Why Rooted Money?
Money is never just about numbers—it’s about our bodies, our histories, and our communities. Too often, it carries shame, unhelpful survival strategies, and stories we didn’t choose. If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed, guilty, or disconnected from your financial choices, you’re not alone.
At Rooted Money, I weave together mental health, mindfulness, and financial awareness to break cycles of shame, scarcity mindset, and disconnection. This work is grounded in intersectionality, feminist theory, and social justice.
Rooted Money exists to help you reconnect with your body, your values, and your vision. Together, we’ll explore how to move through money with more clarity, self-compassion, and alignment—so you can worry less, feel more rooted, and reclaim agency in your financial life.
Here, we honor the truth: we live in a system that wasn’t created for us, but we can reclaim our power, root into freedom, and reimagine what’s possible for ourselves and our communities.
My work is grounded in the Trauma of Money Method™ (certification pending) and shaped by my background as a licensed psychotherapist and yoga teacher.
It weaves together nervous system regulation, embodied awareness, and beginner-friendly financial literacy through six key phases of transformation.
How does it work?
Together, we will work on:
Building somatic awareness through embodiment practices → notice how your body and nervous system respond to money stress, and begin expanding your capacity to stay grounded.
Uncovering unhelpful money narratives & intergenerational patterns → release shame, recognize survival strategies, mange scarcity mindset, and interrupt cycles of conditioning.
Clarifying your vision & values → define the life you want to build, how you wish to earn, and how to align financial practices with your values.
Navigating systemic barriers → recognize how oppression, culture, and capitalism shape your financial choices—without self-blame. Honor and forgive survival strategies, replace old patterns with values-aligned beliefs and a commitment to re-imagining capitalism.
Expanding your window of tolerance → build capacity to make clear, intentional choices instead of reacting from fear, stress, or avoidance.
Learning beginner-friendly financial literacy → explore your income, spending, and saving with clarity and confidence—without anyone dictating where your money should go. You’ll gain practical skills through an intersectional lens, so you can take grounded, resilient action (like creating budgets or starting your own business) in ways that support you instead of overwhelm you.
Through this non-prescriptive process, you’ll begin to release shame, expand your capacity for change, and create financial practices that are sustainable, kind, and aligned with who you are. This is not therapy, and not financial advice—it’s a trauma-informed, values-aligned process to help you create a healthier relationship with money. This process is about rooted, long-term change, not quick fixes. We commit to the practice of growth, change, and refinement—checking in, recalibrating, and rooting deeper into your evolving money relationship.
Meet Chesy
My name is Chesy Tronchoni Bello, LPC, MT-BC, CYT (she/her/ella). I’m a bilingual Licensed Professional Counselor, Board-Certified Music Therapist, Certified Yoga Teacher, and soon-to-be certified Trauma of Money facilitator. For over 8 years, I’ve been helping people navigate anxiety, life transitions, grief, trauma, and identity development. My integrative person-centered approach is grounded in intersectional feminism, trauma-informed care, and mindfulness-based practices.
Alongside my professional training, my perspective is shaped by my lived experiences: growing up in Venezuela during dictatorship and hyperinflation, migrating on my own at age 17, and navigating marriage and divorce. These moments gave me first-hand insight into how instability and transitions affect both our inner world and our financial lives.
All of these experiences shaped me into someone who isn’t afraid to sit with the “taboo” parts of money—shame, survival strategies, systemic barriers, and the ways instability outside of our control make us feel small. They also inform how I coach: with warmth, authenticity, and a belief that money healing isn’t about quick fixes, but about expanding your capacity to make values-aligned choices even when the world feels unstable.
I’m especially passionate about supporting women, immigrants and children of immigrants, queer folks, and anyone navigating the weight of systemic and generational patterns around money. I believe your money story deserves to be met with compassion, context, and practical steps that actually fit your life.
