Money for most people is associated with lack, scarcity and stress. Stress around money can ruin the quality of your life. This stress is created in your mind, in what you think and feel about money.

Just watch your thoughts. How often during the day do you think: If I only had more money. Or: 'It is never enough', or 'Money is not for me'.

These thoughts have power, more power than the money in your purse or bank account. Having enough money is not a question of the sum that is at your disposal. Enough or not enough tells you something about the discrepancy between your desires and your material reality.

Of course, you need a substantial amount of money to cover food, cloths and a roof above your head.

But what makes life then worthwhile is not more money but having good friends, freedom and the ability to think over the great threats of life such as death, disease and poverty.

This is not new knowledge. Thousands of years ago, the Greek philosopher Epicurus already came to this conclusion.

Epicurus explored the concept of abundance or true wealth that makes our life fulfilled. Wealth comes from the root word weal which means a sound, healthy or prosperous state of well-being.

The feeling of abundance is a state of mind. Some people call it prosperity consciousness. The sense of lack is also a state of mind called poverty consciousness.

Your thoughts have the potential to bring into your life that what you focus on all day. This is the law of physics that "energy attracts like energy".

Your mind and your thoughts are part of that energy which is underlying your visible world. Quantum physicists call this reality the quantum field.

The practical application of this basic law of physics is that you have the choice to put your mind towards abundance or lack.

This process happens all the time but mostly you are choosing unconsciously through your negative or ambivalent feelings and all the words that run like an inner tape.

You have inherited attitudes, thoughts and beliefs about money from your family, friends, media and culture at large. Examining and exploring your habits, thoughts and feelings about money are essential to create abundance in your life.

Here are some favourite inherited thoughts

• Money is hard work
• Money doesn't grow on trees
• Money needs to be earned
• Money doesn't make you happy
• Money spoils the character
• Money is dirty
• Loving money is the root of all evil
• Don't trust anybody around money
• Money destroys friendships
• It is never enough
• Money is not important

Does any one of those sound familiar?

They are no destiny. If you become aware of them you can change them around. Lets take the first one: Money is hard work as an example and see how those feel to you:

• I earn my money with ease and grace
• Money flows into my life by itself
• When I follow the voice of my heart, I get what I need without any effort

You find more examples in my free course on positive affirmations concerning money, love and health. Are you wondering about this combination?

Well, from a certain perspective, money is just one form of energy. If you feel very tight around money you may also feel tight around giving your love and appreciation to others. If you feel abundant in yourself, you will tend to share wholeheartedly your care as well as your material resources in as much as you can afford it.

A restricted attitude towards life will also constrict your health, while an abundant attitude will draw everything towards you that will enrich your life and well-being.

Taking the effort to shift your attitudes and habits around money will not just benefit your material abundance but enrich all other areas of your life as well.

Sometimes it will be enough to become conscious of your habits, thoughts and feelings about money, and sometimes is may be necessary to shift deep-rooted energetic patterns that hold the attitudes, beliefs and feelings of lack and scarcity in place.

To help you shift those patters, I offer professional support. For more information, check out the distance courses on my website