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Scarcity isn’t just about money. It’s a pattern, a mindset, and an energetic vibration that can weave itself into every aspect of your life—your time, relationships, business, and even your self-worth. What if abundance wasn’t something you had to chase, but rather something you embody? In this episode of Alive and Thriving, we’re diving deep into how you can break free from scarcity cycles and shift into the energy of true expansion.

The End of an Era and an Exciting New Beginning

Before we dive in, I have something exciting to share—this marks the end of an era for Alive and Thriving! Don’t worry, the podcast isn’t going anywhere. In fact, I have an elevating rebrand to announce next week that is going to take everything to the next level. So, stay tuned—this shift is part of my own evolution into greater alignment and abundance, and I can’t wait to bring you along for the ride.

Understanding Scarcity: More Than Just Money

Scarcity is the belief that there is never enough. It creates a lens through which you perceive lack, even in moments of plenty. Here’s how it manifests in different areas of life:

• Time: Feeling like there’s never enough, always rushing, struggling to be present.
• Relationships: Overgiving, people-pleasing, fearing rejection, believing love is conditional.
• Business: Overdelivering from fear that clients will choose someone else.
• Energy: Pushing yourself to exhaustion, believing rest is unproductive.
• Creativity: Holding back ideas out of fear that opportunities are limited or already taken.

Recognising where scarcity is showing up for you is the first step to breaking free.

Survival Mode: The Root of Scarcity

When you’re in survival mode, your nervous system is locked in fight, flight, or freeze. This creates:

• Tunnel vision: Focusing only on immediate problems, unable to see long-term possibilities.
• Reactive decision-making: Making choices out of fear rather than alignment and trust.
• Energetic exhaustion: Giving from depletion instead of overflow.

Survival mode disconnects you from your intuition, creativity, and ability to receive abundance. The key to breaking free? Creating safety within your body and mind.

Moving from Scarcity to Abundance

Abundance isn’t something you achieve—it’s something you allow. Here’s how to shift into it:

1. Create Safety in Your Nervous System

Your thoughts create your reality. If you wake up each day repeating the same scarcity-driven thoughts, you’ll continue to feel stuck. Try this:

• Place your feet on the floor.
• Take three deep breaths.
• Affirm: I am safe. I am supported. There is more than enough for me.

2. Gratitude as an Abundance Amplifier

Gratitude shifts your focus from lack to abundance. Each morning, write down three things you’re grateful for. Not big things—simple, soulful things that nourish you.

3. Make Decisions from Expansion, Not Lack

Ask yourself, What would my most abundant self do today? Before saying yes to something, check in: Am I giving from overflow or from fear?

4. Shift Your Internal Narrative

Every time you catch yourself thinking from scarcity, pause and say out loud:

• I am enough.
• There is enough.
• Life is abundant.

5. Let Go to Create Space for More

Abundance grows as you grow. What are you holding onto out of fear? What would shift if you let go? Start small—release one old belief, fear, or unnecessary commitment this week.

Your Abundant Future Starts Now

Abundance isn’t a future goal; it’s a daily practice. The more you trust, the more you expand your ability to receive. You are meant to thrive, not just survive.

Take a moment today to reflect:

• Where am I operating from scarcity?
• What would abundance do in this situation?
• How can I take one step towards expansion today?

If this episode resonated with you, I’d love to hear about your takeaways! DM me on Instagram @jessicaread or join the waitlist for Soul-Led Success Academy to dive deeper into breaking scarcity cycles and stepping into your most abundant self.

Stay tuned for next week’s exciting rebrand reveal—I can’t wait to share it with you!