How to rebuild the emotional nucleus of a family 29 June 2026 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Genealogy , Generational trauma , How-to & step-by-step , No Comments Photo by Simon Hurry on Unsplash Some years ago, in a blog called How to reintegrate disconnected ancestors into your family, I described a process for energetically reintegrating ancestors […]
The day my mother’s family died 28 June 2026 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Genealogy , Generational trauma , No Comments Image: Wandsworth Cemetery (Wikimedia / CC BY-SA 2.0) I know it now. My mother’s family died on 13 April 1925. That was the day my great-uncle Eric Alfred Gordon Lister died, aged 26. […]
Awkward genealogy conversations: the 5 levels of pushback 12 June 2026 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Genealogy , How-to & step-by-step , No Comments Photo by Jonny Caspari on Unsplash When we enter the world of trauma-informed genealogy, we enter a space where we will likely discover information that’s difficult for ourselves and others. Our families’ secrets […]
3-Step trauma release process: disidentify, observe, feel 8 June 2026 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Generational trauma , No Comments Photo by Iulia Mihailov on Unsplash Trauma is not a single event. It’s a pattern—an energetic imprint—moving through us, often originating earlier than our conscious awareness. It behaves less like a fixed point and more like a […]
Humanity is ‘walking backwards through the Fall’ 4 June 2026 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: History , Patriarchy , No Comments Photo by redcharlie on Unsplash The past does not stay in the past. It courses through us, mostly bubbling like an underground stream, occasionally breaking the surface. For some of us—like me—the stream becomes a torrent […]
Ancestral trauma #9 – Apathy and futility 2 June 2026 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Ancestral trauma , No Comments Photo by Iva Rajović on Unsplash In Ancestral trauma #8 – Fear of famine, I describe how long-term drought in the Sahara, Middle East and Central Asia led to desertification and famine. Apathy and a sense of […]
Ancestral trauma #8 – Fear of famine 1 June 2026 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Ancestral trauma , No Comments Photo by Peter Muscutt on Unsplash When I was a child, I was sometimes puzzled by my mother’s food choices. She had a particular love of lard on toast—rendered pig fat on burnt, stale bread. Sweetbreads—the thymus […]
Trauma – 6 sources, 6 impacts 18 May 2026 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Cornerstones , Generational trauma , No Comments Some people collect butterflies. Matchbox cars. Stamps. I’ve been chasing down a systemic catalogue of trauma’s sources and impacts for some years. Sources of trauma In 2018 I wrote a blog (since deleted) […]
Escaping the present – trauma’s frozen fight-or-flight legacy 13 May 2026 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Generational trauma , No Comments Whenever I used to call my father, he always began the conversation with the same question: “What’s new?” It’s twenty years since he passed away, yet only now do I see the pain […]
Fear, shame, and irresponsibility – trauma’s three barriers 11 May 2026 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Emotional principles , Generational trauma , No Comments When we recognise trauma in our own lives and choose to engage with healing, we’re immediately confronted by a seemingly unsurmountable obstacle: how do I do it? The trauma—if we […]