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FOREWORD

CONGRATULATIONS! You are holding in your hands one of the best books on life, love, business, and money that I have ever read.

In fact, after I read it, filled it with sticky notes, underlined key lessons, earmarked pages, and read it again, I called Meriflor and said, “If there was one book I wish I could write, it is the one that is in my hands. It has truly changed my life.”

And I am confident it will change yours too.

Growing up, I thought I would be a missionary. I thought I would help the world in a big way. And I also enjoyed the power that money could bring in terms of helping me make an impact. However, I always struggled with how to bridge the idea that it’s okay to do good in the world and to make a lot of money. I’ve spent my life searching for a way to achieve that balance.

This book will show you how it’s done — doing what you love while making money — and in my opinion, the approach outlined here is really the only way to do it!

This book will inspire you, bring you hope, and gift you with a mind-set that will bring you abundance in all areas of your life. Money, Manifestation & Miracles is the book on how women and men look at money differently and how money is a manifestation of a greater spiritual calling.

Meriflor explains how money is love manifested and how love can be money manifested. She brings us to a place that essentially asks the question: “Do you want more love in your life?” If the answer is “yes!” then you can expect to create and have more money as well. That is, if you apply what Meriflor teaches here.

At first you might have a number of thoughts, including, “Oh no, not another book on manifesting your wealth without the tools to help get you there” or “money is not love, and love is not money” or “money is money, and love is love.” If so, I am here to tell you that Meriflor takes you on a journey — one that meets you wherever you are in your life — a love and money journey, and helps you, in a practical way, to get to the bottom of what drives both.

Why this book and why now?

Maybe you’re at a stage in your life where things just aren’t where you want or thought they would be. Maybe you are struggling. Maybe you are praying for a signal. Maybe you are hoping for answers.

I know, because I’ve been there too. I know what it’s like to have nothing. Many years ago I lost everything when a company I was developing fell apart and I became broke and homeless. I know what it’s like to lose it all and have to rebuild. I know what it’s like to be depressed, confused, and hopeless. I’ve been 100 percent in a place that is not helpful in terms of attracting anything — especially abundance and wealth. But I ended up learning vital lessons and paying attention to signals along the way that helped change my mind-set and get me out of that dark place.

Consider your reading this as a signal. This is your book.

Let’s fast-forward. On the flip side, I also know what it’s like to have millions of dollars and find myself in a place where my husband and I looked at each other and asked, “What do we do with all this?” We have answered that question. We poured the money into the company I run today, Empowering a Billion Women by 2020 — or EBW2020 for short — to help empower women globally through financial literacy and mentorship. I now know what it’s like to be bursting with love, energy, enthusiasm, focus, abundance, and wealth.

But whether you are the CEO of a company, a stay-at-home mother, an entrepreneur, an executive, or an employee, this book has something for you, if you want more love and more money in your world.

When I was led in prayer to start EBW2020, to both follow my calling and make money, that was when I understood what Meriflor so eloquently writes about in this book. True abundance, on any level, comes from within. Doing the inner work as well as the outer work is the key to making any dream a reality. When we do this, miracles happen. When I started EBW2020, with the goal to become the number one financial empowerment community for women worldwide, I knew that I needed global experience to reach a wider community.

Shortly thereafter, I found myself as the entrepreneur in residence for Dell, a Fortune 50 company, overseeing entrepreneurial initiatives globally. My love was lining up with the money, and the money was lining up with the love. Dell realized that to grow its business with entrepreneurs, it was time to help them achieve their dreams by doing what they love. Soon I was overseeing a $250 million fund for entrepreneurs. And there it was again — the alignment of love and money — even in a Fortune 50 company.

I first met Meriflor at an EBW2020 event. I saw the importance of what she was teaching, so in our entrepreneurial venture at EBW2020, we have made Money, Manifestation & Miracles one of our core recommendations to help women (and men) grow in life, business, love, and money. Meriflor’s explanation of the phenomena of love and money shows all of us how to apply this in our own lives too. With this foundational knowledge, anything is possible.

In the end, I simply want to leave you with this: at some point in your life, it will be time to take a deep breath, pause, and give yourself the gift of self-care, love, hope, and more. If you follow what Meriflor teaches in this book, you will not only be gifting all that to yourself, but you will have an inspired plan that I am confident will start attracting money, abundance, and wealth into your life.

I couldn’t be more excited that you are holding the key to unlocking your potential and to leaving your gift to the world, whether it be small or a global game changer. Since we as women are increasing our role in creating a global sustainable future for all, this is a perfect time for you to be holding this book in your hands. This book will increase your self-confidence, your contribution, and your impact as you grow to leave your mark on the world.

I wish you joy as you read this book and watch money, manifestation, and miracles start to appear in your life.

— INGRID VANDERVELDT, Founder and CEO, EBW2020