Clare Wood is a successful money mentor, author, speaker, and self-professed “non-traditional accountant.” She’s built a life many dream of: business class travel, beachfront home, financial overflow.

But her story didn’t start there.

She described growing up in her family and hovering near the poverty line. Holidays were a luxury. Coffee? Forget it. Money meant “just enough” — and even that didn’t always feel guaranteed.

And yet now Clare owns a beachfront property. She travels business class. She’s built a multi-six-figure business mentoring others around money.

But this isn’t a rags-to-riches story.

It’s a nervous system story.

Because the thing that shifted wasn’t just her income.

It was her identity. 

In our conversation on the Rich Woman Rising podcast, Clare shares the pivotal moment she invested in a money course with her last $200. Not because she had it “figured out,” but because she was ready to stop living in fear.

She started surrounding herself with people who had a bigger financial blueprint. She listened to people like Denise Duffield-Thomas, who were normalising luxury without shame. She stepped into rooms that matched the vision she had for herself.

And over time, her financial identity started to shift.

She wasn’t just “an accountant.”

She became a wealthy woman.

And it wasn’t just because she made more money—it was because she changed her capacity to hold wealth. Emotionally. Energetically. Somatically.

So what does that look like?

• It looks like staying grounded when cash is tight, instead of spiralling.
• It looks like charging more, not because your coach told you to, but because your nervous system finally believes you’re allowed to.
• It looks like releasing the guilt when success comes easily, even when the people you love don't get your ambitions 
• It looks like being in the room with wealthy women and realising… you belong.

Clare said something that really landed... “Money just amplifies who you already are.”

And I think that’s the whole point.

You don’t need to become someone else.

You just need to feel safe being who you already are—at the next level.

That’s why nervous system work is the foundation of every transformation I support.

Because when the body relaxes?

Money starts to flow.

Not because you’ve “unblocked” something overnight.

But because your subconscious no longer thinks it’s unsafe to receive, hold, or enjoy wealth.

So if you’ve been doing the mindset work…

Setting the goals…

Trying to “think differently”…

But still feeling stuck?

This is your reminder that it’s not that you’re not capable.

It’s just that your body doesn’t feel safe yet.

And that is not a failure. It’s a nervous system loop waiting to be rewired.

You can listen to the full episode with Clare for the deep dive, where we talk identity, business, generational beliefs, and what it actually takes to hold wealth without collapsing.

But let this post be the invitation... 

Not to push harder.

But to feel safer.

Because that’s when the money starts to move.

And more importantly? That’s when you stop contracting every time it does.

💸 You know you’re meant for more, but every time you try to level up financially, something stops you.  It’s not that you’re bad with money, it’s that your nervous system is stuck in survival mode.

I get it! That's why I help women just like you rewire their nervous system’s response to wealth, so they can stop living in financial fear, break the feast-or-famine cycle, and finally feel safe earning, keeping, and growing their money.

Because financial confidence isn’t just about knowing what to do... it’s about being able to hold wealth without stress, guilt, or panic. And when your body stops seeing money as a threat? Everything changes.

What next? 

Click here to listen to the Rich Woman Rising podcast episode

Click here to take the free quiz to see whether your nervous system is secretly keeping you stuck making more money.

Ready to step into your Expansive Self? Let’s regulate yourself to riches!

And, connect with Clare Wood here