Pointing the finger – weaponizing shame 16 March 2026 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Patriarchy , Shame , No Comments Those staring eyes… that bushy moustache… that accusatory finger. It’s one of the most iconic posters in history. With the stark call to action Your Country Needs You, this poster encouraged thousands of young men to […]
The silence of the lambs: silence as survival strategy 12 March 2026 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Generational trauma , No Comments When families encounter hardship, something curious often happens. Just like lambs before slaughter, they fall silent. Not always immediately. At first there may be noise—confusion, blame, or frantic attempts to fix things. […]
Deepak Chopra and the fall of gurus – failure to clear the lower body 3 March 2026 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Emotional principles , News , No Comments As I write this, New Age guru and spiritual super-author Deepak Chopra faces a social media backlash following disclosure of his links to disgraced financier […]
Self-connection – the aim of all inner work 6 February 2026 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Emotional principles , Generational trauma , No Comments As a coach specialising in inherited trauma, shame, and impostor syndrome, I talk a lot about trauma and releasing trauma. Yet releasing trauma is not an end of itself. The […]
Trauma formation: emotional overwhelm reduces threat perception 30 January 2026 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Generational trauma , No Comments Continuing our exploration of the mechanics of trauma formation, in this blog I want to examine the exact moment of emotional overwhelm in more detail. This is the moment that homeostasis—our psychic regulator—is under […]
Arrested development – humanity’s collective immaturity 28 January 2026 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Cornerstones , No Comments As I write this, the 2026 World Economic Forum annual meeting is taking place in Davos, Switzerland. Eyes are focused on our increasingly fractured and unstable world. Giants of the global stage such as Donald Trump […]
Point of no return – the trauma ejection cycle 27 January 2026 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Generational trauma , No Comments I notice in my trauma coaching clients a clear division between those who seek to stabilise or release trauma, and those who’ve passed a point of no return where their trauma is […]
If someone hurts you, can you accept it as a gift? 21 January 2026 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Emotional principles , No Comments We’ve all been hurt. Deeply, unexpectedly, by those we love or trust. The instinctive reaction is to retract—to protect, to numb, to blame. But what if these experiences are not […]
Trauma formation: how fight-flight becomes freeze-fawn 13 January 2026 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Generational trauma , No Comments In 1915, physiologist Walter Bradford Cannon first described the fight-or-flight response. What has since become clear is that under certain conditions, operations of this mechanism are disrupted—and fight-or-flight becomes freeze-and-fawn. Fight or flight Fight-or-flight is “a physiological […]
Mother & father wounds – the arrested development of humanity 10 December 2025 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Cornerstones , Generational trauma , Mother wound , No Comments The slightest critical glance at the state of planet earth reveals a human species in physical, emotional, and intellectual decline. This decline is due to a […]