MONEY AND TRAUMA WEBINAR SERIES (May 9 - June 13, 2020)
with Susan Belchamber and Lynn Kreaden

Saturdays 12:30pm-2:30pm EDT                        

Learn to ‘right-size' money in your life by catalyzing exploration into new ways of being in positive relationship with your finances, values and well-being.

The personal and collective trauma we hold about money can begin to unravel and heal when we face the fear, shame and faulty stories that surround us all.  Healing continues through building awareness and accessing new levels of resourcing – much of which necessitates relational work.

This mutual exploration will include:

  • Our personal and intergenerational stories that hold trauma in place

  • How misconceptions about money create suffering but also hold keys to increased freedom

  • Working through constrictions in our body and energy field to “melt the glue”

  • Accessing collective wisdom including participating in a constellation around of money

  • Personal and collective possibilities being generated by the New Economy and Post-Traumatic Growth

  • Moving towards a healing orientation to money that will promote well-being

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Facilitators:

Susan Belchamber holds graduate degrees in International Relations and Economics as well as Psychotherapy and has been oscillating between her research and practice in psychology and economics throughout her career in government (USTR and GAO), as an international trade consultant in the UK,  and her work in private practice and group facilitation.  Susan’s current work with the PocketProject.org focuses on collective and intergenerational trauma, with specific focus on healing trauma around money, envisioning new economic possibilities, and supporting post-traumatic growth.  

Lynn Kreaden’s 27 year odyssey through the world of trauma, relationships, intimacy and sexuality as a somatic practitioner, has deepened her understanding of how all relationships, including money, flourish or die in connection. Her motivation is in understanding how money is a relational interaction in order to redefine what is beneficial.

Guest - Samvedam Randles is a German psychologist who lives in the Boston area in the USA, where she founded first the Center for Body Oriented Psychotherapy and later the Inner Arts Institute, where she is the director. Her work combines systemic methods such as Family Constellations with a careful internal attunement. Since 2013 she has focused on collective trauma issues and how to address them in larger groups. https://innerartsinstitute.com/

Guest - Peter Schaffer is a retired CEO who has followed a spiritual path since his early 30’s. He’s passionate about the mystical principles that underlie our moral, ethical and financial lives that can lead us to understanding how to reconnect to our true destiny.

Guest - Simon Spire is a depth-oriented human development facilitator and contemplative teacher, musician and writer, and cultural evolution researcher. His interest in the development of more life-supporting economic dynamics has led to his work with organizations in the new economy and community resilience space. He was led from his New Zealand homeland to the US by his career as a recording artist and songwriter. Further info at: www.EmergentInquiry.com

Each session will be recorded and links/papers shared for further exploration

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Session One:  Why this topic is so essential, even before the current crisis

  • Giving the series overview and introducing the gift of learning practices

  • Basics about trauma and the importance of the Window of Tolerance

  • Why we go to hyper/hypo arousal over money and what we can do

Session Two:  Our stories about money

  • The basis of our relationship with money

  • Historical influences -- personal, family, cultural

  • Moving beyond shame and rigidity around money

Session Three:  Exploring Collective Wisdom about money

  • The function of group presence

  • Indigenous and shamanic wisdom about currency and exchange

  • Accessing your inner wisdom

Guest speaker:  Samvedam Randles sets up a constellation about money

Session Four:  Moving beyond misconceptions about money and debt

  • Net-worth versus full worth

  • Multiple forms of capital

  • Internalized capitalism

Guest speaker:  Peter Schaffer on moving beyond bankruptcy

Session Five:  New personal and collective possibilities

  • New Economics and what's emerging

  • Complementary currencies

  • Accessing "community wealth"

Guest speaker:  Simon Spire on the range of New Economic thinking

Session Six:  Heading towards a positive financial future

  • Moving beyond trauma to a "healing orientation" about money

  • Redesigning our sense of "net worth"

  • Possibilities around Post-traumatic growth individually and culturally

  • Learning practices to take with you