Trauma of Money

We invite you to join us tomorrow (Jan 14th) in celebrating TOM Alumni Aja Evans, LMHC  and the launch of her incredible new book Feel Good Finance! 📚 This book is a game-changer, blending financial empowerment with emotional well-being. 🎉 Let’s come together to honor Aja’s work and explore how we can all feel good about our money. 📍 Zoom 📆 Jan 14th 12-1pm PST Register for Free Here: https://lnkd.in/gq56p43J 🎊 Don’t miss this inspiring time of connection, celebration, and financial healing!

We’re beyond excited to spotlight the incredible work of our TOM Method-certified Alumni this month! These powerful offers are changing lives and creating positive impact in the world: ✨ The Neighbourhood - A nurturing financial community for women, hosted by Alyssa Davies 🌱 The Healed Money Movement - A vibrant space for healing and empowerment around money, hosted by Minister Jalisa Hardy, HHP 💡 Finance Therapy Circle - A transformative space to connect your mind, body, and money, hosted by Jaskiran Mangat 🌍 Reconciliation & Well-Being - A 10-week immersive journey to deepen your understanding of reconciliation, decolonization, and collective well-being, with practical, transformative steps in your workplace, business, and community, hosted by Ariana Fotinakis 💚 Sliding Scale Coaching Sessions - Offering personalized support to heal your relationship with money, hosted by Gary Albert CPA, AFC® CFSWC MST CSSCS TOM CERTIFIED We're so proud of the impact our alumni are making. Check them out and be a part of these transformative communities! ✨

Check out this podcast by TOM Alumni Brian Rump !

You are invited! Join professional enabler and TOM Alumni Sam Sundius in a 2-hour overhaul of everything you know and believe about your (or your clients'!) ADHD. We'll redefine the unique relationships ADHDers and neurodivergents have to money, debt, and spending—including what we all can do about it! Oct 25th at 9am PST Sam will demystify behaviors and impulses that have you scratching your head as we detox from all the shame and pressure imposed on us by neurotypical expectations. You'll get practices and frameworks for change—but the biggest gift by far will be the radically different take on ADHD and self-acceptance you'll bring forward with you. This workshop is for BOTH diagnosed and undiagnosed (self-identified) ADHDers, Autistic peeps, c-PTSDers, and folx with other cognitive and/or physical disabilities, as well as their family members and professionals with clients as awesome as any of the abov https://lnkd.in/gBfBpfeG

Join us for our upcoming event with Jasmine Rashid Navigating personal finance and social justice can be uncomfortable. So why don’t we dial up the cozy and nourish ourselves in the process? Join the Trauma of Money community and TOM alumni member Jasmine Rashid, author of The Financial Activist Playbook, for a one-of-a-kind, interactive virtual gathering on September 19th. Together, we’ll celebrate the book launch and walk through practical strategies for reclaiming wealth and collective well-being from a trauma-informed, community-oriented lens. Join the call from your favorite place, show up in your comfiest ‘fit, bring your favorite snack… we’re ready to tend to ourselves and our movements, exactly where we are. TICKET TIERS: Free: Webinar RSVP - If you choose this ticket, we invite you to order a copy of Jasmine's book from your favourite local bookstore $33 USD: Webinar RSVP + receive your copy of The Financial Activist Playbook (for US registrants only) https://lnkd.in/gYG6fptT AGENDA OVERVIEW: - Grounding - In conversation: Founder of Trauma of Money, Chantel and Author of Financial Activism Playbook, Jasmine on the power of tending to our own financial well-being to tend to our collective liberation. -Walk through the eight strategies, interactive prompts throughout - Book box giveaway, next steps, sign up for free discussion guide zine pdf -Audience Q&A

🎉HAPPY LAUNCH DAY to one of our brilliant TOM Alumni Jasmine Rashid and her debut book “The Financial Activist Playbook!”  And thank you for including Trauma of Money in your book! 💚💸✊🏽 This book is such an incredible guide for financial healing packed with actionable tools for reclaiming wealth and collective well-being! https://lnkd.in/gmYmU8cy

Money talks—let’s normalize them! 🌍💸 In the latest Forbes article 'Financial Activism 102,' experts and TOM alumni like Jasmine Rashid and Ellyce Fulmore, plus TOM faculty member Nafasi Ferrell of Narratives Unbound LLC, as well as Trauma of Money CEO, Chantel Chapman underscore the power of addressing financial trauma. The article features an interview with Jasmin Rashid highlighting her upcoming book, The Financial Activist Playbook (Berrett-Koehler Publishers, September 10, 2024), which offers eight strategies for building economic power and shifting the flow of money towards a more just economy. Jasmin emphasizes the importance of normalizing conversations about money as a key strategy in financial activism. The momentum is building to address money wounding through compassionate, trauma-informed approaches. Let’s reclaim our financial agency and build a just economy, one conversation at a time. Read more here about how we can cultivate a more equitable and financially healthy society: https://lnkd.in/eN6SCArj #FinancialActivism #TraumaInformedFinance  #traumaofmoney #MoneyHealing #EconomicJustice #traumaofmoney #moneytrauma #financialtrauma #financialanxiety #scarcityculture #capitalismcreatesscarcity #financialstress #moneyshame #financialhealing 

Capitali$m = Gapitali$m Life within this “free market” is anything but “free." Capitali$m fundamentally opposes freedom. It’s actually a collection of gender and racial wealth gaps that leaves us socially isolated and spiritually impoverished. We need a new word for what it really means to put capital over everything: GAPitali$m. This is a gap too large to ever be filled by consumption; though the messaging is that the way to feel satiated and safe is by accumulating things. The system takes and traumatizes, convincing us that we’re to blame for our pain while profiting off our attempts to manage it. Capitali$m robs us of free choice, dislocates us from ourselves and offers the hollow shell of consumerism as a “fix” for our discontent. In our core we know better. We have noticed that sometimes when we bring up the harsh realities of Capitali$m, the reaction is to instantly go on the defence. It’s almost like threatening capitalism threatens our sense of freedom. It’s just that it’s so covert and coercive we’re conditioned to normalize the oppression.  So how do we close the gap in our connection to our own worthiness, to others and to the earth? How do we move towards true healing that redirects the cycle – instead of engaging in consumeristic soothing that reinforces it? Can we lean into community and relationships, putting the onus of responsibility where it truly belongs: on a broken system that leaves too many to fall into its growing gaps? Here are some resources that can help us understand and re-imagine Gapitali$m: 🎧 LISTEN: “The Myth of Freedom Under Capitali$m” @Upstreampodcast ➚ FOLLOW: Abolitionist, Anarchist Clinical Microbiologist, Land Defender, Ecologist & Healer @wokescientist 📖 READ: “The Globalization of Addiction: A Study in the Poverty of the Human Spirit” by Dr. Bruce Alexander ❤️🩹HEAL: Decrease your shame and increase your discernment around money by joining the supportive @traumaofmoney community

Financial struggles are widespread, yet so often, we internalize them as personal failings. Recently, we published an article in MoneySense titled, "Canadians are Financially Stressed -- is Money Trauma to Blame?" With the increasing costs of gas, groceries, interest rates, mortgages, home repairs and maintenance, and holiday expenses, just to name a few, financial stress is degrading our emotional and mental well-being. As Chapman writes, "Whenever possible, put the onus where it belongs: a dominant economic culture built on scarcity—not you, as you’re reacting to what may be many years of money trauma." Not sure if you suffer from money trauma? Money trauma can stem from a variety of life experiences and it can manifest in ways you might not expect. The good news is that you're not alone and we're here to support you. https://lnkd.in/eHyUz54P

It's not uncommon for us to hear that our program is "the missing piece," as Shulamit, a Trauma Therapist and now a certified Trauma of Money facilitator, shared with us. Or..."This learning experience has changed me and has been the most impactful training I've ever had. It has changed my future," reveals Brian, a college teacher and business coach. Money trauma is unavoidable under the dominant economic culture that we exist in (yes, even for the wealthy). Understanding the intricate connection between individual and collective trauma and financial well-being is paramount, as it enables professionals to offer more holistic support and guidance to their clients navigating these complex dynamics. Financial therapists, psychotherapists, professionals working in economic justice, finance professionals and entrepreneurs are hungry for this information, as demonstrated by the massive spike in demand for our online course and organizational certification pathways. Trauma of Money™ has become the go-to for those who want to increase their discernment and decrease their shame around money. At TOM, we use an innovative six-phase approach to healing the complex relationship between individuals and their finances. We get right to heart of the matter by addressing the myriad causes of financial trauma, tracing its roots back to their generational, relational, societal, and systemic origins. To learn more and enroll visit: https://lnkd.in/g99immHm Early Bird pricing expires tomorrow 7/31 at midnight CT! Use code: EARLYBIRD2024 We're thrilled to welcome a new group of brilliant students! #traumaofmoney #financialtrauma #nervoussystemhealing #somaticexperiencing #moneytrauma #traumatherapist #traumainformed #financialpsychology