46. Breaking the Cycle of Generational Trauma & Healing a Wounded Inner Child - GUEST EPISODE with MY SISTER, Angelica Fontana

Life goes beyond the house that you grew up in. But you may spend many years healing from the time you spent growing up in it. For my sister and I, we have found this to be the case. Today, we unpack the impact of how growing up amidst instability shaped our lives and gave us mutual purpose to break the cycle of generational trauma. Angelica is the strongest person that I know - and her experiences are one that I am honored to give voice to on Figuring Sh!t Out. My sister and I share no DNA. She was adopted at Birth by our parents and has faced a layer of adversity as a person of color that I will never be able to fully understand. We grew up together in Florida in a fractured environment that she left at 15. Our individual experiences and healing has led us back to one another after being separated for many years in our adolescence. We are not of the same blood, but have been cut from the same cloth, and found our definition of home to be one another. To be vulnerable about what made you who you are today, even if it is a heavy past that you have learned and healed from - is to be free from letting it define you. I hope this episode inspires you release any weight from the past that you no longer need to carry and know that the decision to heal is all that you need to begin. --- CHAPTERS: 0:00-3:58: Introduction, Episode Overview, & Preface  4:00-10:15: Sisterhood + Siblinghood, Angelica's Adoption, Divine Orchestration 10:15-15:50: Roles + Trauma Responses in a Dysfunctional Household, Living in Survival, Mental Health  19:03: Leaving Home at 14 & Experiencing Racism in a Prejudiced Town 23:39: Beginning Healing, Reparenting the Inner Child, Letting Yourself Be Loved 28:43: Anger, Forgiveness, & Breaking Patterns to Relearn Safety 39:26: Releasing + Recognizing Coping & Defense Mechanisms 49:17: Chosen Family, Building a Life You Want, & Loving Yourself through your Evolution STAY TUNED: JOIN <3 FIGURING SH!T OUT TOGETHER COMMUNITIES Podcast Instagram: @figuringshiiitout Personal Instagram: @222vgf Spiritual & Self-Help Advice -> TikTok: butterflyfountain Youtube: Vanessa Fontana JOIN THE MAILING LIST HERE: FSO Website YOU ARE YOUR OWN HERO | E-BOOK & GUIDE BY ME <3 (free w/ community access!!)  FREE DOWNLOADABLE GUIDEBOOK ON INTUITION VS ANXIETY SEASON TWO TRAILER If you liked this episode, you'll like this one too! Episode 8: Healing is Not Linear & Life is Now IF YOU LIKED THIS EPISODE, PLS RATE THE PODCAST ON YOUR PREFERRED STREAMING PLATFORM & TELL ME YOUR THOUGHTS <3 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.