The Hidden Link Between Self-Worth and Wealth: 3 Simple Shifts for Women Ready for More
Jun 26, 2025
You can master spreadsheets, strategies, and sales… but if your self-worth is low, your income will be too.
That’s the hidden link most ambitious women overlook.
It doesn’t matter how brilliant your business plan is, how many strategies you know for finding off-market deals, or how hard you work - your wealth, your opportunities, your relationships all quietly rise (or fall) to meet the level of your self-worth.
As Jamie Kern Lima, author of Worthy, reminds us:
“You were born worthy. You just forgot.”
If you’ve ever felt stuck at a certain income level, undercharged for your brilliance, played small in your business, or held back by quiet feelings of not enough, this is for you.
Here are three powerful, practical ways to elevate your self-worth — and your wealth — starting today.
1. Rewire Your Worthiness Narrative
Your self-image is your energetic ceiling. You simply can’t out-earn, out-love, or out-succeed the story you tell yourself about what you’re worth.
That story might sound like:
“Why bother? I’m not ready.”
“People like me don’t get those kinds of chances.”
“I need to be [thinner, younger, more experienced, more connected, a man, etc.] to be taken seriously.”
Sound familiar? You’re not alone — but you can rewrite the script.
In Barbara Huson’s wonderful book - Rewire for Wealth, she shares a framework for reprogramming your brain for financial success.
Barbara Huson’s 3-Step Worthiness Rewire:
- Recognize the Limiting Belief
Catch the sneaky limiting thought (e.g., “I’m not enough.” or “It can’t work for me”). Awareness cracks the door open to change. - Reframe the Belief
Replace that thought with something more empowering. Here are some examples:
Replace “I’m not enough” with “I am enough. I was born worthy.”
Replace “I’m not ready” with “I am capable.”
Replace “Who do I think I am?” with “I am worthy of every desire in my heart.”
- React Differently
Your actions anchor your new worthiness story. When self-doubt tells you to shrink and avoid picking up the phone? You make the call. You say yes. You show up. You become the woman your desires require.You show up at the woman who knows she is worth it.
The $1.2 Billion Reframe
When Jamie Kern Lima founded IT Cosmetics, investors rejected her over and over. She did not have experience or connections. She did not “look the part” of someone who sold cosmetics. She was overweight. One investor even told her:
“People won’t buy from someone who looks like you.”
She could have believed them. Instead, she reframed the story telling herself that “Rejection is God’s protection.” She kept going, she showed up as her radiant, real self. She ended up on QVC showing her red, blotchy skin before and after putting on her foundation. She was successful BECAUSE she was real, authentic, and looked like most of the audience. She worked hard, persevered, and ended up selling her business for $1.2 billion.
Success starts with how you see yourself. Rewrite the narrative around your self-worth, and everything will shift.
2. Surround Yourself with Worth Expanders
Proximity is power.
Your environment either chips away at your confidence — or expands it beyond what you thought possible.
You deserve to be surrounded by people who:
💫 See your brilliance
💫 Reflect your worth back to you
💫 Call you into your boldest, most unapologetic self
💫 Are living their most abundant and brilliant lives, too.
Your circle either keeps you small… or reminds you you’re destined for more.
Audit Your Circle:
✅ Who lifts you higher?
✅ Who holds big, bold visions — and makes you believe you can too?
✅ Who believes in your dreams, even on the days you doubt them?
And…
🚫 Who dims your light?
🚫 Who plants quiet seeds of doubt?
🚫 Who benefits from you playing small?
Truth bomb: You may need to lovingly set boundaries — even with family members. You don’t owe your dreams to anyone who doesn’t see your magic.
Want to elevate faster? Get in the room with people playing a bigger game. Yes, it might stretch you. Impostor syndrome will whisper, “You don’t belong here.” That’s your cue to stay — and rise.
3. Celebrate Your Worth in Action
Self-worth isn’t earned at the finish line — it’s built in the daily moments you honor yourself.
Every small, powerful action you take whispers to your nervous system:
“See? I’m worthy. I’m becoming her.”
Celebrate it all:
✔ The courageous phone call
✔ The bold boundary
✔ The tiny investment in yourself
✔ The moment you walked into the intimidating room anyway
Daily Worthy Wins Practice:
Get a journal that feels like a love letter to your future self — luxurious, beautiful, worthy of you. Each day, write:
✨ Three ways you honored your worth today
✨ One bold, juicy desire you’re claiming — because you’re worthy of it now
Write your desire as if it’s already yours. Repeat it daily until it’s in your hands.
Your desires were placed in you for a reason. You’re worthy of all of them — and then some.
Your Worth, Your Wealth — It’s All Connected
To sum it up:
✔ Rewire your worthiness narrative — Recognize. Reframe. React differently.
✔ Curate your circle with worth expanders — Be in rooms that stretch you.
✔ Celebrate your worth in action — Let your daily wins anchor your new reality.
The more you elevate your self-worth, the more you naturally open the doors to abundance, joy, love, and wealth.
You Were Born Worthy — You Were Born for More
You couldn’t be any worthier if you tried. You are worthy of every desire in your heart — wealth, freedom, love, impact, joy — and so much more.
You’re worthy now. Full stop.
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