Through our Summer-Autumn Collab Lab project on Disrupting Cycles of Generational Trauma, we connected with Nat Vikitsreth, licensed therapist and somatic abolitionist.

She taught how to co-regulate together with our kids and metabolize our trauma to stop passing on reactions and behaviors that may have served our ancestors – but are causing harm today.

While this may feel self-indulgent and non-urgent, what we learned WILL help you keep advocating for a ceasefire without burning out or causing more harm.

We hosted a 45-minute workshop featuring in-the-moment grounding exercises, touched on the neurobiology of co-regulation, and discussed how systemic oppression and the genocide against Palestine ties into generational trauma.

Using myself as a guinea pig, we plowed through a real (and cringe-level honest) demonstration, Nat showed me how to learn from my parenting freakouts, repair my relationship with my kids, and start reacting in ways that align with my parenting values moving forward.

Together with the workshop recording and companion workbook, I’ve also curated recommended reading, podcast episodes, and more tools to start disrupting generational trauma.

Check out the tools, definitely watch the workshop replay, and then once your marbles have been more-or-less gathered, you’ll be better equipped to demand a ceasefire and save lives.