2025-10-13
6 分钟Hi, welcome to Radio Headspace.
It's Dora.
So the other night, I was at my kitchen table, having tea with a family member.
The conversation started out light.
Stories about our old neighborhood.
what so-and-so is doing now and the unpredictable changing nature of the weather.
But somewhere in the middle, the conversation pivoted.
My aunt mentioned something, not even in a harsh way, but I instantly felt my internal heat rise.
My body tensed and my voice got sharp.
And in the middle of reacting, I had this strange moment of awareness.
Wait, hold on, this isn't me.
The words coming out of my mouth felt older than I am.
They carried a kind of ancestral presence,
like I was speaking with a voice that didn't quite belong to me.
And I remember thinking, where did this even come from?
Something I'm learning through my mindfulness practice and therapy is not all of our emotional patterns were born in our lifetime.
Some of them were planted generations ago.
shaped by our ancestors' struggles, fears, and survival strategies.
We inherit more than just our eye color or our laugh.
We inherit stories.