Trying too hard → Calmly committed to internal & external shifts
It’s not my expertise and so I won’t say much about the exact How To, but I know from both experience and studies that the act of Cultivating Abundance is about balance.
It’s a dance between allowing life to flow and intentionally doing the physical, mental, and emotional work that helps put you in a space to attract the abundance you seek.
Other analogies that might help this concept land:
- Building enough strength to lift heavy objects doesn’t just happen out of thin air—it becomes possible, and maybe even less demanding, after consistent effort.
- A large-scale event doesn’t just magically assemble—it takes commitment and coordination from a communicative team.
- Holding a yoga asana headstand for 5+ minutes with care and attention doesn’t occur on day one—it takes many dedicated hours of mindful practice.
- Restoring after an illness or intense event also requires dedication—caring for your body and mind through rest, meditation, breathwork, nourishing food, etc.
- Feeling emotionally grounded enough to set healthy boundaries when you weren’t able to in the past will probably not automatically become your new default mode (unless it does, then cool!)—it often takes steady awareness and resilience.
So abundance of something we lack isn’t created by forcing something to happen, or by doing absolutely nothing to build the vessel for it to arrive.
Not unlike my 4 steps to mindset self-care, cultivating abundance can come from:
- Clarity – Knowing what you want, or at least getting clear on how receiving that abundance will feel—whether it’s a material thing, job, home, or relationship.
- Awareness – Identifying limiting beliefs around whether you deserve this abundance, and noticing what your subconscious is saying (i.e. “money is evil”).
- Aligned action – Taking intentional steps toward the abundance you seek—as calmly and compassionately as possible, while staying dedicated and consistent.
- Letting go – Trusting the process and present moment; releasing attachment to the exact outcome—sometimes things align in ways we could never have planned.
- Appreciation – Continually acknowledging and appreciating the abundance that already exists in your life (i.e. a gratitude practice)—however big or small.
- Giving – Continuing to give in ways that are feasible to you—like offering emotional support to someone, or donating time or money to charitable causes.
Like anything, abundance is cultivated by creating the conditions for it to flow.
And by continually recognizing the abundance we already have, we naturally keep the doors open for other forms of abundance to enter—whether that’s in health, relationships, finances, spiritual growth, or something else entirely.
Check the previous post for insight on how we can start to create those conditions.
For me this past week, abundance looked like appreciating the privilege of easily accessible food and clean drinking water. I still sometimes go into guilt-mode here knowing that not everyone has this, so I work on channeling it into gratitude and action (“action absorbs anxiety”)—like supporting organizations like WCK.
Fun abundance story: Since writing my first post in this series, I’ve twice been gifted free produce that was on it’s way out at my local bio grocery store—first was a bag of enormous tomatoes (made a tomato cake!); today was 2 bundles of mint (will use some fresh leaves in sparkling H2O with lime, and dry the rest of the usable leaves for tea!).
(Are you tired of the word abundance yet, or does it feel a little more empowering?)
Reflect
- Where might you be over-doing it by trying to manifest abundance into existence, and where could you maybe do a bit more?
- Do you hold limiting beliefs or self-worth doubts about whether you deserve abundance, or if it will ever manifest (i.e. desiring financial stability but subconsciously believing you’re not worthy of it, or that money = greed)?
- How does it feel to either loosen your grip a little, or tighten it just enough to take an aligned action step toward the abundance you seek—even if it feels uncomfortable at first?
- Where in your life have you recently cultivated some type of abundance—however big or small (i.e. my gifted produce story)?
Take good care,
S
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