Why hard work isn’t making you rich
Mar 10, 2025
Let me ask you something. Do you ever feel like no matter how much you work, no matter how many hours you put in, it’s never enough?
Like you're constantly chasing the next goal, thinking “If I just work harder, then I’ll finally feel safe. Then I can slow down.”
But somehow, that moment of slowing down never seems to come.
The reality is... hard work isn’t what makes you wealthy. A regulated nervous system is.
You don’t struggle to slow down because you “love the grind.” You struggle because your body literally doesn’t know how to stop.
Your nervous system has been hardwired for stress, overwork, and survival.
This starts early. Maybe you grew up watching your parents work themselves to exhaustion, believing that’s just how life is. Maybe you learned that praise and love came when you performed, got good grades, or achieved something impressive. Maybe somewhere along the way, you absorbed the message that your worth is directly tied to your productivity.
And now your nervous system doesn’t feel safe unless it’s working, striving, achieving.
Slowing down feels wrong, foreign, even dangerous. Because when you’re not hustling, a deeper fear creeps in:
What if everything falls apart?
What if I stop trying so hard and the money disappears?
What if I don’t actually deserve success?
So, you stay stuck in the hustle loop—overworking, undercharging, overgiving, constantly chasing financial security that never feels quite… secure.
Most women think hustling harder = making more money.
But what actually happens is...
- You push yourself to exhaustion, burn out, and make worse decisions.
- You get caught in feast-or-famine cycles, never feeling truly stable.
- You struggle to charge more, hold boundaries, or say no—because deep down, you still feel like you have to “earn” every dollar the hard way.
- You sabotage moments of ease, rest, or celebration—because your body literally doesn’t know how to sit in success without doing something.
Your capacity to hold money, opportunities, and abundance is directly tied to your nervous system’s ability to experience safety, ease, and expansion.
And if your body is stuck in fight-or-flight survival mode, no amount of strategy, affirmations, or “just think positively” mindset tricks will fix it.
So if working harder isn’t the answer… what is?
Regulating your nervous system.
Your nervous system needs to learn that:
- Money isn’t something you have to chase—it’s something that flows to you.
- Receiving wealth doesn’t have to feel heavy, guilt-ridden, or overwhelming.
- You don’t have to earn rest, ease, or support—you are already worthy of them.
This isn’t about sitting around waiting for money to fall into your lap. It’s about shifting the energy and patterns behind how you approach money, work, and success.
Here’s what that actually looks like:
🔹 Noticing the urge to hustle and pause instead of react.
Before diving headfirst into another round of overworking, catch the impulse. Ask yourself, “Is this true urgency, or just my nervous system trying to feel safe?”
🔹 Normalising ease, wealth, and support in your body.
If money and success still feel big, overwhelming, or scary—your body will find ways to push them away. The work is making wealth feel familiar and safe.
🔹 Holding money without panicking.
Ever noticed how fast you want to “do something” with money when it comes in? Whether it’s immediately reinvesting, spending, or stressing over saving—this is a sign your body doesn’t feel safe holding wealth. Learning to sit with money without gripping is a game-changer.
🔹 Learning how to be in expansion without self-sabotaging.
When you’re wired for overwork, your system will resist ease. So when things start feeling easy, you might notice the urge to create problems, take on unnecessary work, or “fix” something that isn’t broken. Recognizing and regulating through this impulse is key.
When your nervous system stops equating money with stress and survival, everything changes.
- You start making more while working less—because your energy is cleaner, clearer, and more magnetic.
- You stop gripping onto money in fear and start trusting its natural flow.
- You no longer undercharge, overgive, or discount yourself—because your worth isn’t something you have to prove.
- You feel safe holding wealth—without guilt, anxiety, or the need to “do” something to deserve it.
- You finally experience financial freedom that actually feels free.
This is what I help my clients do inside Regulate to Riches—my 28-day nervous system reset designed to help you break free from the cycle of overworking, undercharging, and feeling stuck around money.
Because at the end of the day, wealth isn’t about how hard you work. It’s about how much your body allows you to hold.
And when you shift your nervous system, abundance stops being something you chase—it becomes something you embody.
💸 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
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!