NOW with Lisa Bonnice

Beneath Ireland’s beauty lies an ancient grief — the trauma of famine, colonization, and disconnection from the sacred land once regarded as a living being. In this powerful conversation, Celtic shamanism practitioner Jane Burns reveals how those wounds still echo in the collective Celtic psyche … and how remembering our original relationship with the land can begin to heal them.In Part 2 of this conversation, we explore:* The story of the Tuatha Dé Danann and the Lia Fáil — the Stone of Destiny that “cried out” for the rightful king.* The ancient ceremony of “marrying the land,” where rulers vowed complete service to the Earth’s well-being.* How Amergin’s poetic invocation calmed the sea and opened Ireland’s shores through devotion, not conquest.* The ancestral trauma carried through generations after British rule and the Great Famine.* How reconnecting with Goddess Sovereignty helps us restore balance between people and planet today.Jane reminds us that mythology is memory — not metaphor — and that the land itself still remembers its covenants. To honor those memories is to awaken the part of us that knows how to live in right relationship once again.Visit Jane’s website at journeystothesoul.com.Lisa Bonnice is an award-winning author, podcaster, and former stand-up comic whose work blends humor, heart, and spiritual depth. Her latest novel, Castle Gate, is a historical fiction saga rooted in ancestral trauma and the 1924 Castle Gate Mine Disaster, available in hardcover, paperback, ebook and audiobook. Her book Fear of Our Father, co-authored with Stacey M. Kananen, was recently made into a Lifetime movie, Monster in the Family.Learn more at lisabonnice.com and castlegatebook.com.This interview is part of the Ancestral Healing Summit 2019, a free online event. This recording is a copyright of The Shift Network, used with permission. All rights reserved.Subscribe free or paid — same content, but your support helps keep the magic flowing. Get full access to Lisa Bonnice: Post-Woo Oracle at lisabonnice.substack.com/subscribe

Why are the women in our family trees so hard to find—and what happens when we finally remember them?In this powerful conversation genealogist, medium and author Sharon DeBartolo Carmack shares tools for uncovering the stories of our mothers’ mothers’ mothers—and explains why remembering them is an act of healing that ripples through generations.You’ll hear:* How to uncover traces of female ancestors even when official records are missing* Why divorce petitions, letters, and samplers can reveal more than birth certificates* The emotional power of walking where your ancestors lived and touching their handwriting* How mitochondrial DNA links us physically to generations of women before us* Why simply remembering our forgotten foremothers sends healing through timeAs Sharon reminds us, “Nobody wants to be forgotten. Through our research and writing, we remember them—and we honor them.”A moving exploration of lineage, love, and the women who carried us here.Here’s a link to the essay that Sharon quoted:Healing the Wounds of Your Ancestors: Dr. Judith RichVisit Sharon’s website at sharondcarmack.com.Lisa Bonnice is an award-winning author, podcaster, and former stand-up comic whose work blends humor, heart, and spiritual depth. Her latest novel, Castle Gate, is a historical fiction saga rooted in ancestral trauma and the 1924 Castle Gate Mine Disaster, available in hardcover, paperback, ebook and audiobook. Her book Fear of Our Father, co-authored with Stacey M. Kananen, was recently made into a Lifetime movie, Monster in the Family.Learn more at lisabonnice.com and castlegatebook.com.This interview is part of the Ancestral Healing Summit 2023, a free online event. This recording is a copyright of The Shift Network, used with permission. All rights reserved.Subscribe free or paid — same content, but your support helps keep the magic flowing. Get full access to Lisa Bonnice: Post-Woo Oracle at lisabonnice.substack.com/subscribe

When ancestral wounds echo through generations, how do you finally set them free? In this riveting conversation, genealogist and medium Sharon DeBartolo Carmack shares a powerful true story of spiritual healing that began with sleep paralysis and ended with a miraculous sign—a peacock perched on her fence.You’ll hear:* How a shamanic “journey” revealed a chain of trauma passed down through fifteen generations of women* The simple altar ritual Sharon used to send healing energy through her maternal line* The extraordinary synchronicity that confirmed the healing—in both Utah and Hawaii, two women from the same family were shown the same sign on the same day: a live peacock* What sleep paralysis, spirit visitations, and ancestral inheritance might have in common* How psychic awareness transforms genealogy into a living conversation with the pastIn Sharon’s words, “It gives me goosebumps—it’s been healed backwards and forwards.”This is ancestral healing in action: part mystery, part miracle, and a reminder that sometimes, our bodies carry the stories our ancestors couldn’t finish.Visit Sharon’s website at sharondcarmack.com.Lisa Bonnice is an award-winning author, podcaster, and former stand-up comic whose work blends humor, heart, and spiritual depth. Her latest novel, Castle Gate, is a historical fiction saga rooted in ancestral trauma and the 1924 Castle Gate Mine Disaster, available in hardcover, paperback, ebook and audiobook. Her book Fear of Our Father, co-authored with Stacey M. Kananen, was recently made into a Lifetime movie, Monster in the Family.Learn more at lisabonnice.com and castlegatebook.com.This interview is part of the Ancestral Healing Summit 2023, a free online event. This recording is a copyright of The Shift Network, used with permission. All rights reserved.Thanks for visiting Lisa Bonnice: Post-Woo Oracle! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lisabonnice.substack.com

What if the anxiety, depression, or startle response you carry isn’t really yours? In Part 1 of this illuminating conversation with Dawson Church, we explore the hard science of epigenetics — how emotional experiences and survival instincts are chemically “tagged” onto your genes and inherited by future generations.Dawson Church, PhD, is the award-winning author of Bliss Brain: The Neuroscience of Remodeling Your Brain for Creativity, Resilience, and Joy... Mind to Matter: The Astonishing Science of How Your Brain Creates Material Reality... and The Genie in Your Genes: Epigenetic Medicine and the New Biology of Intention — which reviewers hailed as a breakthrough in our understanding of the link between emotions and genetics.You’ll learn:* The groundbreaking study where mice passed down fear of cherry blossoms for seven generations.* How depression, anxiety, and quick-startle responses can show up in grandchildren and great-grandchildren.* Why our brains evolved to focus on “tigers in the grass” — and how that survival wiring now drives chronic stress.* The surprising link between high cortisol and premature aging, memory loss, and weakened immunity.* Practical tools — from meditation to energy therapies — proven to rewire the brain and create lasting calm.As Dawson explains, you are not doomed by your genetic inheritance. By calming the brain’s default mode network and practicing simple, research-backed techniques, you can release ancestral patterns and create new epigenetic legacies — changing not only your life, but the lives of generations to come.Visit Dawson’s website at eftuniverse.com.Lisa Bonnice is an award-winning author, podcaster, and former stand-up comic whose work blends humor, heart, and spiritual depth. Her latest novel, Castle Gate, is a historical fiction saga rooted in ancestral trauma and the 1924 Castle Gate Mine Disaster. Learn more at lisabonnice.com and castlegatebook.com.This interview is part of the Ancestral Healing Summit 2019, a free online event. This recording is a copyright of The Shift Network, used with permission. All rights reserved.Thanks for visiting Lisa Bonnice: Post-Woo Oracle! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. Get full access to Lisa Bonnice: Post-Woo Oracle at lisabonnice.substack.com/subscribe

In Part 2 of this important conversation with Dr. Dan Siegel — clinical professor of psychiatry at UCLA’s David Geffen School of Medicine and founding co-director of the Mindful Awareness Research Center — we explore the intersection of genetics, epigenetics, and lived experience to reveal how cycles of trauma repeat and how they can be broken.We often think of trauma as something that happens only in our lifetime. But science is showing that the pain, losses, and survival patterns of our ancestors live on in us, affecting behavior, health, and even how our DNA functions. You’ll learn:* Why family patterns—like abandonment, addiction, or hypervigilance—can persist across generations without anyone realizing why.* How genes, epigenetics, and attachment experiences combine to shape personality and mental health.* The hopeful truth: your mind and relationships can change your brain, body, and even your telomeres (the markers of aging).* How cultivating compassion, presence, and purpose helps reverse inherited stress and fosters healing.Even when trauma seems baked into our biology, we are not helpless. By learning how attention, compassion, and community reshape the brain and body, we can interrupt old cycles and create a healthier inheritance for future generations.Visit Dr. Siegel’s website at drdansiegel.comLisa Bonnice is an award-winning author, podcaster, and former stand-up comic whose work blends humor, heart, and spiritual depth. Her latest novel, Castle Gate, is a historical fiction saga rooted in ancestral trauma and the 1924 Castle Gate Mine Disaster. Learn more at lisabonnice.com and castlegatebook.com.This interview is part of the Ancestral Healing Summit 2019, a free online event. This recording is a copyright of The Shift Network, used with permission. All rights reserved.Thanks for visiting Lisa Bonnice: Post-Woo Oracle! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. Get full access to Lisa Bonnice: Post-Woo Oracle at lisabonnice.substack.com/subscribe

In Part 4 of this timely conversation, Trauma Facilitator and Wisdom Guide Thomas Huebl illuminates how repeating patterns of trauma—pandemics, fascism, systemic racism, climate collapse—are not just history circling back, but unintegrated wounds calling for deeper attention. He challenges us to move beyond getting stuck in the “symptoms” of crisis and instead address the frozen layers of ancestral and collective trauma that shape our present.We explore:* Global trauma patterns: pandemics, fascism, and climate collapse as echoes of unresolved history.* Symptom vs. root: why focusing only on surface crises keeps us trapped in repetition.* The unfinished past: how unintegrated wounds from slavery, the Civil War, Native genocide, and the Holocaust remain embedded in society.* Information overload: how being “overinformed” through technology can numb rather than awaken us.* Trauma accumulation: why time alone does not heal—unprocessed pain compounds like snow piling on ice.* Ancestral flow: how trauma blocks the energetic exchange between generations, and why presence restores that connection.* Collective responsibility: the importance of discernment, witnessing, and choosing information we can truly digest.This is a conversation that reframes crisis not as the end of the story, but as an invitation to integrate ancestral pain, reclaim humanity, and co-create a more conscious future.Visit his website at thomashuebl.comLisa Bonnice is an award-winning author, podcaster, and former stand-up comic whose work blends humor, heart, and spiritual depth. Her latest novel, Castle Gate, is a historical fiction saga rooted in ancestral healing and the 1924 Castle Gate Mine Disaster. Learn more at lisabonnice.com and castlegatebook.com.This interview is part of the Ancestral Healing Summit 2021, a free online event. This recording is a copyright of The Shift Network, used with permission. All rights reserved.Thanks for visiting Lisa Bonnice: Post-Woo Oracle! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. Get full access to Lisa Bonnice: Post-Woo Oracle at lisabonnice.substack.com/subscribe

In Part 2 of this powerful conversation, Trauma Facilitator and Wisdom Guide Thomas Huebl explores trauma as more than a personal issue — it is the unseen inheritance of families, nations, and humanity as a whole. Together we discuss:* What trauma really is: beyond symptoms, as frozen moments that live in our bodies and psyches.* How ancestral trauma works: unprocessed experiences passed down through generations.* Collective trauma: the hidden background of entire cultures, mistaken as “normal life.”* Why knowledge alone can’t heal: and why presence and embodied practice are essential.* Relational healing: how cultivating deeper awareness in relationships helps integrate trauma.* The role of community: moving from fragmentation to coherence through shared practice.* Practical steps forward: how to recognize trauma’s “smoke” and begin addressing the fire beneath.This dialogue is an invitation to recognize the inherited wounds we carry — and to discover how healing them can transform not only our lives, but the future we co-create.Visit his website at thomashuebl.comLisa Bonnice is an award-winning author, podcaster, and former stand-up comic whose work blends humor, heart, and spiritual depth. Her latest novel, Castle Gate, is a historical fiction saga rooted in ancestral healing and the 1924 Castle Gate Mine Disaster. Learn more at lisabonnice.com and castlegatebook.com.This interview is part of the Ancestral Healing Summit 2021, a free online event. This recording is a copyright of The Shift Network, used with permission. All rights reserved.Thanks for visiting Lisa Bonnice: Post-Woo Oracle! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. Get full access to Lisa Bonnice: Post-Woo Oracle at lisabonnice.substack.com/subscribe