Wednesday, 22 June 2016 12:33

How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who You Are

Is it possible that depression, anxiety and chronic pain is passed down through your family's generations?
Depression, anxiety, chronic pain, phobias, obsessive thoughts... these issues plague millions of people every day.

Is it you? Or, could there be another reason you're suffering?

The evidence is compelling. The roots of these difficulties may not reside in our immediate life experience or in chemical imbalances in our brains, but rather in the lives of our parents, grandparents, and even great-grandparents.

The latest scientific research, now making headlines, supports what many have long intuited: that traumatic experience can be passed down through generations.

Mark Wolynn, Director of The Family Constellation Institute, is an expert in inherited family trauma. 

He joins Andrea and Lisa to explain what inherited family trauma is, how it can affect people in various ways, and how you can break the destructive pattern via mindfulness, meditation, and visualization.

Additional Info

  • Segment Number: 4
  • Audio File: naturally_savvy/1625ns3d.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 Facebook Account: https://www.facebook.com/MarkWolynn
  • Guest Twitter Account: @MarkWolynn
  • Guest Bio: Mark-WolynnMark 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: Yes
  • Host: Andrea Donsky, RHN and Lisa Davis, MPH