When she heard about generational trauma a lightbulb went on. Honestly, I don't know where I even found the term, I just know that when I did find the term I was like, Oh my God, this is what I've been saying. I didn't procreate or anything because without a doubt it would have continued cuz I was going for people that were similar … I could see that before I even put, could put a word to what it was. This is how it came into me and I am so lucky that I had such awful taste in men. MANPREET: It was almost like I could see, oh, you know, this process of my grandparents started like this, this is the trauma that went into them, then this is how they then pass it on to mom and dad. It was from this place that she could step back and see the big picture of her family tree. It made me us feel like we were faulty, that there was something wrong with us to the core of our being.īut one of Manpreet’s natural gifts – something that is part of the core of her being – is her analytical mind. You know, it's like, I felt like that really was disempowering. Or my mom, you know, she had really bad fate because she married someone like my dad. So, the fact that I couldn't get married or get a partner or anything like that was because I had really bad fate. MANPREET: A big thing that we talk about in Indian cultures, they say something called kismet, which is like fate. She blamed this and all her life’s disappointments on destiny. Manpreet eventually realized Prince Charming wasn’t coming. I think that was, that the fantasy from a very young age, like six, seven, I started to have those kind of feelings of wanting to be rescued. MANPREET: I would basically look out of the window and very influenced by Disney kind of wanting some handsome princes to come and rescue me. When Manpreet Johal Bernie’s dad came home from work in a bad mood and began shouting at her mom, Manpreet would retreat to her bedroom. Trigger Warning: We mention domestic abuse and suicide in this episode.įind out more about Manpreet Johal Bernie and her podcast “Heart’s Happiness” at her website.
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