You’re Not Charging for a Service You’re Charging for the Life You’re Protecting
- Ronella Sabado
- Jan 27
- 2 min read
Every price you set carries meaning.
Not just about the service you provide, but about the life you’re choosing to live alongside it.
Whether consciously or not, your pricing reflects what you’re willing to protect: your time, your energy, your presence, and the parts of your life that don’t show up on an invoice.
The Question Behind Every Price
At its core, pricing asks one quiet but powerful question:
Does this business allow me to live the life I want?
If the answer is no, growth will never feel satisfying no matter how impressive it looks from the outside.
More clients won’t fix it.
More revenue won’t fix it.
Only alignment will.
Why Premium Pricing Is Often About Peace
Premium pricing is often misunderstood as ambition or greed.
In reality, it’s usually about preservation.
Preserving:
Mental space
Physical energy
Time that isn’t constantly fragmented
Higher prices don’t just change income. They change pace. They create breathing room. They allow the business to exist without consuming everything else.
“Premium pricing is often less about income
and more about preserving peace.”
When Pricing Reflects Your Priorities
When your priorities are clear, pricing becomes simpler.
If you value:
Presence over volume
Sustainability over speed
Quality over quantity
Then your business has to reflect that — structurally and financially.
Otherwise, pricing becomes a constant internal conflict between what you want and what the business demands.
From Guilt to Groundedness
Many people feel guilty charging more because they believe they’re asking for too much.
But often, what they’re really doing is correcting a system that has been asking too much of them.
When your business respects your worth, pricing stops feeling like something you’re “trying to get away with.”
It feels honest. Grounded. Aligned.
“A business that respects your worth
doesn’t ask you to sacrifice your life to prove it.”
You’re not charging more because you’re greedy.
You’re charging more because your life matters, and your business should honor that.
Pricing isn’t just a financial decision. It’s a values decision.
Grab my Mini Guide, How to Change Your Worth, to learn more about this!
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