Have you ever wondered if some of your current issues might be rooted in your genes? Using Systemic Constellation work and DNA testing to understand ancient familial patterns, our guest, Judy Wilkins-Smith, explains how you can plumb your ancestral past to transform your present life. She starts by saying that how we are stuck is the key to our possibilities and describes how looking into our ancestry can help you pinpoint some of the big events that might have impacted your family’s emotional DNA.

After the break, we take a call from Elizabeth from Bellingham who shares a dream with a drum that plays itself and shares some of her difficult family history. Judy suggests that the drum might be like the heart that keeps beating even after so many tragedies. We take a second dream from Steven from Prunedale who shares a recurring dream he has had about a human-shaped form with the head of a deer.

BIO: Judy Wilkins-Smith is a world-renowned Family Patterns, Systemic Work, and Constellations Expert, Author, Motivational Speaker, and Founder of System Dynamics for Individuals & Organizations. Her two books are The Hidden Power in Your DNA: How to Use Genealogy to Explore Ancestral Patterns & Transform Your Life and Decoding Your Emotional Blueprint: A Powerful Guide to Transformation Through Disentangling Multigenerational Patterns.

Find our guest at: JudyWilkins-Smith.com

This show, episode number 286, was recorded during a live broadcast on November 23, 2024 at KSQD.org, community radio of Santa Cruz.

Intro and outro music by Mood Science. Ambient music new every week by Rick Kleffel. Archived music can be found at Pandemiad.com. Many thanks to Rick Kleffel for also engineering the show and to Tony Russomano for the phones.

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