63. Unmasking the Accumulator's Shadow Side
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In this episode we discuss the shadow side of the accumulator archetype.
I introduce the concept of shadows and how they represent the parts of ourselves that we deny or repress.
We will explore the top five shadows that can manifest for accumulators, including the fear of scarcity, avoiding risk, and excessive financial planning. I emphasize the importance of embracing change, being present in the moment and trusting your intuition. I encourage all accumulators to address their shadow aspects and find a balance between financial security and growth.
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Speaker 1 (00:00:00) - Welcome back to another episode of the Money Mindset Hub podcast. I'm your host, Karla Townsend, and I'm the money mindset and success coach for female entrepreneurs. And I'm so excited that you're here. This series is going to be made up of eight different podcast episodes that are going to be all about the shadow sides of each individual archetype. So first off, at the beginning of each episode, I'm going to explain briefly what a shadow is and then give you a different example of when it might appear in your life. Just in case not everyone listens to every single episode in this series, they might only listen to their dominant archetype just so everyone's on the same page. That's what we're going to be doing before I dive into that individual archetype and where their shadow signs might be appearing, whether consciously or unconsciously, so we can actually dive deep into them to be able to transcend what's going on there. So first of all, what is a shadow? The concept of a person's shadow was actually made popular by the Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung, who believed that the human psyche contains both conscious and unconscious elements.
Speaker 1 (00:01:05) - So the shadow represents the part of you that you may deny, repress or reject due to societal conditioning, personal beliefs, cultural norms. And these things can include repressed fears, desires, traumas, emotions, and even qualities about yourself that you consider unacceptable or undesirable to have. So these are the parts of yourself that you have repressed, either consciously or unconsciously. So I'll give you an example. When you were a child, you may have somehow believed that if you acted a certain way, you wouldn't be loved or accepted. Now, as a child, that's all the child wants. I just want to be loved and accepted. And therefore you may have then repressed that part of yourself. For example, your parent might have said to you to not be a show off, then you may have made that mean that you aren't allowed to be too good because it will make others feel bad about themselves. Therefore, you hold yourself back because you don't want to be a show off because that's a bad thing and then you won't be accepted or liked.
Speaker 1 (00:02:09) - It shows how it can actually stem directly from when you were a child. And even now you might be able to consciously say, Well, that's not true, but unconsciously these patterns might be still playing out in your reality. You just haven't realized yet. So I hope this episode helps you to uncover an art, whether you're an accumulator or not. This might actually show you where these certain parts of yourself are playing out, where you might be holding yourself back. You might not realize it or might not think that you are until now. So it's really about self-awareness. Okay, so in this episode we're going to deep dive directly into the shadow side of the accumulator archetype. So all my fellow accumulators out there because I'm one two and accumulator is my dominant archetype, we're going to be able to see where your shadows of yourself are playing out so that you can further explore. Because often a lot of the time further exploration is actually what's required. So in order to fully express ourself to live an authentic life, we don't want to be hiding behind this facade.
Speaker 1 (00:03:09) - And what happens here is our shadow creates this facade because we hide certain aspects of ourself. We don't talk about certain things. We have certain fears, doubts and beliefs around what that means. So essentially that's what a shadow is. It's just part of yourself that you've repressed because you don't believe that desirable. So the accumulator archetype is also referred to as the banker, which values financial security and stability. But as every archetype does, there is certain shadow aspects that can manifest when they're taken to extremes. So recognizing and addressing these shadow sides is really essential for your own personal and professional growth and just a healthier relationship with money in general. So in this episode, we're going to talk about the top five shadows that can play out for an accumulator. So maybe you are maybe you aren't aware of them, but hope after this episode it will really shed some light on where you need to explore further in order to live your fullest life. First one is scarcity. So there is the shadow side of an accumulator that can really lead to this excessive fear of scarcity.
Speaker 1 (00:04:21) - This fear of there's never enough or it's going to run out so it can end up leading into behaviors or hoarding resources, hoarding money, saving it all away and just saving, saving, saving for a rainy day, avoiding investments, even whether it be in your personal life, whether it be in your business, avoiding the investments, because it can be really hard to navigate that loss of the funds and actually look at it as an opportunity for growth and for evolution of yourself, your wealth of your business, growing a business when you have certain desires, it's going to take a certain level of investment. And depending on what that what feels good for you, there is always going to be that thing that comes up. And I know I felt this, obviously I am an accumulator, but I felt this to where I've held myself back from not investing in certain software for my business or not investing in a coach for the longest time because I was so scared of losing the money. And there's no absolute guarantee that the money will flow back.
Speaker 1 (00:05:19) - However, when you trust your intuition and your authority to make the decision that this is right for you, that's when the money will always flow back. So there's that detachment that comes into that, and knowing that money is a resource that needs to flow, it needs to flow. And as long as it's flowing in accordance with your values, we can move beyond that potential fear of the investment and the money not coming back and just holding on to it. We don't want to go into that over excessive relationship with money where we are over controlling it. It needs to flow. It's a resource as an energetic resource. So as long as you're making financial decisions that feel good to you and you know that your higher self is saying, do this, this is going to get you there, the guarantee is on you. You have to take a chance on you when it comes to these kind of investments in your life, in your business. So another way of being able to reframe them. Is instead of focusing on what you might lose in that the money might not come back.
Speaker 1 (00:06:15) - It's actually focusing on the opportunities and the potentialities of that investment and what that could do. For instance, if you are investing in a mentor or a mastermind or something of the sorts like that. There is no guarantee of results. The results are directly dependent on your action, the action that you take, though, your responsibility. Your responsibility is your ability to respond. So when you make an investment like that, it's on you. It always is. You will get the most out of an investment the more that you put in. So at the end of the day, you've just got to make sure that they align with your long term goals, your big vision. Where are you going? Is this investment going to get you closer or further away? You will know that answer. Listen to your authority. So next one is avoiding risk. Ties perfectly into this, right? Scarcity, avoiding risk ties into investments. So you might be avoiding risk altogether because it's scary. It's scary. There's no guarantee.
Speaker 1 (00:07:16) - It's so, so closely related to scarcity, but it is slightly different. But this is where we want to look at, well, how is this actually going to limit your potential growth? So your growth, if you don't take the risk, you don't invest, you don't move the needle, you don't do the things that you know, that your authority and your intuition is saying this is the right step for you, but you don't do it. Because you're scared to take risks and it might affect your financial progress, like it might affect your net worth for a short period of time. Something that I explain to my clients all the time is look at your net worth and is this investment going to increase your net worth or decrease it? Not as in the short term, but in the long term. If it's going to increase it in the long term and it's going to get you closer to the thing that you desire, your long term goals, always having that long term vision, your North Star in mind when you're making a risk.
Speaker 1 (00:08:07) - If that is a yes and you know that that is right for you and this needs to be taken, take it. Don't try and over calculate it. Don't try and over control it, because that's where essentially you can say stuck. And it is this perpetuating cycle for an accumulator to just stay in the same position where you're at. You don't want that. You don't want that. And you really go with money. You really go with saving and being secure and always having money there. However, risk is a part of growth. If there's no risk, there's no reward. So really have a look into where that's playing out for you. So then comes financial planning. Now I mean excessive planning, very rigid when it comes to your money plan. I call them budgets. I call them money plans because budget has this negative connotation around not having enough and just scrimping on everything. That's not the case. A money plan is just knowing what's coming in and what's going out. But when you are so rigid and you can't actually allow for more, that's when you will feel like.
Speaker 1 (00:09:10) - But there's only ever just enough. There's never more than enough there. Isn't that overflow? Because you could be a bit too rigid in the financial planning aspects. Avoiding risks as well. Not taking investments. The scarcity comes up all the time. And this is when it can hinder your adaptability. And being adaptable in business is so crucial if you really want to succeed. So be adaptable. Be flexible. Plan, of course, but don't over plan to the point that you actually cannot open up and allow for more. Allow for abundance to come in in in various different ways. So looking at your money plan. Always remember that money comes and abundance comes in so many different ways. It's not just this one route. It's not just this one income generating source. It can come in in a lot of different ways. We need to open up our minds to be able to see the opportunities that are always around us, not be closed off, which is what we can do sometimes when we're we have our blinkers on so hard that we actually don't see the opportunities that are coming to us.
Speaker 1 (00:10:13) - That could just be the thing that really skyrockets your success. So the fourth one is resistance to change. Accumulators resist change big time because change brings uncertainty. Change brings uncertainty. Now your mind wants to keep you safe. It wants to keep you in the known and what you've always done. But the thing here is, when you want a life and business that is beyond what you ever thought possible, when it is so big, you need to be able to adapt and accept that change is inevitable part of life. There's one thing that you can bet on in life change. Everything will change. The minute you get comfortable, things will change. We want to always step out of that. We don't want to cap ourselves in our growth and in our opportunities. Being uncomfortable is the best thing that you can do, because the more that you become addicted to becoming uncomfortable, the more that you will grow, the faster you will grow, the faster you will quantum leap. That is how it happens. So resisting change and not wanting to change one will keep you exactly where you are.
Speaker 1 (00:11:21) - But also again, it's not going to open you up to any opportunities that overflowing abundance that you can experience. Should you just accept that change is inevitable, Take those risks, do the things that you need to do in line with your intuition and your authority when you're making decisions? Very, very important. Now the fifth one. Now, I know this is short and sweet episodes, but I just want to, like, hit you with it and you can go and explore these a little bit deeper. So the fifth one, and this is something that kept coming up for me. It does still come up for me because I'm someone who just goes roll on certain things, but it is having difficulty in being present, not being able to enjoy the present moment and always forward planning, always thinking forward. And maybe for an accumulated to. It means saying no to things that you actually want to say yes to things because it might dip your bank account. It might affect the money in your bank account.
Speaker 1 (00:12:20) - Rather than saying this is an experience and I'm going to be present in this experience and it's going to be such a good experience. And remembering that experience is what you remember when you get to the end of your life. You're not going to look back and say, Look at all the great things I have. Now, I don't mean in terms of family and friends and all of that, I mean in terms of materialistic possessions. Are you going to remember that car that you had, that bag that you bought, that blazer that you had? No. You're going to think back on the best part of your life and the experiences that you have with the people that you loved. The experiences. So for me, when it comes to finding it hard to enjoy the present moment, I have to stop. And I have to remember that everything happens in the now. There is no past. There is no future. We only have the present. And in the present moment, that's where everything changes. That's where everything shifts.
Speaker 1 (00:13:13) - This is where you quantum leap decisions that you make now, how present you are now everything happens now. If you desire something repeated to yourself, I desire this now. This is my reality now and feel into it. There's a lot to be said about the feelings too, because when you really, truly want to manifest something and you can bring yourself into the present moment and you can really feel that shift in your body like it's done, it's happened. This is mine. When you feel more grateful for things right now, in the present moment, whether you're just sitting on the couch cuddling your baby and you're like, Oh, it just it brings up so much gratitude. When you can play into gratitude a lot more, you will start to enjoy the present moment a lot more. And that's when everything gets to shift. Everything gets to shift. You get those beautiful downloads that come through. There's so much that happens right now because there is no past. There is no future. Remember, there is only the present moment.
Speaker 1 (00:14:13) - This is key when it comes to quantum manifestation in the moment is what counts. So if you are in the moment, but actually your mind somewhere else and you're thinking about all the things that you've got to do and all the things that you've done, and even if you think about the past. But that was important now or should I just be present in now, what am I doing? There's my list. I call it a brain dump list. When I have a lot on my mind, I get a bit of paper and I just write it all out what is on my mind so I can put it all down. I know I won't forget anything. Then I will do the thing that I'm doing in the moment. So right now, for me, I could be thinking about everything that's coming up for the rest of the day. The rest of the week. What I need to finish packing, all this sort of stuff. But right now I'm like, No, I'm going to be here.
Speaker 1 (00:14:52) - I'm going to be present with you. I'm going to record this episode. It's going to be amazing. We're going to enjoy this moment right now because every accumulator out there needs to hear this to understand their shadows. So this is what I'm focusing on. So noticing and addressing these shadow aspects of yourself, it can lead to such a healthier and more pleasant relationship with money. I want you to embrace growth. I want you to embrace discomfort, embrace taking a chance on yourself. Where you need to seek professional advice, especially when it comes into investments. But never forget your North Star and why you're doing what you're doing. Because if that change, if that risk, if that investment, if that is going to get you closer to where you desire to be, you need to trust your intuition, trust your decision making process. So your authority for me, I am a splenic authority. If you don't know what yours is, find out what your human design is. Find out what your human design is and that will tell you what your authority is.
Speaker 1 (00:15:55) - Trust it. I swear, the more that I trust my own authority, that's splenic authority, which is that intuitive hit. And I lean into it even when it scares the shit out of me when I lean into it because it's going to get me closer to my North Star. It's going to get me closer to reaching my potential. It's going to get me closer to reaching the impact of desire to create in the world. That is when everything changes and then all of a sudden you open up, you become a portal to receive. You become a portal to receive all the opportunities, all the abundance that are flowing around you. And they always are. There are so many different potentialities that you can take. So find that balance. Find it between that security that you need as an accumulator. You need that financial security and stability, but also in the growth that is also necessary for you to have even more financial security, even more financial abundance. So even though shadow work can be really challenging and it can be uncomfortable at times, it's going to lead to greater self-awareness and then you're actually going to be able to fully express yourself, fully express who you are, and create the biggest, most beautiful impact in this life.