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Sep 2022
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1415: Healing From the Trauma of Money w...

Farnoosh Torabi
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If you think you're bad with money, lack financial literacy or have money shame, the underpinning of your challenges may be that you have trauma with money or financial trauma. Guest Chantel Chapman is a co-founder of The Trauma of Money, a program that certifies professionals to learn how trauma impacts the mind, and, in turn, our relationships with money and financial wealth. 

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