You Are a Badass at Making Money

01Ditch Your Money Baggage

Most people don’t grow up with a neutral relationship to money. From the time we're old enough to understand what money is, we're absorbing unspoken rules, judgments, and limitations. Whether it's hearing phrases like Money doesn’t grow on trees or watching our parents argue over bills, we start to associate money with stress, scarcity, or even morality. These early impressions form what becomes our financial blueprint—an unconscious script that influences how we earn, spend, and think about wealth. If you were raised to believe that wanting more money is greedy, or that rich people are inherently selfish, those beliefs don’t just sit quietly in the background. They show up every time you hesitate to raise your rates, feel guilty about success, or self-sabotage when you're close to a breakthrough. They're the invisible ceiling you can’t quite name but keep bumping into. Subconscious fears, too, play a bigger role than most people realize. Wanting money isn't just about the numbers—it’s tied to our sense of identity, safety, and self-worth. For some, the idea of making more money triggers fears of being judged, rejected, or seen as arrogant. For others, it taps into deep discomfort around visibility and responsibility. That’s why simply working harder doesn’t always change your financial reality. Until you address the stories running beneath the surface, effort alone won’t shift your results. The turning point comes when you realize that your current relationship with money is learned—and what’s learned can be unlearned. Money itself is neutral. It’s not evil. It’s not noble. It’s a tool. Like a hammer or a fire—it can build, it can destroy, but it doesn’t choose its purpose. You do. Reframing money as an empowering force means giving yourself permission to want it, to talk about it without shame, and to receive it without apology. It means seeing money not as something you chase or hoard, but as something that flows to match the value you allow yourself to create and receive. Start by noticing your internal monologue about money. What do you say to yourself when a bill arrives? When someone mentions their salary? When you dream of a bigger life? These small moments offer big clues. The goal isn’t to judge yourself for having baggage—it’s to unpack it, hold it up to the light, and decide whether it still serves you. Because the version of you that’s capable of earning with ease isn’t buried deep inside—you’ve just been taught to quiet her down. It’s time to let her speak.