I'm so excited to have on Mark Wolynn, the founder and director of the Family Constellation Institute in San Francisco. Mark is a leading expert in the field of inherited family trauma and the author of the book It Didn’t Start With You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle. His articles also appear in Psychology Today, Mind Body Green, MariaShriver.com, Elephant Journal, and Psych Central, and his poetry has been published in the New Yorker.

 

In today's episode, we talk about: 

• How trauma is passed on from generation to generation
• How phobias can be inherited from parents
• The importance of attachment with mothers
• The science behind inherited family trauma 
• How to heal and break the cycle of family trauma 
• Unconscious loyalty to the suffering of parents 
• What you should do if you don't know your family history 
• How symptoms of mental illness might not be your symptoms
• What makes trauma repeat 
• How we can heal from parents hurtfulness
• What is trauma language
• The role divorce plays in attachment
• The role dads play in attachment 
• What courage looks like to Mark 

 

You can find Mark on Instagram at @markwolynn, and we’d both love to hear your reactions to this episode, so please screenshot and write any thoughts or questions that come up as you’re listening and tag us both (I’m @courageously.u). 

 

Enjoy! 

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