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🌿 A Gentle Beginning
So many of us were taught to avoid money until it becomes a crisis.
To fear the numbers.
To dread “the moment of reckoning.”
To swing between avoidance and control.
But money doesn’t need punishment.
It needs presence.
It needs rhythm.
It needs ritual.
The check-in is not an audit. It’s a conversation.
A returning.
A recalibration.
A sacred pause to say:
How are we doing?
What’s true right now?
What do we need?
💫 Ritual, Not Reaction
This ritual isn’t about perfection.
It’s not about hyper-managing or correcting mistakes.
It’s about:
- Sitting down with honesty and kindness
- Naming what’s real without judgment
- Tending to your money the way you’d tend to a beloved child or garden
The check-in turns chaos into coherence.
It makes money feel like something that lives with you—not against you.
🕯 Try This
Create your version of a weekly check-in.
Choose a day.
Light a candle.
Put on music.
Make it feel sacred.
Then gently ask:
What came in this week? What went out?
How did I feel spending, receiving, tracking?
Did I make choices from fear, or from care?
Is there anything I need to forgive, shift, or celebrate?
You can journal, speak aloud, or simply feel.
This is your space. Your ritual. Your rhythm.
🌙 Parting Thought
When money becomes a rhythm, not a rule—
you return to yourself.
You don’t need to fear it.
You just need to be in relationship with it.
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