Your Money Wounds Live in Your Body

For many of us, money activates the nervous system long before it reaches the logical mind. A racing heart when checking a bank balance. Tightness in the stomach when setting prices. A closing in the chest when receiving support. These responses are not flaws or failures. They are learned survival patterns shaped by lived experience, family systems, culture, and moments when safety or worth felt uncertain.

When we begin to listen to the body, money stops being an abstract problem and becomes a conversation. Sensations act as signals, pointing toward places that are asking for care, reassurance, or boundaries. By slowing down, breathing, and noticing where money-related emotions land in the body, we can move out of self-judgment and into self-awareness.

This embodied approach helps shift the question from “What’s wrong with me?” to “What part of me learned to protect itself this way?” From there, healing becomes gentler, more sustainable, and far more effective than forcing mindset shifts alone.

Long before we have words for it, our nervous system learns what money feels like. Safety or fear. Shame or pride. Tightness or ease. Over time, those experiences settle into different areas of the body, often showing up as tension, discomfort, or emotional charge when money comes up.

This is why so many “mindset” tools fall short. You cannot think your way out of something your body is holding.

The good news is that your body is also the doorway to healing.

A Simple Way to Locate Your Money Wound

You do not need to diagnose yourself or get it “right.” This is about noticing.

Take a moment now.

1. Take three slow, deep breaths. Inhale through your nose. Exhale through your mouth. Let your shoulders soften.

2. Bring one hand to your body wherever it feels natural. There is no wrong place.

Now gently ask yourself the following questions, one at a time.

• When you hear the words money or finances, what do you feel in your body and where do you feel it?

• When someone wants to buy you something, gift you money, or support you financially, what do you feel and where do you feel it?

• When you think about pricing a service or product higher, or charging what you know you deserve, what do you feel and where do you feel it?

After each question, pause.

Name the sensation without judgment. Tight. Heavy. Warm. Numb. Fluttery. Contracted. Open.

There is no need to fix it. Simply notice and name it. You may feel several things and in more than one place, this is normal, simply take note.

Why This Matters

When you can identify where a money wound lives in your body, you stop making it mean something is wrong with you.

Instead, you begin to understand what part of you is asking for safety, compassion, support, or permission.

From there, healing becomes less about forcing change and more about listening.

And that is where real, sustainable abundance begins.

Learn more about your money wound(s) and the corresponding chakra here: https://www.untamedabundance.com/post/chakras-their-connection-to-money-wounds-and-healing-practices

December 14th, 2025