Abundance is Your Birthright: Why Financial Empowerment Matters
Money: 'They' say it can't buy happiness; it's the root of all evil. 'They' also say that women aren't great at managing it, often spending on impulse or emotional whims.
Traditional narratives have positioned financial management as primarily masculine territory, with assumptions about who should control household investments and decision-making. These stories have shaped expectations for both men and women in limiting ways.
Pause and take inventory of where those stories come from. Are they yours? Were you born believing them? Or did 'they' (society, familial structures, the media) write the script for you? Are those beliefs empowering, constructive, and joyful? Who do these stories truly serve?
As humans, we're here to learn, expand, and thrive.
Yet women have often been conditioned to stay small and shy away from financial power. Historical limitations meant fewer options: raise a family or build a career. Career advancement wasn't even viable until the 1970s, and structural inequities meant earning less for equivalent work.
We've been largely boxed out of the wealth-building conversation. As a result, women invest less and work harder to earn more, equating wealth with the effort required to achieve it.
I, too, subscribed to those same narratives around women and wealth (even though I chose a career in the financial sector at 18!). Eventually, it became crystal clear that these stories weren't serving me, and they weren't mine to tell. So I picked up the proverbial pen and started writing my own.
The Time To Address This is Now
Women have become highly educated, high-income earners breaking numerous barriers in salary negotiation, family support, business leadership, and community investment. Perhaps you're one of them. But many don't know how to transform those earnings into a wealth-building machine that works for them.
The wealth transfer that began during the pandemic has accelerated. Women now control over $10 trillion in investable assets in the U.S., and this figure continues growing as we inherit wealth from previous generations while building our own. The opportunity—and responsibility—to understand wealth management has never been more critical.
Consider these questions:
What would your life look like if you released the limiting beliefs you hold around financial wealth?
Who would you be if you chose to live a bigger, more fulfilling life by taking control of your financial journey?
What if you viewed wealth as limitless potential you could access with ease and grace?
While our conditioning comes from outside, deconditioning is an inside job. We each have personal responsibility to reclaim our power and release what doesn't add value to our lives.
Let me share five belief shifts that can transform your relationship with wealth from limiting to limitless.
Limitless Belief #1: Money CAN Facilitate Happiness
The idea that money can't buy happiness has gotten lost in translation. Poverty has been improperly elevated to virtue. There's nothing beneficial about feeling shame regarding desires for material comfort or pleasure.
While money won't guarantee successful relationships or self-love, it's a tool that facilitates quality time with loved ones and soul-enriching experiences. When aligned with our core values, wealth allows us to leave the world better than we found it. Used with integrity, money absolutely cultivates a happier, healthier sense of self and enables positive global impact.
Limitless Belief #2: Abundance Mindset Creates Wealth, Scarcity Creates Greed
Those operating from scarcity ultimately believe there's not enough of anything (wealth included). This fear-based thinking drives people to either accept limitations or hoard unnecessary resources.
An abundance mindset upholds that wealth is infinite and expansive. We can invest in ourselves, those we love, and businesses we believe in. Here, we naturally shift into fluidity where wealth creates, builds, and generates (fostering generosity that puts money to productive use).
Limitless Belief #3: Women Are Inherently Strong Investors
Thanks to limiting beliefs and societal conditioning, women tend to be less confident about investing. According to recent research, women often don't invest beyond retirement plans. Yet when they do, their returns consistently outperform by significant margins.
Women trade less frequently, holding investments through market turbulence. When we don't understand something, we're more likely to seek help or investigate before proceeding. We're not risk-averse (we're risk-aware). These thoughtful approaches actually position women to make superior investment decisions.
Limitless Belief #4: Money is Energy
Energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transformed. Wealth is active; it wants to multiply. When properly managed and allocated, it creates a narrative of "I can do more."
Whether earned, spent, saved, or given, money represents energetic exchange supported by physical mediums indicating value. Money is neutral (it cannot be inherently good or evil). It simply reflects the values of the person using it.
Once we view money this way, we can consciously shift our relationship with it. We realize money isn't something to fear or feel ashamed of. From there, we can wield its power aligned with our worldview.
Limitless Belief #5: You Don't Need to Work Harder to Build Wealth
It's time to shift from 'I work for my money' to 'my money works for me.' Time is finite; limiting wealth to what we actively work for is burdensome and restrictive. It's also simply untrue.
Strategic investing creates reverberation where wealth multiplies, expands, and amplifies exponentially (with relative ease). With correct investing strategies, wealth-management confidence, and access points, anyone can build sustainable, generational wealth without expending their most precious resources: time and energy.
Your Financial Empowerment Journey Starts Now
Taking wealth creation into your own hands changes your life. When wealth is in the hands of those committed to positive change, it transforms the world.
Your abundance isn't just possible—it's your birthright. The question isn't whether you deserve financial empowerment, but whether you're ready to claim it.
Start where you are. Challenge one limiting belief. Make one investment decision aligned with your values. Take one step toward the financial future you envision.
Because when more people (especially women who've been historically underrepresented in wealth-building) control financial resources, we don't just change individual lives. We transform communities, support causes we believe in, and create the world we want to see.
Your wealth journey is waiting. And abundance? It's already yours to claim.