Radical Abundance: A Journey From Not Enough To Plenty

65 Pages·2014·0.42 MB·English

by  Christy Lambert

Radical Abundance

A Journey From Not Enough To Plenty

Christy Lambert
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ISBN: 978-1-936984-67-1
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Dedication

To all my teachers who believed in me and showed me another way might be
possible.
Table of Contents

Chapter One: Introduction

Chapter Two: Why is Abundance So Hard?

Chapter Three: The Origin

Chapter Four: Truth

Chapter Five: Acknowledgment

Chapter Six: Creating Space

Chapter Seven: Joy

Chapter Eight: Trust

Chapter Nine: Stepping into Abundance

Acknowledgements

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Chapter One: Introduction

I grew up poor. The kind of poor that meant we couldn’t afford a TV, did all of
our school shopping at Value Village, and spent a lot of time at laundromats
because we couldn’t afford to fix the washer and dryer when they broke.

We didn’t have much money, and life was pretty crazy.

There was a lot of drugs and alcohol around. When my parents said they were
going ”grocery shopping,” it normally meant they would get home around 3:00
a.m., wasted and fighting. The cops were at our house on a pretty regular basis. I
thought the problem was that we were poor. Based on what I saw around me, I
assumed that money was the missing link. I became convinced that if we just had
money, all of our other problems would disappear, and we’d be a normally,
happy, Brady Bunch family.

Which is what I really, really wanted.

I made two decisions very early on. Decision Number One: this was fucked up –
and I wanted no part of living my life this way. Decision Number Two came
when my sisters and I were school shopping for clothes at Value Village, and I
was pissed off and embarrassed by it all. I decided I would always make enough
money to buy cute clothes.

By the time I turned sixteen and moved out of my house, I had a very clear goal
(happiness) and a plan to make it happen (get a job, make some money).

So, I went out and put my plan into action. Get a good job. Make a six-figure
income. Get married to a nice guy. Buy a fancy house. Check. Check. Check. By
the age of thirty, everything on my plan to happiness list was checked off – so
you’d think all was well.

Except it wasn’t, really. I wasn’t actually happy. Needless to say, this realization
left me feeling pretty disappointed, and more than a little confused. Something
had gone terribly wrong with my game plan. And I had no idea what it was.

Turns out, the cute clothes part of the plan was pretty simple, but the happiness
part was much trickier. Money didn’t seem to do the trick by itself. I had done
everything the way I thought I was supposed to. And it simply wasn’t working.
Both of the early decisions I made about life, I completely, one hundred percent,
followed through on. But I had never taken the time to reevaluate the bigger
picture of what I really wanted.

At that time, I didn’t know that I could keep the early decisions I made, that
were working for me, and include a bigger vision for what I wanted. A vision
that included happiness, freedom, and joy. I thought money would solve all these
problems for me – but it didn’t. And it won’t, at least not on its own.

After coming to terms with the fact that I severely miscalculated my plan for
attaining happiness, I decided to go back to the drawing board and reevaluate
everything. I started doing the work of learning what real prosperity was all
about.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m very pro-money. I wouldn’t trade having the money
I’ve had in my life. It’s made my journey much easier and more comfortable.
While I believe that you can feel abundant with no money living in a van by the
river, I’m not interested in that kind of experience.

The heart of how I came to this deeper understanding of prosperity was that I
thought I had the solution. I thought having money would make me happy. And
it didn’t. So I had to go back and figure out–if the money’s not going to solve the
problem, what is? And how can I utilize that to still have an amazing
relationship with money?

I started learning who I was. That meant taking time to learn what I really
wanted, and then getting clear about what I wanted my money to do for me. It
was a pretty intense process of deep soul searching. Through this journey, I’ve
met some powerful teachers, including horses, and learned some powerful
lessons about money and abundance that changed the trajectory of my life and
my finances.
Since that time my net worth has doubled.

Best of all – I actually know that I have enough. I feel abundant. I enjoy my
money and my life more than ever before. Radical Abundance comprises the
eight key principles I learned during my own process that had the biggest impact
on my financial net worth – and my spiritual wellbeing.

The root word of radical means “going to the origin.”

The root word of abundance means plenty.

Radical Abundance is about getting to the origin of plenty, so you start feeling
good now. When you reach your goals, you’ll still feel good.

So what’s the origin of plenty & how do you get there?

I’m so glad you asked.

To me, the origin of plenty comes from reconnecting with spirit and yourself,
and then creating a relationship with money and life from that space. I believe
that once we embrace the knowledge that we’re loved and supported beyond our
knowing, that there is a benevolent force that holds us, paves the way and cares
for us – really remarkable things can happen. You start to notice there’s room to
breathe. Room to choose. Freedom to be.

When you allow yourself to fully be and express yourself without fear and
drama, real, tangible prosperity tends to follow. This is tangible in terms of how
you feel and what your bank account shows.

Abundance is a tricky beast. Most of us readily admit that we’d love to
experience it, but most of us – although we’re unlikely to admit it – have no real
idea of how to get there. When I ask my clients what the word prosperity brings
up for them, you’d think they’d say things like freedom and joy. Or bank
balances and vacations.