Is Generational Trauma in Our DNA?

Send us Fan MailWhat if some of what we carry didn’t start with us?What if some of what we carry didn’t start with us?In this episode, we explore the question so many of us quietly ask: Is generational trauma passed down through our DNA, or is it shaped by the environments we’re raised in? We unpack the science behind epigenetics, the impact of learned behaviors, and how family systems quietly teach survival long before we have language for it.We also talk about the unseen parts of our lineage—the stories we were never told, the silences, the losses, and the patterns that don’t have names. How do we heal what we don’t fully understand? And what happens when we begin questioning what we inherited versus what we were conditioned to survive?Katrina also shares a deeply personal update as she gets closer to finding out whether she is a chimera—opening up a powerful conversation about identity, biology, and how much of who we are may be shaped by stories written into us before we’re even born.This conversation invites curiosity, compassion, and permission to untangle what was never ours to carry alone.If you’ve ever felt the weight of something older than you, this episode is for you.