Healing Money Trauma with Integrative Therapist Sonia Skewes

Show Notes Summary In this heartfelt and insightful conversation, Melissa connects with trauma-informed practitioner and author Sonia Skewes to explore her powerful journey from hairdressing and community work to creating a deeply healing practice in Penguin, Tasmania. Despite waking up with a cold, Melissa followed her higher self’s guidance and went ahead with the interview- resulting in an authentic, soulful exchange about healing, self-worth, and empowerment. Key Topics Discussed Sonia’s Personal Journey – From creative beginnings to mental health support work, and how her lived experiences shaped her path as a trauma-informed healer. Healing Money Trauma & Shame – How early conditioning and inherited scarcity beliefs impact women’s relationship with money, and how somatic tools like sway testing can release these blocks. Sonia’s New Book: Whoever Said It’s Just Money, Honey – A transformational guide for women to heal inherited money shame and reclaim their worth. Melissa and Sonia discuss practical ways to share this work through free meditations and community resources. Closing Reflections – Sonia’s beautiful reminder to “be the change you wish to see in the world” and an open invitation to visit her peaceful sanctuary in Penguin, Tasmania. About Sonia: Sonia Skewes is a Root-Cause Therapy Practitioner, Trauma-Informed Manifestation Coach, and lifelong creative who began her journey as a hairdresser — working with transformation long before she called it healing. Now based in Tasmania, she blends lived experience with powerful subconscious tools to help others break cycles and create lives that feel aligned, expressive, and free. With warmth and grounded creativity, Sonia supports those ready to reclaim the parts of themselves that were lost along the way. Connect with her at www.soniaskewes.com.auSocial media https://www.instagram.com/soniaskewesintegrativetherapy/Get her book here https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B0FYNHFW1Q?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title