Helen, 

As the year comes to a close, I’ve been reflecting on what this year has revealed.

What’s become clear is something I see repeatedly in the women I work with — and in myself as well.

Despite doing a great deal of inner work, money and expansion still activates our stress response

Many of the women in my world are not beginners.
They are soul-led. Conscious. Intelligent.
They’ve invested in therapy, coaching, programs, masterminds.
They’ve done the inner work.

And yet…

When it comes to money, visibility, and expansion, there’s often a quiet frustration:
Why does this still feel so hard?
Why do I keep hitting the same invisible ceiling?
Why do I feel stressed, overwhelmed, or like I’m playing small — even when I “know better”?

Here’s what I’ve come to see very clearly:

This isn’t a mindset issue.
It’s a nervous system + identity issue.

Early money experiences — what you witnessed, absorbed, survived, and internalized — don’t just create beliefs about money.
They shape who your nervous system learned it was safe to be.

For many women, especially those raised to be responsible, helpful, good, or self-sacrificing, success activates old survival questions like:

  • Is it safe to have more?

  • Will I lose love or belonging if I earn or charge more?

  • Who will I become if I stop over-giving or struggling?

So instead of moving forward with ease, the nervous system quietly organizes around protection:
Under-earning.
Over-giving.
Overworking.
Staying small.
Staying stressed.

Not because there is something wrong with you —
but because something intelligent inside you learned this was how you stayed safe.

This is what I mean when I talk about money wounds and core survival identities — and it’s exactly what I explore in a powerful conversation I’m honored to share with my brilliant friend and sister Shannon, host of Beyond Birth Trauma: From Burden to Brilliance.

🎙 The Money Wound: How Early Imprints Shape Women’s Worth, Wealth & Power

with Dr. Helen Orombi

🗓 September 23rd
⏰ 1:00 PM EST

Together, Shannon and I explore:

  • How early money imprints shape adult stress responses

  • Why women inherit generational narratives of lack, fear, and over-giving

  • The nervous system’s role in money blocks — and what actually releases them

  • The cultural conditioning that teaches women to play small

  • How to shift from survival mode into grounded, embodied abundance

This conversation is for every woman who has ever:

  • Undercharged, over-given, or second-guessed her brilliance

  • Felt anxious about money no matter her income

  • Done “all the work” and still felt stuck

  • Carried an inherited sense of not enough

My hope is that as you watch or listen, something lands — not just intellectually, but somatically.

That you recognize:
Nothing is wrong with you.
Your system has been protecting you.

And when protection softens, a whole new level of wealth, confidence, and creative power becomes possible.

✨ You can watch the episode here:

With love and deep respect,
Helen