What’s Stored in the Body Is Bigger Than You (Beyond Epigenetics—Embodiment, Ancestral Memory, and Nervous System Inheritance)

The stories our bodies carry didn’t start with us.

In Episode 15 of Beyond the Spot, Tracy Gantlin-Monroy explores the many ways trauma is transmitted across generations—not just through biology, but through silence, caregiving, systems, and spirit.

Epigenetics explains part of the picture, but cultures have always known: grief can live in bones, silence can speak louder than words, and survival patterns can echo through families and communities long after the original harm.

This episode weaves neuroscience, historical context, and ancestral wisdom to remind us: if trauma can be inherited, so can healing.

With invitational reflections throughout, Tracy offers both clinicians and clients a lens that honors the body, culture, systems, and spirit as sites of transmission and liberation.