arresteddevelopment
Mother and child non-communication – the original pre-verbal trauma 15 April 2022 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Mother wound , No Comments In We have no language for pre-verbal trauma, I wrote how difficult it is to articulate the experience of trauma when it occurred before we developed the capacity for language. The acquisition […]
The only exit from the past is by going back through it 10 December 2021 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Emotional principles , Generational trauma , No Comments “The past is a door I don’t revisit very often”. I’ve heard this, and similar beliefs on leaving the past behind, over the years. This seems […]
The mother wound – cities are just wealthy refugee camps 24 September 2021 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Mother wound , No Comments Cities. Home to millions. Situated at the crossroads of the world’s trade routes and natural harbours. Centres of learning and technology. Glittering jewels of human achievement. The pinnacle of civilization. Or […]
India’s caste system is a multi-layered trauma 18 June 2021 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Generational trauma , No Comments Philonise Floyd, during the trial for the murder of his brother George, stated that “the world is traumatized”. I’d like to back up that assertion and expand the perception of trauma by recognising India’s […]
Not measuring up 29 May 2021 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Generational trauma , No Comments I grew up in the shadow of World War 2, in the Channel Islands—the only part of the British Empire occupied by the Nazis. My mother’s family buried their valuables in a potato pot and evacuated to the […]
The Capitol riot and the radicalisation of the Grand Old Party 6 March 2021 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: News , Radicalisation , No Comments You don’t need me to tell you that on the evening of 6 January 2021, a mob of several thousand people stormed the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC, following […]
Ancestral trauma #5 – Zero emotional and sexual growth 18 February 2021 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Patriarchy , No Comments In What is ancestral trauma? I describe the key psychological wounds that humanity suffered as a result of the drought, desertification and famine that gave rise to patriarchy. Here I want to focus […]
What is racial trauma? 17 February 2021 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Cornerstones , Generational trauma , No Comments In Trauma exists as a series of ripples, I describe the multiple, interconnected sources of trauma that may exist in our lives. I’ve broken down these sources into five key layers. In this article I’m […]
Humanity runs on a Patriarchal Operating System 18 December 2020 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Cornerstones , Patriarchy , 4 Comments For the past 6,000 years, ever since the dawn of patriarchy, humanity has been running on a specific psychological paradigm—the Patriarchal Operating System. What do I mean by ‘running’? I mean breathing, feeling, thinking, eating, […]
We have no language for pre-verbal trauma 11 December 2020 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Ancestral trauma , Generational trauma , Mother wound , No Comments I have long wondered why some people talk about their issues while others don’t. I’ve often mistaken ‘can’t talk’ for ‘don’t want to talk’. More recently I’ve started […]