Plenty with Kate Northrup

Have you ever wondered if money isn’t just a resource…but a living consciousness you’re already in relationship with?In this week’s episode of Plenty, I sit down with The Money Shaman, Ry Schwartz, for one of the most paradigm-shifting conversations I’ve ever had about money, healing, and the unseen forces that shape our financial lives.Ry and I explore money not as something we “manage,” fix, or master — but as a fluid, evolving consciousness that responds to our awareness, our compassion, and our willingness to be in genuine relationship with it.We talk about why shadow money work often feels so relieving, how different “streams” of money carry different energetic signatures, why some dollars feel light and others feel heavy, and how we can become stewards who help money heal as it moves through our lives.We also dive into… ✨ What it means to let money find you even when you feel messy or imperfect ✨ How money takes on the energetic imprint of the intentions and emotions it passes through ✨ Simple daily practices to “witness” your money so it can relax and reorganize ✨ Why avoidance around money is rarely laziness — and what it’s usually protecting you from ✨ The connection between intimacy, generosity, and increased financial receptivity ✨ How couples can co-create a shared field that expands both pleasure and prosperityThis conversation is tender, revelatory, and wildly practical. Ry offers a new way of relating to money that brings more safety into your system, more flow into your life, and more grace into every financial exchange.If you’re craving a relationship with money that feels warm, conscious, and regenerative — this episode is for you.“Not all money is the same. It carries different vibratory qualities depending on the energies it’s passed through.”–The Money Shaman, Ry Schwartz🎤 Let’s Dive into the Good Stuff on Plenty 🎤00:00 — Entering the portal: Blue Lotus, synchronicity & the energetic opening04:38 — What Sacred Commerce is & why it’s a bridge beyond capitalism10:32 — Wealth as spiritual: permission to thrive, earn, and support your lineage14:25 — Widening the scope: giving back, sourcing energy beyond the self19:09 — The truth about “enough”: resources, circulation & debunking zero-sum thinking22:33 — Ceremony as a business tool: accessing other realms for support26:14 — Wealth, privilege, and survivor’s guilt: metabolizing the complexity30:27 — Asha’s big why: land conservation & land-back as sacred commerce37:47 — Merging the magical & the logical: operating beyond a 3D-only business43:41 — Human design & astrology as instructional systems for your body of work50:37 — The power of offerings: plants, essences, and ceremonial support57:22 — Your dharma type: the archetypal soul energy you are here to embodyLinks and Resources:Money ResetConnect with Ry Schwartz:LinkedInInstagram✨ The Money Reset: Feel Good with Money—No Matter How Much You Make Rewire your nervous system for wealth, stop the money-in/money-out cycle, and create sustainable abundance. Includes the 5-Minute Calm Cashflow Ritual. → Get it free at katenorthrup.com/reset

Have you ever wondered why money feels so much more spacious when you make one aligned decision instead of a thousand tiny ones every day?In this week’s episode of Plenty, I’m diving deep into one of the most overlooked pathways to relaxed wealth: financial boundaries. Not the rigid, budget-heavy kind that feel like punishment… but the kind that act like the riverbanks that keep your financial flow clear, directed, and easeful.I share how boundaries — financial and energetic — create more safety in your nervous system, more trust in your decisions, and more alignment between where your money goes and what truly matters to you. We explore:🌿 Why decision fatigue drains not only your energy but your money🌿 How to know (in your body) when something is a financial yes or no🌿 The connection between your human design authority and aligned money choices🌿 Real examples of my own financial boundaries, from client agreements to household spending🌿 Why saying “no” to the misaligned is actually saying a deeper “yes” to yourselfYou’ll also hear simple ways to start practicing aligned yeses and embodied noes in tiny, everyday moments — which makes the bigger financial choices so much clearer. And I walk you through how to begin crafting the kinds of abundance agreements we use inside Relaxed Money so your money can flow where it’s meant to, without leaking into places that don’t nourish you.If you’ve ever felt like money decisions take more energy than you want to give… or you know your spending and earning could feel more regenerative and grounded… this episode will feel like an exhale.And if you want support rewiring your nervous system for greater ease with money, don’t miss the free Money Reset audio experience I created for you at katenorthrup.com/reset.“Financial boundaries are the riverbanks that keep your abundance flowing where it’s meant to go.” –Kate Northrup🎤 Let’s Dive into the Good Stuff on Plenty 🎤00:00 Introduction to Financial Boundaries00:38 Understanding Financial Boundaries01:13 The Importance of Financial Boundaries02:16 Signs You Need Financial Boundaries03:08 Decision Fatigue and Financial Boundaries04:19 Creating Abundance Agreements05:24 Aligning Spending with Values07:48 Consumer Culture and Financial Awareness08:54 The Purpose of Money10:00 Setting Financial Boundaries11:49 Examples of Personal Financial Boundaries13:06 Learning from Financial Mistakes13:54 Practicing Financial Awareness14:30 Operationalizing Financial Boundaries15:01 Client Communication Boundaries16:02 General Financial Guidelines17:06 Reframing Financial Boundaries17:32 Safety in Financial Boundaries18:23 Empowered Financial Decisions19:33 Conclusion and Next StepsLinks and Resources:The Money Reset✨ Overnight Rockstar: A Proven Path to New Eyes, New Clients, and Real GrowthYou’re doing meaningful work. Now it’s time for more people to see it. Overnight Rockstar is a free training where Susie Moore teaches you the exact steps she used to land features everywhere from the Today Show to Oprah.com—without a PR team. 📺🔥Inside, you’ll learn how to: 💡 Use your existing expertise to stand out to editors and producers. 🎯 Pitch yourself in a way that feels natural—and gets traction. ✨ Grow your audience and authority without spending a dime on ads.Visibility doesn’t have to be complicated. It can be simple, strategic, and wildly effective. Ready to get noticed? 👉 Save your spot now! 👈Related Episode:How to Feel Safe Earning More (Without Sabotaging or Overspending It) (136)

Have you ever realized that the identity you’ve built—the one that’s kept everything running—might also be the very thing keeping you from your next becoming?In this week’s episode of Plenty, I get to sit down with someone who has witnessed me through many of my own becomings: my longtime friend and former coach, Chela Davison. Our conversation is an intimate, funny, deeply human exploration of midlife unraveling as an initiation into deeper truth, creative recovery, and a fuller expression of self.Chela and I trace the arc of her journey from being the hyper-capable, endlessly resilient woman who could “make anything happen,” to the moment her internal generator finally sputtered out—and how that collapse ushered her into a two-year wintering season that ultimately birthed her acclaimed one-woman show, A Little Bit Much. We talk about the illusion of the breadwinner, the stories we project onto our partnerships, and the internalized cultural narratives that quietly shape our sense of worth.We also explore what it means to be “a little bit much” in a world that often prefers women palatable and contained—how to preserve our aliveness without overwhelming ourselves or others, and how to move from performative productivity into regenerative creativity. Chela’s story is a living example of following the energy, listening for what wants to be created, and allowing art to heal the artist first.This episode is full of laughter, truth telling, permission, and the kind of midlife wisdom that only comes from letting something fall apart so something truer can emerge.I can’t wait for you to listen.In this episode you’ll discover:✨ Over-identifying with resilience led to burnout✨ Creative recovery came from stepping back and slowing down✨ Challenging and redefining breadwinner narratives✨ Embracing being “a little bit much” as strength✨ Creative growth comes from staying with the process“I looked around and asked myself, ‘Who am I willing to disappoint to get my life back?’ And the first person I realized I was willing to disappoint… was me.” — Chela Davidson🎤 Let’s Dive into the Good Stuff on Plenty 🎤00:00 – Introduction to Resilience & Identity00:26 – Guest Background & Creative Recovery03:00 – Turning 40, Maturity & Evolving Identity05:12 – Childhood Messaging & Self-Perception07:35 – Career Success, Challenges & Vulnerability09:13 – Burnout, Loss & Identity Crisis11:51 – Reclaiming Creative Life Force13:07 – Resentment, Breadwinning & Gender Expectations16:21 – Healing Through Vulnerability & Relationship Dynamics19:17 – The Influence of Patriarchy & Processing Resentment21:25 – Creative Recovery, New Projects & Self-Discovery27:22 – Vulnerability in Creative Processes & Community38:19 – Social Media, Creative Resistance & Staying With the Work44:18 – Art, Healing & Creative Integrity50:42 – The Journey of Art, Commerce & Creative Community54:49 – Closing Thoughts & ResourcesLinks and Resources:Free Money Breakthrough GuideConnect with Chela Davison:WebsiteWizdotainmentA Little Bit MuchInstagram✨ The Money Reset: Feel Good with Money—No Matter How Much You Make Rewire your nervous system for wealth, stop the money-in/money-out cycle, and create sustainable abundance. Includes the 5-Minute Calm Cashflow Ritual. → Get it free at katenorthrup.com/reset

Have you ever made more money… only to find yourself overspending, shrinking back, or feeling anxious instead of abundant? If so, you’re not alone — and there’s nothing wrong with you.In this episode, I explore one of the most important — and most misunderstood — pieces of financial growth: your money nervous system thermostat. We often think that earning more should feel good, natural, or easy. But the truth is, if a part of your body doesn’t feel safe with more, it will unconsciously pull you back to what’s familiar, even if what’s familiar is financial stress, inconsistency, or sabotage.I share: ✨ Why lifestyle inflation, overspending, or freezing with money isn’t a lack of discipline — it’s a nervous system response. ✨ How our childhood environment (not just money memories) sets our internal “thermostat” for how much abundance feels safe. ✨ The science behind why expansion often triggers threat responses like guilt, fear, or shame — even when something good is happening. ✨ Powerful, practical tools to build your capacity to earn more and keep more, including nervous system healing practices and co-regulation in community.I also share personal stories — including the moment Louise Hay offered me my first book deal and why my immediate response was a shame spiral rather than celebration. This is such a potent example of how expansion can overwhelm our body if we haven’t updated our internal capacity to receive more.You’ll walk away understanding: 🌿 Why financial strategy can’t stick without nervous system safety 🌿 How to start signaling “you are safe” during both contraction and expansion 🌿 The key questions to ask your body to uncover the stories and sensations running the show 🌿 How safe community accelerates your capacity to hold more wealth with ease and consistencyThis episode will help you stop the patterns that have kept you cycling between making more and losing it — and instead begin to create a nervous system that can hold, grow, and enjoy wealth. When you practice feeling safe with more, more becomes normal."If you've ever made more money only to find yourself shrinking back, overspending, or sabotaging it, it’s not because there’s something wrong with you — it’s because a part of you doesn’t feel safe with more." –Kate Northrup🎤 Let’s Dive into the Good Stuff on Plenty 🎤00:00 Welcome + Why earning more can feel unsafe02:10 Justin Bieber example: making more ≠ keeping more04:05 Lifestyle creep + hedonic adaptation explained06:00 What your “money nervous system thermostat” really is08:15 How childhood environment shapes your financial capacity10:20 Why expansion can trigger sabotage, fear, or shame12:45 Overspending, overgiving, or freezing: different dysregulation patterns14:30 Tools to signal safety during financial expansion17:05 Kate’s Hay House book-deal story + co-regulation19:40 Questions to ask your body to expand your money capacity21:30 Closing + The Money Reset invitationLinks and Resources:Neurosomatic IntelligenceRelaxed Money Live✨ The Money Reset: Feel Good with Money—No Matter How Much You MakeMaking more money doesn’t guarantee financial ease… but this will. The Money Reset is a free audio experience designed to help you rewire your nervous system for wealth—so managing money feels effortless. 🎧💸Inside, you’ll learn how to:💡 Break the “money in, money out” cycle and create lasting stability. 🎯 Relax into a new relationship with money—where structure meets flow. ✨ Use the 5-Minute Calm Cashflow Ritual to bring instant clarity to your finances.More money won’t solve money stress—a resourced, supple nervous system will. Ready to shift? 👉 Get The Money Reset now! 👈Related Episode:Debt, Shame, and the Stories We Don’t Tell (134)

What if your business was a temple?In this week’s episode, Kate talks with Asha Ramakrishna—priestess, molecular biologist, and author—about Sacred Commerce: an emergent framework bridging capitalism and consciousness. Asha reveals the four ethos of sacred commerce—Feel Good, Be Wealthy, Give Back, and Liberate—and shares how merging the magical and the logical allows us to heal our relationship with money and purpose.They explore Blue Lotus as a sacred symbol of rebirth, Lakshmi energy, human design as a business map, and how knowing your dharma type can guide your offerings and marketing in an energetically aligned way.In this episode you’ll discover:✨ The four ethos of Sacred Commerce✨ Why pleasure is essential to prosperity✨ How wealth, dharma, and liberation interconnect✨ Using astrology and human design to decode your “soul map”✨ Blue Lotus, Lakshmi, and ceremony as allies in business✨ Why your conscious sun holds your key to expression“Sacred commerce is about merging the magical and the logical—heaven and earth, sun and moon—so that business becomes a bridge to liberation.” — Asha Ramakrishna🎤 Let’s Dive into the Good Stuff on Plenty 🎤00:00 Kate opens with the magic of Asha’s arrival and the portal of Blue Lotus03:10 What is Sacred Commerce? A bridge between capitalism and consciousness07:42 The four ethos: Feel Good, Be Wealthy, Give Back, Liberate14:10 Blue Lotus, Lakshmi, and the sacredness of abundance20:30 How to redefine wealth and permission to prosper26:15 Giving back through widening your energy sources33:20 Bridging spirituality and capitalism with ceremony and offering38:40 Vedic astrology and human design as business maps46:00 The conscious sun and incarnation cross: finding your instructions54:00 How stories and oral tradition unlock transformation59:00 Discovering your dharma type and archetype for sacred work1:03:00 Where to learn more and connect with AshaLinks and Resources:The Priestess Code: Awakening the Modern Woman by Asha RamakrishnaYour Soul Map: Liberation, Human Design, and the BIPOC Experience by Asha Ramakrishna & AC BrownRelaxed MoneyThe Money Reset – Free Audio ExperienceConnect with Asha Ramakrishna:WebsiteInstagram✨Want your work to feel more like truth than effort?Join renowned breathwork leader Samantha Skelly—founder of a 7-figure healing company—for a free masterclass on growing your income, impact, and freedom by anchoring into your body.→ Save your free spot now

What if dissolving shame is the missing step between you and real financial momentum?In this solo episode of Plenty, Kate unpacks the tight grip of debt shame and financial secrecy—and why hiding from the numbers stalls your progress far more than the numbers themselves. She reframes debt as “invoices for blessings already received” and makes the critical distinction between high-interest consumer debt and debt that makes you money (the positive “spread” when your return outpaces your interest). You’ll also hear why all-or-nothing thinking is a nervous-system red flag, and how telling someone safe is often the first step to clarity and action.We cover: releasing shame by bringing things into the light, building capacity to “do the math,” and seeing nuanced opportunities—so you can either dissolve unhelpful debt or strategically leverage it for wealth.Listen now to discover: ✨ Why shame halts financial progress—and how sharing it sets you free ✨ “Invoices for blessings already received” as a practical reframe for debt ✨ The difference between consumer debt and return-producing leverage (the spread) ✨ How dysregulation fuels avoidant money habits—and what to do instead ✨ A simple truth-telling step: tell someone safe and start looking at the numbers“I call debt invoices for blessings already received.” — Kate Northrup🎤 Let’s Dive into the Good Stuff on Plenty 🎤00:00 Why debt shame keeps you stuck; welcoming honesty and light00:27 Show intro: money, time, energy, and a life of plenty01:27 Debt, secrecy, and why shame halts financial progress02:22 Tell the truth (to someone safe); vulnerability has to be earned03:12 Debt ≠ bad: using credit as a wealth-building tool when appropriate04:09 Credit, solvency, and why “no credit” can limit leverage06:03 “Invoices for blessings already received” (student loans, credit cards, mortgages)06:40 Beware false binaries; nuance requires a regulated nervous system07:12 The spread: borrowing at 4% to earn 100%—a positive use of debt09:32 High-interest consumer debt vs. productive debt (don’t pay 20% APR)11:05 Normalizing the month-to-month “float” in real businesses13:48 From credit-card debt to 8-figure growth: dissolving shame to act15:11 When fear blocks math: build capacity, then choose the smart move16:22 Two actions: tell someone safe; start doing something about it17:19 Seeing you may have been smarter than you thought (the numbers help)18:19 Learn the lesson, integrate it, and change the pattern19:36 Any past decision can become wealth once shame’s story is droppedLinks and Resources:Brené BrownRelaxed Money✨ The Money Reset: Feel Good with Money—No Matter How Much You MakeMaking more money doesn’t guarantee financial ease… but this will. The Money Reset is a free audio experience designed to help you rewire your nervous system for wealth—so managing money feels effortless.Inside, you’ll learn how to: 💡 Break the “money in, money out” cycle and create lasting stability 🎯 Relax into a new relationship with money—where structure meets flow ✨ Use the 5-Minute Calm Cashflow Ritual to bring instant clarity to your financesMore money won’t solve money stress—a resourced, supple nervous system will. Ready to shift? 👉 Get The Money Reset now! 👈

What if healing the masculine is the key to deeper love, better health, and a more peaceful world?In this powerful episode of Plenty, I sit down with Dr. Brad Jacobs, an integrative precision medicine doctor and thought leader who bridges Western science, Eastern wisdom, and emotional intelligence. Together, we explore what it really looks like to heal father wounds, move beyond toxic masculinity, and find balance between strength and softness—both within men and in our relationships with them.We talk about Brad’s personal journey from reactivity and anger to grounded emotional presence—a transformation that reshaped how he parents, partners, and practices medicine. You’ll hear how he learned to hold boundaries without shutting down, create safety without control, and embody a new model of masculine leadership rooted in awareness, humility, and heart. We also dive into how our emotional patterns influence our health, the importance of processing anger and stress through the body (not just the mind), and what happens when we offer ourselves—and our partners—compassion instead of judgment. Brad shares how practices like Hakomi therapy, mindfulness, and even simple breath awareness can help us release inherited emotional “sludge” and build resilience from the inside out.Whether you’re navigating your own relationship dynamics, raising emotionally intelligent kids, or simply curious about how to create more presence and connection in your life, this conversation offers both science and soul.Together, we explore what it means to integrate—to honor the full spectrum of who we are—so that healing the masculine becomes part of healing all of us. 💛Listen now to discover:✨ What “healing the masculine” really means and how it impacts your relationships✨ The link between emotional regulation, nervous system health, and longevity✨ Simple practices to help you pause reactivity and return to grounded presence✨ How to support the men you love in reconnecting to their emotional selves“I realized I don’t have to match someone else’s emotional storm. I can hold the line with love and let them move through it —that’s real strength.” –Dr. Brad Jacobs🎤 Let’s Dive into the Good Stuff on Plenty 🎤00:30 Introduction to Emotional Responses02:16 Introduction to Precision Medicine04:49 Martial Arts and Health Perspectives08:34 Managing Emotions and Agency11:15 Personal Stories of Anger and Control13:44 Transitioning from Reactivity to Stability17:40 Inviting Honest Feedback22:29 Understanding Emotional Regulation26:53 The Role of Past Experiences in Healing28:19 Hokomi Psychotherapy Explained30:48 Transformation Through Peak Experiences44:10 Supporting Partners in Personal GrowthLinks and Resources:Blue Wave MedicineInstitute for the Future The Hakomi InstituteEight Dates: Essential Conversations for a Lifetime of Love, Gottman Connect with Dr. Brad Jacobs:WebsiteInstagramFacebook✨ The Money Reset: Feel Good with Money—No Matter How Much You MakeMaking more money doesn’t guarantee financial ease… but this will. The Money Reset is a free audio experience designed to help you rewire your nervous system for wealth—so managing money feels effortless. 🎧💸Inside, you’ll learn how to:💡 Break the ‘money in, money out’ cycle and create lasting stability.🎯 Relax into a new relationship with money—where structure meets flow.✨ Use the 5-Minute Calm Cashflow Ritual to bring instant clarity to your finances.More money won’t solve money stress—a resourced, supple nervous system will. Ready to shift? 👉 Get The Money Reset Now! 👈

Have you ever felt like you’ve done everything right—all the mindset work, all the strategy, all the “manifestation” tools—and yet, your life still isn’t matching what you desire?I know how frustrating that can feel. In this episode, I’m diving deep into the hidden reasons why your outer world might not be shifting, even though you’ve been showing up and doing the work.I walk you through three often-overlooked layers that can keep us stuck in repeating patterns—and how to gently start releasing them so you can finally experience real change:💫 Nervous system repatterning: How our bodies can unconsciously “reset” us back to old comfort zones, and why feeling safe in expansion is key to sustaining success.💫 Secondary gain: The subtle ways we might benefit from not getting what we want (and how to lovingly explore those patterns without shame).💫 Radical approval: Why disapproving of “what is” keeps us trapped—and how genuine acceptance can become the fastest way to create the life you’ve been longing for.You’ll leave this conversation feeling grounded, supported, and equipped with practical tools you can use today—like my favorite simple nervous system exercise that can help you shift your energy in under a minute.Because the truth is, the moment you stop waiting for life to be perfect and start approving of what is, you’ve already changed everything. 🌿🎧 Tune in now, and let’s explore how to align your body, mind, and energy with the abundance that’s already within reach.👉 katenorthrup.com/reset — Download The Money Reset, my free guided experience to rewire your nervous system for wealth and calm your relationship with money.“The fastest way to get what you want is to approve of the way things are right now.”–Kate Northrup🎤 Let’s Dive into the Good Stuff on Plenty 🎤00:00 Introduction to Abundance and Life's Finite Nature00:37 Frustrations in Personal Growth and Change01:06 Understanding Secondary Gain in Personal Experiences02:20 Neural Patterning and Its Impact on Health08:04 Exploring Financial Avoidance and Secondary Gain10:10 Fear of Success and Its Implications12:26 The Importance of Approval in Life14:29 Transforming Disapproval into Approval19:30 Key Takeaways for Personal TransformationLinks and Resources:Mama GenaLoving What Is, By Byron KatieWhat if you could witness a story as it’s being born — before it’s polished, before it’s perfect, before the world sees it?I’ve spent the past few years teaching, writing, and learning alongside thousands of women about how to live and work in a way that honors our bodies, our energy, and our truth. But this next chapter — both in life and in creativity — is something entirely new.I’m inviting you into the room while the story is unfolding.✨ Introducing The Inside Reader — an intimate, creative experience where you’ll join me as I write my next book, a narrative nonfiction about women, money, and the body.Instead of waiting two years for the finished book, you’ll walk with me through the process itself — the messy middle, the sacred pauses, and the moments of breakthrough that shape what’s to come.When you step inside, you’ll receive:📖 Unfiltered early chapters as I write them🎙 Live Zoom circles every few weeks to explore meaning and process💬 A private space for conversation and reflection✨ The chance for your story or insight to shape the book itself (with your permission)This isn’t a course or a program. It’s a living, breathing creative relationship — between you, me, and the work that’s ready to be born.You’ll not only witness a book coming to life, but also awaken something in yourself: your creative rhythm, your voice, your connection to your body and money.If you’ve ever longed to be part of something real — not just the highlight reel — this is your invitation to pull up a chair by the fire and help midwife what’s next.💫 Join me inside. The story’s just beginning.👉 Learn more at katenorthrup.com/the-inside-reader Related Episode:Healing Money Regret, Anxiety, and Physical Pain Through Neurosomatic Intelligence with Elisabeth Kristof (085)

In this insightful conversation, Amanda Goetz, founder and author of Toxic Grit, explores healing from the hustle culture while maintaining ambition. She discusses her journey of self-recovery after divorce and business challenges, introducing her framework of 10 inner characters to balance roles. Amanda advocates for setting clear boundaries, utilizing sacred rest, and embracing pleasure as a source of power. Additionally, she opens up about her bisexuality, how it reshaped her identity, and the actionable lessons from her book, guiding listeners toward sustainable success.

Setting time-bound goals can often lead to anxiety and stress, a realization that sparked a transformative journey. Instead of focusing on deadlines, the conversation emphasizes creating resonant goals aligned with personal values. Removing the pressure of a timeline opened up new possibilities, leading to a surprisingly successful launch. The emphasis shifts to enjoying the journey rather than fixating on the destination, encouraging listeners to detach from rigid outcomes and embrace a more abundant mindset.