Many service providers are uncomfortable with this question and they mumble their fees, hoping the prospective client will hire them. Guess what? You shouldn’t answer that question! First of all, you don’t know if this person is a good fit for you. So why would you launch into talking about your fees if they aren’t … Continue reading What to say when people ask “What do you charge?”
Ready to experience me live? On July 14th, I’m presenting an evening seminar in Seattle for women who are ready to step into prosperity. I will address how to stop underselling yourself and earn what you’re really worth. Here is some of what I’ll cover: Identify the five hidden forms of underearning (and how they … Continue reading Join me July 14th for a live seminar in Seattle
I believe that in order to step into true abundance, you have to journey down the “threefold path to prosperity”. Below I write about these paths in more detail, with questions for you to ponder. In future blog posts, I will take each path deeper and deeper. Consider this the “threefold path overview”. Emotional Money … Continue reading The Threefold Path to Prosperity Explored
I always tell my audiences that their fees say things about them. Many people hope their rate says they are a “good deal”. But is this what you want it to say? Is it making you look second-rate? Remember that pricing is about perceived value. We all assume that an expensive bottle of wine is … Continue reading What Do Your Fees Say? The Tale of Hiring a Therapist
Years ago, when I first encountered the term “underearning”, I used the definition of “earning less than you need”. While this is accurate (the pattern of earning less than you need is indeed underearning) it does not describe many women out there. This narrow definition seems to say that only women who “struggle” or are … Continue reading The New Face of Underearning—Is It You?
Recently I spent five days in Alabama with Edwene Gaines, the author of the Four Spiritual Laws of Prosperity. Edwene focuses on helping people change their abundance consciousness – and their money mindset. She is also a Unity Minister. Here is her affirmative prayer for unexpected blessings. I vote we all open up to receiving … Continue reading Affirmative Prayer for Unexpected Blessings and Prosperity
Are willing to expand how you look at money? Are you willing to deepen your relationship to money? A lot of women are in pain around money, and I want to change this. One reason they are in pain is because they don’t earn enough, despite how good they are in their work. “Underearning” is … Continue reading Want More Abundance? Deepen Your Relationship to Money
Here is my 30 minute radio interview with Rachel Whalley, a psychotherapist in Seattle who has a radio show about emotions in business. (Rachel’s site: www.fogtofire.com) Here, we talk for 30 minutes about the emotional side of charging people money– why it feels difficult and what we can do about it. Enjoy. (Click to expand … Continue reading The Emotional Side of Charging People Money (30 min audio)
Are you afraid that people who need you can’t afford you? And is this one reason why you discount your fees at times? I was talking about the topic of my new workbook Emotional Pricing~ How to Feel Great Charging What You’re Really Worth, and a colleague said to me, “I don’t know about all … Continue reading Instead of discounting, try this to feel good about your full fee
I want to remind you that “underearning” is about your personal pattern of earning less than your potential. Underearning is not about the economy. It is about you and your history and feelings around charging people and receiving money. The economy is an outside factor that may also be affecting you. When you undersell yourself— … Continue reading Keep the Faith- 3 Ideas for Pricing
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