The N.E.R.V.E. Method™ Foundation Series: Healing Money Trauma

A 90-minute educational session with Sonia Skewes

Wednesday 7 October at 12pm AEDT
Replay access included

The first session in the N.E.R.V.E. Method™ Foundation Series.

You can understand trauma, regulation and behavioural patterns... and still feel your body tense when money enters the conversation.

Perhaps you earn well but rarely feel financially secure. You delay sending invoices, soften your fees, over-deliver or feel uncomfortable receiving payment for work you know has value.

These responses aren’t necessarily signs that you lack confidence, discipline or financial knowledge. They may reflect what your nervous system has learned to associate with money: pressure, conflict, exposure, rejection or a loss of safety.

Healing Money Trauma is a 90-minute educational session exploring how these patterns develop, why insight alone may not change them and what it means to begin working with your nervous system rather than continually pushing against it.

No spreadsheets. No lectures about being more disciplined. And no shame disguised as financial advice.

When money feels like more than money

Money can activate far more than concerns about numbers.

Sending an invoice may feel exposing. Naming a fee may bring up fear of judgement. Checking an account balance may create an immediate sense of alarm, even when there is no financial emergency.

You may already recognise these patterns intellectually.

The harder part is understanding why they continue when you know better, have tried the mindset work and have all the right language.

That is where nervous system work offers a different perspective.

Instead of treating your responses as personal failings, this session explores what your body may have learned about earning, charging, spending and receiving—and how those learned responses can continue to influence your financial decisions.

In this Healing Money Trauma session, we'll cover:

• How inherited and learned experiences can shape the way you earn, spend and receive money

• Why financial situations can activate a nervous system response before conscious thought catches up

• The difference between understanding a money pattern intellectually and experiencing it in the body

• An introduction to the five-step N.E.R.V.E. Method™

• A guided somatic practice to help you notice and soften your response to money-related stress

• A practical map for identifying what may be influencing your money patterns and where change can begin

The aim of this session is to develop a clearer understanding of what has been happening beneath the surface, and a more grounded way to begin working with it.

This session is for healthcare professionals who:

• Earn a reasonable income but rarely feel financially secure
• Regularly over-give, over-deliver or undercharge
• Delay invoices or avoid looking closely at their finances
• Feel their body brace when discussing fees or receiving payment
• Understand trauma professionally but struggle to make sense of their own money responses
• Have tried mindset work, boundary scripts or pricing strategies without changing the underlying reaction
• Want to explore money patterns without judgement, pressure or simplistic financial advice

You do not need to have everything figured out before attending. The session is designed to help you notice what is already happening and begin making sense of it.

About the N.E.R.V.E. Method™ Foundation Series

This is the first session in the N.E.R.V.E. Method™ Foundation Series, a collection of educational sessions exploring the patterns that influence how we relate to money, safety, visibility, receiving and worth.

Each session focuses on a different topic and provides an accessible introduction to the N.E.R.V.E. Method™, with further Foundation sessions being released throughout the year.

This session is not the complete N.E.R.V.E. Method™ program. It introduces the method and begins with an exploration of money trauma and nervous system safety.

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FAQ

Is this session only for healthcare professionals?

The N.E.R.V.E. Method™ was developed with healthcare professionals in mind, particularly those who understand trauma clinically but still notice it appearing in their own relationship with money.

If you work in a healthcare or helping profession and recognise yourself in these patterns, this session has been created for you.

I already understand nervous system regulation. Will this be new?

Knowing the theory and exploring your own embodied response are two different experiences.

This session brings nervous system concepts into the specific context of money. It combines education, personal reflection and a guided somatic practice rather than simply revisiting regulation theory.

Do I need to share personal information during the session?

No. You can participate privately and engage with the material at a level that feels comfortable. There is no requirement to disclose your financial circumstances or personal history.

What if I cannot attend live?

Replay access is included with your registration, so you can watch the session at a time that works for you.

Is this the complete N.E.R.V.E. Method™ program?

No. This is the first session in the Foundation Series and offers an introduction to the method through the topic of money trauma. Further sessions exploring other foundational themes will be released throughout the year.

What do I need to bring?

A notebook may be useful for reflections, but there is nothing you need to prepare beforehand. Come as you are and with a willingness to notice what arises.

Begin understanding what your nervous system learned about money

Your financial patterns did not appear from nowhere. When you understand what sits beneath them, you can begin approaching money with greater awareness, choice and steadiness.

Join me, Sonia Skewes, for Healing Money Trauma - the first session in the N.E.R.V.E. Method™ Foundation Series.

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This session is educational in nature and does not constitute therapeutic treatment or individual clinical advice.