Scarcity Mindset Healing: Why Scarcity Is a Lie and How to Shift the Story
- Kit Turner
- May 22
- 3 min read
From the outside, money might look like numbers, goals, and strategy.
But for most of us, it’s a lot more emotional.
Scarcity is often rooted in trauma—not accounting.
We absorb it early, through subtle cues and family patterns. And it becomes a script we live by.
In this blog, I explore:
The three myths of scarcity (from Lynne Twist)
How those beliefs affect our nervous system
Why mindset work alone doesn’t shift them
And how subconscious belief change + somatic support can open us to true abundance
This isn’t about magical thinking.
It’s about creating safety, shifting your inner landscape, and learning to receive—fully.
In The Soul of Money, Lynne Twist names the myths at the heart of scarcity—but what I see in my work is this: scarcity mindset healing is not about just changing your thoughts. It’s about shifting the beliefs and patterns that live in your nervous system and subconscious.
What if the constant feeling of “not enough” isn’t about money at all?
What if it’s a story—one you didn’t choose, but inherited?
In The Soul of Money, Lynne Twist names three core myths that shape how we relate to money, time, and even love:
There’s not enough
More is better
That’s just the way it is
These aren’t just abstract ideas. They live in our bodies. They become the air we breathe—especially if we grew up around financial tension, emotional neglect, or systems that equated survival with struggle.
This isn’t just about money
I’ve worked with clients who earn six figures and still feel like it’s never enough.
I’ve sat with people who give endlessly to others but struggle to receive.
I’ve held space for creatives, sensitives, and deep feelers who intellectually know they are worthy—yet feel emotionally blocked from claiming that truth.
Why?
Because scarcity is more than mindset.
It’s a survival imprint.
And it often lives deep in the subconscious.
Scarcity as a Nervous System Pattern
From a healing perspective, scarcity is often a nervous system response.
If you grew up with unpredictability, you may have internalised:
“I need to work harder to be safe.”
“I can’t let my guard down.”
“There isn’t enough to go around.”
These beliefs become strategies.
And even when your external reality changes, the internal programming stays.
This is why affirmations or budgeting apps can’t reach the root.
The issue isn’t only what you think—
It’s what your body believes to be true.
Scarcity Mindset Healing: Shifting from Fear to Sufficiency
This is the heart of scarcity mindset healing—learning to relate to money, rest, and receiving not through survival, but through trust and safety.
In my practice, I help clients shift from scarcity to sufficiency—not through force or hustle, but through subconscious transformation, somatic practices, and a kind of emotional repatterning that begins with safety.
We don’t start by fixing the money.
We start by rebuilding your relationship to receiving, deserving, and rest.
Here’s what that can look like:
Naming the exact beliefs running under the surface
Using body-based awareness to regulate old fear responses
Installing new beliefs like:
“I am safe to receive.”
“There is enough for me.”
“I am allowed to thrive without burnout.”
The shift is subtle—but profound.
You begin to make different choices.
You stop undercharging.
You rest without guilt.
You trust that you’re supported.
This isn’t spiritual bypassing
This isn’t about pretending money blocks don’t exist, or manifesting wealth with good vibes only.
It’s about healing the internal system that keeps you in survival—even when it’s no longer necessary.
Scarcity was never your fault.
But abundance—your version of it—can become your reality.
Want support?
If you’re ready to gently shift the beliefs, patterns, and emotional wiring that keep you stuck in scarcity, I offer 1:1 sessions online and in Paris.
Together, we work at the level where real change happens:
the nervous system, the subconscious, and the heart.
Reach out at kit@kitturnerstudio.com
Or DM me on Instagram @kitturner_studio
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