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Release Gift-Giving Anxiety Stop Financial Stress & Guilt (Somatic Reset)
Does looking at your bank balance or holiday shopping list trigger a immediate knot of panic in your chest?. You are not alone.
In the middle of December, we are often bombarded with the message that "love equals spending," which triggers deep financial scarcity and unworthiness wounds. But your worthiness is not a transaction, and your love is not measured by a price tag.
Join clinical hypnotherapist Martin for a Somatic Reset designed to help you put down the heavy bag of expectation and reclaim your peace.
In this episode, we will:
- Identify Financial Stress: Locate where money anxiety lives in your body (often the jaw and lower belly).
- Switch Off the Scarcity Alarm: Use Box Breathing (Inhale 4, Hold 4, Exhale 4, Hold 4) to balance the mind and ground the nervous system.
- Visualize the Release: Somatically "set down" the heavy burden of needing to buy the perfect gift or perfect reaction.
- Reframe Gift-Giving: Learn why offering your calm presence is more valuable than any stressed-out version of you holding a box.
Timestamps:
00:00 - The "Scarcity Mindset" Trap
01:20 - Somatic Check-in: Jaw & Belly
01:59 - Box Breathing Technique
03:21 - Visualization: Setting Down the Heavy Bag
04:25 - Hand on Heart Affirmations
07:17 - The Gift of Time (Martin’s Story) A Note from Martin: "One of my gifts when I was very poor was the gift of time. I'd write cards to friends and family and offer them an hour, half a day, or a day of my time. It is a precious gift."
If this session helped you lower your shoulders, please share it with a friend who might be overwhelmed by their shopping list.
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