Overview of Week #8

How did you go?

Objective of Module #8 - Your Money Your Receiving
Why receiving is important
What blocks being open to receiving?
When you loved to receive
Receptivity is feminine, be a G.A.L
G is for Giving
Balance is key
Valuing what you give
A is for Asking
What would you like to receive?
Asking and sending out requests
L is for Letting Go
Let go of the old
Accepting what is offered
Expectation vs attachment
Dealing with blocks to receiving
Believing you deserve to receive
Focus on what you are receiving
Receptivity walls and abundance limits
Week #8
Your Money Your Receiving
Copyright 2013-4 Susan Broughton, Journey to Abundance
How did you go?
Exercise #1 - How did you go with implementing any commitments that you
wrote down in the last module for your daily connection practice, for your
personal power or personal finances?
Exercise #2 - How do you feel about the actions you took? How do you feel
about the actions you didnt take (if applicable)?
Week #8
Your Money Your Receiving
Copyright 2013-4 Susan Broughton, Journey to Abundance
Objective of Module #8 - Your Money
Your Receiving
The objective of module #8 - Your Money Your Receiving
is all about learning to value yourself more to enable an
opening up to receive more abundance and prosperity.
We look at why receiving is important, what blocks being
open to receiving, and when you loved to receive.
We explore the connection between receptivity and
feminine energy and how opening up to receptivity can
create more joy.
To work through this module you will choose one thing
you would like to receive and apply the G.A.L. model.
Whats the
point???
The G.A.L. model is about giving, asking and letting go.
Giving is about recognising the need for balance between giving and receiving
and valuing what you give.
Asking is about getting clear on what you would like to receive and figuring
out how to ask and send out the requests.
Letting go it all about letting go of the old so that the new can enter and
accepting what is offered. We also look at the difference between expectation
and attachment.
We finish the module by looking at a few techniques for dealing with blocks to
receiving.
As with other modules I encourage you to do each exercise in turn and not
read ahead, I also invite you to take (receive) what you need right now, leave
the rest and enjoy the process.
Week #8
Your Money Your Receiving
Copyright 2013-4 Susan Broughton, Journey to Abundance
Why receiving is important
Receiving is the way that all of life comes to you. To receive you require to be
open to receiving.
By being open to receiving you will open yourself up to whatever you desire,
whatever you would like to create, whatever delights the universe has in store
for you.
By being open to receiving you will increase your energy, intuition and ability
to give.
What blocks being open to receiving?
Receiving requires you to be open to receiving.
Why would anyone shut down our openness to
receive?
1. One reason we may shut down our receiving is
due to our beliefs. Some of the beliefs listed
below, and many others can shut us down from
being open to receiving:
- I am not good enough
- I dont deserve it
- If I get this thing I will also get something else that I dont want, they
come together
- It takes a long time to get it, too long to get it
- It is too hard to get it
- If I get it people will be jealous
2. Another reason we may block receiving is fear. Although on one hand we
may be excited about that which we desire to receive we may also fear it.
3. Society emphasizes giving but not receiving. We hear expressions like
giving back, workplace giving, and give to the needy. Giving is
praised, giving is put on a pedestal in our society while people who take are
considered to be looking for a handout, dole bludgers, or leaches.
Week #8
Your Money Your Receiving
Copyright 2013-4 Susan Broughton, Journey to Abundance
Exercise #3 - Think of one or more things that you would really like to
receive at present. They may or may not be financial. What blocks listed above
or those of your own can you identify that stops you from receiving this thing?
When you loved to receive
Can you remember a time, perhaps when
you were really young, when you loved
receiving? When you would hold out your
hand, waiting, anticipating and totally ready
and willing to receive?
Think of a child you know who acts like this.
Many children are fantastic little receivers,
and gorgeous little givers as well.
At some stage many of us get taught that
acting like that is not okay, or at least that
it is not okay in certain contexts, or that it is
not okay unless we are giving back.
I am not just talking about presents. I am
talking about receiving abundance, love, and
blessings in all the ways they can come to
you.
Exercise #4 - Do you have any specific memories of being taught that
receiving is not okay?
Week #8
Your Money Your Receiving
Copyright 2013-4 Susan Broughton, Journey to Abundance
Receptivity is feminine, be a G.A.L.
Receptivity is feminine energy. Masculine energy is
focused, penetrative and giving. Many women are not
connected to their feminine energy so it would make
sense that we are also shut down from receptive energy.
Connecting to your feminine energy helps open up your
receptivity, conversely opening up to your receptivity also
helps you to connect to your feminine energy. As we know
from module 3 the majority of women are more joyful
when they are connected to their feminine energy.
Opening up to your receptivity can therefore create more
joy in your life.
Exercise #5 - Think of one thing, financial or otherwise, that you would like
to receive. This will be what you focus on for the rest of the module as we
work through the G.A.L.s way to receiving.
G is for Giving
Balance is key
Giving must be balanced with receiving or the flow is blocked. Both are
equally important.
Giving and receiving is all about energy. If we only give and don't receive we
get out balance, we drain our energy. Women can be fabulous givers but we
need to also allow ourselves to receive, especially when times are tough and
we just cant do it all on our own.
Being out of balance with receiving too much can also drain our energy and
can create difficulties such as a feeling of being stuck, lack of money or lack of
opportunities.
Week #8
Your Money Your Receiving
Copyright 2013-4 Susan Broughton, Journey to Abundance
If giving and receiving are not in balance we run the risk
of our lives being out of balance and not flowing very
easily.
However, that is not to say that we have to give to each
person as much as we receive from that person. That is
also not to say that we have to give in each area of life as
much as we receive from that area of life.
Exercise #6 - In what ways is your giving or receiving out of
balance?
Valuing what you give
Do you recognise all the many ways in which you give each and every day. You
do it with your smile, with a kind word, by saying hello, giving a sincere
compliment, offering to help, making time for someone, lending someone
your ear when they need it, cooking and sharing meals, cleaning up after
people, maintaining order, and so many other ways as well.
It can be easy to devalue what we give. We may become so accustomed to the
ways we are giving that it may go unnoticed or unappreciated - we no longer
recognise it or we may feel it is our duty.
It is also common to look at what we give as just a
little thing or say oh its nothing and see what
others give us as much more valuable.
Not everyone has the same gifts and talents. When
we can do something well, quickly and easily, it can
be easy to forget that others cant do it well, quickly
and easily. We can loose touch with the fact that this
little thing - to us - may be a big thing to them.
Or someone else just might appreciate something you give because they cant
give it to themselves, like a smile, support or a helping hand.
Week #8
Your Money Your Receiving
Copyright 2013-4 Susan Broughton, Journey to Abundance
Exercise #7 - In what ways have you given in the past week that may have
gone unnoticed? Take a moment now to appreciate the value of them.
A is for Asking
What would you like to receive?
All our thoughts and feelings are sending out prayers or requests to the
universe. We can become more aware of the thoughts we are sending. We can
notice if we are sending requests for what we do or do not want. If you think
about what you dont have and feel bad about it, you are actually requesting
more of it.
It is important to be clear on what you would like
to receive. And it is important to be aware of how
you feel about that which you would like to
receive. When we feel good (i.e. love) we attract
more good feeling things. When we feel bad (i.e.
gear) we attract more bad feeling things.
It is important to be positive about the things you want to receive, this does
not mean being partially blind to the way things are, this is about shifting
your focus to what you want and finding a way to feel good about it.
Exercise #8 - How do you currently, truly, feel about the thing that you
noted earlier in Exercise #5? how can you feel (even) better about it?
Week #8
Your Money Your Receiving
Copyright 2013-4 Susan Broughton, Journey to Abundance
Asking and sending out requests
Sometimes we need to ask the universe for what we want and we do so with
our thoughts, feelings and focused intentions. Being aware of our thoughts,
and also, our feelings, is important.
Other times we need to ask human beings for what we want to receive. It can
be challenging to ask humans for what we want.
Exercise #9 - Following your intuition, what human being(s) may you need
to ask for the thing you desire to receive from Exercise #5?
Sometimes it may feel a little weird asking people for the sale, asking for a
raise or asking for a job promotion.
Sometimes it may feel weird asking for help from others. We may feel guilty,
that it is a sign of weakness or even that it is a confrontation.
Exercise #10 - Watch Amanda Palmers The Art
of Asking TED, 13 and a half minute, talk here
(http://www.ted.com/talks/
amanda_palmer_the_art_of_asking.html).
In what ways do you find it challenging to ask?
Week #8
Your Money Your Receiving
Copyright 2013-4 Susan Broughton, Journey to Abundance
If we acknowledge that at times there may always be a little weirdness or
discomfort in asking, if we aim to make the conversations fun and playful, if
we practice and just allow what will be to be, these conversations, the asking,
can become a lot easier.
L is for Letting Go
Let go of the old
Are there currently things in your life that you need to
let go of? Is there physical, mental, emotional or
energetic clutter that needs to move on from your life?
This clutter blocks your receptivity. The new cannot
move in whilst the old is in the way; the pathway is
blocked.
Exercise #11 - What old clutter - including physical, mental and emotional -
could you benefit from moving out of your life?
Accepting what is offered
I will be the first to admit that I have issues. Even after all the work I have
done on myself. But then again, who doesn't? Over the years identifying,
asking for and allowing myself to receive help/support has been a challenge.
Something that helped me reframe this issue is remembering that unless I ask
for help other people won't have the opportunity to give me their help.
After my Mother died, I totally opened up to receiving healing from my grief
and managed to manifest so many different kinds of healing; from massage,
kinesiology, sound healing, energy healing, divine healing (prayer), grief
counseling, friends lending an ear, housemates doing the vacuuming,
strangers giving me hugs, acquaintances giving me support, floral essences,
time in nature, even my dog licking my face.
Week #8
Your Money Your Receiving
Copyright 2013-4 Susan Broughton, Journey to Abundance
Much of the healing that came my way didnt cost me a cent and made so
much difference. Abundance does not only mean financial abundance. At this
time in my life it was easier to receive what came my way without judgement
because the grief had cracked me open to possibilities.
Exercise #12 - My most popular blog post was
entitled Ex-Financial Planner Signs Up for
Centrelink (Now Operating From Prison).
Read it here and be aware of your reaction.
http://www.journeytoabundance.com.au/1/post/
2013/04/ex-financial-planner-signs-up-for-
centrelink-now-operating-from-prison.html
Exercise #13 - Following your intuition in relation to the answer in Exercise
#5 what opportunities to receive are you currently dismissing because you
dont feel comfortable or because they dont look like what you would expect
them to?
Expectation vs attachment
In the last module #7 - Her Money Her Power there was a discussion about
expectation being important for creation.
Expecting something to happen is not the same as being attached to it
happening. When you ask for something from a place of expectation (I believe
I can and will have this) but not attachment (I must have this) you are
creating a healthy place for the thing that you desire to land.
Expectation is about belief that you can and will have something. Attachment
tells a story that if you dont get it life will be bad and if you do get it life will
be good. Attachment can even go as far as to take actions that are out of
integrity to ensure that you get it, at who knows what cost.
Week #8
Your Money Your Receiving
Copyright 2013-4 Susan Broughton, Journey to Abundance
Dealing with blocks to receiving
Believing you deserve to receive
One of the most powerful ways to deal with
any blocks to receiving is to identify and
remove beliefs that shut you down from being
open to receiving.
This is a gift that you give yourself.
If you are working with Susan in the Her
Money Her Purpose program she can help you
with this. Just make that request.
Exercise #14 - Following your intuition, what beliefs can you begin to
identify that may be blocking receiving the thing from Exercise #5?
Focus on what you are receiving
You are already receiving 100s of things everyday. The
things that you receive dont just come from humans, they
can from animals, nature, even seemingly random signs
from the universe.
Focusing on how much you are already receiving is a great
way to unblock the flow of receptivity.
Say thank you for those little gifts, be grateful and you
keep the flow strong. Much stronger than if you focused on
resenting what you didnt get.
Week #8
Your Money Your Receiving
Copyright 2013-4 Susan Broughton, Journey to Abundance
Exercise #15 - What have you received today that has gone unnoticed or
unappreciated? What are you receiving right now that is going unnoticed or
unappreciated? Take a moment to say thank you for those gifts.
Receptivity walls and abundance limits
It is possible that at times you feel like you are
receiving too much. You feel that you shouldnt
receive anymore. This can be called a receptivity
wall or an abundance limit
It is helpful to acknowledge that there is such a thing
as a receptivity wall and learning what it looks and
feels like when you are bumping up against in.
At times the wall can feel familiar, comforting and
even attractive.
Exercise #16 - Read the blog How Open are You to Receiving? Really
http://www.journeytoabundance.com.au/1/post/2013/10/how-open-are-
you-to-receiving-really.html
Exercise #17 - Following your intuition, what things did you discover or
remember in working through this module that would make the most
difference in relation to your receiving?
Week #8
Your Money Your Receiving
Copyright 2013-4 Susan Broughton, Journey to Abundance
Exercise #18 - What commitment would you like to make today to open up
to more receiving?
Congratulations!
You are two thirds of the way through this
program!!!
Keep going you are doing great.
Week #8
Your Money Your Receiving
Copyright 2013-4 Susan Broughton, Journey to Abundance