Development of Self + Inherited Trauma (Episode 9)

This week, McCall begins the process of unboxing the “fractured self”, childhood and intergenerational trauma, and Epigenetics.

The exploration includes three guests: Cherish Asha Bolton (from Episode 8, where she also discussed the psyche, self, and soul) guides us through the “fractured self”; Margot Schrader briefs us on the Internal Family Systems model and intergenerational trauma; and Jessica Ferretti introduces us to somatic healing.

This dialogue challenges listeners to ponder, “What traumas am I carrying that I may not be aware of and how can I start to heal?”

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Summary

• [4:17] The ACE Quiz, Hilit Kletter

• [6:16] Cherish Asha Bolton and her work centering around adoptees and the “fractured self”

• [9:12] Discussion of personal trauma and “loss of self”

• [13:19] Margot Schrader and her work involving the Internal Family Systems model

• [16:26] Discussion of IFS and the 8 C’s

• [18:43] Hypervigilance and “reading” people

• [19:52] Tracy Bale’s studies on epigenetics and intergenerational trauma in mice

• [23:31] Cherish Asha Bolton discusses unconscious trauma

• [24:57] Margot Schrader’s parents’ trauma, including her father’s survival of the Holocaust

• [27:59] Discussion of our parents’ trauma and how that affects their children

• [30:16] Discussion of stopping the cycle of trauma

• [34:39] “Fake it ‘til you make it” and the struggle to find yourself

• [35:53] Jessica Ferretti and her work involving trauma and somatic work through massage therapy

Recommended Resources

• The ACE quiz

• TED Talks on trauma and rewiring the brain:

• The Effect of Trauma on the Brain

• NeuroHacking: rewiring the human brain

• The Trauma You Didn’t Experience

• Trauma not Transformed is Transferred

• Follow Cherish Asha Bolton’s personal work at The Other(ed) Woman, at Medium, or on Facebook

• Also check out People for Ethical Adoption Reform

• More on Margot Schrader

• Waking the Tiger by Peter A. Levine and Ann Frederick

• The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel A. van der Kolk

• My Grandmother’s Hands by Resmaa Menakem

• Get in touch with Jessica Ferretti at www.MeditationForMuscles.com or MeditationForMuscles@gmail.com

• Join the conversation on Facebook!

• Support UnBoxing “God” here

• Email Waldo (McCall and the team) at waldolovesme@gmail.com if there’s anything you’d like to unbox with us!

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tags: 12-step recovery | spiritual recovery | recovery podcast | spiritual exploration | spiritual podcast | epigenetics | childhood trauma | intergenerational trauma | fractured self | loss of self | hypervigilance | Holocaust survivors | trauma | somatic trauma | somatic healing