SHARON SALZBERG, New York Times bestselling author of Real Happiness
Building on the work of leading experts in neuroscience and posttraumatic stress, Mark Wolynn has developed a pioneering approach to identifying and breaking these inherited family patterns. After working with individuals and groups on a therapeutic level for more than twenty years, It Didn’t Start With You is his accessible, pragmatic and transformative guide to a method that has helped thousands of people reclaim their lives.
‘Full of powerful insights and practical tools for personal healing’ MARK MATOUSEK, author of Ethical Wisdom W W W. M A R K W O LY N N .C O M
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Depression. Anxiety. Chronic pain. Phobias. Obsessive thoughts. The evidence is compelling: the root of these difficulties may reside in the traumas of our parents, grandparents and even greatgrandparents. The latest research affirms that traumatic experience is passed on to future generations and that this emotional inheritance, hidden in everything from our gene expression to everyday language, plays a greater role in our health than ever previously understood.
M A R K W O LY N N
‘A bold, creative and compassionate work’
T H E I N T E R N AT I O N A L B E S T S E L L E R Fully revised and updated
It Didn’t Start With You
H O W I N H E R I T E D F A M I LY T R A U M A SHAPES WHO WE ARE AND HOW TO END THE CYCLE
Mark Wolynn
FAC E B O O K : M A R K W O LY N N
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
UK £16.99
‘Groundbreaking’
TARA BRACH
I S B N 978-1-78504-438-0
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