How I Attracted $17,500 in one week

Allison Guilbault
Aug 21
3 min read

Updated: Aug 28

If you’re anything like me…

you might have a complicated relationship with money 💸.

I grew up in a household where we taught that money was something that was always just one hiccup away from running out, something that could slip through your fingers at any minute, something that is lost. So, I learned to equate money with scarcity.

I grew up in a culture that positioned that the way to make money was to climb a corporate ladder- to work hard and then the dedication would (eventually, maybe) be rewarded with a high salary. So, I started relating hustle to security.

I grew up in a society that furthered that although hard work = the way to money, it only did sometimes. If you wanted to be a doctor, financial abundance would be obvious. But if you wanted to be a therapist, or god forbid a social worker, money should never be at the forefront of your mind…those professions “don't do it for the money”. So, I viewed my desire for financial freedom with shame.

I grew up in a time where talking about money- who had it, who didn't, how to get it, how much you had- was taboo. So, I learned to associate money with silence.

I could have stayed in this headspace- determined to position that money was something that was outside of me and outside of my control. I could have passed down the same stories of fear and scarcity to my daughter—kept her tethered to generational limitations. It could have been easy to never challenge what I knew to be true.

But here’s what I know now:

❌ Playing small never sat well with me.

❌ Staying stuck was never my destiny.

So I did the work. I invested in myself.

I healed. I rewired. I reclaimed 🔥.

And still…even when you’re empowered AF, the old patterns can sneak back in.

Last week? One of those moments came in hot.

Over the last few months, I have been deeply committed and open to personal development and mentorship. As such, I just said YES to TWO coaching programs—both with ✨premium✨ price tags.

And with only part-time availability since maternity leave, my logical brain was spiraling—panicked, protective, shouting, ‘What are you freaking doing, Allison?!’”

But my soul-led, healed, higher self?

She knew.

She trusted.

So… I leaned in. I meditated. I affirmed. I breathed into abundance.

And then…a miracle boomerang 🎯

✨ A surprise mortgage overpayment of $7,500 came back to us.

✨ Then, days later, a $10,000 inheritance from an estranged great aunt I didn’t even I had

Total? $17,500.

The exact cost—nearly to the damn cent—of the two investments I had just made. 😳💥

This isn’t about money.

It’s about energy.

It’s about trusting yourself enough to leap.