Releasing Scarcity: Practical Ways to Choose Ease Without Losing Momentum by Colby Carr, Spiritual Life & Embodiment Coach - Life of Oasis

Finding balance can feel difficult. Trusting the unknown can feel even harder. For many women, especially those building businesses or redefining success later in life, the idea of ease can feel unrealistic, or even irresponsible.

For generations, many of us were taught that stability comes from constant effort, sacrifice, and pushing through. Scarcity wasn’t just a mindset, it was a lived reality. Those beliefs don’t disappear overnight, even when our lives begin to look different.

But living with intention doesn’t mean rejecting hard work. It means learning how to move forward without letting fear lead every decision.

Below are a few grounded ways to begin releasing scarcity patterns while still honoring responsibility, ambition, and growth.

4 Practical Ways to Release Scarcity and Practice Ease

1. Identify the Story You’re Operating From

Scarcity often shows up as an internal script running quietly in the background.

Ask yourself:

What do I believe must happen before I’m allowed to feel safe or successful?
Do I associate rest or ease with failure or laziness?

Simply naming the belief creates awareness, and awareness is the first step toward change.

2. Acknowledge Where That Belief Came From

Many scarcity patterns aren’t personal failures; they’re inherited survival strategies.

These beliefs may come from:

Family experiences with financial instability
Cultural expectations around productivity
Past seasons where effort truly was required for survival

Recognizing this helps reduce shame and creates space for compassion.

3. Replace Pressure With a Steadier Anchor

Rather than forcing positive thinking, choose a belief that feels realistic and supportive.

Examples:

I am allowed to build something sustainable, not exhausting.
Ease and responsibility can exist at the same time.
My pace does not determine my worth.

This isn’t about abandoning goals, it’s about changing the energy behind how you pursue them.

4. Practice Choice Instead of Perfection

Releasing scarcity doesn’t happen all at once. It happens through small, repeated choices.

Each time you:

Pause instead of panic
Rest without guilt
Choose alignment over urgency

You reinforce a new pattern, one rooted in trust rather than fear.

A Simple Reflection Practice

If you’d like to take this a step deeper, try this short exercise:

Write down one belief you’ve carried about success or survival
Note where it may have originated
Choose one sentence that better supports the life you’re building now

Close with a slow breath and the reminder:
“I honor what carried me here, and I choose what carries me forward.”

Honoring the past doesn’t require us to keep living inside the same stories. We can acknowledge what shaped us, release what no longer serves us, and choose narratives that support who we are becoming.

And we don’t have to rush that process. We simply have to keep choosing, one honest moment at a time.

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Colby Carr
Spiritual Life & Embodiment Coach