How the collective unconscious rules humanity 14 July 2025 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Cornerstones , Generational trauma , No Comments Forget the Illuminati, the Bilderberg Group, and the 1%. Much as it seems like they do, they do not hold the reins of human destiny. Humanity’s true ruler is its own morass of […]
‘Mental health’ is a misleading term 27 June 2025 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Generational trauma , No Comments It’s June, and here in Britain another Mental Health Awareness Week has passed. In America, where everything is done on a larger scale, it lasts a whole month. A lot of digital column-inches have been […]
Vocal intonation – a secret giveaway of trauma 21 June 2025 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Generational trauma , No Comments In Character Analysis, Wilhelm Reich writes: “It is not what the patient says and does that is indicative of character resistance, but how he speaks and acts” (Reich’s italics). Here are three ways […]
All addictions are unresolved traumas 29 May 2025 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Generational trauma , Pornography , Shame , No Comments My personal journey into recognising and resolving trauma began with addiction—in this case, pornography. While I quickly realised that porn addiction is a cry for help from the unconscious, I didn’t at […]
The Reiterative Trauma Unlocking Tool 11 March 2025 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Generational trauma , How-to & step-by-step , No Comments I tried, honestly. I tried to make up a catchy acronym that accurately conveyed what this thing does. I’ve ended up with RTUT—the Reiterative Trauma Unlocking Tool—which I admit is neither sexy […]
Trauma release timeline – from past to present 10 January 2025 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Generational trauma , No Comments Releasing trauma is a confusing experience. We’re dealing with past and present simultaneously, and the two can be hard to differentiate as the trauma unravels. In this post I explain the basic dynamic […]
The missionary position is a trauma response 15 August 2024 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Generational trauma , Patriarchy , Sexuality , No Comments In Sex in patriarchy – how the past shapes sex today I describe the ‘3 M’s’—married, monogamous, missionary (position)—as the bedrock of modern sexuality. At the time, I attributed the […]
Christianity’s ‘original sin’ is generational trauma 8 July 2024 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Generational trauma , No Comments It’s that simple, folks. Christianity’s doctrine of ‘original sin’ is generational trauma; destructive patterns of behaviour inherited at birth (conception, actually) which originated at the Fall. The whole theology boils down to two simple equations: […]
The Sunderland Memorial – uniting a splintered family 12 June 2024 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Generational trauma , No Comments 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. […]
7 Symptoms of generational trauma 19 February 2024 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Generational trauma , 2 Comments One of the difficulties in identifying generational trauma—or even believing that it’s real—is the wide array of symptoms that may present. Inherited traumas are instances of past emotional overwhelm, situations that one of your ancestors could […]