Releasing Our Burdens
A Guide to Healing Individual, Ancestral, and Collective Trauma
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- $279.00
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- $279.00
Descripción editorial
"The authors’ definition of trauma is valuably broad and complex, and their concepts are unpacked in nonjudgmental terms. It’s a solid addition to the rising tide of literature on trauma." —Publishers Weekly
A groundbreaking collaboration between Dr. Richard Schwartz, founder of Internal Family Systems (IFS), and Dr. Thomas Hübl, renowned teacher and trauma healing facilitator, on healing individual, ancestral, and collective trauma to reclaim resilience and transform our world
We often view trauma as a personal wound to heal on our own—but trauma is rarely just an individual issue. It is shaped by ancestral burdens passed down through generations and by the collective pain we experience from the world around us. Beloved teachers Richard Schwartz and Thomas Hübl bring together their wisdom to chart a new path forward that addresses these deeper layers of wounding, so we can heal ourselves, our communities, and our world.
In this powerful book, Hübl and Schwartz help us understand why individual trauma cannot be separated from the legacies of shared past and present traumas. The authors explore their respective approaches to trauma healing and how these modalities can work together. Schwartz is the creator of IFS, a highly effective, evidence-based therapeutic approach that teaches that we all contain many parts—and also have an undamaged, healing Self. Hübl has done powerful work on trauma healing, particularly collectively and in groups. Together, they offer methods and practices that help us begin to:
• Release beliefs and emotions that no longer serve us
• Break cycles of harm
• Expand our awareness
• Become more compassionate and curious as we heal
A chapter from Fatimah Finney, a licensed mental health counselor and a trainer at the IFS Institute, helps us apply these methods to the wounds caused by social injustices, such as racial bias and oppression. Through this work, Hübl shares, “We can unload the burden and create a more flourishing world.”
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Therapist Schwartz (You Are the One You've Been Waiting For) and Hübl (Attuned), cofounder of Pocket Project, an NGO dedicated to trauma-informed therapeutic care, team up for a mixed-bag guide to tackling trauma. They define trauma expansively, noting it can be triggered by individual experiences or by broader tragedies, like wars, systemic oppression, poverty, or natural disasters, whose effects trickle down through generations or across populations. Such traumas create a "frozen" or shut-down part of oneself that either "finds a way to pull us back down and screw up our life" or constructs barriers to keep the individual from dealing with its consequences. To heal, Schwartz and Hübl suggest, one must become aware of the frozen "part" and mindfully reintegrate its "layers of experience and relationality" via practices ranging from meditation and self-inquiry to "collective healing" via group support and dialogue. While the narrative can slip into vagueness and feel repetitive (the mindfulness prompts instruct readers in only slightly varied ways to calm down and listen to themselves), the authors' definition of trauma is valuably broad and complex, and their concepts are unpacked in nonjudgmental terms. It's a solid addition to the rising tide of literature on trauma.
