Spending from Scarcity
On primal roars, the money pattern that keeps you stuck, and what happened when the Immersive Growth Day finally came together.
Facing Fears
This one’s not really a day-to-day thing… it’s more something you do when you need to let something out.
Shout.
A primal roar. A scream. Just using your voice in the loudest, most activating way you can.
Yeah, people might look at you. It can feel embarrassing at first. But there’s a difference between a scared-sounding scream and a primal one… and once you get into the primal kind, it feels amazing. It feels free.
You can do it on the beach, in your house, around town. Whenever it doesn’t really matter… and honestly, it rarely does.
Once you stop caring what it looks like, it just feels so good.
The Habit
I used to be really afraid of spending money.
I’ve come to a better relationship with it over time, but I still notice the pattern in myself… the hesitation, the frugality, the little voice that says hold back.
Here’s the thing I keep coming back to: spending is always some sort of investment. You’re always getting something back… satisfaction, energy, an emotion. Gratitude, happiness, love… money can bring you those things, and that’s totally valid.
The habit is trying to save as much as possible instead of focusing on making more. And that comes from scarcity.
It’s easier to make more money than to try not to spend any. Withholding from yourself just keeps the cycle going.
Pay It Forward
This week: help someone recognize the best version of themselves.
It’s our duty, actually… because it feels so good to do it, and most people are their own worst critic. They can’t see the amazing things they’re doing. They won’t commend their own abilities.
Your job is to remind them. Let them signal what they love about themselves, and mirror it back.
If you see someone jamming out to their music, nodding their head, moving their body a little… do it with them. Acknowledge them. Participate.
A stranger recognizing what you’re doing and joining in… that allows someone to fully shine. That’s the whole thing.
From the Week
The Immersive Growth Day finally happened.
Eight people. Complete strangers at the start. By the end, they were moving through the deeper layers of themselves together, becoming friends in a way that surprised everyone… including me.
I’ve been thinking about this event for a long time. Developing the modalities, putting the program together, reworking it… and to finally have it completed and to watch people show up the way they did… it was exhilarating.
I truly know this is going to change the world, based on the way those people showed up and the experiences they went through.
Watching people step into their unapologetic selves, full expression, no fear… it’s everything. And it’s only the beginning.
Sam Gute Rogers
Mental Fitness Specialist