://margaretstevens.co/?p=8412 Are you tired of feeling trapped in a never-ending cycle of financial limitations? Do you find yourself yearning for a breakthrough, that one idea or opportunity that will bring in the cash flow you've always dreamed of? It's time to transform your relationship with money and unlock the path to financial success.

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Are you tired of feeling powerless when it comes to money? You have all these ideas about how this time it’s going to be different, that the next thing you pitch or launch will be the BIG ONE.

The ONE idea that will bring in ALLLL the cash, build up your savings, and allow you to finally check off those wish list items you’ve been dreaming about on your Pinterest board for years.

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Enroll through me, and you’ll receive two bonuses:

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  2. 8 Live Strategy Coaching Calls: Over the course of 8 weeks, I’ll personally guide you through implementing what you’ve learned. Join our dedicated group, where you can ask for help and never feel stuck doing it alone

Check out the course-> Money Mentality Makeover

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Projectors are the Chat GPT of human design. https://margaretstevens.co/projectors-are-the-chat-gpt-of-human-design/ https://margaretstevens.co/projectors-are-the-chat-gpt-of-human-design/#respond Wed, 10 May 2023 02:12:55 +0000 https://margaretstevens.co/?p=8329 It's natural to feel overwhelmed and burned out, especially in today's fast-paced world where we're constantly bombarded with new technologies and pressures to keep up. But why do we resist rest and relaxation? Why do we make things unnecessarily hard? And why do we fear new technology?

Perhaps it's because we've been conditioned to believe that success comes from hard work and productivity, and that taking time off or slowing down means we're not doing enough. But what if we viewed burnout as a signal that we're out of alignment and need to reassess our priorities?

By embracing rest and relaxation, we can tap into our natural flow and increase our productivity. We can let go of resentment and negativity, and focus on what truly matters. And by seeking out resources and support, we can learn new skills and strategies to help us achieve our goals.

So don't be afraid to lean on your resources, whether it's podcasts, courses, or other tools. Let your struggles and growth moments be a catalyst for change, and use them to shorten the curve for yourself and others.

Remember, you don't have to go it alone. With the right mindset and support, you can achieve more than you ever thought possible.

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While I’m struggling with my latest burnout and the world being take over by Chat GPT.  Its gotten me thinking. 

Why do we fear new tech? Why do we make things so unnecessary hard? Why do we resist resting and relaxing? 

I know that I’m not alone with the struggle over the last two year around burn out.   Its kinda hard to keep going, when you just feel empty inside. 

But over the last few months I have chosen to see my burn out as a canary in the coal mine.  Its my body’s signal that what I’m doing is out of alignment and balance with how I function best. 

Its forced me to really focus on embracing taking days off and disconnecting from being online.  Its woken me up to how I can hold on to resentment when I get burned or underappreciated from others. It woken me back up time and time again.  That endless hustle doesn’t work for me anymore. 

Gone are the days, that I can go months at a time with out time off. Without vacations or weekend days napping and watching tv with Ben.  Gone is my patience for doing something just because that’s what you do.  Gone are the times where I ignore how someone has hurt me and just keep putting my head down. 

So instead of following what hasn’t been working lately. (Hello insanity theory)  I’ve been focusing on going an even deeper level around flow and rest and productivity.  Regardless if its been my deep dive into my projector nature. Or learning about sacred money archetypes. Or buying  a new sales funnel course. 

I’m calling in all the resources available to me to let my life be that much more productive and easy at the same time.  

The bar has been raised. I’m no longer willing to settle for hard work to the point of burn out or taking time off and not hitting my goals.  You know my favorite motto. What I don’t know, I hire someone to teach me.  

Lean on my resources. 

Lean on my podcast episodes.

Lean on my courses. 

Let my struggles and “growth moments” aka oh shit moments. Help shorten the curve for you. 

Resources below.

 

Links Mentioned :

Its safe to no longer be overwhelmed & burnt out

Check out the course – Overcoming Overwhelm

EP 2: Breaking up overwhelming tasks
EP 5: How to ask for help and actually get it
EP 7: What to do when obligations turn into overwhelm.
EP 10: How to build your dream support team.
EP 17: The importance of creating space and learning how to sit still.
EP 18: Learning to care for your future self.
EP 20: How to create healthy boundaries around tech.
EP 21: Discovering your non-negotiables around work & home.
EP 22: The difference between loving yourself and self-care.
EP 24: Back to the land of the Living + honoring the grieving process
EP 28: How to rest during a pandemic or catastrophic event
EP 42: Learning to say no at home, work and to yourself
EP 43: Becoming the lighthouse
EP 52: Learning how to let go
EP 56: How to set boundaries to save your sanity
EP 59: Overcoming burnout
EP 68: Overcoming Overwhelm
EP 77: Permission to rest and receive

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EP 77: Permission to rest and receive https://margaretstevens.co/ep-77-permission-to-rest-and-receive/ https://margaretstevens.co/ep-77-permission-to-rest-and-receive/#respond Sat, 15 Apr 2023 02:45:14 +0000 https://margaretstevens.co/?p=8296 I give myself permission to rest and receive the support I need. Without shame or guilt. Knowing that if I stop and rest today. I will come back stronger tomorrow.

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When I mention the word rest, how does it make you feel? 

Guilty, sad, ashamed that you don’t do it more often? Do you have all these rules that pop up in your head that have to happen before you rest?

What about when you have a shit show for a week and just can’t seem to catch your breath?  Would you rest then? Would you stop and take care of yourself? Could you rely on some tools that could pull you out of that emotional roller coaster?

Or would that shitty week turn into a shitty month. Would that emotion build and build until you either became bitter or burned out, like it was for me? 

This time, I chose to use a different way out of that sticky, shitty emotion instead of just numbing it away.  I wanted lasting relief, not just a bandage that didn’t really solve the problem. 

“Your triggers can be your path to recovery from burnout. Pay attention to them.”

Today’s episode dives into what I’m doing differently. How to stop a “they did me dirty” moment in its tracks. How to use it for good, for both you and others. Along with a very easy tool to use to get to the underlying emotion that you really wanted to feel all along. 

 Best yet, this episode is something that you can use to feel relief before its over.  Listen to the episode… Shift your mindset… Check out the recommendations below. 

You won’t regret it.

 

Gems in the Episode

  1. Discover powerful strategies to identify and overcome burnout.
  2. Gain insights into the unique triggers that impact your entrepreneurial journey.
  3. Learn how to recognize warning signs and take proactive steps towards self-care.
  4. Hear real-life experiences and relatable stories to use in your own life
  5. Find inspiration to navigate challenges and emerge stronger in your business.

Links Mentioned In This Episode:

Read the transcripts

Get the episode breakdown here

Welcome to clear the clutter. My name is Margaret and this podcast is where I give you practical and spiritual advice to get your time back so you can finally spend it how you really want. Hey loves, welcome to Clear the Clutter podcast, where I teach you mindset shifts in under an hour today. Today we’re going to talk about episode number 77, permission to rest and receive. And if you’ve listened to any of my episodes in the past, I’ll have tons of examples for us to dive into. So before we go into today’s episode, I want to talk about today’s sponsor, which is me. 

If you want to dive deeper into any of the resources I mentioned in today’s episode, like journal prompts, or if you want to check out any of the courses I’m always talking about, go to Margaret Stevens co shop or click the link in the show notes and you’ll get everything in one clean spot. And you don’t have to search the interwebs or type in all these random things. Everything is there, clean and easy for you, especially the archives. So, margaretstevens.co/shop. So let’s get into today’s episode. So I want to specifically talk about resting and receiving. Now, if you’ve listened to any of my previous episodes, this one’s a little bit more related to my Overcoming Overwhelm series. So if any of you have followed me for the last year or so, you knew that I went through a pretty severe burnout session. 

So my burnout session was so bad that for about four months, all I had the energy to do was get up, go to work, take care of my babies, pay the bills that were already automated and putts around the house. And that was it. I had no energy for the podcast, I had no energy for courses, I had no energy for learning. I did a lot of Escapism type things, so I read a ton of books, but not from a good place, like a bad mental place. It was really rough. I was so burnt out, I just couldn’t take it anymore. So I have a whole course and series dedicated to how do you overcome that? 

Because I made a promise to myself that as I was overcoming and working through the burnout and working through the crying and the emotion and all the weight that was on me, that I would again try my best to document it as I learned the next step in real time. So then that way I could go ahead and help. I could help the next person that was going through that overwhelming of an emotion and overwhelming of a time. Today’s episode is almost like a precursor to that. So this is I would call it the canary in the coal mine type of episode where you are starting to have these little moments that feel like friction. So you know me and I love friction. I love identifying it so that we can go ahead and get rid of it, right? 

There’s a reason why this podcast episode and this podcast in general is called Clear the Clutter. So I love to get rid of friction, and I always look for those little canary in the coal mines. And this week was a legitimate canary in the coal mine. This was a really shitty week. I had someone that did me dirty. Like, full on did me dirty. Like, I can’t believe this shit really happened. Are you mother trucking kidding me? Did me dirty. And it took a hot minute, or as I love to call it took a country hot minute for me to go ahead and process it. But because I have a lot of the tools in place from my burnout phase of life, I can shift through that a lot faster. 

So I specifically wanted to record this shift in pretty much real time just because there’s all these little teeny tiny canary in the coal mine moments or little shifts that you can implement. Like, you can implement them before the episode is done so that you can get really good results really quickly. Instead of trying to recreate the wheel and talk about this six months from now where maybe those little itty bitty things that would have definitely helped you achieve space and freedom and relaxation faster, I would have forgotten some of them, right? So let’s talk about what someone did and how they did me dirty. 

I had someone this week do me real dirty, and even though it is not the time and place to talk about it now, I know that I will be able to take that story and make millions off of it. So that’s kind of like the consolation prize, as they call it. Like, yeah, you screwed me now, but ha. And here’s the thing, right? You may be thinking well, obviously you’re probably thinking, like, what happened? I can’t tell you right now, I would love to. Oh, trust me, I would love to tell you right now, but right now is not the appropriate time. I promise you, as soon as it’s an appropriate time, I will happily tell that story. I promise I will definitely happily tell that story. But in the moment right now, it’s not appropriate. So person X did me dirty. 

I went through a shock phase of, I can’t believe that mother trucker did that. Okay, cool. How are we going to shive it? How are we going to shift, pivot, move on all those things, right? How are we going to shive it? So with that being said, I had all of these intense emotions, and the reason why I had such intense emotions and such an intense reaction to it was because, unfortunately, the most appropriate thing to do in that scenario, in that environment at that time was to sit there and take it. And we all know how much we love to just sit there and have to eat shit. And here’s the thing, right? Like, I have been very good my entire life of putting myself in scenarios that I don’t have to eat shit, I don’t have to take it. 

I consciously, consistently put myself in an environment where I’m able to express myself at least or I’m able to have a conversation. I’m not so frustrated, so angry, so backed into a corner that my first instinct is to retaliate. So the fact that I had to sit there and eat it and take it and say in my head, are you mother trucking kidding me? Was extremely tough. It was so overwhelming. I was like, vibrating with frustration, right? And so I had to get the energy out of me. And so this is why I wanted to talk about it in real time. One of the things I noticed which I was not super conscious of in the past, here’s another canary in the coal mine for you. 

One thing I was noticing was this very easily could have turned from a shitty week into a super shitty month. I very easily could have let this thing that happened, it could have overwhelmed me. It could have changed my mindset. It could have made me a little bit more bitter. It could have made me definitely way more angrier. I could have fed into it over and over in my head. I could have told the same story of how I should have done this differently and done that differently and who do they think they are and why do they think they can treat me this way? I could have said all of those stories in my head, and I could have had that on repeat, right? I didn’t. 

I caught it in fast enough of a time where I gave myself time to rest and rest, receive the answers that I needed on how to handle this very frustrating moment. And there’s another couple of little things that I started to notice, right? So I was trying to process the emotion I was trying to force myself to process the emotion pretty fast because I wasn’t going to sit around the house and clean the house. That just didn’t feel like it was going to work. I needed a happy moment. I needed a dopamine rush, right? So what did I end up doing? I ended up leaning into some bad habits I used to do in the past, and I went shopping. Now, I didn’t buy anything this time, but it’s pretty hard to go shopping in a county where there’s more cows than people. 

So I had to work at it. Now, lately, probably maybe it’s been almost a year, we got a new Marshalls because our town is that small. We didn’t even have something like that. We had a bells technically, but we have a new Marshalls now. And I was starting to slip into some old habits, which, again, was a conscious canary in the coal mine for me. So I walked around Tractor Supply, and I looked at baby chickens, and thank God there was no baby geese. Otherwise, I would have come home with a flock of baby geese. But I walked around, and I looked at baby chickens. I walked around Tractor Supply, seeing and thinking of all the things I could buy. I walked around Marshall’s, and I thought of all the things I could buy.

 

Thank God my town shuts down pretty early, because after that, I needed to get something for the house. And I was getting ready to walk around Aldi’s, and thank God Aldi’s had closed. And when they had closed, I kind of snapped out of it, and I’m like, oh, my God. I’m using this as an excuse to avoid my emotions. So another thing I’ve done in the past, which is a canary in the cold mine, possibly for you, is you could either stress eat or stress bake. So sometimes at work, I would stress eat in environments like this, but I would stress bake a lot. Like, I have had the most craziest cravings to make cinnamon rolls from scratch. 

I can’t even tell you the last time I’ve made cinnamon rolls, let alone, oh, no, maggie doesn’t want to just go to the store and buy the thing, put it in a tub, and move on. No, she wants to figure out how to make it from scratch, starting with milk at 115 degrees and softened butter. Like I went that far down the rabbit hole. So I caught myself there. I’m like, okay, no, that’s not good. If I am looking for all of these little dopamine rushes, then I have to figure out how to process this emotion. So I went down another dopamine rush, which was I doom Scrolled, Instagram, then Facebook, then Pinterest, then TikTok, and after I kept telling Holly and Neiman, hold on, mommy’s almost done watching a video. I was like, whoop, there I go again. 

So, those were, like, the three specific canary in the coal mines. That, for me, are a conscious indicator that I am very overwhelmed, and I need to figure out how to get this out of my system. So you might relate to some of them. You might relate to none of them, but I want you to consciously look for an area in your life where you are escaping, like hard escaping, and there’s differences, right? Like, there’s good escaping, where you’re like, oh, my God. At least for me, oh, my God. This book is amazing. I love it. The author is just so captivating. I’m obsessed with the characters. I just can’t wait to see what happens next. So I’m not talking about avoiding reality in a positive manner. I’m talking about when you’re doing it to avoid emotion. 

So look for your triggers would be my first recommendation. Look for the specific things that you do, which, again, mine is shopping, baking, or multiple social media accounts back to back look for your triggers that you can kind of use as a way to pull yourself out of the dip. Now, the reason again why I wanted to share this in real time is I did an exercise that was very different. I intentionally last night gave myself permission to rest. I said, you know what? What I need right now is not to figure out how to now make cookies from scratch. Because unfortunately, I do know how to do that. I have a collection of 1819 cookbooks to how to make cookies from scratch with every possible alternative. If you have no eggs, milk, butter, whatever, right? 

So I didn’t need to make cookies from scratch. I didn’t need to go ahead and buy more stuff on the Googles, oh, my God, thank God I didn’t go onto Amazon. I didn’t need to go ahead and doom scroll all social media accounts that I’m subscribed. Like, I didn’t need to do any of that. What I really needed to do was stop and just let everything kind of settle out of my body is how it felt. So Ben had made a comment of like, oh, let’s just lay down and watch TV together and snuggle. I’m like, you know what? That is the perfect thing to do. So I put my phone down. I think I put it in, like, the kitchen or something like that. I consciously put my phone far away from me, and we laid down and we watched, like, Antique Roadshow. 

And then after that, we watched a new TV series that we’re watching. And I intentionally, as were watching these TV shows, I told my brain, we’re not going to think about the scenario that did me dirty. We’re not going to do any of that. Your job is to rest. And I literally was chanting in my head as every time I would kind of start to slip a little bit, I was like, Nope. I give myself permission to rest. I give myself permission to rest. I give myself permission to rest. It is okay to rest. It is okay. There is nothing to feel guilty about. There’s nothing wrong about resting. That doesn’t mean you’re lazy. That doesn’t mean you won’t get things done. That doesn’t mean that you’ll be resting forever and that you’re this horrible person. Right now. 

The most intentionally conscious thing you can do is to rest. The faster you rest, the faster you’ll recover, the faster you can move on with a clear, level head versus thinking all hot and wanting to put your ghetto hoops on and just snap your gum and, I don’t know, alter ego gangster Margaret wants to come out, right? Like the head bobble with the ghetto hoops wants to come out. So that is not what we want. That is not the time or place for let’s pause let’s rest. Let’s give ourselves permission to rest and let’s go ahead and move through this. So what happened? Well, what happened was my adrenaline of going through the emotion of the did me dirty. It finally got to leave my body. I acknowledged that someone did me dirty. 

I acknowledged that in that moment in time, I felt trapped and that I had no other choice and I had to take it. And I also acknowledged that someday down the road, I’ll be able to tell my story, and it’ll make me millions. And it’ll make me millions because I’ll be able to teach other people how to deal with that emotion in that time and not have it traumatize them, right? Because that’s the thing. You can have someone that does your dirty and you don’t even care. God knows people have done that to me in the past, and I’m like, I can’t even remember. They’re so insignificant that I can’t even remember it. But when it’s something that is this shocking or this intense or this strong of an emotion, it can really screw you up if you let it. 

It’s very slippery of a slope. So I was very conscious of that as I was sitting and I was resting, and I was like, you know what? Right now, I’m going to give myself permission to rest and I’m going to pivot. So I’m going to solve the problem. The problem that I needed to solve was I didn’t feel valued. I was like, okay, at the end of the day, the reason why I’m so upset of why person X did me dirty is because I do not feel valued. I do not feel like they care. Doesn’t matter all of the backstory. It doesn’t matter, any of it. They, with that action, told me how much they cared about me. And I clearly have an imbalanced relationship. I care more about them than they do me. 

And mind you, if any of you are thinking, this is between me and Ben, it is like, it is not at all. It is an unrelated party. So marriage is perfectly, amazingly fine. So, yeah, just putting that out there. But yeah, I have an imbalanced relationship with this scenario, and I care way too much, because if I didn’t, then the did me dirty would have not affected me so bad, right? So I acknowledged I didn’t feel valued. I didn’t feel seen, I didn’t feel heard. I didn’t feel appreciated. I was like, okay, so how can I give my brain instructions to go ahead and feel that, right? Because clearly that is extremely important to me, and I think it’s important to most of us, to be perfectly honest. 

Like, I’m sorry, who does not want to go ahead and feel seen, feel heard, feel valued in life? No one. Everyone wants that, right? You want to have the people in your life, the people that you are spending this tiny, precious time with on Earth. You want to feel that you matter, that you make a difference, that you’re appreciated. And most of the time, if you get that’s kind of good enough in most scenarios. So I was like, okay, well, clearly that is not happening in this environment, so that means I need to change it. So I actually started using some exercises. I talked about what was it? The underdog course. Very great course. It was like a 30 something dollars course that I had bought from Andrea. I actually used a lot of her exercises. This morning while I was getting ready. 

I was like, okay, wouldn’t it be fun if blank wouldn’t it be fun if blank wouldn’t it be fun if blank? And I did that intentionally because I wanted to not only give my brain something to chew on so that I could get onto the other side of that emotion, but I also wanted to give myself an intentional, clear path of how do we get out of this? And so I was thinking about that last night, and I used the words while I was getting know. Wouldn’t it be fun if I’m actually thinking Ben’s gonna probably be like, oh, my God, here we go again. Crazy Maggie’s back. 

But I used to love back in our old house to write phrases or mantras on our bathroom mirror because I figured while I’m brushing my teeth, I could be reading something intentional. So I think I might do that again. But thinking about it last night, I’m like, okay, well, how do I move on from this? How do I acknowledge the hurt, acknowledge the pain, acknowledge the imbalance in this relationship, and how do I move on? So by asking myself those questions, I was able to kind of let my body rest. And the other side of that was, okay, well, now what? And this is where you start to get a little creative. 

Wouldn’t it be fun if wouldn’t it be fun if so an example would be wouldn’t it be fun if I took this story and turned it into a teachable moment? Wouldn’t it be fun if I could get something out of this that could help someone else? Wouldn’t it be fun if and this is something I’m still playing with, but wouldn’t it be fun if this turns into a whole module in overcoming overwhelm? Now, I am intending to take off. I haven’t officially put it in yet, but I’m intending to take off a day next week so that I could sit down and do some more working on my podcast company. And on top of it, I have a shit ton of PTO. It’s got to get burned, right? Unused PTO does no one any good. 

So I was like, okay, what if I used this as not only just a teachable moment, not only as a podcast episode. But what if I use this to create a whole series in my Overcoming Overwhelm course and I have no clue. Again, I haven’t even gotten to the point of what I’m going to call that module yet, but maybe it’s going to be called how to Handle You Did Me Dirties. I don’t know. But there’s so much good that can come from this environment, from this scenario, from this shock to the system. I always do believe that we can take a crappy experience and we can learn, not learn something from it because we can always learn something, right? But we can learn something from it and we can now turn it into a positive experience that can help someone else. 

Because if it just sits there and dies with us, then it really affected us a lot more than what were even realizing or thinking. So I want to take this and I want to turn it into something good, not just a podcast episode. Because all of the things I have learned in that very short time frame between pretty much yesterday afternoon. Yeah, yesterday afternoon. Yeah, because it was Thursday. Okay, yesterday afternoon tonight has been a lot of shifts. A lot of, oh my God, I did this differently and I felt way better. Oh my God, I did this differently and I felt way better. So I feel like the most appropriate way to teach that is going to be a new module and over coming overwhelm. So if you would be interested in something like that. 

Again, not only learning how to handle the Did Me dirties, but also how to handle severe burnout. I even have a module in there specifically dealing with a family health cris because those are things I’ve had to go through. You should definitely check out the Overcoming Overwhelm course. Again, link is in the show notes if you don’t want to have to type everything out. I am one of the worst spellers in the world, I joke, so it’s just easier for me to have a link to click on versus trying to remember how to spell something. But the other thing too is if I do come out with that module, I’m going to up the price like 100%. There is no ifs, ands, or buts about it. 

So the perks of all of my content is that you get lifetime access and lifetime upgrades for free, regardless of the price you paid. So any of you that have bought the course now, just keep an eye out because I’ll send an email and I will make sure that you get the upgrades for free, for life. That’s part of my promise to you of intentional learning and growth forever. So I would definitely check out the course if that’s something that you’re interested in. So specifically I promised you something that you can go ahead and use today. So what I want you to do is I want you to do three different things, kind of like two and a half. I want you to do two and a half things. I want you to identify whether you write it down. You DM me. 

You tweet me. You clearly can reach me. A multitude of social media platforms. You contact me and tell me, what are your triggers? I feel like the first step is definitely identifying your triggers. If you can identify your trigger, then you can go ahead and make a plan from there. Right? So if you are like me and you’re stress shopping, okay, let’s identify that trigger. Once you start to identify that trigger, we need to second identify the emotion that you wish you would have gotten instead of the one you did get. So for me, I had someone do me dirty, and what I really wanted was to feel valued and appreciated. So it’s like, okay, my trigger was shopping. The emotion I wanted to feel was valued and appreciated. I didn’t feel that. 

So let me go ahead and do all these other random things so that I can try and wrap my brain around why I didn’t feel valued and appreciated. That’s step number two. Step number 2.5 is to go ahead and start shifting your mindset in a way that you can get those feelings. And I would prefer recommend lovingly browbeat you to sitting still and giving yourself a night off. And maybe if you need more than a night off, that’s okay. Right. The reason why I can shift through these things so fast is because I’ve done the work over and over again. And just like any other skill set, I don’t care what your skill set is. I mean, we talked about skill sets two episodes ago. 

Any skill set that you do, you’re going to be able to do it faster and faster, more efficiently, more easily, more graceful, less stressful every single time the more you practice. So what for me was able to happen in a night that might take you a week, it might take you a week and a half, it might take you a weekend. It might take you only a couple of hours. I don’t want you to set this expectation that if you only take one night off and you don’t feel magically better, that you failed. It’s the act of going through these two and a half steps. We’re just sticking with two and a half. It’s the act of going through those two and a half steps that will get you to feeling better. That is how you solve the problem. 

You identify your trigger. You go ahead and identify the emotion that you were hoping to feel instead of the one that actually did happen. And then you go ahead and rest, and you reconsider. How can you get that emotional need met instead? Intentionally. Right. And had Ben not been in a super snugly mood, I would have sat down. And I am famous for sitting in the tub for at least an hour and a half at a time. I wish I had a tub heater because I sit in there for so long. But I am intentional when I’m sitting in the tub. I’m sitting there and I’m thinking and I’m processing and I’m feeling. And that doesn’t always have to be that way, right? So if sitting in the tub isn’t your thing, I am constantly known. 

I mean, you guys see all my stuff on the socials. I love to walk around the back pasture with the dogs and the cows. I love to kind of clean and put things away. So whatever your way of moving through that emotion, as long as it’s not in a negative manner, as long as it’s not in a punishment style manner and it actually makes you feel better afterwards, that’s all I’m asking for. If you can get some snuggles out of it with whether it’s your animals or your friends or your loved ones, even better, right? Because you’re going to get that dopamine rush from the person that loves you and you’re also going to feel safe enough for your body to relax and go ahead and process all of those feelings that unfortunately got sent to you in a very broken way. 

So I want you to do those two and a half steps so then that way you can go from someone did me dirty to resting and receiving. And the reason why I talk about receiving, I really haven’t talked about receiving too much, but the receiving comes from the rest point of view. When you rest, you are allowing yourself to receive the grace, the feeling, the emotions, the needs that didn’t get met. You’re allowing yourself to receive that in a way that didn’t get received before. So whether it is you receiving it just from your own intentional emotions or maybe you journal it out, maybe you talk it out with a best friend or your family member or a loved one, but you receive that love because that’s what it always comes back to, right? 

We want to be valued and in a sense, valued is you want to be loved. So I want you to receive that emotion that you’re intentionally needing and then that way you can process it and you can move on. And if this was a really tough episode and you’re like, wait, I need more, then that is where I would definitely recommend you. I’m not going to do journal prompts for this episode. For me, it’s too big, right? It’s like a nugget off of oh, my God. Let’s use some baking terms. Okay? It is like this episode is a handful of chocolate chips when I intentionally made a 24 batch of chocolate chip cookies. Me handing you a couple of chocolate chips, yeah, cool. Would be fun and tasty. But you would rather have the batch. 

Of cookies, because who does not want a fresh batch of yummy, delicious chocolate chip cookies, right? So there’s no journal prompts for this one. It’s too big of a cookie patch to try and give you prompts. I want you to go ahead and check out the course. I want you to go ahead and dive into those two and a half specific steps. I want you to identify. Okay, so this is the half of the step that we keep talking about. Receiving, I want you to identify, because if you’re having a hard time receiving, I want you to identify what does receiving and what does rest look like for you. So if you’re struggling with step one, step two in half, I want you to identify why. 

Because if you can identify why, then we can go ahead and fix it and we can go from there. So with that being said, as always, I am incredibly grateful to every single one of you that listens to this podcast episode. I’ve been doing this on and off for years. It has taken a lot of courage, a lot of faith, a lot of personal getting out of my own way. You probably don’t even know this. I am an extreme introvert. I am a very obsessively, private person. So for me to get in front of a mic somewhat consistently over the past couple of years, to go ahead and share these mindset shifts for you, has been such a growth opportunity for me. And I am incredibly grateful that you have been along with the journey every single step. 

I don’t care if you’ve been with me from episode one. I don’t care if this is the first time you’re listening to me and now you’re intrigued and you’re going to dive back into the archives. I’m just incredibly grateful to be here to serve you. So thank you from the bottom of my heart. It expands so much every time I see more people subscribe, more people sign up for the newsletter, more people check out my courses. I just really want to help. And unfortunately, I can’t have you all come to a counter and talk to you individually. So again, I will always encourage you to please reach out to me. Whatever method you feel the most comfortable with, reach out to me. Email is appropriate too. I do love me a good old email if you’re not on any of the socials. 

But yeah, I am here to help you. I’m here to support you. I’m here to have you have these mindset shifts and make the most of our time here on Earth. Whether it’s monetizing our skills, whether it is busting through the blocks around money and mindset, whether it is feeling seen and valued, whether it’s a combination of a bunch of things that I haven’t even talked about yet. I’m just here to help you, and I’m here to serve. And I’m just so grateful I can’t say thank you enough. So before I keep rambling on, thank you for listening today’s episode. I’d love to hear how you’re using this little nugget in your day. You’re more than welcome and encouraged to tag me on all the socials. 

And I would love that if you shared it with a friend, because that is one of the highest forms of flattery and just gratitude is to share my episodes with a friend. I will talk to you later. Bye. Have a burning question for me? Want that link I was talking about? Get access to all the resources and links that were mentioned in this episode and others over at Margaretsevens.co. And if you haven’t, don’t forget to sign up for my VIP list where I share special bonuses, prelaunch coupon codes and advice I don’t share anywhere else. Thanks for listening. 

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Do you believe that your skills follow you, or the job? It amazed me the responses I’ve gotten.

Conversations how skills didn’t translate well between jobs. Ideas and mindsets that the collection of loose skills didn’t add up to anything worth getting paid for. 

There was this sense of always having to start over again. From the ground up, since there was no clear way to bring the talent and life experience gained with you.

Which would lead to staying stuck and not starting that side hustle. Because it wasnt possible to make money any other way.

The sad part was that I was, in a sense, right there too.

I couldn’t see how my skills would make me money. It wasnt like I didn’t get paid in the past for side hustles or consulting. But I didn’t believe that I could charge appropriately for my work. It felt too messy to try and take those skills and turn them into cash.

Then I had to do a pitch deck and in less than 10 slides say why I was amazing, with proof. Going through that exercise changed my mind and opened my eyes.

Now, I’m clear on what it cost’s to hire me. I’m clear on the transformation and clarity I can bring to any customer or job. I’m clear on my skill set that makes ME shine. Most of all.

I’m clear on how my skills follow me and make me money. 

Listen to the episode… shift your mindset.. Grab the recommended journal prompt below.
You won’t regret it.

 

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