Julia Samuel: Every Family Has A Story

Julia Samuel: Every Family Has A Story

Julia Samuel is a psychologist in the UK who specializes in working with families who have experienced complicated stories of loss and love. So often we can feel overwhelmed by our histories – our family histories – and need a boost to confront dysfunction, speak the truth, and find trusted people to help us look back and look forward.

In this episode, Kate and Julia discuss:

  • What to do when we’ve inherited the pain of our parents or grandparents and when our own problems might be the pain we pass down
  • How we navigate generational divides especially around how we express our feelings
  • How to not pass down inherited trauma by understanding our bigger family webs


This conversation also is a much-needed reminder that you in all your actual problems and actual pain are far better than any idealized version of you. And maybe that is the exact honesty that might offer us and our families the freedom we long for.

CW: mention of suicide, some spicy adult language :)

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