Activity 20: Break Free From the Past
“We all grew up with different beliefs and attitudes toward money. Childhood money beliefs may not be a problem, unless and until you are trying to operate a business, especially if you are acting out your old beliefs. If this is happening to you, take some time to reflect on beliefs you hold.”
Here are a few of my old ones to get you started:
•I don’t have the right skills for this -- I don’t even balance my checkbook; how can I run a business?
•Nobody taught me – I didn’t learn this in grad school (the exact opposite, in fact)
•People won’t like me -- I don’t want to be seen as a cruel, heartless, money-grubber
•What if . . . I tell someone my fee and they get upset? I can’t fill my caseload/price people out? I under cut myself and I get stuck with a bunch of low-paying clients?
Grodzki, Lynn. Building Your Ideal Private Practice: A Guide for Therapists and Other Healing Professionals (p. 215). W. W. Norton & Company. Kindle Edition.