Depression. Anxiety. Chronic pain. Obsessive thoughts. The roots of these difficulties may not have originated with us—but with our parents, grandparents, or even great-grandparents. As a pioneer in the field of inherited family trauma, Mark Wolynn has helped people for more than thirty years break long-standing patterns of suffering. Now you can break those patterns too: this workbook, the companion to his international bestseller It Didn’t Start with You, offers a pragmatic and easy-to-follow guide to his method, the Core Language Approach. Through a series of experiential exercises, thought-provoking prompts, and practices based in neuroscience, you may discover that the symptoms you’ve suffered with your whole life are really just fragments of unresolved trauma in your family history. This workbook is a transformative experience that will teach you how to heal the past, reconnect with yourself, and reclaim your life, health, and vitality.
Some of the experiences you’ll explore on your path of self-discovery include:
- Tracing your family history back to unresolved traumatic events.
- Following your words, fears, symptoms and behaviors to understand your deepest emotions.
- Exercises for healing both attachment and generational trauma.
- Practices to release unconscious patterns of illness, emotional blocks, and destructive behavior.
- New work that expands upon the concepts from It Didn’t Start with You to further your healing journey.
Author
Mark Wolynn
Mark Wolynn is a leading expert on inherited family trauma. As the director of The Family Constellation Institute in San Francisco, he has trained thousands of clinicians and treated thousands more patients struggling with depression, anxiety, panic disorder, obsessive thoughts, self-injury, chronic pain, and illness. A sought-after lecturer, he leads workshops at hospitals, clinics, conferences, and teaching centers around the world. He has taught at the University of Pittsburgh, the Western Psychiatric Institute, Kripalu, The Omega Institute, The New York Open Center, and The California Institute of Integral Studies. His articles have appeared in Elephant Journal and Psych Central, and his poetry has been published in The New Yorker.
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