Manna Abraham · December 29, 2025

Ex-CFO Trauma Mentor & EMPR Method™ Creator Helping High Performers Lead with Inner Peace
20+ years Personal & professional leadership experience35+ countries EMPR Method practised worldwide30+ Certified practitioners personally trainedChartered Accountant & CPA Finance credentials
Manna Abraham spent the first chapter of her life in boardrooms. A Chartered Accountant and CPA who became the youngest CFO of a multinational, she learned how to navigate complex numbers, global teams, and the unspoken politics of visibility and influence. On paper, she’d “made it.” In reality, she hit a quieter crisis: performance without peace started to feel like another form of struggle.
That turning point sent her into a deep inquiry: why do intelligent, successful people keep hitting the same emotional walls—grief, loss, burnout, a sense that life looks fine but feels off? Instead of treating that as a personal weakness, Manna began to see it as unprocessed trauma and inherited patterns showing up in very high-functioning ways.
Drawing on trauma-informed practice, neuroscience, somatic work, and ancient Eastern philosophies like Sankhya and Vedanta, she created the Emotion Memory Pattern Release (EMPR) Method™ and the 27 Dimensions of Being™, a practical way to release deeply held emotional patterns without endlessly retelling your story. Through her company Life Full Circle, she now works with self-aware professionals, leaders, and entrepreneurs who want to keep their ambition but change the nervous system it’s running on.
Sheila Hamilton interviews Manna Abraham, a former CFO and trauma mentor who created the EMPR method, to discuss trauma-informed practices. Manna shares her background as a chartered accountant and CPA, and explains how her experiences working with diverse teams across different cultures led her to develop her own method for helping high performers lead with inner peace. Corporate America doesn’t often talk about how to release stored tension, outdated stories, or behaviors that are plaguing today’s leaders.Manna Abraham’s work embodies healing beyond talk therapy.
Guest: Manna Abraham
3+ podcast & stage appearances. Remote or in studio, broadcast-grade audio.