Hi, everybody. It's story time today on the podcast, but unlike a fictional story or a metaphorical

story that I love to tell you, I'm actually going to tell you a real story about a client,

and specifically a client in her relationship with money. But this isn't a story about money in the way you'd

expect. So with this full moon and Ares, there's a lot of energy around action, independence,

and forward movement. And even if you're not listening to this, you know, around April 4th,

it's totally okay because there's always energy of action, independence, and forward movement.

What I see so often as a coach is people trying to push their way into change,

force their way into change, fix their way into change, try to be more discipline,

try to do it right, try to finally get control of something, especially when it comes to money.

What I've learned, both in my own life and my 22 years of doing this

professionally, is that real change does not come from pushing harder. In fact, that often does

the opposite. It comes from actually understanding what's underneath the pattern. So I want to

share the story because I think you might see yourself or at least

parts of yourself in it. So like I said, this is a story about a client that I worked with a few

years ago. I'm going to call her Emily. And on paper, she was great with money. She didn't

overspend. She had savings. She paid her bills on time.

If you looked at her life from the outside, you'd think she was doing everything right.

She even was able to pay for my coaching services through her business and use it as a business consulting expense.

So she found ways to really support herself with money.

But yet, she was exhausted, not necessarily physically exhausted in the way we think about it. It was more like this low-level constant pressure

running the background of her life. Every decision had weight to it. She really struggled

with decision-making. And every financial

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