I know he was only talking about my scheduling skills, but somehow I had heard it on a deeper level. In that moment, it was both a deep balm to my soul, and also too much to take in.

I had to say it several times in my head to try to make sense of it - and  I watched my mind fight back against it every time-

I'm doing EVERYTHING right??    
(nah, surely not everything!)

I'm doing everything RIGHT??        
(come on, not even close!)

I'M doing everything right??            
 (oh please, who do you think you are?)


Why couldn't I believe this? Why couldn't I take it in? 
Why could I hardly even hear the words?

Why couldn't I even think that was possible???


Had I, in all my good intentions to grow and improve myself, gotten the message "You're doing it wrong, all wrong!" lodged in my brain? Was my self-doubt so strong that I had turned all these self-help-methods into PRESSURE & STRESS? Was I just slowly slipping into the myth that "you need a bunch of Hard Work to even be acceptable or worthy as a human" ?

That's where all the personal work in the world can backfire, and that's where I had been living - I was doing all these things (including that chiropractor) in order to "fix" my "broken" or "unacceptable" or "not yet good enough" self.

(Case in point, how many provacative emails have you gotten saying "everything you know about _________ is wrong"?)


It turns out, that is NOT a healthy approach or reason for me to invest energy and resources into myself. That mindset is like an old skool set of training wheels I once needed that now just slows me down.


You are INCREDIBLE, as you ALREADY ARE, and YOU Are Doing Everything Right.

This is my painting about it - and it's your invitation to try on that phrase today and notice any side effects :)

If you are ready to apply the power of this feeling in your finances, and experience personal growth that is all about RECEIVING, allowing, PLAYFULNESS, surprises, ACKNOWLEDGMENT, appreciation, and relaxing into your natural state of Prosperity, Time Abundance, & Support, you may want to check out The Prosperity Team. 


We start in May, and we gonna PLAY! 
Hit reply and say "I'm curious!" if you'd like to talk more. 


PS, don't let the fun stop with you - who in your life needs to hear this phrase today?  Hey spouse/kiddo/client/co-worker/boss/friend/sibling, you're doing everything right!

If I had not opened up to curiosity, or had forced myself to get all my work done first, that day would have continued to drain me. Instead, I created a not-so-minor-miracle, and got back to my TIME ABUNDANCE!


So, what is the "I wonder" question for YOUR goal?  
Try it out today!
Take note if it changes your thoughts or actions. If so, then your mindset has everything to do with your money flow. Not everyone can just change their mind and make more money, but you.... well, you've got the magic!


If you like this game, and you'd like to try 22 more Money Mindset Games, you may be interested in joining a Prosperity Game or the TEAM at some point!

PS, By popular demand, I am putting together a group of manifestors who LOVE to stay in their abundance by playing simple-yet-profound games like this one. We're joining forces, pooling our momentum, and cheering each other on - we want to HAVE FUN with making money, and take all the heaviness out of it for good :) 
For more info on that, click here, we begin soon!

By far, the biggest gift I've received is the knowing that this joy, and freedom is not situational. It doesn't come from a perfect set of circumstances. My personal power comes from within me, and is there even on the hard days. 
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Now THAT is real Prosperity.

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And why do you suppose I am sharing all this with you? 

Because I want this for you too, of course!!

I know you've got some big dreams inspiring you forward, and also some big challenges ahead on your path. I don't ever want those challenges to win. 
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If you are done being tossed around by money troubles,
If you know you are capable of receiving more,
If you are shining a light to others, and not yet receiving 100% of that energy back,
​If you love your family AND your business, 
If you want prosperous peers, ready to grow with you,
If you're up for irrevocable shifts and tangible results, 

then get ready...

I am building a new community just for us. We will UPLIFT and PLAY our way to powerful freedom. We will CLAIM all our assets, financial and otherwise, and we will open up and RECEIVE at a new level - asking better questions, solving better puzzles, and enjoying massive money breakthroughs along the way!


If you are ready to OWN your real Prosperity, just hit reply and say "I'm curious" or "I'm all in!" and I'll keep you in the loop :)

Details are coming soon, and the fun begins when you say YES.
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Do I believe this type of scraping by (financially AND emotionally) is really the path that God, my Source, the Universe, Fate, even Random Chance really has for me? 
Do I actually believe this is what I'm meant for? 

I couldn't honestly answer with a YES. I mean, I know we all go through rough times, but I think the key word there is "through"! 

But, if the rough part is inevitable, and I can't avoid problems and struggle completely, then:

What are the problems I am meant to be solving? 
What are the puzzles I am BUILT to be solving?

s it....
How to live on much less?   OR    How to Receive much more?

Shall I spend my limited energy working on....
How to work more and never see my fam?   OR   How to work less and make more?

Shall I start figuring out....
How to find a steady job?   OR   How to make my business grow?

Am I better suited for....
How to grin and bear it for years to come?    OR   How to leap frog from this into a better life in alll the ways? 

Is my time better spent solving...
How the system isn't fair?   OR    How can I make the sywstem work for me?

Shall I work on...
How to put my family on my back and walk uphill alone?   OR   How to gracefully receive support and real help?


The truth is, I could have chosen ANY of those puzzles to solve. I highlighted the ones above that seemed like WAY better paths for me personally, but honestly, all paths require hard work, risk, determination, sweat, tears, sacrifice, more sweat, vulnerability, receiving help, surrender, compromise, etc. to a greater or lesser degree.

You're not gettin out of it! Lol. 

So why not choose the BEST problems you can think of?? 


Which puzzles in your life would YOU actually like to solve?
Which puzzles hold such little pay-off (no juice!) for you, that you never want to ask that question of yourself ever again?
What is a better question you can ask right now today about a problem you are facing? Or, can you choose a better problem completely?

That's not a rhetorical question, I'd actually love to know!
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The final episode in this series drops tomorrow.... I'll let you know what happened next and where it's leading me to today :D 

To your better problems​!

every single ounce of power I had gained ​ in that first $220​0​.
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In October of 2019, just before Covid, my family was driving in the ​snowy Colorado ​mountains, and came upon a van stopped squarely in the middle of the road. The driver had gotten out to help another stranded car, but unfortunately​, he had ​left his vehicle unattended in the middle of the icy road. ​​W​e could​n't​ stop ​or go around ​in time, ​but luckily we were going sooooo slowly. After we​ hit the corner of his van​,​ ​we slid across the oncoming lane, coming to a stop just 10 inches from rolling off the cliff. ​

So, what happens when life just decides for you that you have to step up your game and rise to the new challenges?

​When you have no choice in the matter...​

​Or, is it even true that you have no choice?

I​ mean, I suppose I could have just crawled into bed again,​ ​for weeks on end. 
I had every right to.
Honestly, it's always an option when tragedy strikes, ​and you'll get ​no judgies​ ​​​​from me.​​
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​​Personally, I had a husband that could not work, drive, cook, or clean for the foreseeable future, even on his good days.
I had a very social kiddo, 12 years old, who was now navigating online school without social supports. ​
When I got real this time​ around​, it turned out that my business needed to ​suddenly ​start making about $7,700 per month, every month to include all our new expenses. 

That was about double the amount I'd been contributing, and I had less than half the hours in the day to make it happen.

​Riiiiiiight.....
And let me just mop up the ocean while I'm at it, ok?

My friend Allison said, "I can tell from social media that you have a ton of momentum right now, whereas I am totally stuck. I'm looking for inspiration, maybe a project - what are you up to??"

Another GULP moment. 
Ummmmmm....  so do I tell her?? 

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But she continued, "Yeah! Let's put to use all our mindset and manifesting and high vibration tools to make this money happen, Amanda! This will be so FUN! Let's just find money everywhere for you!!" 


Eventually, Allison got through to me. She said things like, 
"This does not have to be hard or torturous."
"What if earning this $2200 becomes the most fun thing you've ever done?"
"What if we are making the topic of "money" mean something that isn't reality?"
"What if this is EASY?"

Her enthusiasm was contagious, and soon, we were off and running... 

We talked every day, shared all our new mindsets about money,
We played little games with ourselves, creating smaller wins and new ideas,
We made a list of possible ways it COULD happen, instead of focusing on reasons it couldn't. 

We took action on those ideas, that had been inspired from a much more expansive place. And, we invited others to play too!

And the money? 

Sure enough, in random, fun, and unexpected ways, it SHOWED UP. 

After 22 days of this, I walked into the payment office with a stack of twenty-two crisp 100-dollar bills in my wallet. 
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Unphased, the employee looked up my account, took my money, printed a receipt, and sent me on my way without so much as a smile, lol. So anticlimactic!

And alas, I looked down at my empty wallet, and realized that the new money I had so enjoyed creating... was now gone again. That is the nature of money after all. Like the wind, it is meant to move through us. 

Again, it was a moment to ask  "So after all this... What DO I have??"

I quickly found that what hadn't disappeared was my newfound Power.

My joy, my fun, and my PLAY around this often-sticky, sometimes outright SCARY topic. 

It didn't have power over me anymore. 
No power to torture or threathen me. 
I could create it now with much more ease, and find my footing even when the deadline loomed large.


Turns out, years later, these breakthrough methods would be tested at an even deeper level, when the stakes were much higher... I'll share what happened more recently in my world tomorrow... ​

day-old bread tastes better when toasted ;)

And, due to crumb-mageddon, you can't eat toast in bed, lol. So, maybe it was just the slight change in posture, but as I was sitting at my kitchen table, eating my toast, I started to ask myself some new questions about this $2200 problem.

Questions like: What DO I have?

This was a get-real moment for me where I had to stop hiding under the covers (literally), and actually look at my options. Sigh. I had to let the drama of it all subside for a moment, and remind myself that I wasn't the first person ever to encounter a money problem. 

Even though my stress was off-the-charts, and had totally derailed me for 2 weeks, I still had 3 weeks to figure this out somehow.   

Another thing I happened to have was middle-class parents. And yes, they could have paid my medical bill. I had to admit that to myself and acknowledge this privilege and blessing. 

The thing about it was though, that my parents' money came with thick strings. Oh, they'd pay off the bill alright, but I'd definitely have to move back in with them, and get a "real job," which would NOT include time for me to be working in my zones of excellence or genius. 

The thought of ZERO time spent teaching, coaching, speaking, or leading groups? 

Somehow remembering my past choices allowed me to get my first little crumb of power back - I saw the tiny glimmering thread of this whole issue being about MY DECISIONS, and I started tugging on it. All my options still sucked, but at least I had some. It was a start. 

And with my new little tiny toasty crumb of power, that's when I made a decision.
THE decision, really. 

I quietly said to those monstrous thoughts: "I will keep doing what I love, even if I'm living in a box on the side of the road." ​