Book Chantel Chapman, Business Strategy Speaker

About This Speaker

Chantel Chapman is a trauma survivor, financial trauma educator, and the creator of the Trauma of Money (TOM) Method. Her journey through complex PTSD—and her realization that traditional financial literacy couldn’t shift her own destructive money patterns—led her to uncover the profound link between trauma and financial behavior. In response, she spent years researching trauma, addiction, behavioral science, and economic systems to develop an innovative method for financial healing and empowerment.

Chantel Chapman is the founder and CEO of the Trauma of Money Institute, an internationally recognized certification program that has trained thousands of professionals across more than 22 countries. The TOM Method is reshaping how we understand money—not just as numbers, but as something deeply shaped by emotion, lived experience, and systemic forces.

With over 20 years of experience in financial education and fintech consulting, Chantel has taught and written curricula for institutions such as Humber College, Wilfrid Laurier University, Adler University, and Simon Fraser University, and has worked with organizations including United Way, YMCA, NDN Collective, the American Psychological Association, and YPO.

She also serves on the National Task Force for Economic Justice, supporting CCFWE’s mission to end financial abuse. A sought-after speaker and advisor on economic justice and trauma-sensitive practices, her work has been featured in The New York Times, Forbes, NPR, and The Globe and Mail.

Her book, The Trauma of Money (Wiley, 2025), invites readers to radically reimagine their relationship with money—moving beyond shame toward clarity, agency, and justice. The Trauma of Money made USA Today and The Globe & Mail’s bestsellers lists.

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