My guest today is Ivy Kwong. 

Ivy shares about her journey to become a psychotherapist and how she’s healing her relationship and connecting with her parents. Ivy talks about increasing your capacity for discomfort and staying regulated during conversations. Casey and Ivy dig into genetic & experiential intergenerational trauma and how to start healing by expanding your awareness and reparenting yourself. They talk about knowing your inner-selves at different ages and what brings them out. Casey asks what clues we can look for that we have trauma to heal and if we need apologies from parents to move forward. Ivy explains setting boundaries with our parents. Casey and Ivy wrap up by talking about finding compassion for ourselves on our journey.

Key takeaways from the podcast:

• Creating safe spaces for conversations 
• Increasing your capacity for discomfort 
• Healing intergenerational trauma 
• Reparenting ourselves 
• Knowing your inner-selves at different ages 
• Clues that you have trauma to heal 
• The desire to change our parents 
• Setting boundaries with our parents 
• Finding compassion for ourselves

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