Breaking Generational Silence
A Guide to Disrupt Unhealthy Family Patterns and Heal Inherited Trauma
Nicole Russell-Wharton
- From
- regarded
- mental
- health
- expert
- Nicole
- Russell-Wharton,
- a
- guide
- to
- disrupt
- family
- patterns
- and
- heal
- from
- inherited
- trauma
- so
- you
- can
- break
- the
- cycle
- of
- silence
- for
- generations
- to
- comeWhat
- if
- one
- conversation
- was
- able
- to
- redirect
- a
- person’s
- life
- and
- create
- a
- ripple
- effect
- of
- healing
- that
- spans
- generations?
- It
- took
- a
- life-threatening
- experience
- for
- mental
- health
- expert
- Nicole
- Russell-Wharton
- to
- realize
- that
- after
- 35
- years,
- she
- didn't
- know
- the
- body
- she
- was
- living
- in.
- After
- being
- diagnosed
- with
- a
- rare
- life-altering
- genetic
- condition
- that
- others
- in
- her
- family
- had,
- Nicole
- couldn't
- understand
- how
- everyone
- remained
- silent.
- “I’ve
- suffered
- through
- many
- things
- in
- silence
- over
- the
- years,”
- says
- Russell-Wharton.
- “It
- wasn’t
- until
- I
- started
- collecting
- data
- on
- generational
- issues
- like
- poverty
- and
- trauma
- that
- I
- had
- this
- awakening:
- our
- healing
- challenges
- are
- rooted
- in
- our
- families’
- silence
- and
- psychological
- pathology.”It's
- the
- silence
- that's
- harming
- us.“Generational
- silence”
- is
- a
- term
- applied
- to
- families
- who
- have
- experienced
- suppressed
- thoughts
- or
- repressed
- emotions
- for
- at
- least
- two
- generations.
- In
- this
- book,
- Nicole
- speaks
- from
- personal
- experience
- about
- how
- slavery
- left
- an
- intergenerational
- impact
- on
- her
- family’s
- emotional
- and
- physical
- health,
- and
- it
- invites
- readers
- to
- explore
- the
- legacy
- of
- their
- own
- family
- history.
- This
- book
- will
- help
- you
- explore:•
- The
- cycle
- and
- impact
- of
- issues
- like
- substance
- abuse,
- religion,
- racism,
- education
- inequality,
- and
- parenting
•
- Research,
- practical
- tools,
- and
- exercises
- to
- begin
- to
- explore
- your
- family
- history
- and
- open
- up
- conversations
•
- The
- root
- of
- silence
- in
- your
- own
- life,
- so
- you
- can
- break
- the
- cycle
- for
- generations
- to
- comeBreaking
- Generational
- Silence
- will
- help
- you
- begin
- to
- break
- the
- cycle
- of
- silence,
- find
- the
- courage
- to
- face
- your
- family
- challenges,
- and
- become
- your
- own
- best advocate.
