Releasing Our Burdens
A Guide to Healing Individual, Ancestral, and Collective Trauma
by Thomas Hübl; Richard Schwartz, Ph.D.
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Pub Date Dec 02 2025 | Archive Date Jan 09 2026
Sounds True Publishing | Sounds True
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Description
A groundbreaking collaboration between Dr. Richard Schwartz, founder of Internal Family Systems (IFS), and Dr. Thomas Hübl, renowned teacher and trauma healing facilitator, on healing individual, ancestral, and collective trauma to reclaim resilience and transform our world
We often view trauma as a personal wound to heal on our own—but trauma is rarely just an individual issue. It is shaped by ancestral burdens passed down through generations and by the collective pain we experience from the world around us. Beloved teachers Richard Schwartz and Thomas Hübl bring together their wisdom to chart a new path forward that addresses these deeper layers of wounding, so we can heal ourselves, our communities, and our world.
In this powerful book, Hübl and Schwartz help us understand why individual trauma cannot be separated from the legacies of shared past and present traumas. The authors explore their respective approaches to trauma healing and how these modalities can work together. Schwartz is the creator of IFS, a highly effective, evidence-based therapeutic approach that teaches that we all contain many parts—and also have an undamaged, healing Self. Hübl has done powerful work on trauma healing, particularly collectively and in groups. Together, they offer methods and practices that help us begin to:
• Release beliefs and emotions that no longer serve us
• Break cycles of harm
• Expand our awareness
• Become more compassionate and curious as we heal
A chapter from Fatimah Finney, a licensed mental health counselor and a trainer at the IFS Institute, helps us apply these methods to the wounds caused by social injustices, such as racial bias and oppression. Through this work, Hübl shares, “We can unload the burden and create a more flourishing world.”
A Note From the Publisher
Richard C. Schwartz, PhD, is the creator of Internal Family Systems and founder of the IFS Institute. He is currently on the faculty of Harvard Medical School and has written several books, including No Bad Parts.
Marketing Plan
Pre-order campaign via authors combined audience
Digital advertising in core market consumer publications (Psychology Today, Spirituality & Health, etc.)
Paid social media campaign to Sounds True’s community
Dedicated emails to Sounds True’s full list of email subscribers and targeted emails to participants of Schwartz’s Sounds True courses and workshops
Amazon AMS campaign, plus Amazon A+ page
National print & digital publicity campaign with a focus on spirituality & mind/body/spirit media
Select podcast outreach, focusing on wellness, spirituality and mind/body/spirit programs
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781649634108 |
| PRICE | $19.99 (USD) |
| PAGES | 256 |
Available on NetGalley
Featured Reviews
Kaitlyn L, Reviewer
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.
