Healing Generational Trauma: From Your Grandmother’s Womb to Your Liberation
The Origins of Your Being: A Journey Beyond the Womb
Did you know that your existence began long before your mother’s womb? As an egg, you were already present within your mother when she was a fetus inside your grandmother. This profound biological truth means that the emotional and physical experiences of your grandmother—her joys, her pains, her traumas—were imprinted on the very cells that would become you. Science confirms that female fetuses develop their lifetime supply of eggs by the fifth month of gestation, meaning you were there, in cellular form, absorbing the energetic echoes of your grandmother’s life.
Generational trauma, passed down through these cellular and energetic pathways, can shape your emotional landscape, influence your relationships, and even manifest as physical or psychological challenges. These imprints, often unconscious, may stem from your grandmother’s hardships, your mother’s birth experience, or the environment of the womb where you first took form. But here’s the empowering truth: you have the power to heal these inherited wounds, release self-sabotaging patterns, and step into a life of joy, freedom, and wholeness.
You literally started the seeds of your “roots and shoots” inside of your grandmother. The Science of Generational Trauma
Research in epigenetics reveals how trauma can leave molecular marks on our genes, influencing how they’re expressed across generations. Stressors experienced by your grandmother—whether physical, emotional, or environmental—could alter the epigenetic tags on her DNA, which were then passed to your mother and, ultimately, to you. Studies, like those published in Nature (2018), show that these epigenetic changes can affect stress responses, mental health, and even physical resilience in descendants.
Moreover, the womb environment plays a critical role. The stress hormones your mother experienced during her pregnancy with you—shaped by her own history and her mother’s—can influence your developing nervous system. This is supported by research from the Journal of Perinatal Psychology (2020), which highlights how prenatal stress can embed patterns of anxiety or hypervigilance in the fetus, perpetuating cycles of trauma.
But the womb is not just a place of trauma—it’s also a space of potential healing. By addressing these inherited patterns, you can rewrite your story, transforming pain into empowerment.
The Birth Process: A Gateway for Trauma or Transformation
The act of birth itself can either perpetuate or begin to heal generational trauma. Michel Odent, a pioneer in natural birth, emphasizes the mammalian need for privacy during labor. In his book Birth and Breastfeeding, Odent writes, “To give birth to her baby, the mother needs privacy. She needs to feel unobserved.” When this primal need is disrupted—by onlookers, interventions, or a lack of safety—the mother’s body senses danger, triggering the Fear-Tension-Pain cycle described by Grantly Dick-Read in Childbirth Without Fear. This cycle can complicate labor, increase stress hormones, and imprint trauma on both mother and child.
For the baby, the birth experience is a critical moment. A stressful or traumatic birth can embed patterns of fear or disconnection, which may carry into adulthood as self-sabotaging behaviors or relational challenges. Conversely, a birth environment that honors the mother’s need for privacy, safety, and autonomy can foster a sense of security and resilience in the newborn, breaking the cycle of trauma.
Healing the Past, Embracing the Future
Healing generational trauma begins with awareness and intention. By acknowledging the imprints you carry—from your grandmother’s experiences, your mother’s womb, or your own birth—you can start to release their hold on your life. Here are steps to guide you:
- Connect with Your Body’s Wisdom: Practices like meditation, breathwork, or somatic experiencing can help you tune into the energetic and physical residues of trauma stored in your body. These methods, supported by research in Trauma and Recovery by Judith Herman (2015), allow you to process and release stored pain.
- Reframe Your Narrative: Through guided visualization or journaling, explore the stories of your mother and grandmother. What challenges did they face? How might those have shaped you? Rewriting these stories with compassion can shift their emotional weight.
- Honor the Birth Process: Whether you’re a parent or planning to be, consider how you can create a safe, undisturbed birth environment for the next generation. For those supporting birthing women, respect their primal need for privacy, as emphasized by Odent and supported by studies in The Journal of Perinatal Education (2008).
- Seek Intuitive Guidance: Intuitive readings and coaching can uncover hidden patterns and provide personalized tools for healing. These sessions, offered in our live meetings, are designed to help you feel, heal, and thrive.
Join Our Healing Journey
Are you ready to release the pain and trauma you’ve carried since before your birth? Join our newsletter to receive an exclusive invitation to our live meetings, where I offer intuitive readings and coaching to guide you toward deep healing. These sessions are my gift to you—a chance to explore your human journey, break free from self-sabotaging patterns, and embrace a life of joy and freedom.
Together, we can honor the sacred origins of your being, heal the wounds of generations past, and create a legacy of love and resilience for generations to come.
Peace and blessings,
Dr. Sarah Larsen
P.S. Think about your grandmothers and imagine they had everything they needed from their birth till they gave birth to your parents!
Said by Michel Odent, “‘To give birth to her baby, the mother needs privacy. She needs to feel unobserved. When you consider birth as an involuntary process involving old, mammalian structures of the brain, you set aside the assumption that a woman must learn to give birth. It is implicit in the mammalian interpretation that one cannot actively help a woman to give birth. The goal is to avoid disturbing her unnecessarily. “
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