A few months ago, I sat in meditation, asking what the focus of my work should be throughout the Spring. I offered a few ideas, which were gently set aside. And then the word Ancestors sang through.

Ancestral work has always been woven through the healing and teachings I offer. It is so important, because the beliefs, characteristics, emotions, and lived experiences of our family lines are etched into our DNA, present in nearly every cell. Those who came before us have a very real foothold in our present.

One of the biggest surprises in working with genetics is how deeply we can be impacted by people whose names we don’t even know, whose stories were never told. And yet, somehow, we carry their unfinished business.

If an ancestor believed they failed…
If they broke a promise…
If they carried guilt for the choices they made…
We may find ourselves entangled in the after-effects, playing out the punishment, feeling the shame, struggling with invisible burdens.

Many of us come from lineag...