Your Ancestors Still Live in Your DNA: The Science of Inherited Trauma

What if the anxiety, depression, or startle response you carry isn’t really yours? In Part 1 of this illuminating conversation with Dawson Church, we explore the hard science of epigenetics — how emotional experiences and survival instincts are chemically “tagged” onto your genes and inherited by future generations.Dawson Church, PhD, is the award-winning author of Bliss Brain: The Neuroscience of Remodeling Your Brain for Creativity, Resilience, and Joy... Mind to Matter: The Astonishing Science of How Your Brain Creates Material Reality... and The Genie in Your Genes: Epigenetic Medicine and the New Biology of Intention — which reviewers hailed as a breakthrough in our understanding of the link between emotions and genetics.You’ll learn:* The groundbreaking study where mice passed down fear of cherry blossoms for seven generations.* How depression, anxiety, and quick-startle responses can show up in grandchildren and great-grandchildren.* Why our brains evolved to focus on “tigers in the grass” — and how that survival wiring now drives chronic stress.* The surprising link between high cortisol and premature aging, memory loss, and weakened immunity.* Practical tools — from meditation to energy therapies — proven to rewire the brain and create lasting calm.As Dawson explains, you are not doomed by your genetic inheritance. By calming the brain’s default mode network and practicing simple, research-backed techniques, you can release ancestral patterns and create new epigenetic legacies — changing not only your life, but the lives of generations to come.Visit Dawson’s website at eftuniverse.com.Lisa Bonnice is an award-winning author, podcaster, and former stand-up comic whose work blends humor, heart, and spiritual depth. Her latest novel, Castle Gate, is a historical fiction saga rooted in ancestral trauma and the 1924 Castle Gate Mine Disaster. Learn more at lisabonnice.com and castlegatebook.com.This interview is part of the Ancestral Healing Summit 2019, a free online event. This recording is a copyright of The Shift Network, used with permission. All rights reserved.Thanks for visiting Lisa Bonnice: Post-Woo Oracle! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. Get full access to Lisa Bonnice: Post-Woo Oracle at lisabonnice.substack.com/subscribe