This is a great resource that answered quite a few questions I had about ancestral trauma and healing. I highly recommend.

This book felt like sitting down with two wise, compassionate guides who finally get it. As someone who’s been through more trauma than I sometimes know how to name, I’m always searching for books that go beyond surface level self-help, and Releasing Our Burdens absolutely delivered.

What hit me the hardest? The reminder that not everything I carry is mine. Some of my heaviest pain isn’t just from my own life, but it’s ancestral, cultural, collective. And realizing that doesn’t make it less personal… it makes it feel less shameful. It gave me permission to stop blaming myself for wounds that were never mine to begin with.

Richard Schwartz’s Internal Family Systems work resonated with me, and adding Thomas Hübl’s perspective on collective and spiritual trauma was… honestly, eye opening. It connected dots in my own healing that I didn’t even know were related.

The exercises aren’t complicated, but they are powerful if you take the time with them. The biggest shift for me was leaning into curiosity and kindness toward the parts of myself I usually want to shove down. There’s something quietly revolutionary about approaching your trauma not with judgment, but with gentle gratitude.

I found myself crying, pausing, breathing deeply and sometimes feeling an actual physical release, like I was letting go of something I’ve been gripping for too long.

If you’re healing, if you’ve been through hell and are trying to make sense of the pieces, please read this. It’s not a “quick fix” kind of book. It’s a companion for the long, messy, beautiful work of becoming whole again.

✨ If you’ve ever wondered why you feel so heavy, and you’re ready to let some of it go… this is your book.

Thank you to NetGalley, Richard Schwartz, and Sounds True Publishing for the eARC of this book.