FS Extra 👣 Rethink Your relationship with money (ebook)
Published: Thu, 02/12/26
Updated: Thu, 02/12/26
When money feels chaotic, we scramble to fix the numbers. We work harder. Cut back more. Push ourselves further. Yet the real issue is rarely the bank balance.
It is the relationship.
Years ago, during a season of intense financial pressure, I found myself swinging between anxiety and determination. I wanted solutions. I wanted control. I wanted certainty. Instead, what I received was a lesson.
Money pressure does not just test your budget. It exposes your beliefs.
In the middle of that storm, I had to stop asking, “How do I fix this?” and start asking, “What is this teaching me?”
That question changed everything.
If you have ever felt that money problems arrive in waves, just as one clears another rolls in, then you already understand this. Financial stress is rarely random. It is patterned. It reflects how we think about receiving, asking, deserving, giving, trusting and even speaking about money.
This is exactly what this ebook explores
This is not about positive thinking. It is not about pretending everything is fine. It is about identifying what you actually need, being honest about where you feel stuck and making clear internal commitments that shift how you operate.
One of the most powerful steps is simple and uncomfortable. Get specific. How much do you need? By when? For what purpose?
Clarity sets things in motion.
When you stop speaking in vague hopes and start defining real numbers and real timelines, your decisions sharpen. Your conversations change. Even your intuition becomes clearer. You begin to see opportunities you previously ignored.
Yet clarity alone is not enough.
There are often quiet vows we have made about money. “I do not want to depend on anyone", “Money is stressful", “Rich people struggle in other ways", “I always just get by".
These statements shape behaviour more than spreadsheets ever will.
Inside this practical guide, you will uncover the deeper commitments that either support or sabotage your financial wellbeing.
You will see how gratitude is not denial, how asking is not weakness and how receiving well is a skill that can be learned.
Why doing more is not fixing your money
One insight I learned during my most challenging period was this. Support often shows up in forms we dismiss. A conversation. An unexpected opportunity. A reminder of what is already working.
We tend to focus only on the form we want money to take. When it does not arrive that way, we decide nothing is happening. Yet abundance often arrives sideways.
When you shift your relationship with money, you stop fighting it. You start cooperating with it.
This guide walks you through the practical commitments that create that shift. It helps you identify where fear is driving decisions and where trust needs strengthening. It gives you structured reflection so you can move forward deliberately rather than reactively.
Most importantly, it reminds you that financial healing is not about becoming someone else. It is about aligning with who you already are at your best.
Stop cycling through the same financial lessons
Money responds to clarity, responsibility, belief and action. You can change the relationship starting today.
View and share a few earlier emails
See you again soon.
It is the relationship.
Years ago, during a season of intense financial pressure, I found myself swinging between anxiety and determination. I wanted solutions. I wanted control. I wanted certainty. Instead, what I received was a lesson.
Money pressure does not just test your budget. It exposes your beliefs.
In the middle of that storm, I had to stop asking, “How do I fix this?” and start asking, “What is this teaching me?”
That question changed everything.
If you have ever felt that money problems arrive in waves, just as one clears another rolls in, then you already understand this. Financial stress is rarely random. It is patterned. It reflects how we think about receiving, asking, deserving, giving, trusting and even speaking about money.
This is exactly what this ebook explores
This is not about positive thinking. It is not about pretending everything is fine. It is about identifying what you actually need, being honest about where you feel stuck and making clear internal commitments that shift how you operate.
One of the most powerful steps is simple and uncomfortable. Get specific. How much do you need? By when? For what purpose?
Clarity sets things in motion.
When you stop speaking in vague hopes and start defining real numbers and real timelines, your decisions sharpen. Your conversations change. Even your intuition becomes clearer. You begin to see opportunities you previously ignored.
Yet clarity alone is not enough.
There are often quiet vows we have made about money. “I do not want to depend on anyone", “Money is stressful", “Rich people struggle in other ways", “I always just get by".
These statements shape behaviour more than spreadsheets ever will.
Inside this practical guide, you will uncover the deeper commitments that either support or sabotage your financial wellbeing.
You will see how gratitude is not denial, how asking is not weakness and how receiving well is a skill that can be learned.
Why doing more is not fixing your money
One insight I learned during my most challenging period was this. Support often shows up in forms we dismiss. A conversation. An unexpected opportunity. A reminder of what is already working.
We tend to focus only on the form we want money to take. When it does not arrive that way, we decide nothing is happening. Yet abundance often arrives sideways.
When you shift your relationship with money, you stop fighting it. You start cooperating with it.
This guide walks you through the practical commitments that create that shift. It helps you identify where fear is driving decisions and where trust needs strengthening. It gives you structured reflection so you can move forward deliberately rather than reactively.
Most importantly, it reminds you that financial healing is not about becoming someone else. It is about aligning with who you already are at your best.
Stop cycling through the same financial lessons
Money responds to clarity, responsibility, belief and action. You can change the relationship starting today.
View and share a few earlier emails
See you again soon.
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