Indiana Jones-ing Through My DNA: A Gen X Quest for Healing and Thriving
Intergenerational inheritance, aka trauma, is my JAM. I’ve come to feel so strongly that aiding in its’ eradication is what I came here to do. Discovering and learning about intergenerational inheritance, the nervous system, and epigenetics (this stuff is in our cells and DNA) has provided a reason for all the pain, abandonment, parental wounding - adoptive and biologicals, divorces, losing my mother to cancer at age 18, family estrangements… everything I’ve ever been through. Especially the situations I thought would absolutely crush me. This information has led me to the path out of victimhood and onto the road to self-worth. Perhaps you too have travelled this particular intersection.
Maybe Generation X was primed for the level of estrangement from our children that we’re currently experiencing. More than one in four, 29%, of Americans are estranged from an immediate family member, according to a 2022 YouGov poll of 11,000 people. It’s estimated that roughly 40% of Gen Xers were latchkey kids. Meaning we went through our all-important, formative years as one of the least-parented, least-nurtured generations in U.S. history. In fact, Generation X is often identified as the "forgotten generation.” Many, many children in that era were not experiencing many safe, seen, and heard moments. It was A-OK in the 60’s and ‘70’s to hit your kids. You could ignore them and hit them with belts, hairbrushes and wooden spoons. We ran wild and barefoot and had to have a television commercial remind our parents to look out for us after the sun went down.
You don’t have to look very far for the answer to why many of us have experienced depression, anger, anxiety to the point of panic attacks, stress to the bejesus, numbing, addiction and estrangement.
A good start to shifting out of a nervous system breakdown into learning how to consciously choose your own behavior and make decisions about the kind of life you deeply desire is by identifying what needs to be settled within you. It starts from a place of curiosity. About yourself and then about your family DNA. It turns out we can Indiana Jones our way to healing. There are so many of Us and we deserve healing and freedom from the experiences we’ve inherited and are now carrying. When we heal ourselves, the benefit extends out exponentially to our loved ones and everyone we’re in contact with. Imagine people being in joy, freedom and love that they are radiating outward. It’s going to be amazing.