“If you want to know who’s in charge of your life...Look at who’s in charge of your money”

Women still defer to men when it comes to finances.

It’s maddening. But it’s also understandable.

Managing money, investing, and building wealth are relatively new territories for us in the scope of human history. For most of our collective past, we weren’t even allowed to own property, open a bank account, or have financial autonomy without a man’s permission.

And we still aren’t taught how to do it.

Instead, we’re told to cut out the lattes and Lulus if we want to get ahead.

Meanwhile, men’s magazines talk about investing, multiplying wealth, and taking financial leadership.

Men are still positioned as the financial experts.

But women now control about one-third of the world’s wealth and by 2030, we’re expected to control up to two-thirds of U.S. wealth.

The money is coming. The question is: Are you ready to take responsibility for it?

Because we cannot keep handing our power away. We cannot keep hoping someone else will “handle it.”

It is disempowering.

It slows the flow of abundance.

And, honestly, most of the time, they don’t know what they’re doing either.

I can’t tell you how many women I’ve worked with who deferred to a partner, avoided the bank account, or just spent freely assuming “it’ll all work out”… only to get burned.

No savings.

Massive debt.

A painful, and scary, financial wake-up call.

I’ve lived this, too.

For years, I didn’t look at our bank account because it was too stressful. I told my husband to just let me know how much I could spend and when not to use the debit card. If I wanted something and wasn’t sure if we could afford it, I’d just throw it on a credit card and hope for the best.

I had no idea what was going on...when bills were due, how much debt we carried, or what we were spending.

And during this time?

I was also trying to grow a business.

You cannot grow your wealth by ignoring your money.

Energetically, it just doesn’t work. Money responds to attention. Loving, grounded, conscious attention.

When you avoid it, the flow gets clogged. When you engage with it, it moves with you.

Avoiding your money keeps you stuck, not just financially, but emotionally and spiritually. Because engaging with your money brings up all the things:

• Your sense of worth.

• Your capacity to receive.

• Your willingness to be seen.

• Your comfort with power.

Ignoring money also keeps you in the role of the victim. And victim mentality doesn’t generate wealth, it repels it.

As author and coach Jamie Levin says, “If you want to know who’s in charge of your life, ask yourself who’s in charge of your money.”

Is it your partner? Your accountant? Your dad? Your fear? Your unworthiness?

She writes in Worthy that when our self-worth is shaky, we often hand over "the purse strings," because we don’t feel capable, deserving, or strong enough to handle money ourselves.

• When you are in charge of your money...

• You become the CEO of your life.

• You make empowered financial decisions.

• You feel grounded and clear.

• Your anxiety goes down, because you actually know what’s going on, instead of imagining worst-case scenarios in your head.

• And most importantly, you start healing the root of what kept you from your wealth in the first place.

Take a hold of your finances. This is your invitation to stop hiding and start expanding and healing. Your money is waiting for you.

PS. If this hits home, I invite you to join me in Awakened Wealth, my signature program for women who are ready to stop avoiding, start healing, and step into financial power.

This is not just about budgeting or spreadsheets. It’s about nervous system safety, spiritual alignment, and clearing the generational patterns that are holding you back in all areas of your life.

Let’s create a new way. One that honors your worth, your wisdom, and your power.