Ep 101: Why Pregnancy loss or grief coaches charge less (and how sacred economics changes everything) - With Sharna

Are you apologising for your prices? Working for less than you're worth? Giving away your depth for free because you can't figure out how to put a price tag on transformation?

You're not alone - and the statistics are more staggering than you think.

In this eye-opening episode, Sharna breaks down the research showing that women charge 21-26% less than men in freelance markets, and a shocking 28% less as entrepreneurs. But for women in sensitive niches like pregnancy loss, grief work, and trauma support, the gap runs even deeper.

What You'll Learn:

• The shocking statistics behind women's undercharging (and why it's worse in healing spaces)
• Why the "sensitive niche penalty" compounds traditional gender wage gaps
• The nervous system programming that keeps you stuck in undervaluation cycles
• How cultural conditioning around "caring work" sabotages your pricing
• The Sacred Economics framework that transforms your relationship with value
• Why your lived experience IS specialized expertise worth premium investment

Key Takeaways:

• Your conscious integration of lived experience creates more sophisticated understanding than traditional training alone
• Undercharging isn't generous - it's participating in systems that devalue healing work
• Sacred Economics means pricing your medicine to honor both transformation and sustainability
• You can't out-price your nervous system - the internal work must happen alongside external changes

Quotes from This Episode:

"Your lived experience isn't just your story - it's specialized expertise that can literally save someone years of suffering."

"You cannot out-price or out-build your nervous system. If your body doesn't feel safe holding the value of your medicine, you'll sabotage your own pricing every time."

"When you undercharge, you're not just hurting yourself financially. You're participating in a system that devalues emotional and healing work."

Resources Mentioned:

• Sacred Recognition Masterclass (replay available) access HERE: https://www.sharnasouthan.com/Profitable-Authority-replay 
• On Deck's 2024 Freelancer Study
• Women's entrepreneurship statistics

Connect with Sharna:

• Instagram: @instituteofhealing_pl
• Website: www.sharnasouthan.com 
• Business Mentorship for Women in Sensitive Niches. DM me HERE

Remember: You're not just pricing your services. You're pricing the medicine that could literally save someone years of suffering.

Price accordingly.

This episode is for women ready to stop apologising for their worth and start honoring their medicine through sacred pricing practices.