Intergenerational Trauma and Intergenerational Healing in Eating Disorders

Today’s conversation we’re talking with Sam Dylan Finch about his story and its intersection with intergenerational trauma.

• We define what intergenerational trauma and how it’s relevant to the development of eating disorders
• Sam’s body story as he’s telling and understanding it today, specifically looking at the development of the eating disorder as a symptom of intergenerational trauma
• Exploration of Sam’s family immigration and its involvement in Sam’s development of an eating disorder
• We discuss how white folks are divorced from their ancestral and cultural stories and the impact that this has on
• The difference that it made to have a therapist who encouraged Sam to look at his ancestral and family history as a part of his story
• Sam’s experience of intellectualizing collective liberation work vs. embodying collective liberation
• How Sam once thought that he was “too autistic” for parts work until he tried the Safe and Protocol which made parts work a more embodied experience
• Sam’s definition of what it means to take up space to not abandon himself and stay present in the pain and joy in our world

• Website: https://samdylanfinch.com/
• Sam’s Blog: https://letsqueerthingsup.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/samdylanfinch/
• Sam’s Blog “Why I’m Not Fighting My Eating Disorder Anymore”: https://helloalma.com/blog/not-fighting-eating-disorder/
• More of Sam’s writing: https://helloalma.com/blog/authors/sam-dylan-finch/