"All right, babes. Are you ready to tap?" Natalia Benson asks. The millennial women's empowerment mentor and astrologer—"all things mysticism, motivation & money," according to her Instagram bio—is beaming into my bedroom via a prerecorded video, encouraging me to embrace my inner wisdom.
Tapping, Benson says from within the glow of a ring light, means drumming my fingertips across different parts of my body to "smooth out" speed bumps in my nervous system and ultimately help me find a "new wavelength" with how I regard myself. While I am very pro-astrology and the ~celestial arts~, I do have to pause for an, Ummm, okay. But I'm here for work and willing to go all the way to investigate the hugely popular New-Age-y idea that positive vibes can bring money into your life. And also, I would love to manifest a down payment for a house.
Onscreen, Benson is now reciting a series of self-help mantras, which she repeats in a soothing, yoga-teacher-esque voice, and I repeat in a less soothing, less yoga-teacher-esque voice: "Even though I worry sometimes that I'll never have enough, that I won't be able to pay my rent or my mortgage, and it causes me so much anxiety…even though this feels like a big hurdle for me that causes me so much pain, I still deeply love, accept, and forgive myself." Ten minutes later, my first session with her Magical Women & Money course, which can be purchased for $249, is over. I have 17 parts to go.
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