Webinar
Monday, March 2 at 7:00 p.m. CDT
Understanding Generational Trauma Through Family History, Records, and Patterns
Have you ever looked back at your family and wondered:Â Why was grandma so harsh? Why did grandpa abandon the family? Why was there so much silence, control, anger, or emotional distance in my family?
This program explores the deeper “why” behind difficult family dynamics—without blame, and without excusing harm.
Why Was Grandma So Mean? is a guided experience that helps you understand how trauma moves through families, how it shows up in genealogy records, and how it may still be shaping your life today.
What We’ll Explore
- What generational trauma really is (and what it isn’t)
- Different types of trauma—war, loss, poverty, displacement, abuse, illness, silence, and survival stress
- How trauma can shape behavior, parenting, emotional expression, and family roles
- Patterns in genealogy records: early deaths, institutionalization, repeated losses, migration, military service, and secrets
- How inherited patterns show up in our relationships, nervous systems, beliefs, and choices
- Ways to gently acknowledge what was carried—without retraumatizing or rewriting history
This Is Not About Blame
Our ancestors did the best they could with what they had.
This work is about context, compassion, and clarity—seeing the full picture so we can stop carrying what was never meant to be ours.
Who This Program Is For
- Genealogists and family historians who sense there’s “more to the story”
- People noticing repeated emotional or relational patterns in their families
- Those curious about how past trauma may still echo in the present
- Anyone ready to look at family history with honesty, care, and depth
- Anyone on a spiritual journey looking for answers
What You’ll Gain
- A new lens for understanding difficult ancestors
- Tools to read genealogy records beyond names and dates
- Insight into your own inherited patterns and responses
- A sense of relief, validation, and greater self-compassion
You don’t have to keep wondering what went wrong. Sometimes the answer isn’t who—it’s what they lived through.
Program access is 6 months. You receive a workbook and replay with this program.Â
Register today!Meet Your Guide
For more than a decade, I’ve helped people uncover the hidden stories of their military ancestors—from World War I through Vietnam—using a research approach that works even when records are missing, damaged, or destroyed. But my work has never been only about documents. It’s about understanding how war lives on in families.
My journey began nearly 30 years ago through genealogy and the quiet pull of my own military ancestors. Over time, I saw a pattern repeat itself again and again: the war may have ended, but its impact did not. Silence, fear, emotional distance, hyper-independence, grief, addiction, and fractured family dynamics often traced directly back to unspoken wartime experiences. Research opened the door—but healing was what families were truly seeking.
Having lived between Chicago and the Netherlands, I’ve been immersed in both American and European war history, culture, and remembrance. I’ve walked battlefields, stood at gravesites, and worked closely with military records while also navigating my own path through PTSD, inherited trauma, and deep ancestral healing. This lived experience sharpened my ability to recognize generational patterns and to help others make sense of how war shaped their families—often in ways no one ever explained.
Through the WWII Research & Writing Center and the Ancestral Souls Wisdom School, I now bring together genealogy, military research, trauma awareness, and ancestral healing. I help you recover the story of your veteran—and understand how that story echoes through generations—so you can transform inherited patterns into clarity, compassion, and healing.
This is not just research.
It’s reclamation.
It’s context.
It’s where history, lineage, and healing meet.
