What is a Frugal Goddess?

What is a Frugal Goddess, you might ask - and why does Adrienne refer to "Sister Goddesses?"

A Frugal Goddess is a woman who is aware of (or open to discovering!) her connection with All That Is, and wants to LIVE LARGE. But she also has a budget and wants to manage it responsibly. She is ready to manifest MORE now. For herself, for her loved ones and for the planet.

She loves her body and loves her life! She has been through the muck and rigors of many a swampy battlefield and is ready to take command of her energy, focus and direction.

Most of all, she has big dreams and a raging desire to savor every little juicy drop of goodness that the world has to offer. She is on the planet to add her love and vision to the ongoing group art project called Life.

Does this sound like you?

I got deeply involved in this path when I took a "Mastery" class with "Mama Gena's School of Womanly Arts" in New York City. I'd been working at a metaphysical publisher for a couple of years and was quietly seething with rage and frustration after having been passed up for the position that I'd been promised when I was hired. I was seriously disappointed and became dedicated to making my life everything it could be. When the School of Womanly Arts phoned to order 300 copies of one of our motivational books, I knew immediately from their silly name, that these were people I wanted to meet! So I requested their information, and staked some 4 months salary (through the miracle of credit cards) to take the Mastery course. This meant flying to NYC several times, as the workshop was held one weekend a month for 4 months. Also put this on credit cards. These expenses became tax deductible, as professional enrichment, but the credit card charges remained, gathering interest, as credit card charges do.

While enjoying time with my fellow Sister Goddesses, I noticed that many of us were in states of financial stress. A big part of Mama Gena's (aka Regena Thomashauer) philosophy is that women can conjure all sorts of financial abundance: enough to pay for the class, and any other extravagance one might be able to imagine. The world is full of amazing luxuries, and we deserve all of them! The more expensive, the better.

She featured stories of women whose loved ones - husbands, family members - had given them the money for the class, were taking them on expensive trips, and who were now manifesting six-figure jobs. But most of us were self-employed, entrepreneurs, even single moms. We were in financial straits and felt tense that we were spending $500 a day to be at the class. It seemed "unprosperous" to discuss any feelings of pressure or lack, so we continued in silence, building up debt and using the Pleasure Tools to get through our stress, in the hope that we would be manifesting better jobs, more generous men, or major windfalls, soon.

I'd been in the metaphysical community for my whole life, and now was in a dead-end job with a metaphysical publisher; ironically enough, selling books with titles like,
"Think and Grow Rich."

Was all this positive-thinking stuff B.S., I wondered, or was there some missing lever waiting to be discovered?
I began the experiment... of finding out if Mama's brilliant philosophy about Pleasure could co-exist with real-life daily responsibilities.
Can a woman feel powerful and attract prosperity, while still respecting her budget?

I am finding in many ways, that the answer is Yes! And, step by step, this wondering has become a series of support groups, then a book proposal, then a blog, and now, a gorgeous online forum. Welcome to the experiment. Let's find out if it works!

Weigh in if you'd like: What are the tricks to attracting abundance while remaining financially mindful?