Who Are You When Your Generation's Normal Becomes Everyone Else's Past?
Think about the last time someone half your age had to explain technology or a new saying to you. Did you feel defensive irritation, or a need to tell them how things "used to be"? That reaction feels like protecting your competence, but what if it's actually defending assumptions you inherited simply by being born when you were?
Family's Unspoken Influence: Moving Beyond Inherited Patterns
When your relationship gets difficult, how do you handle conflict? When money gets tight, what emotions arise first? When someone criticizes you, what voice responds in your head?Chances are, these responses feel completely natural—like they're just "who you are." But if you listen closely, you might recognize the rhythm, tone, or strategy as something deeply familiar. Something inherited.Every family operates with unspoken rules about how life works—rules that get absorbed so completely that most people never realize they're following a script written by someone else. Your family's approach to conflict becomes your default way of arguing. Their relationship to money shapes your financial anxiety. Their methods of showing love determine what care looks like to you.
When Life Changes, You're Still You
Major life changes can make you feel like you've lost yourself completely. When your job ends or your marriage falls apart, it feels like your identity disappears too. But here's the truth: your circumstances and your identity are different things. Learn what actually stays constant when everything else shifts.