Just recorded podcast episode #3: "Money and Your Ministry"...

...and it sounds pretty good.

Now I just need my honey to help me weave it in with my intro and closing music and help me upload it to my website. I will ask for his help this evening, and post here when it's finally up.

Once it's been up for a week, I'll post the script here in a friends-locked post.

"Paying Attention Attracts Element Money": Today's Example

We got home from festival and spent a few days doing laundry, easing in and checking in on our accounts. Despite the budgeting time we put in, something slipped through the cracks in our busy lives.

When I got up early this morning and took a quick look at our TD Bank accounts, I saw that one of them was overdrawn by $29. Immediately, I transferred money into that account and called the customer service number on the webpage right away.

When I reached a customer service rep, I explained what I had discovered and what I had done in response. I also asked her to walk me through what had happened so I would understand it and be able to identify any associated fees.

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But since I've developed a good relationship with Element Money, I didn't do any of those things. I moved from a place of focus, confidence and curiosity, rather than a place of desperation, anxiety, and denial. As a result, I lost no money: instead, I got lots of help keeping it and new insights about how to manage overdraft problems in the future.

This reinforces my belief that attention, confidence and curiosity attract money, while inattention, anxiety and denial repel it.