What if your finances aren't a math problem — they're a mirror? This is Week 1 of The Abundance Experiment, read by the author. In this chapter, we meet the central idea of the entire book: that every financial reaction you have — the anxiety before checking your balance, the guilt after a purchase, the quiet resentment when someone else seems to have it easy — isn't really about money at all. It's about what you believe about yourself. Through a personal story about two very different upbringings and the surprising thing they have in common, this chapter unpacks why your financial life is a readout of your inner life — and introduces the first experiment: seven days of simply watching the mirror. What's in this chapter: → Why money is never neutral → The "out there" illusion that keeps people financially stuck → What your emotional reactions to money reveal about your self-worth → The 7-Day Money Mirror Challenge This is the second section of the full audiobook, released weekly as the project comes together. https://youtu.be/838VSBWTIFU

I finished something this week that I've been thinking about for a long time. Everyone in this space talks about the Abraham Hicks vortex. But I kept hearing explanations that made people wait — like the vortex was a cosmic Amazon warehouse and if you just vibrated correctly, your stuff would ship. That never sat right with me. So I finally worked out what I actually think the vortex is. And it's simpler and more useful than the standard explanation — and honestly a little more demanding too, because it means you can't just meditate your way into your dreams. The short version: the vortex is you. It always has been. The long version is a 39-minute video I posted today, with the full essay on Substack if you'd rather read it. I'd love to know what lands for you — especially the memetic momentum section. I think that's the one most people in this community need to hear right now. YouTube: [Link] Substack: [Link]

I've been sitting with the Abraham Hicks vortex teaching for a long time. And I love it. But the standard explanation never quite worked for me — and I think I finally understand why. Here's the thing nobody is saying: The vortex isn't out there somewhere waiting to deliver your desires. The vortex is you. You are an information processing system — taking in, filtering, and putting back out — constantly, 24/7, whether you're thinking about it or not. And that changes everything about how you actually work with it. I'm dropping a full video this week that unpacks the whole thing — the science, the theology, the mechanics of how this actually works in your life. And I'll be posting the full essay on Substack for those who want to go deeper. Stay tuned. This one's been a long time coming. 🌱

Abraham Hicks frequently talks about "the vortex" — but have you ever wondered what it actually is? I used to think it was some strange spinning thing holding my hopes and dreams in another dimension, and if I just vibed hard enough, stuff would plop out of it. But if you follow the idea closely, you'll see that the vortex is just you. It's you living your life. I did a deep dive on this — what the vortex actually is, why your emotions matter, and why this isn't some mystical concept but a real mechanism you're already using every day. Full essay is on my Substack and the video is coming soon.

In my book, I Have Decided, I decided not to break it into chapters because the phases I talk about are more like movements that need to happen simultaneously. This morning I finished writing Movement 3. I’m very pleased with how it came out and I wanted to share it with you guys: Movement 3: Develop Inner Knowing ## The Voice Beneath the Noise Jesus told a parable about ten bridesmaids waiting for a wedding. In that time and place, weddings worked differently than they do now. The bridegroom would travel to the bride's village to claim his wife and bring her back to his home for the wedding feast. But travel was unpredictable. No Uber. No Google Maps. No cell phones to text "running 20 minutes late." Sometimes the bridegroom arrived in the afternoon. Sometimes late at night. Sometimes not until the next day. The bridesmaids' job was to be ready whenever he arrived. They would light the path with oil lamps, leading the way through the village to the bride's home, then accompanying the wedding party to the feast. But if your lamp went out while you were waiting—if you ran out of oil—you couldn't light the path. You couldn't fulfill your role. You'd miss the wedding entirely. So Jesus told this story: Ten bridesmaids are waiting for the bridegroom. Five are wise—they brought extra oil for their lamps. Five are foolish—they didn't. The bridegroom delays. Hours pass. Everyone falls asleep. At midnight, someone shouts: "The bridegroom is coming!" The wise bridesmaids trim their lamps. They have oil. They're ready. The foolish ones realize their lamps have gone out. They panic and run to buy more oil. While they're gone, the bridegroom arrives. The wedding party forms. The wise bridesmaids light the path. Everyone goes in to the feast. When the foolish bridesmaids return with their fresh oil, the door is shut. "Too late." ## WHAT THIS PARABLE ISN'T ABOUT I grew up in evangelical churches where this parable was used as a warning about the rapture. If you didn't believe in Jesus the right way, if you weren't saved according to the proper formula, Christ would return and you'd be left behind. The door would shut. You'd be damned.