There’s JUST AS MUCH MAGIC in nailing down that money monster as there is in your Money Honey. After so many years and so many hundreds of sessions, I’ve come to believe that you can’t really get your money honey without fully summoning that money monster first. YOU NEED THE POLARITY. That’s what makes this Alchemy. But getting rid the monster can be the hardest part.

Interestingly enough, I received two emails talking about opposite challenges–one has her Money Honey, the other doesn’t–and I have the same answer for both:

“Morgana– I have had no problem coming up with my hot, sexy, money honey super hero. What I am struggling with is getting rid of my money monster — a hideously scary, relentless, crazy, homeless bag lady. I’m divorced and came from a family with lots of love but very limited means and I’m still dealing with fear of being out of the street one day – rather irrational really butI can’t get this horrid monster gone. Please help! I’ll send along my picture-board of my money honey, if I can send an attachment sometime — you’d like it! THANKS so much! Love ya, M”

My response:
Hi M. The problem is you never really got rid of the Money Monster before you created your Money Honey. You need to start over, make the monster worse than he’s ever been before, and get rid of him for good! Keep reading…

“How do you go about getting past the intellectual part of the mind when creating a Money Honey?
I’ve got one in mind (no pun intended) – think Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch – but I keep thinking, would Gregory Peck really want to be my Money Honey? Or, I try coming up with someone else (totally fictional) and I still can’t get it through my emotional mind?

My inner critic keeps saying, ‘yeah, but….(insert argument of choice).’ I know I should smack my inner critic upside the head & tell her to shut up. I’ve tried that. She just continues to come up with arguments as to why that particular money honey won’t work.

Any thoughts on how to get past this? Thanks! V”

Dear V,

I’m so proud of you for RECOGNIZING this! This tells me that 1) you really want this change and 2) you’ll know the difference and it’ll be that much more incredible for you.

Your inner critic is right. That particular Money Honey – or any other, I suspect – isn’t going to work.

Why? You didn’t really get rid your Money Monster. Your Money Honey will be real and wonderful and powerful to the exact extent that your monster is real and terrible and powerful. Actually, your Money Honey will be more powerful, but you won’t know that until you complete the process.

You can’t skip any steps.

* Step 1: uncover all the negative experiences that could contribute to the existence of a terrible, real, tangible monster. I’ve heard things that would curl your toes. Most people don’t, or can’t go deep enough on their own, and they shouldn’t have to.

* Step 2: create this monster. I talk a lot about this in my teleclasses — what if your monster looks like a parent, or looks like a cloud, etc. Neither of those will work. They don’t go away.

* Step 3: completely and irrevocably get rid of him. All gone. No trace.

Step 1 and 2 suck. Not fun. Scary. I wouldn’t do them alone. There’s only so far you can go on your own safely. Financial Alchemy is, at its heart, a SHAMANISTIC journey. You need a guide who KNOWS how to take you there and bring you back for the sake of something so much more wonderful on the other side.

So V, you’re right. Your new money is a nice idea, but he’s not the real thing.

If you are really, really serious about changing your relationship with money with Financial Alchemy, and you’ve gone as far as you can take yourself… then you may be a good candidate for coaching–privately or in my group program.

I have an advantage: I CREATED this process and have done it successfully over a thousand times. I can hear your money before you do.

There comes a point where information and advice isn’t enough. For example I can tell you how to pole vault. I can tell you EVERYTHING about how to hold the pole, how far away to stand, when to jump, how to position your body as you go over the pole… but until you’ve experienced it, it’s just a nice idea. You haven’t vaulted any poles.

That’s why you hire a coach.

Warmest regards,
Morgana Rae

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