NEW SERIES HELLO WE ARE SO BACK?! What comes to body when you hear the word responsibility?

For most of us, it's not good. It's heavy. It's more money, more responsibility said like a warning. It's the nervous system bracing for something it doesn't think it can hold.

In this first episode of In the Room (a new series where I bring the juiciest conversations from my coaching practice into this room) we crack open one of the most quietly life-changing reframes I've ever sat with: what if responsibility wasn't a burden, but a doorway? a doorway to MORE!

We go into:

🍑 Why "fear of commitment" is usually fear of responsibility in disguise

🍑 The etymology that changed everything — response + ability (ty Ximena)

🍑 Why freedom without responsibility is just escapism (and the Swami in the Himalayas who told me so)

🍑 Hidden agendas — the emotional need you've secretly attached to your money goal, and why it will sabotage you every time

🍑 Why you can't grow what you can't track — and you can't deepen what you can't respond to

🍑 A journaling prompt to find exactly where you've been avoiding your own life

Journal prompt from this episode:

What would my life look like if I accepted responsibility for the areas I've been avoiding?

🍑 Divide your life into areas — finances, love, body, business, relationships, creativity — and rate yourself 0–10 on how willing you are to respond to each one right now.

Referenced in this episode:

• Ximena's course I'm taking — Rooted Impact (say hi for meee)
• Episode: Why More Wealth Isn't a Full Body Yes 
• Free Vision Workshop 

Want to ask a question for a future In the Room episode? DM me (@maiaben) the word intheroom (altogether) and I'll send you the question box! 

And as always:

• If you want to be in the room, but like IN THE ROOM FOR REAL, I'll leave you the Expansion Mastermind waitlist right here (every cohort has sold out in a couple of hours, so def be on the waitlist if you're thinking of joining)