How your parents and past shape who you are today with Julia Samuel

Podcast

Show Notes

From bickering at Christmas dinners to mourning lost loved ones, family is there through thick and thin. Julia Samuel MBE is an author, podcast host and one of the UK’s leading psychotherapists who can help us better understand and communicate with our families.

Whether it be understanding the origins of sibling rivalry, learning that trauma is passed through generations or making sense of how our upbringing shape our adult life, this conversation encourages us to have challenging and honest dialogues with our loved ones - and better process our own emotions.

Time codes:

00:00 You don’t need family therapy

01:00 Are all families dysfunctional?

09:25 Therapy with your great-grandparents?

13:38 Trauma passed down through generations

23:35 Setting healthy boundaries

37:23 Why should we reflect on our behaviour?

42:35 Power dynamics in relationships

48:30 Understanding grief

Links:

Julia Samuel website

Julia Samuel’s “12 touchstone points" for family wellbeing.

Julia Samuel Books:

Every Family Has A Story

This too shall pass

Grief works

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