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You are here: Home / Read / Raising my Frequency: Becoming a Badass with Money (You are a Badass at Making Money by Jen Sincero review)

Raising my Frequency: Becoming a Badass with Money (You are a Badass at Making Money by Jen Sincero review)

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August was a weird month. First, the husband left out on a contract job, then the daughter child left me to return to our home state, then the husband came back (unexpectedly I might add), left again (and is still gone), and then school started. I barely had a moment to breathe which is why I ended up listening to You are a Badass at Making Money by Jen Sincero on audiobook instead of reading it.

(The links to Jen’s books are affiliate links with Amazon which help me earn a small pittance if you buy something from my link – this post is not sponsored by any brand or company, or person.)

This is not the first time I delved into one of Jen’s books. Last year I listened to Jen’s first Badass book, You are a Badass on audio. I loved the book so much that I bought the paperback and when I feel things get low, I pull it off the shelf and read a few pages.

Jen Sincero is a Badass

What I love about Jen’s books is she tells it like it is. She doesn’t mix words or sugar coat her message. Sometimes I need things told to me gently because I don’t like to feel as though I’m being yelled at. While Jen is blunt, she’s not cruel. She puts her message in an easy to understand, yet firm way.

You are a Badass at Making Money

The You are a Badass at Making Money Mantra

“I love money because…”

In You are a Badass at Making Money,  Jen delves deeper into her frequency raising way of life and discusses how our relationship with money can hold us back from being the financially secure people we want to be. It’s like The Secret meets Field of Dreams. I won’t lie; it’s a little out there because it takes us someplace where many aren’t comfortable. Jen asks you to get real about how you look at money and how you feel about it.

Jen also asks us to believe in something bigger than us. Belief in an unknown higher power might be uncomfortable for some. Jen doesn’t ask you to be religious, instead Jen asks you to accept the Universe is more than just the planet earth; your attitude, beliefs, and actions tell the Universe where you should go.

Like I said, not an easy thing to open your mind up to if you’re typically skeptical of anything referencing a “higher power.” However, Jen is able to balance her requests to believe and trust with providing you with mantras and homework to do at the end of each chapter. For instance, in chapter two Jen requests you to list the five main things you remember your parents telling you about money and then break down any negative thoughts that came to mind. From there you re-frame the thoughts into positive statements.

Sounds easy right? Wrong. Sooo not easy. It’s painful to put the negative thoughts down on paper or see the money statements in writing. But it’s also eye-opening.

Does Being a Badass at Making Money work?

Good question. I don’t know as I’ve just started doing the work to change my way of thinking. Jen calls this raising your frequency. If you think of the negative as a low frequency and the positive as a high frequency it’s easier to understand. Every time a negative thought, or doubt (or your little prince as Jen calls it), sneaks in to protect and sabotage, you lower your frequency.

Others who read You are a Badass at Making Money gave the book mixed reviews on Goodreads. Many people believe the book to be a bunch of mumbo-jumbo. I’m not one of those people who falls into the mumbo-jumbo category. I’m more of a “we are not alone” believer.

Raising my own Frequency to Badass

While I’m not a bible-toting believer, I was raised in a moderately faith-led home. I attended church, Sunday School, and went to private school until 5th grade. Religion and spirituality are not out of my realm of belief but it’s changed over the years from believing in one God to believing in something bigger than me.

I didn’t think of the book as a “how-to” guide to get rich; partly because I’d already read one of Jen’s books and I knew she wasn’t a straight “how-to” kind of girl. Instead, I looked at the book for what it was, a way to change your mindset so you’re not limiting yourself or self-sabotaging your goals. Jen readily admits that you need to work at raising your frequency and learning to be more positive in your life. This is definitely something I struggle with as I get older.

I used to be a positive person but over time I’ve had people tell me I’m too loud, I’m exhausting and bring people down, that I wasn’t realistic, or I was a daydreamer with my head in the clouds. (What a way to lower someone’s frequency right?)

Where money is concerned I’ve always had blinders on. I don’t like to talk about it or deal with it, but yes I love to make it. However, I don’t always feel like I’m entitled to it, let alone love it. Half of that is how I grew up and it went with me into my marriage thus worsening how I looked at money.

Not a Get Rich Quick Scheme

I think the best thing I like about You are a Badass at Making Money is it’s not a “get rich quick” book. It takes time to change your attitude and how you view money. Constant. Daily. Work.

Two months have passed since I read the book and it doesn’t take much to slip into the negative thoughts I have in regards to money.

Lastly, Jen does remind you that getting “rich” looks different to many people so it’s best to have a clearly defined picture of how that looks FOR YOU.

If you’re the kind of person who is intrigued by the notion that you control your own destiny or you need to have a tough talk about money, then You are a Badass at Making Money might be the book for you. At the very least you’ll learn that money isn’t the root of all evil.

P.S. I borrowed the audiobook version of this book from my local library. However, it’s definitely part of my Christmas Wish List


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