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Break the Cycle

A Guide to Healing Intergenerational Trauma
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Narrator Dr Mariel Buqué

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Length 8 hours 48 minutes
Language English
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How to pass on strength not pain to those you love.


When a physical wound is left unhealed, it continues to cause pain and can infect the whole body. When emotions are left unhealed, they similarly cause harm that spreads to other parts of our lives, hurting our family, friends and colleagues. Eventually, this hurt spreads further, affecting entire communities and families across generations.

This is intergenerational trauma. It can lead us to become people-pleasers, co-dependent in relationships and even estranged from our families. The wounds are complex and continue to invade our minds, bodies and spirits long after.

In Break the Cycle, Dr Mariel Buqué delivers the ground-breaking guide to healing inherited trauma. Weaving scientific research with practical exercises and stories from her therapy room, Dr Buqué will help you understand how trauma is inherited from one generation to the next, break the cycle and disrupt the flow of intergenerational trauma with therapeutic exercises, and encourage you to pass on strength - not pain - to future generations.

With a holistic approach to healing that has been absent from the field of psychology for too long, Break the Cycle will help you shift intergenerational trauma to intergenerational abundance.

©2024 Mariel Buqué (P)2024 Penguin Audio

Dr Mariel Buqué is a Columbia-trained holistic psychologist, professor, sound bath meditation healer and intergenerational trauma expert. She has appeared as an expert on Good Morning America and in Vogue, Self and Glamour. Dr Buqué is originally from the Dominican Republic and now lives in the United States.

Dr Mariel Buqué is a Columbia-trained holistic psychologist, professor, sound bath meditation healer and intergenerational trauma expert. She has appeared as an expert on Good Morning America and in Vogue, Self and Glamour. Dr Buqué is originally from the Dominican Republic and now lives in the United States.

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Dr. Mariel Buqué's work is filled with essential gems that help us understand the depths and layers of intergenerational trauma and equip learners of her work to master how to Break the Cycle. Her approach toward intergenerational healing practices is comprehensive, holistic, humanizing, and real. She helps us see how mental health practices can be accessible, culturally responsive, and applicable to people across the world who wish to internalize her healing techniques in ways that can produce sustainable effects in their lives and for future generations to come. This literary work has the capacity to shift the way we see the phenomenon of trauma and helps us to envision a world where emotional freedom from the grip of generational pain is indeed possible. Mariel is who people can turn to learn more about holistic healing, self-compassion, and mental health. Her work and voice are transformative and so important. Dr. Mariel is a being of clarity and light! I truly believe she innately holds a gift of weaving and helping people to show up more authentically than they have previously. Through education, connection, and healing, Dr. Mariel is a weaver of healing and therapeutic wellness. She draws community IN, and invites participants to truly revisit their experiences and perceptions of their lives. Expand reviews
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