Welcome back to Asian Lifing and part 3 of 4 part special mini-series capturing the reconnection with my cousin Sarina Herman (@rinabherman) after a decade of not speaking or seeing each other. Note, you do not have to listen to this in order as the topic varies.
Growing up as kids of traditional Asian parents, we saw our parents and adult family members as the role models in our lives and that we would always turn to them for answers and think that whatever our experiences and behaviors were considered the norm. However, as we grew up, we realize that's not the case, and how much our lifestyle and value have deferred from our parents and their experiences. Although they did their best to raise us with whatever they know navigating life from their respective country to the United States, we have our own experiences and life having to navigate both our Asian and American identities.
Come join us on today's episode as we reflect back and shared our experiences with family traumas, how it affected both of us, our family dynamics, the physical and mental abuse we witnessed growing up and throughout our life. Now, as adults being both doing the inner work and healing, have come to a place, where we discuss the importance of Intergenerational Trauma in what it has taught us and why it's important to break that cycle! It didn't start with us, but we are responsible to heal and break the cycle for future generations to come!
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