You’re Not Bad With Money. You’re Braced.
If you’ve ever flinched before checking your bank account, delayed invoicing a client, or felt a jolt of nausea just thinking about asking for a raise—
that doesn’t mean you’re bad with money.
That’s your nervous system throwing a flag.
You don’t have a mindset flaw. You don’t lack grit.
You are braced.
I see this all the time in high-functioning women:
money shame, under-earning, over-giving, charging hesitancy—
all treated like character issues.
But they’re not.
These are physiological patterns—written into your reflexes, not your spreadsheets.
The Nervous System Doesn’t Lie
You didn’t decide to freeze around money.
You learned to. Before you had language. Before you had context.
And it stuck—because it kept you safe.
But here’s the twist:
That safety reflex?
It’s now blocking your capacity to expand, receive, and move forward.
We don’t just hold beliefs about money—we hold bracing patterns in our:
- Fascia
- Breath
- Visceral tension
- Reflex arcs
Undercharging, over-giving, procrastinating, avoiding, shrinking:
Not moral failings.
Somatic intelligence under constraint.
Why the Gallbladder?
When money makes you clench, it’s rarely “just stress.”
It’s signal.
And for many of my clients, that signal lands here:
👉 Right rib cage. Tight. Bitter. Unclear.
In traditional systems and somatic work, the gallbladder governs:
- Decision-making
- Direction
- Healthy assertion
- Forward motion without self-betrayal
And physiologically? It works with the liver to manage:
- Bile flow
- Detox
- Hormonal waste
- Metabolic rhythm
When this channel is overloaded or stagnant, it doesn’t just show up in labs.
It shows up in your life.
Patterns I see over and over again:
- Hesitation disguised as thoughtfulness;
- Rage or resentment about pricing;
- Fog around “what’s next;”
- Fear of charging, receiving, or visibility;
- Physical tension: rib flare, eye strain, bitter taste.
The gallbladder doesn’t just manage bile.
It reacts to chronic subordination. Literally.
This study tracked gallbladder changes linked to social stress and hierarchical suppression—confirming what traditional systems have known all along:
Your organs are listening to your life.
This is not a coincidence.
It’s a channel mismatch between your nervous system and your actual capacity.
Your system isn’t confused—it’s constrained.
🌱 Micropractice: Somatic Balance Sheet
(a.k.a. Signal Over Spreadsheet)
Before you change a single number, track the charge.
Ask with your body, not your brain:
- What happens in my chest when I open my bank app?
- Where do I tense when I think about more?
- Does money feel like oxygen or obligation?
- What sensations show up around pricing, asking, charging?
- Where do I shrink to make others comfortable?
Don’t look for answers.
Look for sensation.
That’s where your data lives.
Ready to Rewire?
If this hit your gut—or your gallbladder—you’re not alone.
You don’t need a mindset tune-up.
You might need terrain recalibration.
We start by listening to your body’s signals — not overriding them.
That’s what a Vital Signal Check offers:
A clear next step—without a to-do list,
without a coaching contract,
and without pushing past your system’s timing.
✨ Book yours → [Book a Vital Signal Check]
Or just keep tracking.
Your body already knows.
It’s been trying to tell you.