17 - The Abundance You’re Chasing is Who You Are

Welcome back to All The Way Alive.In this episode, I explore something that lives at the core of so much seeking… the belief that we are somehow lacking. That abundance, love, freedom, or fulfillment are things we need to find, earn, or become.But what if that’s not true?What if the very thing we’re chasing… is already what we are?This episode opens up the paradox of abundance — not as something external or achievable, but as something remembered. A return. A softening out of the identity that says “I’m not there yet.”I share reflections on the subtle ways we misidentify with lack, how the mind keeps us in a loop of becoming, and how compassion becomes essential in meeting ourselves exactly where we are.We explore what it means to pause the constant doing… and instead ask a different question:Who would I be without the thought that something is missing?And what begins to open when we allow ourselves to feel into that… even for a moment.This is not about fixing, striving, or becoming more.It’s about remembering.We explore:• The illusion of lack and how it forms through identity• The paradox of trying to “become” abundance• How the mind perpetuates separation through seeking• The role of compassion in meeting ourselves where we are• A gentle inquiry inspired by Byron Katie: “Who would I be without that thought?”• Returning to presence, being, and what is already here• Opening to possibility beyond what the mind can perceiveThis episode is soft, spacious, and quietly confronting in the best way. An invitation to loosen your grip on becoming… and rest, even briefly, in what already is.—If this episode resonates, you may feel called into a different way of building and living — one that doesn’t come from lack, but from truth, freedom, and what’s already alive within you.Freedom by Design is an 8-week live experience where we walk through your vision, your lifestyle, and your business… and reimagine it from the inside out.Not from pressure. Not from strategy alone. But from alignment.We begin April 20.You can explore and join here:https://www.carolinestewart.ca/freedom-by-design💫 Curious about the work I share? Visit my IG: @soulalignedcaroline Or explore more at: www.carolinestewart.ca🎧 Podcast intro mastered by Miko Lay IG: @komi.artist