Affirmations of Scarcity or Abundance in Time, Money & Energy

In my therapy marketing business, I interact with a lot of therapists. It's always interesting to see their responses to my fees - especially when I think of these responses as affirmations.

"I can't afford it."
"I don't have the money for that."

While I understand the impulse here, from a spiritual standpoint this is re-affirming the situation as true. So I'd suggest a change of languaging (and thus a different affirmation) to something more along the lines of:

"I choose not to spend my money on that."
"This isn't important enough to spend money on right now."
"I am saving up for this."

This topic is pertinent for me right now because I am running into these same issues around time and energy. I keep affirming that I don't have time for this, or the energy to do that. Or that I am overwhelmed. And so that truth continues, and reinforces itself.

One last reason to highlight this is that I don't think these are just spiritual lies we are telling when we affirm these scarcities, I believe they are literal lies. An old teacher of mine, Kathleen Carie used to say "Honey, you've got all the time, money and energy for that which is most important to you." I've never found that to be wrong.

Until next time, Your Grateful Guy

Facebook Reminds Me That Expansion & Creativity Are The Truth

It's Sunday, usually time for a post. I'm sitting watching the Grammys and doing some online work.

I was on Facebook earlier tonight, and found that now you can add pages for your businesses. I added one for Your Google Guy and my counseling practice. I noticed they are selling PPC (pay-per-click) ads too now, and set up one for counseling in Seattle. It'll be interesting to see how this goes, but one thing I can tell you is that Facebook seems to really be rocking the online world. Much more than MySpace did.

How does this relate to the spiritual? Ah, Grasshopper, this is how. I've been wondering, what will be next for my therapy marketing business? Will things slow down? Will people not need my services anymore? Facebook reminds me that the Truth of Spirit is Expansion, Creativity, and Creation. I need not worry. I can count on new things showing up. New opportunities. All I need do is keep open to them - be aligned with the truth.

The same thing is true for all you therapists out there. Life is expanding and changing, and since I think the core of our work is helping people understand what it means to be human, as possible human experience expands, so does our work.

For instance, right now, I could see counselors working in these relatively new niches:

• Dealing with online bullies (teens, adolescents)
  
• Balancing online and offline relationships & time
  
• Helping couples deal with financial stress (housing bubble, recession, etc)
  
• Helping men & couples deal with internet porn
  
• Online dating coaching
  

So, stay open to the expansion, the creativity, the creation. It is going on.....right now!

Best, Your Grateful Guy