Your Money Story Isn’t About Working Harder — It’s About Shifting Awareness
I Thought I Knew My Money Story —
Until This Game Changed the Light
I didn’t change my belief about work
— I changed my relationship with it.
When I shifted my energy instead of increasing my effort, my money story began to rewrite itself.
The Program I Grew Up With
I grew up with a very clear program around work and money.
Work is noble.
Work gives you dignity.
And God helps those who help themselves.
This program gave me everything I have built in my life.
And I still believe in it.
What changed wasn’t the belief — it was the definition of work.
When Effort Stopped Working
For most of my life, I worked in ways inherited from the first and second industrial revolutions:
fill the day, push the effort, prove your worth through hours and output.
It worked.
Until it didn’t.
At some point, more effort stopped creating more flow.
- More discipline didn’t bring more ease.
- More doing didn’t lead to more clarity.
Something was off — even though I was doing “everything right.”
The Game That Changed the Light
Playing the Money Box Game changed my relationship with that original program.
Not by rejecting it.
But by seeing it from a different light.
The Money Box Game is a reflective, embodied experience designed to surface unconscious money programs — not through strategy, but through play and awareness.
As I became more aware of the invisible programs running my decisions, I noticed something surprising:
Money and opportunities started to come to me when my energy changed — not when my effort increased.
From Forcing to Allowing
That’s when Joe Dispenza’s words landed in my body, not just my mind:
“Your personality creates your personal reality.”
What shifted was, in many ways, my personality —
- my energy,
- my attention,
- what I noticed,
- what I allowed.
And by noticing different things, my personal reality changed.
Money didn’t respond to my effort.
It responded to my awareness.
Seeing It Reflected in Others
I see this mirrored in others, too.
Kristi Murphy describes how playing the game reset her nervous system, aligned her energy with abundance, and turned imagined desires into lived reality — from homes and cars to clarity and freedom.
Not through force.
But through play.
Why This Isn’t Woo-Woo (Even If It Sounds Like It)
Every time I play the game (which I co-created with Nick Haines, my business partner in Exploring Boxes – The Good, The Bad and The Ugly), I feel the shift again.
My nervous system calms.
I move into more ease.
And I genuinely enjoy watching things come to me.
It might sound a little woo-woo to some.
That’s okay.
All I can say is this:
I didn’t lose my work ethic — I upgraded it.
Reykjavík, Iceland, January 22nd 2026.
FAQ:
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No. It’s about redefining what meaningful work looks like — and how awareness changes outcomes.
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No. Curiosity is enough.
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It’s a wonderful game especially for people who have worked hard, done “everything right,” and feel something wants to shift.
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