“They should be out looking for my father” 6 November 2025 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Generational trauma , No Comments Shortly before she passed away, my mother mentioned that my father only ever spoke of his own father once. They were driving through St. Helier, Jersey, at Christmas—this was probably in the mid-1950s—and […]
The Sunderland Memorial – uniting a splintered family 12 June 2024 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Genealogy , 1 Comment The village of Praa Sands on the southern coast of Cornwall is a little-known beach resort where families come to play in the sand and surf or hang out at the beachside café. At […]
How to work with the geography of generational trauma 8 December 2023 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Genealogy , Generational trauma , How-to & step-by-step , 1 Comment I’ve recently come to a new understanding of the importance of geography in resolving generational trauma. Trauma formation is inextricably linked with the place it occurred. […]
With our family history, only the truth will serve 4 August 2023 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Genealogy , Generational trauma , 1 Comment On my journey to clearing generational trauma, there have been several quotes that’ve stuck with me. In something of a ‘duh’ moment, it’s only just struck me they all have […]
Our ancestors tried to hide everything they were ashamed of 6 June 2023 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Genealogy , Generational trauma , Shame , No Comments One of the lessons I’ve learned about uncovering generational trauma is that our ancestors did everything they could, consciously and unconsciously, to hide what they were ashamed […]
How to reintegrate disconnected ancestors into your family 21 May 2023 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Genealogy , Generational trauma , How-to & step-by-step , No Comments Trauma clearing proceeds on the basis of Dr Hering’s Law of Cure: disease leaves the body in reverse order to which it entered. This means that as […]
Using the memoir technique to access generational trauma 19 May 2023 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Genealogy , Generational trauma , How-to & step-by-step , 1 Comment One of the simplest techniques for breaking into the heart of your family’s past is memoir writing. You don’t have to write a whole book. You can […]
How to do a 360-degree generational trauma evaluation 18 May 2023 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Genealogy , Generational trauma , How-to & step-by-step , 1 Comment I was recently, and rather painfully, forced to revisit a trauma that I thought was done and dusted. I realised afterwards that I hadn’t viewed the trauma […]
Using a SIPOC diagram to attribute generational trauma 17 May 2023 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Genealogy , Generational trauma , How-to & step-by-step , No Comments I’m a former industrial process analyst who, by necessity, turned my attention to analysing hidden human emotional processes in general, and generational trauma in particular. I love […]
How to use surrogate events to release trauma 21 April 2023 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Genealogy , Generational trauma , How-to & step-by-step , 2 Comments When I started dealing with generational trauma, I didn’t notice the pattern at first. After a while, I noted a correlation between triggering buried trauma and geography. […]