Welcome to Episode 11 of The Rise Room. As we move closer to the end of Season 1, this episode invites a deeper, generational conversation, one about the emotional rooms we’re creating for those who come after us.

In The Rooms We Build for the Next Generation, we explore how our words, behaviors, healing, and even our avoidance shape emotional environments that are passed down quietly but powerfully. This episode is about legacy, not just what we teach, but what we model.

If you’ve ever reflected on how you were raised emotionally, or wondered how your healing (or lack of it) impacts others, this conversation is for you.

References

Here are scholarly sources you can reference for this episode:

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Shonkoff, J. P., et al. (2012). The lifelong effects of early childhood adversity and toxic stress. Pediatrics, 129(1), e232–e246.

Yehuda, R., et al. (2016). Holocaust exposure induced intergenerational effects on FKBP5 methylation. Biological Psychiatry, 80(5), 372–380.

Siegel, D. J. (2012). The Developing Mind. Guilford Press.

Cicchetti, D., & Toth, S. L. (2005). Child maltreatment. Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, 1, 409–438.