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How Family Secrets Shape Us

You may be haunted by emotions that aren't even yours. That guilt you can’t explain, the relationship patterns you can’t seem to break—what if they belong to someone else’s pain? Our inheritance isn’t just physical or financial. It’s emotional too.

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Psychoanalyst & Intimacy Researcher

Dr. Galit Atlas is a leading psychoanalyst exploring how hidden family traumas shape desire, love, and emotional intimacy. Her book 'Emotional Inheritance' unpacks the unconscious narratives passed down through generations.

Based on 97. How Family Secrets Shape Us: Emotional Inheritance with Dr. Galit Atlas, summarised and reframed by Insights.

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