#036: Meeting Our Pain With Love with Samantha Skelly

Generational Trauma

Samantha Skelly discusses the profound impact of generational trauma and the responsibility of healing it for future generations. She shares a vivid image of holding the pain of her ancestors and realizing the importance of breaking these patterns. This realization is crucial for preventing the transmission of trauma to future generations 1.

It's not fair that I got all this, like, this truckload of shit, but I have to do something about it because I don't want my kids spending their lives trying to read the right book, trying to do the right thing, trying to find breathwork.

--- Samantha Skelly

Samantha emphasizes that while it's challenging, addressing inherited trauma is essential for creating a healthier future 1.

   

Pre-Verbal Pain

Samantha explores the concept of pre-verbal pain, which originates before an individual can verbalize their experiences. She recounts her own experience of unexplained grief linked to her time in the NICU as a premature baby. This type of pain can be challenging to identify and heal because it lacks verbal expression 2.

A lot of our pain is pre-verbal, so if you don't have words to describe it, because words didn't exist yet in your mind.

--- Samantha Skelly

Understanding and addressing pre-verbal pain is crucial for emotional healing and well-being 2.

   

Breathwork

Breathwork is highlighted as a powerful tool for addressing and healing trauma. Samantha shares her transformative experience with breathwork, which helped her access emotions she had previously shut off. She emphasizes that breathwork roots individuals in the present moment, allowing them to connect with their feelings and heal 3 4.

When we use the breath, we open up the space to just be and we get out of doing because we're always in doing.

--- Samantha Skelly

Breathwork offers a pathway to deeper states of love, peace, and contentment by helping individuals move through resistance and pain 3 4.