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The Money Challenge – workshop in Bristol
Change the way you feel, think and act with money
A one-day workshop with Chris Gilchrist and John Witt
Next workshop: Saturday July 11th, Bristol
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The Money Challenge
Change the way you feel, think and act with money
In this one-day course you will explore how you relate to money. From the start, there will be surprises: money is not what you’ve been led to believe, and there are good reasons why we find it hard to make sense of the money world and our interactions with it.
The course tutors are psychotherapist John Witt and Chris Gilchrist, financial author and commentator. Together, we will look at how we deal with money, what we mean by wealth, and what prevents us from experiencing ourselves as wealthy.
We will explain why you can’t separate the way you deal with money from everything else in your life. This means that the idea of a secret that will lead you to wealth is a fiction – a profitable one for people who want to appeal to your fear of not having enough. That fear underlies a lot of our behaviour, and often causes us to overvalue cash and things above people and relationships.
Among the questions we will ask are:
• Do we use money as a tool, or do we feel as if it uses us?
• How much money is enough? Can money ever make us feel secure?
• What makes us feel wealthy? Is it just cash in the bank, or does the idea of wealth imply something about our connections with others?
The challenge comes in the form of exercises we have designed to explore how we relate to money, and to find out what wealth really means for each of us.
There will also be an opportunity to discuss some of the theories that affect not just our own thinking but the whole financial system, and the consequences that emerge from their use.
By the end of the day you will have had practical experience of what your attitudes to money really are, and how they shape and at times limit how you live your life.
Next workshop: Saturday July 11th, Bristol
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John Witt
“I have been working with individuals since 1983, couples since 1989, and running Mixed and Men’s groups since 1985. In 1981 got involved with Spectrum (London), where I am still connected both personally and professionally. I was one of the original staff members (1987-1994) and was registered with the U.K.C.P in 1986.
I have found that looking at how attitudes around money were formed through family and social messages enables people to become more real, feel better about themselves, and get realistic about what is financially possible or appropriate.”
Chris Gilchrist
“I have written about personal finance and investment for most national newspapers and contributed to many radio and TV productions, as well as authoring several books. I also co-founded an independent financial advice business in 1996 and a financial website in 2002.
Money is emotive - we project our emotions onto it. This is ignored by most mainstream commentators, who still adopt a ‘rational man’ viewpoint. My view is that unless you acknowledge and confront the emotive factors in the world of money, you are likely to make bad decisions. When you uncover the assumptions that are built into conventional views, you will see that to deal with money effectively you have to make judgments that are as much emotional as rational.”
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The Money Challenge
Change the way you feel, think and act with money
Saturday, July 11th, Bristol
Time: 10 am to 4 pm
Location: Emmaus House, Clifton Hill, Clifton, Bristol, BS8 1BN
Cost: £40
Coffee at Emmaus House from 9.30 am.
Free on-street parking locally.
There will be a lunch break from 1-2.30 pm. There is a wide range of cafes and sandwich shops within a few minutes’ walk.
To book a place, go to
www.themoneychallenge.co.uk
or call 0117 974 1548
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A one-day workshop with Chris Gilchrist and John Witt
Next workshop: Saturday July 11th, Bristol
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The Money Challenge
Change the way you feel, think and act with money
In this one-day course you will explore how you relate to money. From the start, there will be surprises: money is not what you’ve been led to believe, and there are good reasons why we find it hard to make sense of the money world and our interactions with it.
The course tutors are psychotherapist John Witt and Chris Gilchrist, financial author and commentator. Together, we will look at how we deal with money, what we mean by wealth, and what prevents us from experiencing ourselves as wealthy.
We will explain why you can’t separate the way you deal with money from everything else in your life. This means that the idea of a secret that will lead you to wealth is a fiction – a profitable one for people who want to appeal to your fear of not having enough. That fear underlies a lot of our behaviour, and often causes us to overvalue cash and things above people and relationships.
Among the questions we will ask are:
• Do we use money as a tool, or do we feel as if it uses us?
• How much money is enough? Can money ever make us feel secure?
• What makes us feel wealthy? Is it just cash in the bank, or does the idea of wealth imply something about our connections with others?
The challenge comes in the form of exercises we have designed to explore how we relate to money, and to find out what wealth really means for each of us.
There will also be an opportunity to discuss some of the theories that affect not just our own thinking but the whole financial system, and the consequences that emerge from their use.
By the end of the day you will have had practical experience of what your attitudes to money really are, and how they shape and at times limit how you live your life.
Next workshop: Saturday July 11th, Bristol
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John Witt
“I have been working with individuals since 1983, couples since 1989, and running Mixed and Men’s groups since 1985. In 1981 got involved with Spectrum (London), where I am still connected both personally and professionally. I was one of the original staff members (1987-1994) and was registered with the U.K.C.P in 1986.
I have found that looking at how attitudes around money were formed through family and social messages enables people to become more real, feel better about themselves, and get realistic about what is financially possible or appropriate.”
Chris Gilchrist
“I have written about personal finance and investment for most national newspapers and contributed to many radio and TV productions, as well as authoring several books. I also co-founded an independent financial advice business in 1996 and a financial website in 2002.
Money is emotive - we project our emotions onto it. This is ignored by most mainstream commentators, who still adopt a ‘rational man’ viewpoint. My view is that unless you acknowledge and confront the emotive factors in the world of money, you are likely to make bad decisions. When you uncover the assumptions that are built into conventional views, you will see that to deal with money effectively you have to make judgments that are as much emotional as rational.”
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The Money Challenge
Change the way you feel, think and act with money
Saturday, July 11th, Bristol
Time: 10 am to 4 pm
Location: Emmaus House, Clifton Hill, Clifton, Bristol, BS8 1BN
Cost: £40
Coffee at Emmaus House from 9.30 am.
Free on-street parking locally.
There will be a lunch break from 1-2.30 pm. There is a wide range of cafes and sandwich shops within a few minutes’ walk.
To book a place, go to
www.themoneychallenge.co.uk
or call 0117 974 1548
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