Ep. #218: Codependency, Inner Child Healing & Intergenerational Trauma with Ivy Kwong

Ivy Kwong, LMFT is a writer, speaker, and licensed psychotherapist specializing in Asian American mental health, healing codependency, and healing ancestral and intergenerational trauma. She is an advocate for decolonizing mental health and has 16+ years of experience offering social justice-minded therapy and coaching. 

In this episode, Eryn and Ivy talk about:

• Ivy’s healing journey
• Healing being hurt in relationship through relationships
• Reconnecting with the wisdom of our emotions
• Self-abandonment through people pleasing
• How to know when something old is showing up and asking to be seen
• Moving emotions
• Rage as an expression of love
• Expressing our anger as people socialized as women
• Healing intergenerational trauma, ancestral trauma
• Inner child healing including for people who don’t have a lot of childhood memories
• Healing relationships with our parents
• People pleasing & codependency
• Healing through setting boundaries

Blog for this episode: www.living-open.com/blog/ivy-kwong 

Download a free 8-minute breathwork meditation here and download a free healing meditation for ex-religious folks here. Check out the Religious Trauma Healing workbook here.

Connect with Ivy on her website and on Instagram.

Connect with Eryn on Instagram.

Mentioned in this episode:

• My Grandmother’s Hands by Resmaa Menakem
• Healing Your Relationship with Your Parents with Ivy Kwong