Money, Money, Money.

How would you describe your relationship with money?



This is a critical question....your relationship with money. Men and women have totally different relationships with money.


Traditionally (and I will make this disclaimer at the beginning here that I am making generalizations and there are certainly exceptions) men are taught that money is a means to an end. They measure their level of success and self worth by how much they make. Their relationship with money is one of power......it is a tool; it empowers them, motivates them to move ahead and measures their success as a provider....as a man. Most men do not have an emotional relationship with money. It is a means to an end.


Women on the other hand often have a very emotional relationship with money. And, I would venture to say, for most of us it is a very dysfunctional one!


For me money has played the role a best friend, therapist, a disapproving parent and a scary boogieman in the dark.


It can make me feel fantastic and ashamed, a source of incredible highs and terrible lows.


Why is that? How can an inanimate object affect me so much? Why are most women so afraid of their money and therefore are not in control of their finances. Ladies, why are we standing in the way of our own fabulous financial futures?