Most people think financial freedom is only about money — investing more, earning more, saving more. But what if your biggest wealth leak has nothing to do with the stock market or real estate… and everything to do with your relationships?

In this powerful episode, I sit down with Katarina Polonska, a science-based relationship strategist and behavioral scientist who works with founders, executives, and high performers at the intersection of love, leadership, emotional health, and wealth creation.

Katarina reveals how unresolved emotional patterns — anxiety, avoidant behaviors, conflict loops, and subconscious childhood conditioning — secretly drain your wealth, limit your focus, sabotage your leadership, and keep you locked in burnout cycles that destroy long-term financial freedom.

If you’re building a business, managing a team, raising capital, or trying to scale your net worth… this might be the most important episode you watch this year.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• How relationship stress destroys wealth

Why emotional disconnection, resentment, and conflict reduce your mental bandwidth, decision-making power, and financial clarity.

• The “Stay or Go Loop” in marriage and leadership

A common psychological trap founders fall into — and why it silently kills income, creativity, and opportunity.

• Therapy vs Coaching: What actually changes your wealth?

Katarina breaks down the difference between talk therapy, subconscious coaching, attachment theory work, and trauma-informed behavioral change.

• The connection between emotional trauma and money blocks

Why unresolved wounds create fears around success, earning, responsibility, and abundance.

• How subconscious beliefs shape your wealth ceiling

Your relationship to money mirrors your relationship to yourself — and most people have no idea.

• Science-backed strategies to fix emotional burnout

Regulation techniques, sleep hygiene, nervous system resets, and the power of secure attachment.

Why this matters for wealth-building Founders, investors, and high performers often chase wealth while ignoring the emotional patterns that sabotage it. Research from Harvard and Stanford shows that relationship quality impacts longevity, earning potential, leadership ability, creativity, and risk tolerance — all critical to building long-term wealth.

If you’ve ever felt stuck, burned out, disconnected at home, or unable to scale your income… this episode will give you clarity, hope, and a science-backed roadmap to emotional freedom.

🔗 CONNECT WITH KATARINA POLONSKA

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katarinapolonska/

Website: successfullyinlove.com

🔗 CONNECT WITH MUSTAFA LADHA (HOST)

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mustafa-ladha/

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Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/myfinjourney/id1815511353

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