“Ok Deborah, you’ve been mighty loud about how monetization is the wrong goal. What’s YOUR relationship with ‘making’ money?” Thank you for asking the loaded question. Money is a beautiful, valuable tool, like a fork or a spoon. To me, money flow is like emotional flow. Waves, sometimes high, sometimes receded. Both the waves themselves and the range of their size is always welcome, accepted as natural. I was raised in a home where money was generated when needed, but it wasn’t constant in its levels. So I guess I’ve adopted a similar practice with money. Always in gratitude. My gratitude practice includes, among other things, re-gifting 10 cents of every dollar I receive. The *very loose* categories for this regifting practice are: 💛 Someone who is genuinely in need 💛 Spiritual teachers 💛 Regenerative / holistic practitioners putting something aligned out into the world In my relationship with sufficiency, I get to experience: 🙏🏾 deep gratitude for every dollar I receive 😌 the fulfillment that comes from being able to be generous 🤩 the delight that comes from knowing this can be a blessing to fellow kin in need 🧐 the razor sharp clarity of decision making that comes from saving to be generous I’ll tell you one thing, though. I’ve observed from past experience that when I am overabundant in finances, those frequencies of gratitude, fulfillment, delight and clarity diminish. Similar to having only one sweater hand knit by a beloved aunt, versus having 20 fast fashion sweaters. They don’t feel the same. In my experience, when interactions involving money are infused with gratitude, delight, clarity and meaning, the difference is night and day from cold, extractive, ‘business as usual’ transactions.

Hey everyone!👋 Time to look back at the week and see where we made progress. Whether you moved a big project forward or finally cleared your inbox, feel free to share it here. I will be reading through the posts today. What was your win this week?

Hey everyone 👋 It is the last Friday of March! Let’s close the month strong. What did you move forward this week? Whether it’s a big revenue win or finally solving a workflow headache, I want to hear about it. I’ll be reading through them. Drop your gains below 👇

Do you know what my biggest concern is with all the greenwashing and bluewashing going on in the social impact space right now? It’s really not making the kind of contribution the leaders want (or claim to want). I’m not talking about large corporations here (different story, different day). I’m talking about the solopreneurs and small groups that really feel ‘grassroots’ but are still buying into the ‘business as usual’ lie of scarcity in their marketing and sales tactics, not because they are bad, but… … because they don’t know there ARE other ways. Ways that CAN align your efforts and your sustenance in integrity. Because scarcity and sufficiency are not the same thing. 👉🏾 Case in point: This morning, a group I follow on Instagram, who I thought were regenerative practitioners putting something aligned out in the world, announced a 4-week cohort. With enthusiasm, I read about the cohort and decided to apply. One of the questions on the application was about the financial investment. It was a multiple choice question. There was no space (literally) to state clearly what my current circumstances were, what I was thinking. It was just, basically, can you pay this or not? I chose the answer closest to the truth (since the cohort begins in a few days, I knew it unlikely that I would have the full amount in time). My application was rejected within minutes. Now, this was excellent information for me. I was glad to know quickly that this cohort was being led in a way that felt out of alignment for me (as opposed to a week or two in). There was quite a bit of dissonance between the application process and what was being presented as the purpose of the cohort. There was no space for something that didn’t fit in a box, and there was no space to learn about someone before accepting or rejecting their application, if financial capital was not met first. All of this is true for ‘business as usual’ practices. There was nothing new or unfamiliar here.

Hey everyone 👋 I’m ready to read through what you moved across the finish line this week. Whether you closed a big project or finally found clarity on a tough decision, let’s hear it. Drop your gains below 👇