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SAGE & SASS

Your Ancestors' Spotify Wrapped Is Ruining Your Bank Account

Or: How to Stop Dancing to Dead People's Money Trauma

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Dea Devidas
Feb 19, 2025
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Picture this: You’re standing at the gates of abundance like a nervous teenager at their first party, clutching your gratitude journal and a vision board that’s been “manifesting” since 2019. Just as you’re about to step in, your inherited nervous system patterns show up like anxiety on a first date... uninvited but somehow right on schedule. And honey, they brought receipts from three generations back.

Your blood carries frequencies your bank account is still trying to decode.

Let’s talk about why you’re still window shopping at the abundance store instead of owning the whole damn franchise.

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Your Family’s Greatest Hits: The Poverty Playlist 🎵

Your relationship with money isn’t just yours. It’s a mixtape of your ancestors’ greatest survival mechanisms, featuring such classics as:

  • “Money Doesn’t Grow on Trees” (The Parental Mix)

  • “Rich People Are Evil” (Extended Family Remix)

  • “Security Over Joy” (Boomer Generation Cut)

  • “Freedom OR Money” (The False Dichotomy Track)

These weren’t universal t…

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