Alexis, a trauma-trained executive coach and licensed minister, discusses how a “poverty spirit” can train people to hold onto broken-down possessions out of fear and shame, confusing this with being a faithful financial steward. Using her experience of receiving a lump sum of money while her 2020 Mac laptop was repeatedly crashing and malfunctioning, she explains how she struggled to allow herself to replace it despite having the funds, until her husband and others affirmed it was necessary.