If you are not currently experiencing financial freedom, now is the time to start.  No matter what your current circumstances are, you can enjoy freedom from worrying about money.  But, before you can, you’ve got to change your mind.

And, before you can do that, you have to want to.

So, ask yourself right now how your financial fears are holding you back in your life.  I know that for me, financial fears have impacted my life in a number of ways.

When I was in financial fear, I didn’t feel worthy of everything the world had to offer.  I found myself waiting in long lines, sitting in middle seats in the back of the airplane, hiring the wrong people, or - even worse - doing everything myself, associating with the wrong people, even marrying the wrong guy.  How are your fears holding you back?

You see, my fear of not having enough resulted in me feeling as if I was not enough.

As a result of this fear, I often felt grumpy, impatient, and frustrated.  I imposed these feelings on everyone around me, from my kids to my team members to my spouse.  I was resentful and angry.  All because I was afraid of running out of money.

Financial fear is one of the most insidious fears there are because from the outside it can seem justified.  The whole world seems to be screaming RECESSION, GAS PRICES, GROCERIES, TAXES.  Conserve your money, hoard it, save it for a rainy day.  Cut your expenses.  Financial fear is not only supported, it seems to be encouraged.

You watch the nightly news, and all they can talk about is the doom and gloom.  And, like I did, you are buying into it.

Over the next few weeks, I’ll share how I broke free of the lack and limitation mentality that was holding me back.  Today, I feel at peace, confident, secure, and free of worry about not having or being enough.  I’m not saying it was easy.  To the contrary; it required a huge reprogramming of the junk that’s been drilled into my head since I was born.  But, if I could do it, you can too.

Let today be the day you stop buying into the propaganda and recognize that he sky is not falling.  You are not going to run out of money.  You are resourceful and live in a time of abundance and plenty.

For the balance of July (hereby declared freedom month!), my Family Wealth articles will center on your financial freedom.  First, we’ll talk about financial freedom if you are facing foreclosure, then financial freedom if you are drowning in debt, and last how to start your financial freedom now and retire the right way, sooner than you think possible.

If you have particular financial fears you want addressed during this series, be sure to post on my blog so I can personally help you.

For now, I recommend you stop watching the news and reading the newspaper.  And, if you just can’t do that, look for the good in what you read.  It’s out there.