TL;DR: Nearing the end of writing a book about healing financial trauma brings unexpected emotional weight. This post explores the quiet fears and reflections that surface as visibility becomes real.
Where I Am in the Writing Process
After a break from posting, I’m thrilled to be back in this digital space, ready to update you about progress on my book. I may not have been online as much, but I’ve been busy behind the scenes.
This book builds on the ideas I’ve explored in my original financial trauma series, which you can revisit if you’d like a refresher. It’s nearly complete. Every day I return to the manuscript, refining the final lines and listening for what still needs to be said. But as I approach the finish line, something deeper is surfacing, something about visibility, vulnerability, and the emotional weight of completion.
Creative Fear and the Emotional Weight of Completion
As I near the end of writing this financial trauma book, I’m feeling the weight of visibility.
This project has been a labor of clarity and compassion, creating a roadmap for people who know something is off with their relationship to money but have never had the language to understand why. It translates the hidden emotional patterns, money mindset blocks, and nervous system responses that keep people stuck, offering both recognition and a path forward.
And that’s why these final steps for the book feel so vulnerable. I’m not just proofreading and formatting. I’m preparing to release something deeply personal into the unknown of how it will land. That reality sits in the background, whispering doubts.
Reframing Visibility as Safety
But I’m learning to name those whispers for what they are: protective responses. My nervous system is trying to shield me from the pain of the book not landing with the right people. That’s not perfectionism. It’s fear.
But I have no evidence the book won’t reach the right readers. The book will patiently wait for them. It’s not for everyone, and that’s its strength. I believe this book will resonate with readers because it connects with them on an emotional and human level. When a book explores a universal truth, people who need that message will find their way to it.
What Comes Next
After I finish the proofreading and formatting, only a few items will remain, like getting a book cover designed. I’ll share more about the release timeline soon.
Thank you for being here: for reading, for reflecting, for holding space. If you’ve ever felt unseen in your financial journey, I see you, and I hope this financial trauma book will meet you with care.
I’d love to hear about your own experiences with creative vulnerability or what you’d like to see in the book. Please share in the Comments.
P.S.: I’ve also been curating financial resources and inspiration on Pinterest: quotes, mantras, prompts, and perspectives from many angles, including trauma-aware. Not everything will resonate with everyone, but something might spark a shift.
Author Bio
Wendy helps people heal their relationship with money through a trauma-informed,
holistic approach. With a master’s in social work and years of experience as a social
worker, teacher, and financial well-being advocate, she brings deep insight from
both professional training and lived experience into the societal, relational, emotional, psychological, and somatic roots of financial behavior. She’s also the author
of Financial Trauma: Why Money Isn’t Just About Money, available here.