Here’s the truth nobody wants to tell you: That income plateau you’ve been stuck on? Those “mysterious” blocks around charging premium prices? That weird anxiety every time you think about scaling?

They’re not even yours.

You’re carrying around money stories that were passed down like family heirlooms, except these heirlooms are keeping you broke.

As entrepreneurs, we love to think we’re self-made, that our mindset is entirely our creation. But your nervous system didn’t get that memo. It’s been running on inherited programming since day one, and until you identify these patterns, they’ll keep running your bank account into the ground.

Let’s call out the 5 money patterns that aren’t yours but are absolutely costing you.

Pattern #1: The “Money Causes Conflict” Nervous System Response

Remember those late-night arguments your parents had behind closed doors? The ones that always seemed to be about money? Your 8-year-old nervous system catalogued those moments as: Money = Danger.

Now, every time you’re about to hit a new income level, your system goes into protection mode. You self-sabotage. You undercharge. You avoid the sales call. Because somewhere deep down, your body believes that more money means more conflict, and conflict feels life-threatening.

How this shows up in business:

• You freeze when it’s time to raise your rates
• You avoid “money conversations” with clients
• You find reasons to delay launching that higher-ticket offer
• You feel physically uncomfortable when discussing investment levels

Your nervous system is trying to keep you safe, but it’s keeping you stuck.

Pattern #2: The “Rich People Are Bad” Identity Block

“Money doesn’t grow on trees.” “Rich people are greedy.” “We’re not like those people.”

Sound familiar?

I know this does to me. One of my first memories are my dad telling me that “rich people either come from money or they’re willing to do immoral or illegal things” Yikes!!!

These weren’t just casual comments—they were identity programming. Your family taught you that being wealthy meant being morally compromised, and now you’re unconsciously rejecting wealth to stay aligned with your “good person” identity.

This pattern is particularly brutal for heart-centered entrepreneurs. You want to help people, but you’ve been programmed to believe that making money while helping people is somehow wrong.

How this shows up in business:

• Chronic undercharging because “it doesn’t feel right” to charge more
• Guilt around marketing or selling
• Avoiding wealth-building conversations or communities
• Feeling like you need to justify your success

You’re not greedy for wanting to build wealth. You’re strategic. And wealthy people get to help more people.

Pattern #3: The “More Money, More Problems” Ceiling

This one’s sneaky because it sounds so reasonable. “I don’t need that much money.” “Simple life is better.” “More money just creates more stress.”

But here’s what’s really happening: Your family’s nervous system couldn’t handle complexity or abundance, so they created safety through limitation. Now your system has an upper limit on how much wealth you’re “allowed” to have before problems supposedly start.

How this shows up in business:

• Hitting the same income ceiling repeatedly
• Feeling overwhelmed when business starts growing quickly
• Unconsciously creating chaos when things get “too good”
• Resistance to scaling beyond your current capacity

Your problems don’t multiply with money—your capacity to solve them does.

Pattern #4: The “Survival Mode” Financial Operating System

If your family lived paycheck to paycheck, your nervous system learned that money is scarce and must be hoarded or spent immediately (because it might disappear). There was never enough to feel truly safe, so you developed a feast-or-famine relationship with money.

This creates entrepreneurs who are brilliant at surviving but terrible at thriving. You can hustle your way to 6K months, but sustainable 20K months feel impossible because your system doesn’t know how to operate in abundance.

How this shows up in business:

• Inconsistent income months (feast or famine cycles)
• Difficulty with money management and financial planning
• Panic spending when money comes in
• Inability to invest in business growth because it doesn’t feel “safe”

Pattern #5: The “Don’t Rock the Boat” Revenue Restriction

Maybe your family’s message was: “Don’t get too big for your britches.” “Stay humble.” “Don’t stand out too much.”

Translation: Don’t be more successful than us, because that threatens our identity and our relationship with you.

This creates entrepreneurs who unconsciously dim their light to keep family relationships comfortable. You cap your own success to avoid making others feel bad about their choices.

How this shows up in business:

• Playing small in your marketing and messaging
• Difficulty being visible or taking up space
• Apologizing for your success
• Avoiding opportunities that would make you “too different” from your family

When Your Nervous System Isn’t Running Your Money

Here’s how to tell if these inherited patterns are hijacking your income:

• Physical responses: Your body tenses up during money conversations, pricing discussions make you feel nauseous, or you get headaches when planning financial goals.
• Emotional reactions: You feel guilty about wanting more, ashamed of your current financial situation, or angry when others charge premium prices.
• Behavioral patterns: You consistently undercharge, avoid financial planning, or self-sabotage right before hitting new income levels.
• Thought loops: You find yourself repeating your parents’ money phrases or making financial decisions based on what your family would think.

When your nervous system is running your money, logic doesn’t work. You can know all the strategies, have all the skills, and still find yourself stuck because your body is operating from inherited survival programming.

The Re-Patterning Practice: Why Your System Needs Wealth Frequencies

Here’s what most business coaches won’t tell you: You can’t think your way out of nervous system patterns. Your body needs to learn what safety feels like at higher income levels.

This is exactly why I created Wealth Frequencies—because traditional mindset work only addresses the conscious mind, but your nervous system runs 95% of your financial decisions.

Wealth Frequencies is a 10-week nervous system expansion program that helps you:

• Identify and release inherited money patterns
• Regulate your nervous system for higher income levels
• Build new neural pathways around wealth and abundance
• Create safety in your body around financial expansion

Through weekly lessons and guided breathwork delivered on a private podcast, your system learns to feel safe with wealth instead of rejecting it.

Because here’s the thing: These patterns didn’t develop overnight, and they won’t shift with a single mindset exercise. They need consistent, somatic re-patterning to create lasting change.

Your Money Story Ends With You

The most powerful thing about recognizing these inherited patterns is realizing you get to be the one who breaks the cycle. Your financial success doesn’t just change your life—it changes your family’s entire money story for generations to come.

Every time you choose to charge your worth, invest in your growth, or expand your capacity for wealth, you’re healing not just your own relationship with money, but creating new possibilities for everyone who comes after you.

Your income plateau isn’t your ceiling—it’s just where your inherited programming runs out of map.

Ready to expand beyond what your family’s nervous system could handle? Get instant access to Wealth Frequencies and start rewiring your system for the wealth you’re actually capable of creating.