Episode 159 - Healing Generational Trauma and Reclaiming Your Worth with Shana Ng

In this heartfelt episode, Victoria Johnson speaks with Shana Ng, a registered nurse, mental health professional, and certified and licensed Heal Your Life® Workshop Teacher and Coach, about healing generational trauma within Asian families.Shana shares what it was like growing up in a strict household shaped by high expectations, unspoken rules, and pressure to be perfect. Although these expectations were often connected to love and a desire for success, they also left her feeling that approval, belonging, and worth had to be earned.She explains how difficult it can be to speak honestly about family pain in cultures where mental health struggles and personal problems are often kept private. Feelings of guilt, shame, and disloyalty can make healing feel lonely, especially when other family members are not ready to acknowledge harmful patterns.Shana describes learning to give herself the approval she once sought from others.This conversation is a powerful reminder that worthiness does not come from perfection, achievement, or pleasing others. We are worthy of love, rest, happiness, and belonging exactly as we are.Learn more about Shana at theworthyspace.com and explore Victoria’s Heal Your Life® training programs at healyourlifetrainer.com.