The Inherited Myth of Money

Andrea Britton
Apr 10
3 min read

Updated: Apr 11

From Scarcity to Sovereignty: Rewriting Our Financial Narrative

There’s a kind of wound that we don’t speak of often. It doesn’t bleed. It doesn’t scar, but it runs deep.

The money wound is passed through generations like an heirloom nobody wants. It's wrapped in sayings like: “Money doesn’t grow on trees”, “You’ve got to work hard to earn your keep”, “Rich people are greedy”…and so on.

Sound familiar?

No shade. Our caregivers did their best and shared what they knew, which was shaped by their experiences. Each generation did their best with the tools they had.

But stories are sneaky little things that don’t just live in bedtime tales; they nest in our nervous systems. They write the scripts we follow, often without even knowing we’re playing them out.

One of the first BIG stories I gave myself was; ‘I am a poor musician', but I have chosen the road less travelled - therefore I haven’t decided money is important - I chose love. You can’t have both.’

I chose to not make money my incentive. It was a side note, a necessary evil at times. A soul-led life was my driver. I perceived those who talked about money, who focused on money, as greedy, disconnected, and maybe even cold.

For years I wore that identity like armour. The self-sufficient creative. Unbossed. Unbroken. But quietly exhausted.

I moved from music and started my own business, holding it all together with string and soul. I kept the ship afloat, but financially? I never felt rewarded. Not in the way I craved. ‘I must graft to survive. If I worked hard enough, kept going, and stayed strong, something would come eventually.’

Not in the way I deserved. ‘One day I will finally get what I deserve.’

Only now, after decades of this dance, am I starting to see things differently. And with that, changes are unfolding. Money is arriving. My relationship with it is softening.

Healing.

I’m immensely proud of continuing to allow myself to be me in my work and what I create, but also allowing myself a focus on making money. Where focus goes, energy flows right?

I have learned that money comes where it’s welcomed. Where it’s valued. Where it’s understood and it’s a mirror reflecting back what I believe I am worthy of. What I expect.

And that wasn’t part of my inheritance, until now.

Since shedding the old identity of the ‘poor but soulful creative,’ money has found me.

It didn’t just wander in – I invited it. I welcomed it and I stopped apologising for wanting it. It was never about greed. It was about growth, expansion and choice.

What’s your money story?

Take a breath and be honest.

Were you told it’s rude to talk about money? That it’s dirty, complicated, dangerous?
Did you inherit struggle as a badge of honour?
Did you learn to fear wealth, or those who had it?

Here’s the truth:

We can’t change what we don’t name. Your money story isn’t yours but it is your responsibility to change it. You get to choose what you pass on. You get to change the trajectory. You get to heal the wound.

Whoah! Powerful.

When we shift our relationship with money, we shift our relationship with self-worth, safety and possibility.

I’m still learning and growing, but I’m no longer afraid to desire or ashamed to ask. I am no longer unavailable to receive.

Now, I see making money as a co-creation. A dance with the universe and it is allowed to flow and will.

And so am I. And so are you.