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Mark Wolynn is a pioneer in the field of inherited family trauma and the director of the Family Constellation Institute in San Francisco. He wrote the mega-bestseller It Didn’t Start With You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle. And just last year, he fully updated and revised this amazing guide with new research, stories, and tools. He also created a companion workbook which is more akin to having a session with him.

I find Mark’s work endlessly fascinating, in part because there’s constantly more that he’s learning and discovering, as research in this world continues to catch up and evolve.

Today, we talk about how inherited family trauma and attachment trauma affects us all, and how we can play out old patterns in ways that we don’t always have a conscious understanding of. Mark used the term unconscious loyalty, which may resonate with many of you. You may also recognize the feeling of having anxiety that feels like it doesn’t really belong to you.

As a side note, it’s interesting that this episode on generational patterns is coming a week after my conversation with Belle Burden, which I hope you’ll go back to if you haven’t listened already.

Mark also shares some powerful case studies and stories, along with his tools for what we can actually do to make positive change in our lives now, and for future generations.

Book: It Didn’t Start With You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle

Workbook: The Official It Didn’t Start With You Workbook

Mark’s Website

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(Generated by AI, not perfect! It’s definitely better to listen to the episode itself. :) )