When you experience a trauma, there is a chemical change in your DNA.
This can impact the genes of many generations that follow.
The result may be that offspring are born with fears, anxiety, stress. Personality and behaviors may be influenced by past generations' traumas.
If you've been affected by an inherited family trauma, you may have underlying signs or symptoms starting from a young age, or those symptoms may not appear until a certain age or milestone in life.
Mark Wolynn, Director of The Family Constellation Institute and author of IT DIDN’T START WITH YOU: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle, joins Dr. Susanne to explain what inherited family trauma is, signs that you may be suffering, and ways you can start to heal.
Are You Suffering from an Inherited Family Trauma?
When you experience a trauma, there is a chemical change in your DNA. This can impact the genes of many generations that follow.
Additional Info
- Segment Number: 5
- Audio File: wellness_for_life/1628wl5a.mp3
- Featured Speaker: Mark Wolynn, Director of The Family Constellation Institute
- Book Title: IT DIDN’T START WITH YOU: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle
- Guest Website: Mark Wolynn: Family Constellation Institute
- Guest Twitter Account: @MarkWolynn
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Guest Bio:
Mark Wolynn is a leading expert in the field of inherited family trauma.
As the director of The Family Constellation Institute in San Francisco, he trains clinicians and helps people struggling with depression, anxiety, panic disorder, obsessive thoughts, self-injury, chronic pain and illness.
A sought-after lecturer, he leads workshops at hospitals, clinics, conferences, and teaching centers around the world. He has taught at the University of Pittsburgh, the Western Psychiatric Institute, Kripalu, The Omega Institute, The New York Open Center, and The California Institute of Integral Studies.
His book, IT DIDN'T START WITH YOU: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle, has just been published by Viking/Penguin in April 2016. His articles have appeared in Psychology Today, Mind Body Green, Elephant Journal and Psych Central, and his poetry has been published in The New Yorker. - Length (mins): 10
- Waiver Received: No
- Host: Susanne Bennett, DC
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