We Are Going To Be The Spoiled Ones
Jun 11, 2026
Article by Amanda Kunkel
"We're going to be the spoiled ones, aren't we?"
I laughed as I said it to my friend while we chopped vegetables in her farmhouse kitchen.
We had been talking about all the things that have quietly become part of our everyday lives: land, livestock, gardens, preserving food, making things with our own hands, and the kinds of skills that allow someone to barter, trade, sell, or simply care for themselves and the people around them. As the conversation wandered from one topic to another, I had one of those moments where seemingly unrelated pieces suddenly fit together.
What struck me was the realization that many of the things I dreamed about as a child will eventually be considered a form of wealth that our culture has largely overlooked.
I don't mean that financial success is disappearing. Businesses will continue to be built, women will continue creating extraordinary wealth, and innovation isn't going anywhere. What seems to be changing is the way many people define a rich life.
Over the last few years, I've watched successful women begin asking different questions than they used to. Questions about purpose. Questions about alignment. Questions about whether the life they've built still reflects what matters most to them. Some are leaving businesses they no longer feel connected to. Others are returning to traditional employment after years of entrepreneurship. Many are discovering that achieving a goal and feeling fulfilled by it are not always the same thing.
The old definition of wealth doesn't seem to fit quite as neatly anymore.
For decades, wealth was presented as a fairly straightforward equation. Earn more, accumulate more, become increasingly self-sufficient. The ideal was a life that required little support from others and provided visible proof that you had made it. Yet many of the most accomplished women I know aren't struggling because they failed.
They're struggling because they succeeded.
They built the business, reached the goals, and created the lifestyle they once imagined would feel like freedom. Then one day they found themselves sitting with questions they never expected to ask. Why doesn't this feel the way I thought it would? What am I actually building toward? Is this still mine to carry?
I've lost count of how many six- and seven-figure women have sat across from me saying some version of the same thing:
"I got what I thought I wanted, and now God is asking me for something else."
These are questions of evolution.
What makes this particularly interesting to me is that I haven't just witnessed it in the lives of clients. I've lived it myself.
During the years I was sick, God stripped away a lot of what I thought mattered.
When you're facing major health challenges, surgeries, uncertainty, and the reality that your body may not cooperate with the plans you've made, your relationship with success changes. The things that once felt urgent begin losing their grip. The metrics that seemed so important become less convincing. What remains are the things that can survive a season where productivity is no longer guaranteed.
I found myself paying attention to different forms of wealth. The people who showed up. The relationships that endured. The skills I had cultivated. The ability to create something with my own hands. The peace that comes from knowing God is guiding your life even when circumstances make no sense.
Looking back, I can see that season differently now. What felt like loss was also refinement. God was teaching me to recognize forms of abundance that couldn't be measured by revenue, visibility, or achievement. He was expanding my understanding of what it means to be truly wealthy.
Part of the reason I've been paying such close attention to this shift is because it isn't new to me.
For years, women have come to me seeking clarity around their businesses, purpose, leadership, relationships, and next steps because of the way God speaks through me. Again and again, He has revealed things I could not have known on my own, details, patterns, assignments, warnings, confirmations, and future possibilities that later proved true.
Many of the women who find their way to me are already successful. They're leading companies, building movements, generating significant wealth, and carrying responsibilities that affect many other people. Yet when they reach a crossroads, they often aren't looking for another strategy. They're looking for clarity. They're looking for God's perspective on what comes next.
Over time, I've come to understand that the same way God speaks to me about individuals, He also reveals larger movements and seasons. For years, He has been showing me a redefinition of wealth. Not a world without business or ambition, but a world where other forms of wealth begin reclaiming their value alongside financial success.
For years, God has been showing me that many of the forms of wealth our culture dismissed or overlooked were going to become increasingly valuable. The money was never meant to carry the entire weight of our definition of abundance.
Again and again, He brought my attention back to the same things: community, stewardship, practical skills, meaningful relationships, connection to the land, and a deeper connection with Him. At times those revelations felt far ahead of the conversations happening around me. Today, many of those same themes seem to be emerging everywhere I look.
The more I observe, the more it feels as though people are remembering something they already knew.
Successful women are reevaluating priorities. Families are reconsidering how they live. Communities are forming in new ways. People are searching for greater resilience, deeper meaning, and a richer experience of life than achievement alone can provide.
What I'm witnessing now doesn't feel surprising. I'm watching something God has been showing me for years begin to unfold in real time.
The women who may feel richest in the years ahead won't necessarily be those with the largest bank accounts. Financial prosperity will always matter. What I'm observing is the emergence of another kind of wealth, one rooted in meaningful relationships, trusted community, practical skills, resilience, purpose, and a life that feels aligned with something deeper than achievement alone.
When I look back, I realize how much of our culture was built around separation.
Many of us were taught that moving out at eighteen was the gold standard. For some in my generation, it happened even earlier. Others were pushed out or left because home wasn't safe. In many cases, creating distance from abuse, dysfunction, or generational trauma was absolutely necessary.
At the same time, an entire cultural narrative emerged around independence. Success became synonymous with standing alone. One household became two. One support system became several smaller ones. Responsibilities that were once distributed among extended family and community gradually shifted onto one or two people trying to manage everything themselves.
Somewhere along the way, independence became so celebrated that few people stopped to ask what might have been lost in the process.
What if the future isn't asking us to become more independent? What if it's inviting us to become more interconnected in a way that preserves personal responsibility while recognizing that human beings have always thrived through relationship, collaboration, and mutual support?
I don't believe everyone is heading toward communal living or abandoning modern life. What I do see is a growing recognition that many of the structures we've relied upon aren't providing the fulfillment they once promised.
Across industries, income levels, and lifestyles, people are rediscovering the value of community. Some are creating multi-generational living arrangements. Others are forming business alliances, neighborhood networks, shared-resource systems, or intentional circles built around common values and missions. Even among highly successful entrepreneurs, there is a noticeable movement toward collaboration, partnership, and creating ecosystems rather than operating as isolated individuals.
None of this feels particularly new to me. These are ancient. This is often the point where people assume I'm suggesting women stop building businesses.
Nothing could be further from the truth.
Many of the women entering their greatest assignments are entrepreneurs, founders, visionaries, and leaders. What seems to be changing isn't their ambition. It's the nature of the questions they're asking. The conversation is shifting away from simply generating more revenue and toward understanding what that revenue is in service to. Questions about purpose, stewardship, legacy, and alignment are beginning to carry as much weight as growth strategies and financial goals.
Successful women are increasingly examining whether the businesses they've built still reflect the lives they want to live. They're considering what God may be inviting them into next and whether their current path remains aligned with that invitation.
Those questions have the power to change everything.
The most fascinating part of all this is the possibility that many of us have been receiving clues for years.
Long before social media, personal brands, and online business culture, there was a time when our interests emerged naturally before they were filtered through status, practicality, or other people's expectations. Some children dreamed of growing things. Others imagined teaching, creating, exploring, building, healing, or gathering people together. Beneath those dreams was often a feeling, a way of experiencing life that felt meaningful and alive.
After years of working with successful women, I've noticed a pattern that continues to surprise me.
Many eventually circle back to what mattered before they learned what was considered impressive.
Their Souls are literally calling to them.
The expression may look different as adults. The form often evolves. Yet the underlying thread remains remarkably consistent. A child who loved gathering people together may one day build a thriving community or lead a movement. Someone drawn to creating beauty may become an entrepreneur, designer, artist, or visionary. What changes is the vehicle. The essence remains.
That is why the conversation over vegetables landed so deeply.
It wasn't really about gardens, livestock, or bartering.
It was a moment of seeing the larger picture and realizing that many of the things I dreamed about as a child, the things that once seemed ordinary, simple, or even insignificant, will become some of the most valuable forms of wealth in the years ahead.
Perhaps true wealth has less to do with accumulating more and more to do with becoming honest about what matters most. For one woman, that may involve leading a company. For another, it may involve cultivating a piece of land. More often than not, it becomes some unique combination of purpose, contribution, stewardship, relationships, health, freedom, and the ability to live in alignment with what God is asking in a particular season.
Looking back over my own life, I can see how seemingly unrelated interests, experiences, challenges, and desires were quietly preparing me for this season. The thread was there long before I had language for it.
That is why I laughed and said, "We're going to be the spoiled ones."
In that moment, I wasn't thinking about gardens, livestock, or even bartering. I was recognizing something much bigger. The more I look around, the less I believe any of it was random.
For years, I wondered why I was drawn to things that often seemed out of step with the culture around me. Why did I care so much about community? Why was I fascinated by gardens, land, creating things with my hands, and building a life that felt connected rather than constantly accelerated?
At the time, they felt like interests.
Now I can see they were preparation.
Because what God has been showing me for years is that many of the things we've been taught to overlook are becoming increasingly valuable. Not only practically, but spiritually. They reconnect us to one another. They reconnect us to creation. They reconnect us to the rhythms that help us hear Him more clearly.
Perhaps that's why this realization hit me so deeply.
I don't think God was simply giving some of us hobbies. I think He was preparing us for a season that is now arriving. God knew what was coming.
He knew there would be a season when many people would begin questioning the definitions of success they inherited. He knew there would be a growing hunger for meaning, connection, resilience, and a way of life that felt more aligned with what truly matters.
For years, I thought many of my childhood dreams were simple.
Now I know they were prophetic.
Because the things we were taught were small may become some of the most valuable assets of all.
And if that's true, we really might be the spoiled ones.
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Amanda Kunkel
Prophetess
Prophetess of Primordial Flame | I recalibrate women back to their God-source.
Miena Kay Etc. LLC
Amanda Kunkel is a prophetess, intuitive business advisor, and guide for women leaders navigating pivotal seasons of growth and transformation. For years, women entrepreneurs, founders, and visionaries have sought Amanda's insight to gain clarity on purpose, leadership, business decisions, and the deeper assignments God is calling them into. Through prophetic revelation, discernment, and practical wisdom, she helps women hear God's direction more clearly so they can build lives and businesses aligned with their highest calling.
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