What is Money Trauma?
Episode description
What if our relationship with money isn’t about discipline, intelligence, or willpower at all — but about survival, safety, and belonging?
In this opening episode, we explore money trauma: the often invisible ways financial behaviors are shaped by fear, shame, scarcity, and inherited beliefs. From overspending and avoidance to perfectionism and burnout, we unpack the rationality myth of money; how class, relational and racial experiences activates the nervous system, and what could happen if we start talking about it differently.
Featuring:
Chantel Chapman - Author of bestselling book The Trauma of Money, creator of the Trauma of Money Professional Certificate program
Richard Kahler - Co-founder of discipline of Financial Therapy, Founder of Kahler Financial Group
Nafasi Ferrell - Founder of Narratives Unbound, community connector, financial educator, facilitator
Denise Bradford - Founder of Essential Wellness Centre Ningbo, Practitioner in Community-Engaged Lifestyle Medicine (CELM), Former lifestyle coach
Money Trauma is a partner of The Post Growth Institute.
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