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Ancestral trauma #4 – Slave mentality 19 April 2020 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Patriarchy , Shame , 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 on […]

What is ancestral trauma? 21 May 2019 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Cornerstones , Generational trauma , Patriarchy , 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 […]

What is generational trauma? 26 October 2018 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Cornerstones , Generational trauma , 1 Comment Generational trauma is unresolved trauma and shame genetically inherited from your mother or father through epigenetic inheritance. It surfaces as disempowering feelings and behaviours that make no sense in the context of the life of the […]

What is unconscious shame? 3 March 2017 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Cornerstones , Shame , No Comments We live in a society that’s historically been emotionally and sexually repressed. The psychological mechanism by which we repress our socially unacceptable emotional and sexual impulses is unconscious shame. Unconscious shame is a layer of invisible […]