#136: Growing Your Money Tree - Kelly Harrell

For years I felt ashamed of my money story. I always felt poor, like I never had enough. I’d struggle with my embarrassment when I’d go out with friends and order hot water with lemon because I was worried about being able to pay rent or my phone bill.Most of us try to avoid the things that are uncomfortable, painful and scary. I was tired of feeling like a victim. After years of this, I was tired of carrying around the baggage of my past financial mistakes, so I decided to forgive myself, I faced my fear of being judged and had an open and honest conversation about it on the show (you can find that powerful episode with Alexis Pierce here). I took my power back, completely shifting how I felt about money. Before that conversation, I was burdened by my feelings of money shame. Immediately after, I felt the weight completely lift and my money story was forever changed. I attribute it to taking back my power by looking the old story in the face, talking about it openly and realizing it only had power over me if I allowed it. Finally, no more money shame! We all have a money story, including today’s guest Kelly Harrell. She found herself in a precarious situation when her husband left her with nothing but an envelop of cash. Her passion turned to helping women secure their financial freedom so they don’t have to go through a similar experience like she did. Today’s Conversation: What does your money tree look like? How your childhood affects your beliefs around money. Is your tree thriving or is it’s growth being stunted? The Money Tree framework How do your friends, family, religion, culture, company, and identity hold you back? Do you have stakeholders unconsciously holding you to criteria/expectations of you that you do not want Do you rationalize your limitation – why something can’t happen? Do you need to grieve and forgive yourself for where you are financially? What’s your money archetype? How does debt feel in your body? Afterward, I hope you have new insights around your money story and have a new tool to take back your power and grow your money tree. Did you visualize your money tree? I’d love to hear about what it looked like. Was there an area of your tree that was under developed? Can you see how that reflects your current money situation? Leave a comment in our Insider Community. I can’t wait to hear what comes up for you! Click HERE to watch and get bonus content from this episode.