Break the Cycle: A Guide to Healing Intergenerational Trauma
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Break the Cycle: A Guide to Healing Intergenerational Trauma Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

Dr. Mariel Buqué (Author, Narrator), Penguin Audio (Publisher)
4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 58 ratings
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***The Instant National Bestseller***

A Next Big Idea Club must-read title for January 2024

The definitive, paradigm-shifting guide to healing intergenerational trauma—weaving together scientific research with practical exercises and stories from the therapy room—from Dr. Mariel Buqué, PhD, a Columbia University-trained trauma-informed psychologist and practitioner of holistic healing

From Dr. Mariel Buqué, a leading trauma psychologist, comes this groundbreaking guide to transforming intergenerational pain into intergenerational abundance. With Break the Cycle, she delivers the definitive guide to healing inherited trauma. Weaving together scientific research with practical exercises and stories from the therapy room, Dr. Buqué teaches listeners how trauma is transmitted from one generation to the next and how they can break the cycle through tangible therapeutic practices, learning to pass down strength instead of pain to future generations.

When a physical wound is left unhealed, it continues to cause pain and can infect the whole body. When emotions are left unhealed, they similarly cause harm that spreads to other parts of our lives, hurting our family, friends, community members, and others. Eventually, this hurt can injure an entire lineage, metastasizing across years and generations. This is intergenerational trauma.

This trauma is why some of us become estranged from our families, why some of us are people pleasers, why some of us find ourselves in codependent relationships. This trauma can be rooted in the experiences of ancestors, who may have suffered due to unhealthy family dynamics, and it can be collective, the result of a shared experience like systemic oppression, or harmful ingrained behaviors in a culture like the acceptance of physical discipline of children, or even a natural disaster like a pandemic. These wounds are complex, impacting our minds, bodies, and spirits. Healing requires a holistic approach that has so far been absent from the field of psychology. Until now.

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  1. Listening Length
    8 hours and 48 minutes
  2. Author
    Dr. Mariel Buqué
  3. Narrator
    Dr. Mariel Buqué
  4. Audible release date
    January 2, 2024
  5. Language
    English
  6. Publisher
    Penguin Audio
  7. ASIN
    B0C34CY6BV
  8. Version
    Unabridged
  9. Program Type
    Audiobook
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Product details

Listening Length 8 hours and 48 minutes
Author Dr. Mariel Buqué
Narrator Dr. Mariel Buqué
Audible.com Release Date January 02, 2024
Publisher Penguin Audio
Program Type Audiobook
Version Unabridged
Language English
ASIN B0C34CY6BV
Best Sellers Rank #6,876 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals)
#18 in PTSD
#18 in Psychiatry (Books)
#65 in Post-traumatic Stress Disorder

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If you have experienced trauma or have intergenerational trauma in your family this book is a MUST READ!!! I read 7 pages into the book and begin immediately posting about it on social media. I ordered 2 books, one for myself, and one for my sister in Christ.Dr. Buquè does an excellent job explaining the cycles of intergenerational trauma biologically and psychologically. Also, she's able to break down her clinical and personal experience in a way that is easy to understand. Anyone that wants to break generational chains of bandage NEEDS this book.
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jasmine
5.0 out of 5 stars Life changing
Reviewed in the United States on May 6, 2024
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I weeped when I finished this book. There’s not enough words to describe the generational trauma Dr. Buqué helped me unpack but I will say my entire bloodline is shifted because of this work! Please, if you looking to dig deep and do real destiny changing work, purchase this book. -Jasmine Twyman
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Velfam
5.0 out of 5 stars Love this book!!
Reviewed in the United States on April 29, 2024
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Love this book. Love the author!
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Laurie
5.0 out of 5 stars Very helpful and important insights.
Reviewed in the United States on March 24, 2024
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I love the book as she has out language to my practice and incorporating research and science with it. The book is the whole package and offers tools and resources for your journey.
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Lillian A. Polanco
5.0 out of 5 stars Calling all cycle breakers
Reviewed in the United States on January 26, 2024
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I highly recommend this book for anyone who is interested in learning how to recognize the strong hold of trauma in your family and how to break the cycle of intergenerational trauma. Dr. Buque draws on her lived experiences as a Afro-Latina psychologist as well as the scientific literature with such warmth , gentleness, and clarity. I’ve already bought copies for many of my family and friends, all of whom have similarly enjoyed the book. As a psychologist myself who is focused on trauma informed care with communities of color, I plan to use this book in my research and teachings. Dr. Buque’s goal of making knowledge and tools accessible to marginalized is truly achieved with this book as it feels like I’m in a therapy session with her while I’m reading it. Learn how to break the cycle of trauma and get your myself a copy!
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OYR
5.0 out of 5 stars Love it
Reviewed in the United States on March 23, 2024
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Great read
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Massact
4.0 out of 5 stars One for me,
Reviewed in the United States on April 28, 2024
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And one for my niece. Interesting view to a common problem.
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Maiya Wright
5.0 out of 5 stars Order this book NOW!!!!
Reviewed in the United States on January 11, 2024
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If you have experienced trauma or have intergenerational trauma in your family this book is a MUST READ!!! I read 7 pages into the book and begin immediately posting about it on social media. I ordered 2 books, one for myself, and one for my sister in Christ.
Dr. Buquè does an excellent job explaining the cycles of intergenerational trauma biologically and psychologically. Also, she's able to break down her clinical and personal experience in a way that is easy to understand. Anyone that wants to break generational chains of bandage NEEDS this book.
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Maiya Wright
5.0 out of 5 stars Order this book NOW!!!!
Reviewed in the United States on January 11, 2024
If you have experienced trauma or have intergenerational trauma in your family this book is a MUST READ!!! I read 7 pages into the book and begin immediately posting about it on social media. I ordered 2 books, one for myself, and one for my sister in Christ.
Dr. Buquè does an excellent job explaining the cycles of intergenerational trauma biologically and psychologically. Also, she's able to break down her clinical and personal experience in a way that is easy to understand. Anyone that wants to break generational chains of bandage NEEDS this book.
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Christina Vourcos
5.0 out of 5 stars Powerful resource!
Reviewed in the United States on January 2, 2024
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While I’ve learned a bit of this in counseling and my own research, as well as from Dr. Mariel Buque’s social media updates, it was impactful to go through her knowledge and strategies to move forward as a cycle breaker. It was so interesting that I did many of the strategies and read all the way through the first day of receiving the book. I’m so thankful to have this resource. I hope more books from Dr. Mariel Buque will come available. I can imagine this book as a starting point and other books as a way to continue the healing journey.
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Aisha A K
5.0 out of 5 stars Absolute must read.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 24, 2024
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Excellent book, I read this quite quickly. Definitely found it very healing and important for anybody navigating through trauma. It's nothing like those typical trauma books, this book is indepth and has exercises for you to work on as you read each chapter. I highly recommend this book.
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Aisha A K
5.0 out of 5 stars Absolute must read.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 24, 2024
Excellent book, I read this quite quickly. Definitely found it very healing and important for anybody navigating through trauma. It's nothing like those typical trauma books, this book is indepth and has exercises for you to work on as you read each chapter. I highly recommend this book.
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