It Didn't Start with You
By Mark Wolynn
- Release Date: 2016-04-26
- Genre: Psychology
Description
A groundbreaking approach to transforming traumatic legacies passed down in families over generations, by an acclaimed expert in the field
Depression. Anxiety. Chronic Pain. Phobias. Obsessive thoughts. The evidence is compelling: the roots of these difficulties may not reside in our immediate life experience or in chemical imbalances in our brains—but in the lives of our parents, grandparents, and even great-grandparents. The latest scientific research, now making headlines, supports what many have long intuited—that traumatic experience can be passed down through generations. It Didn’t Start with You builds on the work of leading experts in post-traumatic stress, including Mount Sinai School of Medicine neuroscientist Rachel Yehuda and psychiatrist Bessel van der Kolk, author of The Body Keeps the Score. Even if the person who suffered the original trauma has died, or the story has been forgotten or silenced, memory and feelings can live on. These emotional legacies are often hidden, encoded in everything from gene expression to everyday language, and they play a far greater role in our emotional and physical health than has ever before been understood.
As a pioneer in the field of inherited family trauma, Mark Wolynn has worked with individuals and groups on a therapeutic level for over twenty years. It Didn’t Start with You offers a pragmatic and prescriptive guide to his method, the Core Language Approach. Diagnostic self-inventories provide a way to uncover the fears and anxieties conveyed through everyday words, behaviors, and physical symptoms. Techniques for developing a genogram or extended family tree create a map of experiences going back through the generations. And visualization, active imagination, and direct dialogue create pathways to reconnection, integration, and reclaiming life and health. It Didn’t Start With You is a transformative approach to resolving longstanding difficulties that in many cases, traditional therapy, drugs, or other interventions have not had the capacity to touch.
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1By e7visI purchased this book to read on my apple products. It does not let me open it on my MacBook Pro or iPad because it says I need to purchase it again. The Author or who they work with decided to change so much of the book that now its considered a new book. Save your money. It is ashame because I was enjoying the book.Great reading, it’s sad it isn’t available in spanish…
3By sedruol_mcLove the versitality of this app, but it’s sad that great books like this don’t be available in other languages. I could read this, but I would prefer to have it in spanish, since that is my native language…Insightful
5By Keke0212In the 5 years since reading this book I have continued to share the the knowledge and open the eyes of many friends and relatives.Amazing
5By joh1245Great bookPDF file
1By 23 AshleyHow do I find the PDF file? When I went to the table of contents under PDF file there is nothing there.Pdf files
5By Elton R. CarvalhoHow can I get my PDF files?Interesting Point of View
3By RandaaaCThis book was overall very interesting but my skepticism makes it hard for me to believe that these stories are true. The question that kept coming to me the most, was how do people that have little to no information about their family benefit from this type of therapy? Is it more about identifying with someone of your choosing and using it to make yourself feel better or is there an actual connection there.very interesting
4By Sonny SerThis book was extremely interesting to me. Not your average self help book about how to be. but rather why you are here and why you may be feeling what you’re feeling! It’s a book that makes you stop and put the puzzle of yourself and your ancestors together. I highly recommend it if you are looking to go a little deeper with your emotion.I had no idea.
5By OniashibaI had no idea that this book would help me deal with the abandonment of my father. For years I was hurt but after reading this book I can see everything he had stacked up against him. This has been a weight lifted off of my shoulders. Thank you.Exceptional!
5By AmyymA 2218From a client's perspective, I was astounded to learn of Mark Wolynn's new book! After years of minimal progress with other practitioners, I was fortunate to cross paths with Mark. I've learned a tremendous amount in a short period of time and healed in ways well beyond my own expectations. Mark has a remarkable way of unraveling years of suppressed emotional layers that allows you to connect with one's original core self. This process reveals family dynamic patterns that repeat themselves without you consciously being aware it's happening and you can opt for setting a new pattern in motion with his guidance. On a daily basis now, I've learned to implement the tools Mark has taught me. As a new mom, I feel blessed to have this book as a constant guide and grateful that Mark can share this gift to reach many more deserving people. My life has transpired in so many positive ways that it has been truly life changing and my goal is to tell others of the path that freed me and brought me to a comfortable place of acceptance, love and happiness.
