I'm so excited to have on Mark Wolynn, the founder and director of the Family Constellation Institute in San Francisco. Mark is a leading expert in the field of inherited family trauma and the author of the book It Didn’t Start With You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle. His articles also appear in Psychology Today, Mind Body Green, MariaShriver.com, Elephant Journal, and Psych Central, and his poetry has been published in the New Yorker.

In today's episode, we talk about:

How trauma is passed on from generation to generation
How phobias can be inherited from parents
The importance of attachment with mothers
The science behind inherited family trauma
How to heal and break the cycle of family trauma
Unconscious loyalty to the suffering of parents
What you should do if you don't know your family history
How symptoms of mental illness might not be your symptoms
What makes trauma repeat
How we can heal from parents hurtfulness
What is trauma language
The role divorce plays in attachment
The role dads play in attachment
What courage looks like to Mark

You can find Mark on Instagram at @markwolynn, and we’d both love to hear your reactions to this episode, so please screenshot and write any thoughts or questions that come up as you’re listening and tag us both (I’m @courageously.u).

Enjoy!

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16. Inherited Family Trauma With Mark Wolynn