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Stacy Naugle, EAMP's avatar

Financial reserves create options. They allow us to make decisions from stability instead of scarcity.

The same is true biologically. When our metabolic reserves are depleted, we often compensate with willpower, longer hours, or pushing harder. It can look like ambition on the outside while narrowing our choices on the inside.

I wonder if many women aren't actually struggling with a lack of discipline or financial confidence as much as they're trying to build wealth from a system that's been running on overdraft for years.

Your piece reminded me that the kinds of capital we build aren't separate. They reinforce one another. Financial capacity can create the space to restore physiological capacity, and physiological capacity can expand our ability to create, steward, and enjoy financial wealth.

Thank you for adding such a thoughtful perspective to the conversation.

Whitney Mullings's avatar

Thanks, Kendall — I’m a fan of your SMA course. This article deepened the understanding that money is really about sovereignty.

How you tied it to women being emotionally intimidated by money, and conditioned to fear power, visibility, judgment, and ultimately the truth of who we are in our essence, really landed for me.

The more disconnected we are from ourselves, the more out of reach money can feel — all the while, what we’re truly seeking is accessed from within.

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