Lately, I’ve been reflecting on this question:
Why not go on an abundance adventure? I did one back in 2024 with my coach Michelle.
When we choose to step into something uncomfortable, it always reveals thoughts, beliefs, actions and blind spots we have around that specific part of our lives.
Here’s the truth: every single one of us is operating from a program.
That program shapes how we love, how we work, how we care for our health — and how we experience money. The numbers in your bank account today? They are the mirror of that program. And the thing about programs is… if we don’t consciously update them, they keep running on autopilot. We keep reliving the same story, over and over.
The Power of Immersion
I’ve learned that you can’t just “dabble” your way into abundance. Like when learning a new language, you can listen in the background, pick up a few words, but true fluency only comes from immersion — moving to the country, speaking it daily, refusing to slip back into your old native language.
Money works the same way. To truly rewire your money story, you must immerse yourself in new thoughts, new feelings, new actions around abundance to clear out the old programming that is holding us back. It’s not passive. It’s a daily choice, a daily practice.
Michelle’s Turning Point
My mentor Michelle shared something that struck me deeply during our 30-day abundance adventure. She started her business in 2011. For nearly a decade, she worked hard, really hard — and yet, she only ever made enough to survive.
Then in 2020, she gave herself the gift of 30 days of deep immersion. She decided to shine a light on her old money wounds, to do the inner and outer work of putting herself first.
Everything changed.
From 2020 to 2023, Michelle went from barely surviving… to generating over one million dollars in her business.
Her words echo in me: “Putting myself last created a ceiling I could never break through. The moment I chose to put myself first, I stepped into a new paradigm.”
The Paradigm Shift
But here’s the part that made me pause. Even after reaching seven figures, Michelle realized she was still trapped because earning one million dollars and having in the bank one million dollars were two different things. Her program had simply upgraded to:
Build the business → make the money → pay the bills.
Yes, it looked successful on the outside. But freedom? Not really. Because her business still had to keep running for her to survive. She needed to keep on running the mill to make money.
So, she shifted again. Her new paradigm became:
Build the business → make the money → invest the money → let investments create freedom.
Do you feel the difference? One is survival dressed as success. The other is true sovereignty.
Redefining Freedom
This is where Michelle’s story cracks open something powerful for all of us.
Freedom is not “my business pays my bills.” Freedom is “my investments pay my bills; my business is my joy.”
It’s what she now calls work optional. And the truth is — this possibility isn’t reserved for millionaires. It starts with mindset, with habit, with choosing to treat every dollar as a seed. Even $1 a month invested shifts you into a new paradigm: the paradigm of financial freedom.
A Gentle Question for You
So, I’ll ask you the same question Michelle asked me — and I want you to sit with it, journal on it, breathe it in:
What paradigm are you operating from right now?
Journaling Prompts to Go Deeper 🌿
- What is the money “program” I grew up with? (What did I see, hear, and believe about money as a child?)
- How is that old program still showing up in my business or personal finances today?
- What would it feel like to operate from the paradigm of freedom instead of survival?
- If I were to immerse myself in a new money story for the next 30 days, what would that look like? What habits, thoughts, or actions would I choose daily?
- Imagine it’s three years from now and I am “work optional.” What does my life look and feel like?
My love, your abundance adventure begins the moment you decide to stop running on the old program. The question is, “are you ready to immerse yourself in a new one?”
Salima
Just me thinking out loud over here