Why I’m So Focused on Ancestral Healing

Why I’m So Focused on Ancestral Healing

It’s become increasingly clear that our world is deeply out of balance—socially, environmentally, spiritually. The challenges we face, both personally and collectively, didn’t begin with us. They are echoes of unresolved pain, trauma, and disconnection passed down through generations.

Through my extensive studies in shamanic practices, I’ve come to understand just how deeply our ancestral lines shape our present lives. Ancestral healing offers us a way to bring long-buried wounds into the light—not to relive them, but to acknowledge, honor, and ultimately release them. This is how we begin to break the cycles that no longer serve us or our descendants.

This work is deeply personal for me. Addiction has run through my family for generations, creating cycles of pain, disconnection, and dysfunction. That pattern is now clearing—but not without deep commitment and inner work. There have also been traumatic events that feel far from random. Both my son and I experienced freak accidents that resulted in the loss of parts of our left hands—incidents that seemed to echo something much older, something inherited.

Relationship struggles, family separations, and a repeated pull toward toxic environments have also been part of my lineage—and my lived experience. But that too is shifting. Slowly, and through difficult choices and uphill battles, I’ve been clearing these imprints. I’ve chosen healing, even when it hurt. I’ve chosen consciousness, even when it meant standing alone.

Ancestral healing is not easy work. It asks us to feel deeply, to witness pain we may not have caused, and to take responsibility for what we continue to carry forward. But it is also some of the most liberating and transformative work we can do. It reconnects us with the wisdom, resilience, and strength of those who came before us—and helps clear the path for those who will come after.

This is why I’m devoted to this work. It’s sacred. It’s necessary. And it’s absolutely worthwhile.