The act of reflecting on potential negative parenting cycles is the step that breaks the cycle of intergenerational trauma.

“But the thing is is the very fact that you're reflecting on that means you've already broken that cycle.”

Families often pass down limiting narratives or stories that served an adaptive purpose in previous generations but fail to serve the current generation's needs.

“what we're not doing as a field in my opinion is um which is where I kind of special specialize. We're not treating the core issue and the core issue is a story that the family is passing down which actually can be limiting.”

Healing requires someone in the family to be courageous enough to look at past trauma to change the family lineage.

“to change the trajectory of the family's lineage, the trauma. Somebody has to be courageous enough to heal and look under the trunk.”