Ep 71: Racialization and Reconnecting with Ancestors with Natalie Hung
This week, Christie is back with Natalie Hung to talk about ancestral healing, how to cultivate a relationship with our ancestors, and how these relationships can help heal us and help us feel a stronger sense of belonging. They dive into the distinction between “well” and “unwell” ancestors, and how ancestral healing fills in some parts of psychology and therapy that are missing. Natalie shares her personal journey to finding ancestral healing, her initial resistance to leaning on her ancestors for help, and how she ultimately was able to mend old wounds with their counsel.
Natalie Hung (she/hers) is a second-generation Taiwanese American clinical psychologist who specializes in Asian American racialization, intergenerational trauma, complex PTSD and dissociation, intersections between personal and social identities (i.e. race, gender, sexuality, class, ability status), and grief. She uses Internal Family Systems and decolonizing approaches to help her clients to deeply know and love themselves, resist systems of oppression, and cultivate belonging.
- www.nataliehung.com
- Natalie’s group: Reclaim Asian American Womanhood
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