Many small business owners and entrepreneurs go into business with big hopes and dreams of earning a sustainable living and creating financial freedom for themselves and their families. But what often gets in the way are hidden blockages to abundance—what is commonly called the trauma of money.

In this engaging culturally responsive webinar, we’ll explore:

What the trauma of money is and how it shows up in entrepreneursHow unresolved trauma can shape financial decisions, business growth, and feelings of worthinessSomatic tools and trauma-informed strategies to shift these patternsPractical tips for creating new outcomes—for yourself, your family, and your community

You’ll walk away with a deeper understanding of how your nervous system impacts your relationship with money and practical strategies you can start applying right away.

Speaker: Felina Danalis (she/her),

Somatic Experiencing Practitioner and Trauma of Money Certified coach

www.felinadanalis.com

Felina Danalis, M.A., S.E.P. (she/her) helps individuals and mission-driven organizations master resilience to stress, anxiety, and trauma so they can create greater impact—and experience more ease and abundance—in their lives and work.

As a Certified Trauma of Money Practitioner and Somatic Experiencing Professional, Felina brings a unique lens to the ways unresolved trauma shapes our relationship with money, business, and sustainability. She equips entrepreneurs, leaders, and organizations with somatic tools to transform limiting financial patterns and unlock healthier, values-aligned ways of thriving.

Her work is grounded in decades of experience with diverse populations in international development and humanitarian assistance, including at the World Bank, the European Union, and the Greek Foreign Ministry. While on assignment in a post-conflict war zone in the Balkans, she survived a car bombing that radically reshaped her life and called her to dedicate her career to trauma healing.

Felina has worked with and taught at organizations such as Yale University, Google, University of California Irvine Medical School, Planned Parenthood, The Betty Ford Center, The Omega Institute for Holistic Studies and Coachella Valley Economic Partnership (CVEP).

The daughter of working-class immigrants and the first in her family to attend college, Felina graduated magna cum laude from Georgetown University and earned her Master’s from Johns Hopkins University. She has trained at the Co-Active Training Institute, completed a three-year Somatic Experiencing training, and now serves as assistant faculty teaching clinicians and therapists how to resolve traumatic symptoms.

Today, Felina runs a global coaching practice (http://www.felinadanalis.com) and is especially passionate about helping entrepreneurs and mission-driven organizations heal money trauma and embody practices that sustain both self and community care.

A dual Greek–U.S. national fluent in five languages, she lives in Palm Springs, California, where she enjoys hiking the desert trails and cooking organic Greek food.