How Healing Can Prevent Intergenerational Trauma
What is Intergenerational Trauma? Intergenerational trauma can be defined as the trauma that is passed down from one generation to the next. An individual who has experienced trauma may unintentionally pass down the emotional, psychological, or behavioural effects to family members or people in their community. For example, someone’s thoughts, behaviour, view of self, self-worth, […]
Reduce Feelings of Shame and Increase Your Self-esteem
What is shame? Brene Brown (2013) defined shame as “the intensely painful feeling or experience of believing that we are flawed and therefore unworthy of love and belonging—something we’ve experienced, done, or failed to do makes us unworthy of connection.” Shame can cause individuals to feel bad about themselves and avoid or withdraw from others. […]