The Mother Wound, Three Generations Back: A Somatic Therapy and Family Constellations Guide
Most of what is written about the mother wound stops at the level of you and your mother. The deeper question is just beginning. A systemic view from a somatic therapist and family constellation facilitator. By Abi Beri | Integrative Therapist, Family Constellation Facilitator & Nervous System Specialist · Dublin & Online TL;DR. Your mother […]
What Actually Happens in a Family Constellations Session?
A plain-language guide to one of the most powerful — and most misunderstood — approaches to healing, with a short audio explainer from Abi Beri. Family Constellations is one of those approaches that’s hard to grasp until you’ve experienced it — and easy to misunderstand from the outside. If someone’s told you about it and […]
What Is Intergenerational Trauma?
Intergenerational trauma refers to emotional, relational or survival patterns that can be passed through families. This does not always happen through words. Sometimes it is passed through silence. Sometimes through nervous-system responses, family roles, beliefs, loyalties or the unspoken rules of belonging. A child may grow up sensing what is safe to say, what must […]
Breaking Generational Trauma: How to Be the Cycle Breaker in Your Family
The deepest honouring is not carrying their pain. It is letting them keep their fate while you step into yours. By Abi Beri | Family Constellation Facilitator, Dublin & Online [Reading time: 14 minutes] Someone in every lineage has to be the one who says: this stops here. The patterns that have repeated for generations. […]
Ancestral Healing and Generational Trauma: The Science of Inherited Patterns and How to Break Free
Have you ever felt like you’re carrying something that doesn’t quite belong to you? A heaviness that doesn’t match your own life circumstances. A fear that has no clear origin in your personal history. A pattern that keeps repeating in your family, generation after generation, despite everyone’s best efforts to break it. You might be […]
Honoring What Was Carried: How Family Constellation Therapy Ends Generational Pain
Have you ever wondered why certain patterns keep repeating in your life, even though you’ve tried everything to change them? Why you feel anxious in ways your life circumstances don’t quite explain? Why you carry grief that doesn’t seem to be entirely yours? The answer might lie not in your own life story, but in […]
Breaking Silence: How to Heal from What Your Family Never Talked About
Introduction: The Things Nobody Said Every family has them – the subjects that make the room go quiet, the topics that cause a subtle shift in energy, the truths everyone knows but nobody names. Perhaps it’s addiction called “stress.” Mental illness labeled “having a hard time.” Affairs that reorganized the entire family but were never […]
Family Constellation Healing: How to Break Generational Patterns and Transform Your Family Legacy
“When we heal ourselves, we heal seven generations backward and seven generations forward.” – Native American Proverb Have you ever caught yourself reacting to something and thought, “I sound exactly like my mother,” or found yourself stuck in the same relationship patterns that played out in your family for generations? Perhaps you’ve noticed that anxiety, […]
The Emotional and Physical Side Effectsof Family Constellation Therapy
Family Constellation Therapy (FCT) has emerged as a powerful therapeutic approach, delving into the hidden dynamics of family systems to address current issues. While its potential for healing is well-documented, FCT, like any therapeutic modality, can trigger a range of emotional and physical aftereffects. Understanding these aftereffects is crucial for both practitioners and participants to […]
Healing Relationships through Family Constellation Therapy: A Comprehensive Guide
In the intricate web of human relationships, we often find ourselves entangled in conflicts, misunderstandings, and emotional struggles that can strain our bonds with family members and loved ones. Whether it’s discord with a partner, unresolved issues with parents, or lingering tensions among siblings, these relationship challenges can take a significant toll on our emotional […]