Destructive family patterns - will they end with you, or continue through you?
Experiences, traumas, beliefs, and behaviors of our lineage form patterns that over time can become embedded in the collective energy of our family, our subconscious mind, and our DNA.
We may have copied and inherited negative patterns, beliefs, and trauma - but we're not obligated to carry or repeat them. Healing is possible. Change is a choice.
Positive thinking alone, bypassing or masking pain with "love and light," or hoping it will change by itself - won't uproot and heal the patterns, beliefs, and trauma stored in body, mind, and energy.
Breaking destructive family patterns requires taking 100% self-responsibility, the courage to meet ourselves honestly, process and integrate the unresolved trauma, and deprogram the beliefs that keep us stuck.
To fully integrate the inner work we do, we must take action that reflects it.
That's how we solidify mental and emotional transformation - through the body and into physical reality.
Someone might say, "But it's not just my responsibility. They should make an effort to heal and change too." That's true - and I fully agree.
Our parents and family are 100% responsible for their choices, behavior and actions. But, the reality is, they may never take any ownership and do their part.
If you and I don't commit to healing trauma and changing dysfunctional family dynamics - are we, on some level, choosing to continue the pattern and pass it down to our children and grandchildren?
Yes. That is what were doing. Avoiding making a choice is still a choice.
Today, we have access to the tools, support, and resources to do inner work. Are we willing to show up and do what's required?
When we commit to this level of self-responsibility, self-ownership, and inner work - we change the trajectory of not only our own life, but the lives of generations to come.
As a child, you had little influence over the trajectory of your life. But you're not a child anymore.
You are an adult now. You don't need permission, validation, or approval to walk your own path.
It can end with you.
(Kenneth Soares)
