This episode explores why earning more doesn't automatically reduce financial stress and introduces a four-step framework for resetting your relationship with money. Makeda talks with Pericles Relles, a money mindset expert with over 25 years of experience, about the hidden blocks that keep service professionals stuck at the same financial level even as revenue grows.

In this episode:

• Why clients who increased their income still experienced the same financial stress, scarcity, and month-end shortfalls they had before making more money
• The concept of a financial thermostat that regulates how much you can earn, how much you can keep, and your emotional relationship with money regardless of revenue
• How money flows as a circular current (to you, through you, away from you, and back) and why blocks anywhere in that flow affect the entire cycle
• Common mental blocks in the flow of money coming to you: beliefs like "money is the root of all evil," "I hate the wealthy," or "money doesn't grow on trees"
• Blocks in the flow of money leaving you: hating to pay taxes or bills, refusing to pay people what they ask, or hoarding money out of fear
• Blocks in your ability to keep money: feelings of unworthiness, not being smart enough, or childhood messages like "having a lot of money will cost you your family"
• Why money is neither good nor evil but functions as an amplifier of who you already are

Who this is for: Service business owners who have grown revenue but still feel stressed about money, can't seem to keep what they earn, or notice a glass ceiling they can't break through despite working harder.

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