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Exploring Collective Trauma in the Family Tree

February 3, 2021 by Jennifer Holik

In my new course, Trauma in the Family Tree, we will explore four core themes, one of which is collective trauma. What is it? How do we identify it for our ancestors’ lives? How did they cope with it or did they not process it? How much of the collective trauma our ancestors endured was passed through our DNA to us?

In broad strokes we will explore and identify several areas of collective historical trauma for students to work with in their own family histories. Learn more in my video and be sure to subscribe to my mailing list using this link. Subscribers will be the first to hear about registration and receive a discount for the course.

© 2021 Ancestral Souls

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: ancestors, ancestry, Civil War, DNA, family tree, genealogy, inherited trauma, mental health, PTSD, trauma, wwi, wwii

Trauma in the Family Tree Course Details

January 30, 2021 by Jennifer Holik

I’m excited to announce some details about a new course I’m releasing, Trauma in the Family Tree. In this 3 hour course/retreat, I will cover four primary topics in broad strokes.

  1. Trauma as a biographical event.
  2. Collective Trauma and how it impacts us today.
  3. Personal Trauma and exploring how to identify what is ours and what is our ancestors.
  4. Energy healing tools. Many of these will be explored throughout the course to help you tap into the past and heal the present, but additional resources will be provided before we close.

Replays will be available for all sections of the course along with some guided meditations and energy tool videos and worksheets as required.

Registration opens soon for this exciting new course. To learn more and be the first to receive registration details, be sure to subscribe to my mailing list today. Subscribers will receive a discount to this new course. Learn more in my video below!

© 2021 Ancestral Souls

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: ancestors, ancestry, chakras, collective healing, collective trauma, DNA, energetic education, energy healing, family tree, family tree database, genealogy, genealogy education, Intuitive Healer, mental health, military education, Online course, PTSD, trauma, wwi, wwii

Chakra Balancing & Healing Sessions Available

January 29, 2021 by Jennifer Holik

I am launching a new service for Ancestral Souls – Chakra Balancing & Clearing. If you are interested in this to help you clear out old patterns and limiting beliefs, you can learn more here.
If you have any questions about how this might help you, please feel free to contact me at jennifer@ancestralsouls.com and ask.

© 2021 Ancestral Souls

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: 5D, ancestors, chakras, consciousness, DNA, energy healing, grief, Intuitive Healer, PTSD, self-care, Soul, trauma

Your Family’s War Journey Master Class

January 18, 2021 by Jennifer Holik

Are you ready to start a journey?

Are you ready to step into a new dimension for genealogy and military research and writing as well as your own personal story? My master class, Your Family’s War Journey can take you to new depths in exploring personal and family patterns, blocks, and traumas. Together in a safe space, we will discuss on family’s World War II story and the path each member took for healing.

Read more about this class, what’s included, and watch another video on the registration page.

Class starts 25 January 2021 with a meet and greet and more details on what to expect. You must purchase a book as part of this class but even if you join by the 25th, our first reading discussion is 1 February so you have plenty of time to join and participate.

Questions? Just ask at info@wwiirwc.com.

I look forward to walking this journey with you!

© 2021 Ancestral Souls

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: 5D, ancestral souls, chakras, DNA, energy, family history, family patterns, genealogy, genograms, Great Awakening, healing, Intuitive Healer, master class, mental health, PTSD, trauma, wwii

Roots, War & the Soul: Healing Through Story

January 7, 2021 by Jennifer Holik

On 6 January 2021, I presented a program for the Virginia War Memorial Foundation on Healing Through Story. If you missed the live presentation, you can watch the program on my YouTube Channel. Download the handout.

Watch the video replay. Learn more about my classes and facilitation services.

© 2021 Ancestral Souls

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: 5D, genealogy, genealogy education, grief, healer, healing, Intuitive Healer, mental health, military writing, PTSD, Soul, writing, wwi, wwii

Veterans, PTSD, and Grief Study

July 30, 2020 by Jennifer Holik

“While there has been abundant research quantifying war’s psychological impact, much of it has focused on PTSD, depression, and substance or alcohol abuse associated with combat exposure, there has been limited focus on grief among veterans.”

Pauline Lubens

UCI Studies Grief in Veterans

In World War I we heard the term SHELL SHOCK. In World War II we heard COMBAT FATIGUE. After Vietnam we didn’t hear much new unless it was in regard to how many Americans viewed returning veterans in a negative light. Then by the 1980s we had PTSD to label veterans suffering from a variety of illnesses that were previously undiagnosed or ignored.

PTSD trickles down through our DNA into future generations. Growing up in a household where PTSD exists can create this in children and other family members. Any traumatic situation we find ourselves in can create PTSD symptoms.

With all the studies on PTSD and veterans, one primary component, especially when we look at veteran suicide is GRIEF. Yet, grief has not been studied until recently. Grief also creates issues for not only the veteran but the family and friends close to the veteran.

Unresolved, unacknowledged grief over what someone did in combat, or did not do, who they lost, survivor’s guilt and sadness of being the only one left, and many other ways veterans hold grief all contribute to their state of mind, the life they live, the joy (or lack of )they feel. This unresolved grief also affects those closest to them.

Finally, the University of California Irvine conducted a study on grief in veterans. You can read about it here. It is interesting what they discovered and how it deeply affects veterans, even separately from any PTSD they may have or had, and how it affects families.

A radio interview was done with the Ph.D. student who conducted the study and several listeners called in to contribute to the conversation, including a female Graves Registration Service soldier. The interview is powerful and full of many themes I feel we should all be exploring with our own families – even if we have to go back to our WWII or Korean War veterans to ask questions and look for family patterns. Grief is something passed down also.

Exploring Grief in Your Family History

In our society we are taught/trained/told to buck up, shove things inside, deal with it and move on, or solve a problem, when we talk about grief. We are given 2-3 days of leave from our jobs if someone in the family dies. Apparently all we need is 2-3 days to deal with arrangements, grieve, forget and move on. Our western society has not done a good job helping people to learn how to grieve, or explain why it is important to do so.

I invite you to explore the times and places in your life and family history where there was an opportunity to grieve and instead you pushed it away or did not fully deal with it. Consider the cost of that to yourself, your health, your family life, your history. How did your family veterans handle grief? How did their spouses and children? How do you? How can you begin to change this?

Grief Resources

Do you need a resource to help you? I am taking a couple of courses with Shauna Janz through Sacred Grief. I am finding these grieving courses extremely helpful. I encourage you to check them out. I wrote an article about her Healing Conversations class here.

The website What’s Your Grief is also full of resources and articles. Have you explored this site?


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© 2020 Ancestral Souls

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: afghanistan, ancestry, DNA, family history, genealogy, iraq war, mental health, PTSD, suicide, wwii

1 July 2020 – What Are Your Ancestors Saying?

July 1, 2020 by Jennifer Holik

Question 1 July 2020

How are your ancestors connecting with you the last month? Do they appear as symbols? Flowers, feathers, coins, songs, books? Do they appear visually to you?

What wisdom are they passing to you during this incredible transformative energy period since end of May?

Please comment below to share with others if you feel comfortable.

I also invite you to journal on this question on your own.

Filed Under: Blog, Weekly Question Tagged With: adoption, ancestry, consciousness, creative writing, DNA, energy healing, fountain pen, genealogy, journaling, mental health, PTSD, racism, the great awakening, trauma, weekly question, writing, wwi, wwii

Your Family’s War Journey A Life Transforming Master Class

June 23, 2020 by Jennifer Holik

This class will change how you research and write!

Journey with Jennifer as your travel guide, through your family’s history, their military stories, and your own story. On this journey you will read a life-changing book.

Together with a core group of people, we will discuss issues and emotions around the themes of war, religion, women’s themes, spirituality, family, stories, trauma, inherited trauma, racism, LGBTQ, caregiver issues, secrets, shame, guilt, PTSD, and many other topics that come from the book, my questions, and your experiences.

You will explore your family’s history and dive into who you are with this knowledge. You will even begin to write your own stories.

Watch the video to learn more then scroll down to explore more details. To learn more about this seven-week course, visit the registration page to find full details and testimonials from past participants. If you have questions about this course, please contact Jennifer at info@wwiirwc.com. I can’t wait to work with you and guide you on your transformative journey! © 2020 Ancestral Souls

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