“In the healing of inter-generational trauma, you may also complete an action that was attempted and thwarted by a traumatized ancestor.

The trauma got stuck in their body, and then passed down to you.

Even though you may be cognitively unaware unaware of this trauma—or of your ancestor’s experience and incomplete action—your own efforts simultaneously heal your trauma and release future generations from its grip.”

Resmaa Menakem,
from My Grandmother’s Hands