7 Symptoms of generational trauma 19 February 2024 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Generational trauma , No Comments One of the difficulties in identifying generational trauma—or even believing that it’s real—is the wide array of symptoms that may present. Inherited traumas are instances of past emotional overwhelm, situations that one of your ancestors could […]
5 Mistakes to avoid when healing porn addiction 17 February 2024 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Pornography , No Comments While researching Google keywords I stumbled on a list of ‘Five effective strategies to overcome porn addiction’. These strategies are mostly based on false, wish-fulfilment ideas about the mechanics of porn addiction. This led […]
3 Effects of left-brain hemispheric dominance 7 February 2024 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Emotional principles , No Comments While effects of mental health in general and generational trauma in particular attract increasing attention, one piece of the wellness puzzle remains under-recognised—left-brain hemispheric dominance. I’d go as far as saying that hemispheric dominance is […]
Are you carrying inherited resentment? 18 December 2023 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Generational trauma , No Comments On this site I’ve written extensively about shame and generational trauma. In their deadly embrace a third entity, a poisoned and poisonous child, stealthily sulks: resentment. As we strip away the layers of shame and trauma […]
How to work with the geography of generational trauma 8 December 2023 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Generational trauma , How-to & step-by-step , No Comments I’ve recently come to a new understanding of the importance of geography in resolving generational trauma. Trauma formation is inextricably linked with the place it occurred. I’m ashamed […]
Is heavy tattooing a sign of shame? 30 November 2023 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Shame , No Comments A few decades ago, tattooing used to be a mark of an outsider, someone who flaunted social conventions. Prison inmates used tattooed tears to indicate how many times they’d been inside. The closest thing to […]
Hieroglyphics, hemispheric dominance, and polarised thinking 3 November 2023 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: History , No Comments In the 1820s, French philologist and orientalist Jean-François Champollion made a critical breakthrough in deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphics. This mostly forgotten event provides us with a clear example of the effect of hemispheric dominance—the pre-eminence of left-brain, […]
Normal – the non-existent patriarchal standard 2 November 2023 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Patriarchy , No Comments When exploring feelings of unconscious shame and disgrace, it’s important to remember that these feelings always exist in response to judgment. Judgment, in its turn, is always against a standard. In our patriarchal society that standard […]
Disgrace – the deepest form of shame 1 November 2023 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Shame , No Comments For many years I’ve been excavating the unconscious—the place where, as Laura Knight-Jadczyk writes, “are found unfathomable depths of the rejected, the unacknowledged, the unrecognised, the unknown and undeveloped elements of our existence.” Through consistent […]
The car of your life – are you in the driving seat? 30 October 2023 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Emotional principles , How-to & step-by-step , No Comments Imagine the journey of your life as a 2-seater sports car, like this Chevrolet Corvette at the Cayman Motor Museum. You’re speeding down the road. […]