When working with my clients one-on-one, we usually spend a lot of time tapping for the world views and beliefs that have been passed along from parents. It makes good sense that we pick up the beliefs of our parents because they are usually our closest relationships.
Mark Wolynn’s work looks at how we inherit our parents’ beliefs, not through the day-to-day of living with them, but genetically as a result of the trauma experienced by past generations.
This idea emerged just over a decade ago and there is now a large body of scientific evidence in support of it.
In the interview Mark explains how trauma is passed on genetically in our DNA, how we can identify the traumas that have been passed down, and what we can do to clear them.
If you find this topic interesting, check out Mark’s book “IT DIDN’T START WITH YOU: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle”, which contains a much more comprehensive conversation on how you can identify and clear inherited traumas.
 Mark Wolynn |
Guest: Mark Wolynn
Contact: web @ MarkWolynn.com; facebook @ Mark Wolynn
About: Mark Wolynn, director of The Family Constellation Institute in San Francisco, is a leading expert in the field of inherited family trauma. A sought-after lecturer, 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. Mark specializes in working with depression, anxiety, obsessive thoughts, fears, panic disorders, self-injury, chronic pain and persistent symptoms and conditions. His book IT DIDN’T START WITH YOU: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle (Viking/Penguin) is the winner of the 2016 Nautilus Book Award in psychology. His articles have appeared in Psychology Today, Mind Body Green, MariaShriver.com, Elephant Journal, and Psych Central.
Along with releases the generations that came before me, I see release for the generations that come after me too.
Excellent. Excellent. Excellent! Glad to hear this, and appreciated your comments at the end of the interview as well . Thanks, Gene.
Thank you Gene, this was one of the most insightful interviews I have heard on your site. Though I can honestly say that the content you post is of high quality and I always learn something or enhance what I already know.
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This was great! Thank-you very much! It was fascinating hearing about the studies on the Holocaust survivors. I did not realize that emotional trauma can cause epigenetic changes. It answers some questions that I had.