This week Maria and her guest Dr Ray O’Neill discuss the subject of trans generational trauma. It turns out we all inherit more than our eye colour or our laugh. We inherit silence, fear, and sometimes pain that doesn’t belong to us – the kind that echoes through families and generations.

Today on Life Unfiltered, we’re exploring trans-generational trauma –  what it is, how it shapes us and how we can finally break the cycle. Ireland carries deep layers of collective trauma: famine, colonisation, religious control, institutional abuse, emigration, poverty, and shame and for generations, survival meant not speaking at all – you can listen back now

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