Empowered to Change Your Family Tree: Breaking Negative Generational Cycles #031

We have the power to change our family tree by identifying and working on the negative patterns and habits we "inherited." This episode we talk about some of our generational cycles that we are working on and how we talk with our kids about these challenges.

A few key actions items that we cover:

• Taking responsibility for the generational cycles that were given to us, but we now "own."
• Recognizing the specific patterns in our lives and families that have been hurtful to us and are hurting our children.
• Husbands and wives working together to gently identify brokenness and move towards healing and better parenting.
• Don't be afraid to pursue professional help via counseling; it can be a powerful way to unearth these issues, and receive guidance and wisdom.

A few resources related to the topic of working through generational brokenness and moving towards healing and wholeness.

• 8 Steps to Break a Cycle of Family Dysfunction (Boundless)
• 9 Steps to Healing Childhood Trauma as an Adult (Psychology Today)
• These 12 Bad Habits Are Really Easy to Inherit From Your Parents (Bustle)
• How to Break Bad Habits (Psychology Today)

Also, we talked about the One Minute Pause app.

This week's Stat of the Week is actually a St. Patrick's Day-themed quiz. Do you know the answer to the following?

• If captured by a human, a leprechaun will give what in exchange for their freedom?
• According to "Legends and Stories of Ireland," written in 1831 by Samuel Lover, leprechauns were original not green. What color were they dressed in?
• According to Katharine Brigg's "Encyclopedia of Fairies: Hobgoblins, Brownies, Bogies, and Other Supernatural Creatures," what is Leprechauns' job?
• What U.S. city has the nation's only leprechaun colony? 

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