Welcome to the Black Girl Burnout podcast.

Kelly here.

And today I want to talk about how to build a wealthy life without sacrificing wellness

to do it.

We're going to talk today about the myth around the fact that being

wealthy, both literally and emotionally and spiritually, somehow means you have to sacrifice your

health and happiness in the process. I'm going to go through some of the tools and tips that I use to keep myself focused on having a financially well life and provide some resources and some thoughts for you to consider as you go about your week.

One of the things that kept me stuck in a scarcity mindset was this mental block that I had

thinking that rich people are miserable people, that anyone who had a certain measure of wealth

was a miserable human.

And because that narrative stuck around with me and because

that myth attached to me so deeply, I would often sabotage the minute I started making some money.

And what I came to realize was a couple of things. One, that there is a difference between being rich and being

wealthy. And secondly, that there was a path to financial success that I could control and determine

that didn't mean that I had to be miserable, that I had to sacrifice health and happiness

to get there.

So first let's start with where does this myth come from?

When you look at social media or pop culture, there is this narrative that seems to be pretty pervasive, that rich people hustle hard and that you have to grind to be rich, that you

have to give up a lot on the way to richness. And I think if we separate being rich from being

wealthy, that is probably true. There are a lot of people in the world who want to get rich. There are

less people in the world who want to be wealthy. Rich people have to sacrifice a lot because

richness to me, as my definition, is a very narrow way of thinking about money. It is 100% rooted in how much you have in your bank

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