S5 Episode 40: Emotional Inheritance with Dr. Galit Atlas, PhD

Dr. Galit Atlas is a psychoanalyst, writer, and internationally renowned voice in the world of emotional healing whose work illuminates the invisible threads between our personal suffering and the legacies we inherit. She is a faculty member at NYU’s Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis, and a celebrated clinician who has spent decades helping people uncover the unspoken stories that live in their bodies, relationships, and choices. Dr. Atlas is the author of Emotional Inheritance: a groundbreaking book that explores how trauma we didn’t experience directly can shape our lives in ways we don’t always understand, and how healing often begins by naming what has long been unsaid. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, Oprah Daily, and other major publications, where her voice brings both intellectual clarity and emotional resonance to topics that are often hidden in silence. Dr. Atlas teaches that what we carry from generations before us is not just pain, but also resilience, creativity, and longing. Her work is not just about the past; it’s about liberation in the present and bringing curiosity and compassion to the stories and legacies we’ve inherited, and in so doing; reclaiming the right to choose our future. Dr. Atlas’s presence in the field is as poetic as it is precise; and she’s a constant reminder that healing is not about erasing the past… it’s about finding ourselves within it and learning to live fully, while holding what came before.

Connect with Dr. Atlas:

Instagram - @galit_atlas

Website - www.galitatlas.com

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