Day 19: The Mothers Before Us

Honoring what we carry with us — choosing what to keep, what to release and what to build.

For many of us, what we carry in our wombs didn’t begin with us. Trauma, neglect or silence in past generations can leave an imprint that echoes through our bodies. Science calls this epigenetics — the passing down of patterns beyond what we can see. But it’s not only trauma that flows forward. Rituals, stories of resilience and ancestral practices can …