Guest Blog: By Nadja Skazlić (Nadja is a friend and colleague from Zagreb, Croatia who I met at the 2014 Systemic Constellations Intensive in Bernried, Germany in May. She works with individuals around the break up of relationships. Her webpage is http://www.nadja.hr/) What if it isn’t the end? What if…
The systemic impact of colonization influences the lives of all North Americans, and knowledge of the legacy of Canada’s Indian Residential Schools is vital to understanding the reality today. It also impacts the wellbeing of peoples and societies all over the world where colonization was and is a part of…
There has been one more death far too soon, and one death is too many. This blog is written with respect for the Indigenous peoples of Canada and first peoples of other nations around the world that are experiencing continuing emotional trauma individually, within families, and within communities today as…
Epigenetics is a fascinating empirical field of science. Transgenerational epigenetic inheritance is an area of neuroscience and genetic research that has grown rapidly over the past decade. One empirical study after another has created a package of quantifiable evidence to show that the emotional trauma of animals and human beings…
Most regions of the world carry the impact of past trauma and Serbia is no exception. When a trauma is buried within and not openly processed, it is imprinted on the cells of the bodies of those individuals who experienced the event. These old unresolved emotional traumas might travel transgenerationally…
Let me share a little of my early May journey to Bernried 2014. This intensive International System Constellations Association training is held over 8 days in southern Germany. This blog post is a little different than most of my previous ones but I thought I’d share some of the gems…
What does it mean to live life fully? One evening this week I experienced a lightning storm like nothing I had ever experienced before. The rain poured down and the sky completely lit up with flashes of sheet lightning every few seconds and this went on for at least an…
Immigration (Part 3) discusses the transgenerational emotional impact of immigration on individuals, families, and communities. I have just returned from a trip to Germany where I enjoyed my second intensive training in systemic constellations with the faculty of the International Systemic Constellations Association at Bernried, Germany. I followed that with…
Immigration or migration is an emotional time for everyone involved. Family systems carry the emotional wounds and trauma of immigration. Family systems pass on their unresolved emotional trauma to the living descendants to be acknowledged, accepted, addressed, and healed. We suffer consequences physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually, psychologically, financially, intellectually, and…
