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#443 – Who would you be if you were your whole, 100% self?

Money Ghosts aren’t really about money: they’re about being. When you listen to them and take…
#443 – How can you balance setting goals and surrendering?

Spiritual teachers advise us to surrender to the Universe (or Spirit, or God). And material-world teachers…
#441 – What does your Ego gain when it paralyzes you?

When your Ego is triggered, it assumes the situation causing its fear will last forever. This…
#440 – Why is the Ghost of Clinging to Useless Possessions so clingy?

If it were up to the Ghost of Clinging to Useless Possessions, you’d still have in…
#439 – What conditions do you need to ease your grip on life?

When control is your default mode, triggered is your state. Because nothing ever goes as planned,…
#438 – What do your talents need from you?

How many times have you abandoned your talent just because it didn’t feel “productive?” Because you…
#437 – What can you learn when you break your Ego-imposed rules?

In the face of anxiety, your Ego acts out. Sometimes it directs you to self-punish. Other…
#436 – What will you learn when you stop knowing?

Knowing is static. Learning is dynamic––like growing and evolving. Knowing keeps you stuck within the confines…
#435 – Who do you think controls the outcome?

You can think you’re in charge of the outcomes of your actions. And sure, to some…
#434 – Who wins when you hide from the world?

Hiding is easy because it’s what the Ego wants. Hiding makes it feel safe: no eyes…
#433 – What will AI teach you about your writing?

Many writers now add a disclaimer: “AI didn’t write this.” As if we couldn’t tell what’s…
#432 – What drives your dissatisfaction with life?

“I’m never upset for the reason I think,” A Course In Miracles says. What this means…
#431 – What makes the ‘Us vs. Them’ illusion seem real?

Positions on issues are easy to take. Problem is, when we don’t move, our feet take…
#430 – What’s your Ego’s self-punishment of choice?

If, when things don’t go as you wanted, you get upset or [fill in the blank],…
#429 – What’s your Ghost of Time Indifference protecting you from?

The first tool of Underearners Anonymous is Time Tracking––and I resisted it. Today, in my morning…
#428 – What will push you to bolt?

“Never underestimate our inclination to bolt when we hurt.” Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart. On…
#427 – How else are you killing your prosperity?

When a puppy’s trapped, she’s afraid. If someone gets closer to help her leg out of…
#426 – Ego, Ego on the wall, who’s the smartest of them all?

The Ghost of Need to Prove is a foundational part of the underearner’s mindset. When we…
#425 — How do you tell someone they have a problem?

Thinking that you need to tell someone they have a problem is, within the category of…
#425 – Why does transparency make your Ego cringe?

Reflecting on how I’ve told my son things in recent weeks, I realized I’d been “violent”…
#424 – How do you relate to “I want?”

Until yesterday, I had no idea I was a compulsive eater. Listening to Geneen Roth’s Women,…
#423 – What’s the true intention of your compulsive helpfulness?

I used to be that person: as soon as I landed somewhere, I started “fixing” the…
#422 – What happens when your fear is justified?

Ego-driven fear, I’ve maintained, is never justified. What about fear of real death? Yesterday I had…
#421 – How can a hyperactive Ego stop you from bold action?

Richard Dawkins’s selfish gene theory (1976) says your genes don’t really care about you. They care about staying…
#420 – What about inner peace sends your Ego into a spin?

Inner peace sounds like a great place to be. Yet your Ego hates it: your peace…
#419 – Why is your Ego so paranoid?

Since your Ego is the internal program running in your brain 24/7 that helps you stay…
#418 – Where did you leave your compassion?

I thought I could save my son, help him reintegrate into normal life, motivate him to…
#417 – Whose time do you live by?

If you don’t stand up to the Ghost of Time Indifference (GoTI), it’ll get a hold…
#416 – Why do you insist on being in charge?

Frustration only happens because you want things to be different. You then go into fixing mode,…