In this episode, Ato speaks with Norma Cassius who is a Money Management Consultant, Psychotherapist, Author, and Life Coach. With over 20 years in the financial sector and 17 years as a qualified psychotherapist, she bridges the worlds of money and mental health. We discuss: - Psychological methods to break through your wealth ceiling - How the brain reward system helps your finances - How to move from money stress to financial peace - Traps to avoid if you want true financial freedom - How hustle culture is making you poorer and much more 🔗 Connect with Norma: Norma's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/think.like.a.bank Website: https://www.normacassius.com/ 📩 Sign up to my mailing list to be the first to know about upcoming events: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://eepurl.com/hJEcLL⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🤝 Partners Lightyear – Sign up for a new account on Lightyear and get up to $115 worth of a US fractional share of your choice! Claim your reward when you use this link: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://lightyear.com/savvywallet⁠ or enter the code: "SAVVY" manually in the Promotions section. Capital at risk. ISA rules apply. Terms apply: https://lightyear.com/en-gb/signup-promotion-terms. Black Business Show - Grab FREE tickets to UK Black Business Show (On Sat) or Black Women Business Talks/Black Men Business Talks with the code "SAVVYFREE" Get tickets: https://www.ukblackbusinessweek.com/tickets/ Use code "UKBB15" for 15% off all other events throughout the week 📚Coursera - Learn AI, Cybersecurity, Project Management, Data Science & more with the education platform that I use: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://imp.i384100.net/savvywallet⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Some of the links are affiliate links which means that we will receive a small commission if you make a purchase, however there will be no additional charge to you. TIMESTAMPS 0:00 - Preview 1:10 - Intro 1:21 - Meet Money Psychologist Norma 3:56 - My relationship with money  5:17 - The psychology of money 11:18 - Why people are scared to invest or take risk 16:55 - How the brain reward system can help your finances 22:42 - How to get through the motivation dip 24:19 - Ways people block themselves from earning more money 28:15 - How people sabotage themselves financially 31:23 - How to break your wealth ceiling 35:16 - People who have money but no financial peace 41:25 - How do financial struggles impact our health? 47:04 - How to move from money stress to financial peace 49:20 - Why financial freedom can be an illusion 54:51 - The downgrade fear & how it can impact you 1:02:15 - UK Black Business Show 1:03:34 - Traps to avoid if you want true financial freedom  1:06:47 - Debt is killing people’s wealth potential  1:07:45 - How to break free from debt?  1:09:28 - Is hustle culture making people poorer? 1:12:03 - How to build wealth without burning out? 1:13:24 - Investing in property in Miami  1:18:59 - Think and attract wealth 1:20:20 - Rewriting the rules on money and wealth 1:21:23 - Final words Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices