As I have through her Instagram and now reading her book, which I was so grateful to find in my hands. Bouquet brings a wealth of expertise in understanding and transforming intergenerational trauma, and she does it with so much warmth and so much energy and so much beauty and grace that I know you're just going to fall in love with her too. A Columbia trained Afro Dominican psychologist and a trailblazer in mental health.
Bouquet, who has dedicated her work to breaking the trauma cycle and guiding others on their healing journey. Aviva Romm and I'm here today with my remarkable guest who I'm so excited to chat with Dr. Or when we do realize it, we see ourselves sometimes stuck in patterns that we saw our mother in or our grandmother in, and sometimes we get stuck in these relationships or behaviors, or economic patterns and we just don't know what to do to break free. I love the resilience from my own family legacy, but as I learned along the way, being aware of intergenerational trauma is just the tip of the iceberg because it can be so insidious that we don't even realize we're still living, not just from our own wounds, but from those that have been passed down literally genetically and cellularly, as well as through behaviors that may have been so normalized in our family or so normalized in our culture at large, that they're kind of like this inaudible background music to our lives and they create this kind of dance that we're doing without even realizing it. He was actually an early LSD psychotherapist who started to observe and explore the interconnectedness between traumatic birth, intergenerational traumas and our own psychology as we emerged into our adult lives, I was so determined not to perpetuate the various intergenerational inheritances, the traumatic parts. What happened for me was when I was 15 years old, now a lot of you might think my path to midwifery got started because I loved moms and babies so much and babies are so cute and all those things, and that is true, but actually, I had been given the gift of an article that had been written in the 1970s by someone named Stanislav Grof. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.” Vicktor FranklĪviva: Even before having my own little ones, I set out on a path that included exploring my own intergenerational inheritances: the good, the bad, and the ugly. In that space is our power to choose our response. “Between stimulus and response there is a space. You can follow Mariel on Instagram and visit her at. Make sure to follow me on Instagram join the conversation. Please share the love by sending this to someone in your life who could benefit from the kinds of things we talk about in this space. Join us in this episode's transformative conversation on health, healing, and well-being, as we become architects of a future unburdened by the weight of generational pain. Resources for those seeking guidance, including Mariel's book, “Break the Cycle: A Guide to Healing Intergenerational Trauma.”.Mariel's approach centers around the concept of an upward spiral, emphasizing small, consistent mindful actions for reshaping the nervous system.The landscape of family estrangement and tools for reconciliation before resorting to estrangement.How mothers can be preemptive cycle breakers, initiating the healing journey even before conceiving.How compassion becomes a powerful ally, fostering understanding and acceptance of our shared human struggles.”.How to expand your window of resilience and respond to life's challenges with greater awareness and purpose.”.Resilience and stress tolerance as essential tools for breaking the intergenerational trauma cycle.The profound connections between our individual experiences and the echoes of our ancestors' pain.What intergenerational trauma is and how it can affect our physiology, mental health, relationships, economics, and more.
On today’s On Health episode I’m joined by the incredible Mariel Buque, PhD, author of Break the Cycle, who wants us all to learn to unravel the threads of family trauma, and becoming cycle breakers so we can heal the burdens of suffering carried forward by so many families across generations. The cycle of intergenerational trauma underscores the importance of acknowledging, understanding, and actively addressing inherited wounds to break free from its influence on future generations. This phenomenon can manifest in various ways, impacting individuals' mental health, coping mechanisms, and relational patterns. Intergenerational trauma refers to the transmission of unresolved trauma and its psychological, emotional, or even physical effects from one generation to another.