Last night I was walking my dogs with my husband. He had a pretty busy week so it was the first time he could actually come with me, giving us time to talk.

I was asking about his work and telling him about mine when I started to talk about money.

Uh-oh. The dreaded topic. The thing that has most people cringe. The uncomfortable, unsettling, non-approachable item. (Which is odd, because like everything else, all money really is is energy- but that’s a whole other topic altogether).

“You know what. We are really blessed. I’m feeling so good about our financials lately. We are so wealthy, ya know?”

If you knew me and my thoughts on money, you wouldn’t be surprised that my husband’s jaw literally dropped to the pavement we were walking on.

“Is this you? Elizabeth Scala? Are you talking about money right now?”

He was shocked.

You see, I’ve been raised with and pretty much approached my entire financial life with a lack mentality. I’ve written about this on my blog before. It’s no secret I’ve struggled with my relationship with the green stuff.

Self-limiting beliefs like the following were constants in my monkey-mind:

• Money doesn’t grow on trees.
• You have to work hard to earn money.
• Only greedy, no good liars are wealthy.
• Once you get rich, you get unhappy.

I’m sure there’s more but that’s enough depression for one blog post- LOL.

When it comes to money and our lack mentality towards it, I often think of nursing. Does any of this sound familiar to you?

• I don’t have the supplies I need.
• We never have enough staffing.
• I can’t get my medications on time.
• Our equipment doesn’t work properly.

These are realities for nurses nationwide. I’m well aware as I’ve struggled against these challenges myself. It’s one thing to state them, come up with a solution and move one. It’s another to constantly focus on what we ‘don’t’ have on hand.

I think this is part of the trouble today in nursing. It’s somewhat self-inflicted. Before you come through the computer and slap me silly, hear me out.

What we focus on we get more of. Energy goes where attention flows.

We pay attention to what we ‘don’t’ have in nursing- we give it life.

There’s more good happening on any one nursing unit at any one time, during any one shift, than there is of all of the bad put together. Don’t believe me? Just ask the patients what they are grateful for, after having great nursing care. Ask the doctors who helped them with their procedures. Ask the families who held their hands while waiting through a long night.

Who hugs someone when there is loss? Who celebrates when there is joy? Who is always there, doing their job, and taking pride in their work?

The nurses.

We are the arms, ears, legs, heads, feet and soul of healthcare. We do great work.

Let’s start focusing on it.

If you need help shifting your own mindset from lack to a wealth of abundance, I invite you to join my dear friend and colleague Cassandra Herbert next week. She is hosting a freaking phenomenal event called Blissful Living and Loving III: Blissful Abundance.

Join Cassandra and a dozen others as they guide us away from scarcity, overwhelm and fear towards a new light of accomplishing everything we dream of and abundantly more. For more information and to register for this event, you may click here.

I’d love to hear from you! How will you start to shift your lack mentality nursing perspective towards one of accomplishment, pride, satisfaction and joy? Where can you begin to relish in all of the good that nurses, that you, do on a daily basis? Enjoy your health today! Thank you.