She studies the only trauma that's passed down through our family lines, and she says the healing starts in the body, not the story. On this episode, Cristy Marrero and Ana Flores sit down with Afro-Dominican holistic psychologist and author of Break the Cycle, Dr. Mariel Buqué.
For generations, Latinas lived inside intergenerational trauma before anyone had a name for it. We called it being strong. We called it sacrifice. Dr. Mariel Buqué explains why so many of the narratives we've carried our whole lives were never even ours to begin with. She walks us through how trauma moves through the family, not just in behavior but in our biology, and why the body remembers what the mind isn't ready to say yet.
This is one of the most personal conversations we've had. Ana announces that she has decided to move back to El Salvador. Cristy names her own postpartum depression. And Dr. Mariel shares the meditation that led her back to a man she hadn't spoken to in 16 years.
Come share wisdom with us.
Chapters:
00:00 - 02:54 Intro: The trauma we called something else
02:54 - 08:26 Defining intergenerational trauma: biology + psychology
08:26 - 13:00 \"Calladita te ves más bonita\"
16:13 - 20:14 How trauma lives in biology
20:14 - 22:53 Postpartum and the nervous system
28:58 - 35:35 \"40 years of survival mode\": the rocking chair reset
38:58 - 42:05 Ana's announcement
42:05 - 47:02 The intergenerational higher self & a love rekindled
47:02 - 52:54 Breaking cycles in micro-moments
52:54 - 58:12 How do we know we broke the cycle?
58:12 - 1:01:39 The Tía stories
1:01:39 - 1:03:12 Mariel's Wisdom Era: reinvention, peace, freedom
1:03:12 - 1:05:06 \"Entre Sabias\": rapid-fire questions
1:05:06 - Rocking chairs & the ripple effect of healing
Our podcast is bilingual, so our episodes will be in English, Spanish, or Spanglish, depending on our guests. You'll find them labeled in our feed, or you could use YouTube's dubbing feature to listen your way.
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Her Wisdom ERA is hosted and executive produced by Christy Marrero and Ana Flores
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We are Her Wisdom Era, a global visibility and reinvention platform for Latina women in midlife.