From “I AM the victim” to “This happened to me” – reclaiming identity through trauma release 22 April 2026 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Generational trauma , No Comments Releasing trauma is not a one-shot deal. It’s a process—a timeline where the past gradually morphs into the present, and something clearer emerges. We reconcile […]
Humanity isn’t normal, it’s normalised 21 April 2026 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Ancestral trauma , Generational trauma , Patriarchy , No Comments We are not normal. We are normalised. Those four extra letters matter—a lot. Because what we call ‘normal’ behaviour—our anxiety, our compulsions, our quiet shame, our obsessions with fame, status, and […]
‘Kore’ – the void where there are no clues 20 April 2026 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Generational trauma , No Comments For thousands of years, Polynesian seafarers crossed the vast Pacific Ocean using astronomical navigation techniques handed down from their ancestors. The night sky was divided into 32 houses—the four cardinal points (north, […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Impostor syndrome – a child asked to do an adult’s job 4 December 2025 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Cornerstones , Generational trauma , No Comments While not (yet) clinically recognised, impostor syndrome is a psychological pattern whose effects are increasingly recognised and whose roots predate our own lives. Impostor syndrome is the experience […]