#56 Investing in Yourself: Why It’s [Not] Important For Your Spiritual Empowerment Journey

By now, you know I like to debunk some myths floating around in the spiritual sphere. Whether these are spoken out loud or more subtly implied, I’m not about any narratives that seemingly empower us but in all reality still oppress us. Lately, I’ve been feeling into what it means to me to invest in my spiritual self development journey. Investing in terms of time, energy, attention and, yes, money. Why do I read this book, why do I hire this coach, why do I engage in this course? What is my intention behind it?

In this episode I feel into both sides of this coin. In my opinion, it’s necessary to take a step back and root down in our intentions and choices in this space. I think investing in yourself is radical, empowering and a beautiful lesson in self worth. It usually means the acceleration of your journey home to yourself. And that is something that couldn’t ever be expressed in $$. BUT – are you buying that course and investing in that coach because of that? Or because you (subconsciously) may believe that you NEED to do this in order to be spiritual and empowered?

I think there is a narrative in the spiritual world that you need to be throwing your money, time and energy towards all of these offerings all the time in order to be a ‘true’ spiritual being. And I think that’s actually setting us back from the true empowerment process. You were spiritual even before your soul decided to come into your physical body onto this earth – exactly for that reason. You don’t NEED anything to peel away the layers of conditioning – it can be incredibly helpful to have mentors and books to show you the way and to inspire you (and I am eternally grateful for the people who have and will do so) – but nothing outside of you will innately make you a spiritual, empowered human being. You already are all that!

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