Asian Pacific American Heritage Month | Epigenetics: How Intergenerational Trauma Can Impact Our Wellbeing

Whether you possess Asian ancestry or not, I write this special post to share my thoughts and suggestions on how we can celebrate #AsianPacificAmericanHeritageMonth as well as ways we can reduce the painful effects of ancestral trauma. Our cells are agnostic, they listen to everything going on around us: our mental state, social connections, how we are treated, etc. “The body keeps the score.” Both high adversity and traumatic experiences can negatively transform our stress response system. This system communicates from generation to generation.