Kate Northrup: Money IS the Byproduct of Alignment

Redefining Wealth with Patrice Washington

Patrice Washington

Education:self-improvement, Education, Self-improvement

4.9 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2026

⏱️ 41 minutes

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If this episode resonates with you, join us for Good with Money beginning April 9th at patricewashington.com/kate.✨ About This Season: The Anatomy of Alignment This season of Redefining Wealth is dedicated to unpacking what alignment really means — not as a buzzword, but as structure. We’re dissecting how misalignment impacts each of the Six Pillars of Wealth — FIT, PEOPLE, SPACE, FAITH, WORK, and MONEY — and what it truly costs when we tolerate what drains us. Each episode builds on the last. So subscribe and journey with us as we move from awakening… to redefining… to actualizing. Episode Summary In this week’s episode, Patrice sits down with Kate Northrup for a powerful conversation about money, nervous system safety, and why abundance is often less about strategy and more about alignment. Together, they explore a truth that many high achievers miss: money problems are not always rooted in lack of information, but in identities and patterns that were formed long before we ever earned our first dollar. Kate shares how fear of her own power once showed up as overspending, avoidance, and financial chaos. What looked like poor money management on the surface was actually a deeper pattern of staying small. Her story reveals how many of us unconsciously recreate familiar stress because our bodies have been conditioned to treat chaos, scarcity, and pressure as “home.” This episode also reframes what financial healing can look like. Instead of approaching money with shame, pressure, and self-judgment, Patrice and Kate invite us to see money as a relationship — one that requires love, honesty, safety, and nervous system regulation. Because if peace feels foreign in your body, you may unknowingly reject the very ease and overflow you say you desire. If you’ve ever wondered why you keep repeating money patterns that no longer match who you are becoming, this conversation will help you understand that money is not the goal. Alignment is. And when your body finally feels safe to receive, hold, and grow money, abundance becomes the byproduct. Questions to Ask Yourself:Where am I still choosing familiar financial stress over unfamiliar ease? What money patterns in my life feel inherited, conditioned, or emotionally familiar? Do I actually feel safe receiving, holding, and enjoying money? How have I been keeping myself small in the area of finances? What would change if I approached money as a relationship rooted in love instead of fear? Want to Redefine Wealth for Yourself? Start Here: 🧭 Take the 2-Minute Pillar Quiz to identify which pillar needs your attention in this season: https://patricewashington.com/quiz 📱 Join the FREE Redefining Wealth App (community, book club, and weekly LIVE sessions with Patrice): https://patricewashington.com/redefining-wealth-app/ 💛 Explore Pillar Mastery: https://pillarmastery.com 🎓 Learn about The Institute for Redefining Wealth: https://redefiningwealth.institute/ Resources Mentioned: Kate Northrup: https://katenorthrup.com/ | @katenorthrup Money: A Love Story by Kate Northrup: https://katenorthrup.com/moneyalovestory/ Good With Money: https://patricewashington.com/kate Scaling Joy Retreat: https://patricewashington.com/retreat

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0:00.0	I was so afraid of how powerful I knew I had the potential to be that I overspent and got myself into a bunch of credit card debt to play small. Welcome to Redefining Wealth, where wealth isn't just about money.
0:29.7	It's about authenticity, alignment, and abundance.
0:32.8	I'm your host, Patrice Washington, and we're here to help you protect your vision and pursue the life
0:37.7	you've truly been called to live. So let's dive in. You're listening to the Redefining Wealth
0:47.7	podcast with me, Patrice Washington, and for a long time now, dare I say, nearly a decade, I have been out here teaching you that wealth is not just money and material possessions, as you've been told.
1:00.7	The true original 12th century definition of wealth is the condition of well-being and happiness.
1:06.4	And that's why this season is called the anatomy of alignment, because one thing that will make sure that you are well is being fully aligned.
1:15.2	And I was talking to a one-on-one client just the other day.
1:19.5	It was about how she was earning money, essentially.
1:22.3	And I finally got to a place where I said, listen, I don't think the question is about how do you make more money.
1:27.4	I think the question you have to ask yourself is what in me is still more loyal to familiar
1:34.1	stress than I am to unfamiliar ease, meaning why are you making it so hard to make, manage, invest,
1:42.6	and multiply your money? Because in her case, it was definitely a choice.
1:47.1	And for many of us, it is, we just don't realize it. If we're honest, most of us are not just
1:52.5	dealing with poor money habits. And I say this in air quotes. We're dealing with very real
1:58.8	money identities that we haven't taken a step back to actually
2:02.3	identify, right? And many of those identities were formed long before we ever made our first
2:08.6	dollar. They were shaped in childhood. It's what we saw, what we experienced, what we heard,
2:14.7	what we felt. And here's the part that doesn't get talked about enough.
2:18.5	Your body will always try to return to what feels familiar.
2:23.9	Even if what's familiar is actually dysfunctional,
2:27.5	even if it doesn't align with what you say you want for your finances.
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