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 […]

The Han – Korea’s community trauma 28 October 2022 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Generational trauma , No Comments In his award-winning documentary Parts Unknown, Anthony Bourdain visited Koreatown in Los Angeles and spoke to several self-confessed ‘bad Koreans’ who had defied family expectations about their lifestyles. All of them referred to the han […]

What is racial trauma? 17 February 2021 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Cornerstones , Generational trauma , 3 Comments In Trauma exists as a series of ripples, I describe the multiple, interconnected sources of trauma that may exist in our lives. I’ve broken down these sources into five key layers. In this article I’m […]