What if the reason money feels hard has nothing to do with discipline, motivation, or working harder… and everything to do with your nervous system?
In this episode, I’m joined by Sarah Scully-Leaf, hypnotherapist, breathwork practitioner, and nervous system coach, for a grounded, honest conversation about what it really takes to create wealth, fulfilment, and freedom without burning yourself out.
Sarah shares how her background as a corporate lawyer and financial educator shaped her understanding of money, and why healing your nervous system is often the missing piece for women who are self-aware, ambitious, and still feeling stuck. We talk about how trauma, stress, and subconscious beliefs impact how you earn, spend, save, and hold money, and why ease is not laziness, it’s a skill.
This episode is for women who want a wealthy life that feels calm, spacious, and aligned, not one that costs them their health or happiness.
What You’ll Learn in This Episode
- Why nervous system regulation is foundational to financial freedom for women
- How subconscious beliefs and stress responses shape your relationship with money
- The hidden link between burnout, overworking, and income plateaus
- Why willpower and hustle stop working at a certain level of success
- How hypnotherapy and breathwork support sustainable wealth creation
- The difference between looking successful and feeling fulfilled• How to create more ease, safety, and capacity to receive money
- Why slowing down can actually accelerate your results
- What it really means to build a wealthy life beyond hustle culture
About Sarah Scully-Leaf
Sarah Scully-Leaf is a hypnotherapist, breathwork practitioner, and nervous system coach who helps self-aware women create a life that feels as good as it looks. Not through hustle, force, or willpower, but through ease, fulfilment, and freedom.
Before building her coaching practice, Sarah worked as both a corporate lawyer and in financial education, giving her a unique perspective on how emotions, beliefs, and nervous system patterns influence the way we earn, spend, and hold money.
She is also the host of the Head, Heart & Whole podcast, where she shares practical, grounded conversations on growth, purpose, and living a deeply fulfilling life.
Work With Sarah
Resources and Links
Connect with Kim on Instagram: @kimkent__ for daily money inspo
Join the Wealthy As F*ck program to completely shift your money mindset and build financial freedom: www.wealthyaf.com.au
Download the Free Savings Cheatsheet to start building your $100K savings: https://www.kimkent.net/savingscheatsheet
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