When Alignment Breaks Your Heart

Redefining Wealth with Patrice Washington

Patrice Washington

Education:self-improvement, Education, Self-improvement

4.9 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2026

⏱️ 39 minutes

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This episode is brought to you by Redefining Wealth LIVE. Join me for the transformational experience that will challenge the way you think about success, wealth, and well-being. Redefining Wealth LIVE is where purpose-driven individuals come together to gain clarity, alignment, and momentum in creating lives that truly reflect their values. If you’re ready to break free from default thinking and step into a more fulfilled, abundant life, don’t miss this event.✨ 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 today’s episode, we explore the grief that can accompany alignment. Reflecting on a transformative week in Mexico, Patrice shares what happens when choosing yourself is the right decision—but still breaks your heart. Through vulnerable storytelling, she unpacks the emotions that surfaced after releasing something she genuinely loved and reminds listeners that growth often requires grieving what no longer fits. Patrice challenges the tendency to romanticize the past and offers practical ways to navigate difficult transitions, including creating a “truth list” and reassigning meaning to endings. Ultimately, this episode is a reminder that grief is not proof you made the wrong choice—it’s often proof that something mattered. Alignment may come with loss, but it also creates space for a life rooted in purpose, truth, and self-trust. Questions to Ask Yourself: What am I grieving right now, even though I know I made the right decision? Have I been intellectualizing my emotions instead of actually feeling them? What truths am I overlooking because I’m romanticizing the past? Where have I mistaken grief as evidence that I should go back? How can I reassign meaning to this season instead of labeling it a failure? What would it look like to trust myself more deeply in this next chapter? 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: Redefining Wealth LIVE: www.redefiningwealthlive.com - where purpose-driven individuals come together to gain clarity, alignment, and momentum in creating lives that truly reflect their values. If you’re ready to break free from default thinking and step into a more fulfilled, abundant life, don’t miss this event. 📘 Download the Six Pillars Cheat Sheet: https://patricewashington.com/6pillars

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0:00.0	every one of us will have to face the question, will I keep betraying my vision to preserve my comfort?
0:06.8	Or will I trust myself enough to choose what fully aligns for me?
0:27.8	Welcome to Tefining Wealth, where wealth isn't just about money.
0:30.6	It's about authenticity, alignment, and abundance.
0:37.7	I'm your host, Patrice Washington, and we're here to help you protect your vision and pursue the life you've truly been called to live.
0:39.4	So let's dive in.
0:45.9	You're listening to Redefining Wealth. This is Patrice Washington, and I am diving straight in today.
0:51.3	This episode is called When Alignment Breaks Your Heart, but it could have just as easily
0:56.0	been called the grief of choosing you, or the first title that I thought of was the grief of alignment.
1:02.2	All of these things make sense. And if you're wondering, what the heck does any of this have to do
1:07.2	with wealth building? Well, my friend, you're brand new here. I need you to understand
1:11.7	that wealth was never just about money and material possessions. The original definition of wealth
1:16.9	is actually the condition of well-being and happiness. That was the 12th century definition.
1:22.9	And that is why here at redefining wealth, I base everything, my life, my calendar, my conversations on the
1:30.4	six pillars of wealth. These are all the parts of your life that are impacting how you show up with
1:35.4	your finances, how you show up for your vision in your career, even when you are not consciously
1:41.0	thinking about it. And if you want to know what those pillars are, go to
1:44.9	Patricewashington.com slash six pillars. And I have a free cheat sheet for you and it'll break it all down.
1:52.7	But last week on the podcast, I sat down with Samantha Saunders. I've gotten so many DMs about this
1:59.6	episode. It was such a great conversation about recognizing
2:02.8	misalignment in our closest relationships. It was called Is Your Relationship Sabotaging You?
2:08.9	And we talked about kindness versus compatibility and the danger of staying connected to people
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