The Brain Science of Wealth: Why Your Wealthy Self Feels Like a Stranger (And How to Change That)

What if the reason your wealthy self still feels so far away has nothing to do with your strategy, your effort, or your mindset work?

In this episode of the Dear Wealthy Me Podcast, we go deep into the brain science of wealth and the neuroscience of why that gap between who you are now and the wealthy version of you exists at a biological level.I break down the research of neuroscientist Hal Hershfield, who discovered that your brain processes your future self the same way it processes a stranger, not yourself.

That neural gap is why you can journal, visualize, and set income goals, and still feel like wealth is off in the distance. It is not a discipline problem.

It is a brain science problem

In this episode, you will learn:
*Why your brain goes quiet when you think about your wealthy future self
*How the medial prefrontal cortex creates a neural gap that keeps wealth feeling like a fantasy
*What women who consistently build wealth with ease have in common
*The research of Dr. James Pennebaker (University of Texas) on what happens in your brain when you write
*Why writing as your wealthy self is not just journaling but a form of neuroscience you can use every single day.

I also introduce the Dear Wealthy Me 30-day journaling experience on Substack, a practice designed to rewire your brain and shorten the gap between who you are and who you are becoming.

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Your wealthy self is not a fantasy. She is you. And your brain can learn that in 28 days.
I write my life and then I go live it.

CHAPTERS
0:00 The gap between you and your wealthy self
1:24 Welcome to the Wealthy Me Podcast
3:50 The neuroscience behind the neural gap
6:10 How the neural gap costs you money
9:45 What wealthy women have in common
12:35 What writing does to your brain
15:08 Why writing as wealthy you rewires everything
16:24 Write the vision, make it plain
19:47 28 days to a new neural pathway
20:12 The Dear Wealthy Me 30-day experience