3 Signs Your Nervous System Doesn’t Feel Safe With Money
Let’s start here: No, my focus is not shifting to only money.
And yet, money is asking to be felt right now because money touches everything, from your nervous system to your relationships to your sense of belonging.
And for the next few weeks, we’re going to explore that gently, deeply, and together.
This is about learning to receive without fear, to feel calm when abundance arrives, and to stop bracing for loss.
3 Signs You Don’t Feel Safe With Money
1. You feel anxious when money arrives.
You’d think you’d be thrilled when the invoice is paid, but instead your chest tightens. Or maybe you freeze. Because suddenly, there’s a problem. Or a delay. Or a bank hold.
You spiral into “what if” territory: What if it doesn’t last? What if I can’t keep it? What if they regret paying me?
This is your nervous system is reacting the way it was trained, and until it feels safe, it won’t let you fully receive.
2. You’re constantly distracted or disassociated.
You want to work on money stuff, but you can’t sit still. You bounce between tabs, procrastinate, overextend, or suddenly, you’re cleaning your kitchen at midnight.
Distraction is often a protection.
Your body is trying to avoid the discomfort of fully confronting what money represents: Responsibility, worthiness, visibility, and vulnerability.
3. You sabotage wealth by over-giving or trying to bring everyone with you.
One client of mine struggled to receive. Not because she didn’t want to receive, but because she was addicted to giving. Because giving kept her in control.
It meant she never had to rely on anyone else, and she never had to be vulnerable enough to receive.
And so, even when money came in, she gave it all away: to family, friends, and various emergencies.
She stayed in limbo until she worked with me, just enough to survive, never enough to expand.
Gentle Practices for a Safe Money Nervous System
You don’t have to hustle or force your way into wealth. Your nervous system doesn’t respond to pressure; it responds to permission.
These small moments can begin to soften the fear, unravel the old loops, and create a new internal atmosphere of calm, trust, and quiet receiving.
Here are a few practices to start gently shifting:
1. Let Yourself Play
Play is the language of safety.
When you're in survival mode, everything feels urgent. Play feels frivolous. But to your nervous system, it's proof that you're no longer in danger.
Set a timer, even for five minutes if that’s all you have, and promise your mind you’ll go back to worrying very shortly.
Color, dance, sing out loud, try on an outfit you have nowhere to wear, make something with your hands, and let yourself lose track of time.
Play doesn’t just lighten the mood; it rewires your inner world.
You can remind your body: I’m not in crisis anymore. I can afford to feel joy.
2. Create Visual Calm
Clutter, whether it’s on your desk, in your car, or in your inbox, isn’t just visual. It’s energetic static. It sends a signal of chaos to your body.
When your outer environment is constantly demanding your attention, it mirrors what’s happening inside: scattered thoughts, looping fear, overstimulation.
Start small with one drawer, one corner of your workspace, or one app folder on your phone.
As you clear space outside, you create space inside to hold more: more peace, more clarity, more wealth.
Let calm be something you can see. Let your eyes rest.
3. Practice Receiving in Micro-Moments
Big shifts begin with small, consistent yeses.
And receiving doesn’t start with $10k months. It starts with letting someone pay for coffee without saying “you didn’t have to,” or even “let me get the next one.”
It starts with a compliment you don’t deflect, a gesture you allow, a “thank you” you accept fully.
Receiving without guilt is a skill, one you get to practice in everyday moments. Because how you receive anything is how you receive everything.
Let the small inflows teach your body: it’s safe to be supported.
4. Build a Safety Signal
When you’ve experienced money as unstable or stressful, your body braces even when good things come in.
Try this: Every time you receive money, whether it’s a sale, a refund, a gift, an unexpected payment, just pause. Put your hand on your heart. Breathe.
Say softly: I am safe to receive. I am supported. This gets to stay now.
This tells your nervous system that this moment isn’t a threat.
It’s okay to soften. It’s okay to enjoy. It’s okay to trust.
Over time, this becomes a pattern of peace. And peace becomes your new wealth frequency.
What’s Coming: Weekly Hypnosis Audios & The Belonging in Wealth Rewiring Series
Starting July 10th, I’ll be releasing weekly hypnotic audios so that your transformation has rhythm, consistency, and care.
We’re beginning with a 4-part series called Belonging in Wealth, focused on helping you:
Release fear of money disappearing
Feel worthy of wealth
Redefine stability so it supports you
Build wealth and keep healthy relationships
This bundle is one of the most powerful bodies of work I’ve ever created, and it’s designed to meet you where you are: tired, tender, ready.
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Let’s rewire what money feels like, starting with your body.
Let’s make calm your new currency.
Let’s stop bracing and start receiving.
