I have a new poetry podcast on the Memoirs, of Susi Bocks. You can find it here – https://meelosmom.podbean.com/e/memoirs-of-susi-bocks/
This episode features the memoirs of Susi Bocks, who courageously shares her painful upbringing by a dysfunctional and abusive mother. Grief and anger hide in wait for illumination when Susi’s heart opens to reveal her self-worth, which was so beaten down over the years. Susi shows us that we can come to terms with our past and overcome parental abuse, which often results from transgenerational trauma.
Susi Bocks, writer/author/poet, has self-published two books: Feeling Human and Every Day I Pause. You can find her work at IWriteHer.com or follow her on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/MyHumanityInWrittenForm/, where she invites you to read her thoughts and get to know her. Bocks’ work has been published in the anthology SMITTEN: This Is What Love Looks Like: Poetry by Women for Women and in VitaBrevis, Spillwords, Literary Yard, as well as other literary magazines.
Editor-in-Chief: The Short of It
Website: IWriteHer.com
Links: Transgenerational Trauma and Epigenetics
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-me-in-we/201205/how-trauma-is-carried-across-generations
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190326-what-is-epigenetics
Barbara Harris Leonhard is a writer, poet, and blogger. Her work appears in Phoebe, MD: Medicine and Poetry, Well Versed 2020, Spillwords; FREE VERSE REVOLUTION; Heretics, Lovers and Madmen; Go Dog Go Café; Silver Birch Press; Amethyst Review; Pillbaby.com; and Vita Brevis. She is the author of Discoveries in Academic Writing, which is based on her years of teaching English as a Second Language at the University of Missouri.
Blog: extraordinarysunshineweaver.blog
Podcast: meelosmom.podbean.com
To submit your poetic memoirs and concerns to this podcast, follow this link for the submission guidelines.
Music for this episode: “Relaxing Afternoon”, royalty free music on Podbean
Extraordinary Sunshine Weaver 
Thank you for sharing my story, Barbara! ❤
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My pleasure! It is such a powerful story, and I think seeing it in the context of generational trauma adds an important dimension.
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Most definitely! I hope that people can recognize it and get help. There is so much to be gained from stopping it. 🙂
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Yes, for certain, awareness is key.
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Reblogged this on I Write Her and commented:
I’m grateful to Barbara for her platform to discuss an important topic, one I feel has impacted not only mine but so many other lives. Life is hard enough, but when those we lean on during our vulnerable years, it sets us up for so much more negativity. Thankfully, we can escape our past and live a good life. I hope being open about it can help others. Thanks again for sharing, Barbara!
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My pleasure for sure!
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An amazing story, and so thoughtfully presented…. And I loved Susi’s last poem “Victory”, which was very appropriate finale to the ‘podcast’…😀
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Thank you, Ivor!
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Enjoyed. While one may sympathize with someone who experiences these emotions, it’s not necessarily easy to completely understand the root cause of something outside the listener’s experience. Your words woven through those of your guest make for a complete picture.
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Thank you, Ken! What a great compliment!
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