Why Do Family Patterns Repeat Themselves and What Can We Do About It?

Have you ever wanted to cry and had no idea why? Felt afraid of something that’s never happened to you? Or wondered why one part of your life still feels tangled after years of working on it? Every November, I teach ancestors practices at Happiness Sangha. Ancestors practice is the quickest path to big changes in one's life. This year, I want to talk about something we rarely speak about openly: what happens to the stories our families never tell. Sometimes the stories our families never tell are the ones we end up telling with our lives. A family may never speak about a loss, but its children may still learn which feelings to keep to themselves. We can carry those lessons into our relationships and pass them on without realizing where they began.