How to make taxes (?!) sacred

Taxes are due next week, and every year, it makes me think of how far I've come.

In my early twenties, I was so overwhelmed by taxes, and ashamed of my financial situation, that I just (gulp) didn't file for two years.

While I'd made a lot of progress, even a few years ago, I still dreaded sitting down with my finances.

I’d open my accounts and feel my whole body tense.
Not because the numbers were terrible—
but because I was still carrying the story that I was "bad at money."
Too much pressure.
Too many stories about how I should be doing it better.

I’d put it off for months… then try to untangle everything in a single, stressful day, fueled by cortisol and cold brew. (And sometimes a Campari spritz.)

Not anymore.

Now, when I sit down for my quarterly financial review?
I don’t brace myself.

I create a ritual.

Because money isn’t just a metric.
It’s sacred energy.
It deserves care.

Here’s what it looks like now:

🕯️ I clear a space. Light a candle. Spray the air with something beautiful.
💫 I anchor my intention: clarity, abundance, and generational wealth.
🎶 I play music that makes me feel grounded and magnetic.
🍵 I make tea, move my body, and drop into presence, making sure my nervous system feels regulated.

My altar, set up to work on my finances.

And only then, when I feel centered, clear, and ready, do I open my spreadsheets and accounts.

I track income and expenses.
I honor what has flown in.
I make decisions from clarity, not fear.

This is the kind of energetic hygiene no one talks about in business:
​The inner rituals that make the outer strategy work.

It’s why I do business differently.
Not just because it feels delicious… but because it works.

Because when you relate to money with reverence instead of resistance?
Things move.

You don’t need an elaborate setup to bring sacredness into your business.
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Try this:

✨ Light a candle.
✨ Play a song that makes you feel expansive.
✨ Open your numbers and thank money for what it’s allowed you to do.
✨ Breathe. Move. Decide.

Sacred doesn’t have to mean complicated.
It just has to mean intentional.