Breaking the Cycle: Overcoming Family and Generational Trauma, Being Emotionally Sensitive, and Leading by Example

“[Our parents] were doing a lot of the first in their generation. And when you were doing the first, there's a lot of survival. You're just scrapping. You don't have the time or the luxury to think about mental health or the luxury to think about emotional health. But that does not negate the lack of presence in the home where it's okay to feel your emotions and talk about your needs and wants— it doesn't negate that [it] doesn't still hurt, it still doesn't impact us. It still doesn't take away the fact that it caused trauma. So I think the balanced way to look at it is, yes, this is what happened. Have grace and mercy for our families and our parents, but do not take away from what we experienced.”