Hello and welcome to my podcast, The Wellness Project with Des. On today’s podcast episode, I speak with Rebecca Sonnenberg about the impact of generational trauma and how to break free.
I’m Desiree, a Mental Health Therapist and Holistic Wellness Coach, passionate about helping you to improve your mental health and live a healthy and fulfilled life. One way I do this is by interviewing experts in the field of mental health and wellness as well as those that share their first-hand accounts with their mental health journeys. In this podcast episode, we will hear from Rebecca about how to break the cycle of generational trauma.
Rebecca Sonenberg previously in law enforcement. Wanting to help people before they got into the system, she switched careers and became a Social Worker. Rebecca is now a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Albuquerque, New Mexico and she owns a for-profit and nonprofit. She specializes in Intergenerational Trauma.
In this podcast interview, Rebecca educates us on what generational trauma is, the many pathways trauma can be passed down from one generation to another, some common ways it presents across the generations and how it may impact your life, relationships, and well-being. Rebecca sites research going back 3 generations. She shares the role family stories or the lack of stories can play in transmitting generational trauma. And most important, in this powerful conversation, Rebecca shares how one can heal from generational trauma.
Listen to my powerful and insightful conversation with Rebecca and learn how you can break the cycle of generational trauma.
Ways to Listen:
Episode Mentions:
- Dr. Gabor Mate
- When the Body Says No– Gabor Mate
- The Body Keeps the Score– Bessel van der Kolk
- The Deepest Well– Nadine Burke Harris
- Nadine Burke Harris TedTalk
- Rachel Yehuda
- It Didn’t Start with You– Mark Wolynn