Your Body Is Carrying Your Mother's Trauma — How to Break the Cycle of Generational Pain and Chronic Disease

About this episode

The episode discusses how unresolved childhood trauma can lead to chronic illness and offers strategies for healing and breaking generational cycles of pain.

What if the chronic illness you've been fighting your whole life began with your childhood and your family of origin? Unresolved childhood trauma lives in your thyroid, your gut, and your joints, and it can be inherited. Nurse practitioner Dani Williamson and mental health specialist Dr. Stacy Jagger join Dr. Chris Motley and Dr. Anis Khalaf to discuss this hopeful message: you can reverse these cycles of physical and emotional pain. From digital detox to elimination diets to EMDR, this episode is a roadmap for breaking the generational cycle of pain, disease, and disconnection — for good. Content Advisory: This episode discusses suicide, mental health struggles, and emotional distress. Viewer discretion is advised. If you or someone you know is in immediate danger or considering self-harm, please seek professional help or contact local emergency services. What you’ll learn in this episode: Healing from childhood trauma is possible and available Children need help: the fastest growing age range for suicide is 10-13 Help starts with the whole family: a digital detox allows for connection and nervous system regulation Physical markers that your fight-or-flight might be affecting…

People in this episode

Hosts: Chris Motley, Anis Khalaf

Guests: Dani Williamson, Stacy Jagger

Topics covered

• generational trauma
• chronic disease
• childhood trauma
• mental health
• healing
• family connection

Keywords

• chronic illness
• trauma
• digital detox
• elimination diet
• EMDR
• thyroid health
• gut health

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