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With practice, we can see that our wounded child is not only us. Our wounded child may represent several generations. Our mother may have suffered throughout her life. Our father may have suffered. Perhaps our parents weren’t able to look after the wounded child in themselves. So when we’re embracing the wounded child in us, we are embracing all the wounded child in our past generations. This practice is not a practice for ourselves alone, but for numberless generations of ancestors and descendants.
~Thich Nhat Hanh
My current title reads, Jennifer Holik spiritual coach and an intuitive healer specializing in inherited & war trauma, & personal & ancestral healing. I am also a military researcher,...
I recently discovered an account on Instagram @iwitnesshistory.This account is run by a man named Daniel Burghard, who recently published a book called The Things They've Seen. Reflections on WWII...
Our WWI and WWII war veterans and their families carried secrets. They grieved or raged in silence. Their silence, lies, secrets, hidden illnesses, all affected their living families and their...
I have a new webinar in September to help you explore the effects of war on our veterans and family. What was kept in silence post-WWII (or any war) has a tremendous impact on us through inherited...
I have a new webinar in September to help you explore the mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual effects of our often traumatic genealogy and military research.
Breakdown! Unspoken Effects of...
I'm so excited to announce a new series of webinars, Coffee With My Ancestors.
Do you ever wish you could sit down at the table with a cup of coffee or tea and speak with your ancestors who...
Do you ever wonder why, if every family was affected by a war, any war, at any point in time, and suffers similar things and have inherited trauma, why we all stay silent? Why we are all sworn to...
As we research our family's history through genealogical and military records, we often strive to just document the basic facts. Names, dates, places, and a few notes. When we have time, we may dig...
