Why monetising your creations can feel so hard on the feminine soul

There is something that happens in my body the moment I move from natural creation, to thinking about the monetisation of creations.

It is a jarring feeling. A deep grief that this naturalness has become tangled up with economics.

I feel it so deeply, yet it feels hard to put into words (and also, there is the collective hum of the personal development/business coaching space telling me, ‘there is something wrong with you, something you need to heal, fix, figure out, if you feel any weirdness or unnaturalness around money and charging for your work’.

When I am sitting in this energetic shift from natural creation to monetisation, I am suddenly hit with a wave of tightness in my body, an onslaught of shoulds.

If you charge, then it needs to look like this [insert collective ideals about what a business should be]

If you charge, then you need to have a clear, linear solution, pain points and an ideal customer avatar.

If you charge, then you need to make sure there is enough value (according the masculine ideals of value).

If you charge, then it needs to be more structured and perfect than feels natural.

If you charge, it needs to fit the conscious needs of everyone, even if it’s not what your heart is telling you is ‘needed’ at a deeper octave.

If you charge, you need to have it all worked out. You need to know it all.

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There is a remembrance that I have within, and I have spoken of this before- a time where women were protected and supported and valued for their feminine gifts and natures. Where feminine wisdom, service and heart was necessary and significant. Where the pace was natural and the commodifying of oneself and ones gifts was not needed. Where provision worked differently, in a way that we can scarcely imagine now.

Obviously, our external world has not looked like this for a vey long time (or even ever, in this realm anyway). Protection, support and provision for women has been distorted into control, submission and the idea that women are the ‘lesser’ sex.

The movements to free women from these distorted and harmful structures (that are still very much occurring), gave many women a newly found sense of control and freedom. Freedom to create their own wealth and find success in the working world. Freedoms that are a beautiful thing.

But with this freedom, there has also arisen subtle caveats and unspoken agreements that seep into the subconscious mind…

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This full piece of writing now lives in the Gentle Creation ebook if you would like to read more.

Belinda x

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