The Real Reason Your Income Isn’t Growing with Russell Van Brocklen

About this episode

This episode discusses how beliefs and subconscious patterns affect financial growth and confidence.

Join The Smell of Money community and start rebuilding your financial confidence today. Why do you still feel broke even when you’re working hard? This episode breaks down the real reason. It’s not your income. It’s your beliefs. In this conversation, we explore how subconscious patterns, learning challenges, and the way you process information can directly affect your ability to earn, grow, and feel confident with money. If you’ve been stuck in confusion, fear, or self-doubt, this will help you finally understand why and what to do next. This is about clarity, simplicity, and rebuilding your financial foundation from the inside out. Chapters: 00:00 Why more money isn’t the solution 02:00 Understanding how your brain processes information 06:00 A simple system to create clarity 12:30 How confidence impacts income 18:30 Rewriting your money story 25:00 Where to get support Russell Van Brocklen is a New York State Senate-funded dyslexia researcher, dyslexic professor, and creator of a breakthrough learning system that helps students rapidly improve reading and writing skills. Despite entering law school with a first-grade reading level, Russell taught himself to read and write at…

People in this episode

Host: Lisa Drennon

Guest: Russell Van Brocklen

Topics covered

• financial confidence
• subconscious patterns
• money beliefs
• earning potential
• self-doubt
• clarity

Keywords

• income growth
• financial beliefs
• money confidence
• dyslexia research
• learning challenges
• money story

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