February 18, 2025 @ 9:00 am – 10:30 am PST
Money isn’t just a tool; it often carries emotional weight and stories that shape how we interact with it. For families navigating wealth, these underlying dynamics can influence relationships, decision-making, and well-being in unexpected ways.
In this session, we’ll sit down with Chantel Chapman, co-founder of the Trauma of Money, to explore how trauma shapes our beliefs and behaviors around money. Chantel will guide us through practical ways to address these challenges, fostering healthier conversations and connections within families, and helping us see money as a tool for growth and trust.
Chantel Chapman is the CEO and co-founder of the Trauma of Money, an accredited course certifying professionals in trauma-aware and trauma-informed approaches to finance. As the author of the forthcoming book “Trauma of Money,” set to be released in September 2025, Chantel offers profound insights into how unhealed trauma shapes our financial lives. Her groundbreaking work has been featured in The New York Times, The National Post, CTV’s The Social, and NPR, among many other prominent media outlets.
Drawing on 14 years of experience as a financial literacy educator, 8 years as a consultant for Fintech organizations, and extensive research in addiction, behavioural science, trauma, community economic development, and mindfulness, Chantel is renowned for her cutting-edge, relatable, and trauma-informed money guidance. She has developed and taught personal and entrepreneurial finance curriculums for organizations, universities, and accelerator programs such as Humber College, Wilfrid Laurier University, Adler University, United Way, Simon Fraser University, YPO, American Psychological Association (APA), NDN Collective, YWCA, REDF, and EntrepreNorth.
She is also a member of the National Task Force for Economic Justice, supporting CCFWE’s mission to end economic and financial abuse and empower all women and those who identify as women.