When broaching a difficult topic, do it whilst you're doing something else together. I've learned that if we do something together and we're not looking at each other, actually things start to come up in a much more non threatening way. You can have conversations with your mum while you're doing a puzzle like, what did your mum believe about sex? What were your mum's values about money? What was your mum's upbringing? What was the things that she found difficult? And so you can begin to find the stories, the untold stories from the generations before,. which may help you make sense of the story that is unvoiced in you that is disturbing you unknowingly.
Our family is wired in us genetically and it shows in our responses to life, our beliefs, and the ‘fault lines’ that trigger us in daily life. Could finding out more about our families be the key to knowing more about ourselves?
Feel Better Live More Bitesize is my weekly podcast for your mind, body, and heart. Each week I’ll be featuring inspirational stories and practical tips from some of my former guests.
Today’s clip is from episode 246 of the podcast with Julia Samuel - renowned psychotherapist and author of the book ‘Every Family Has a Story: How We Inherit Love and Loss’.
In this clip, Julia explains why our present-day struggles probably didn’t start with us and how finding out more about our family history can help us heal.
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