The School of Greatness How Generational Trauma Is Secretly Running Your Life | Dr. Mariel Buqué
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Mar 20, 2026 
Dr. Mariel Buqué, a psychologist and trauma expert focused on intergenerational healing, explores how inherited trauma can shape anxiety, depression, triggers, and self-worth. She gets into epigenetics, survival mode, family boundaries, nervous system tools like breathwork and humming, memory gaps after trauma, and rebuilding identity beyond fear and imposter syndrome.
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Symptom Management Is Not The Same As Healing
- Traditional mental health care often manages symptoms, while trauma healing aims for full integration of the person.
- Mariel Buqué says many common struggles, especially depression and anxiety, may ease when trauma beneath them is addressed directly.
Meaning Making Helps People Move After Trauma
- Meaning making sits at the center of recovery because people need to believe their life still holds value after trauma.
- Mariel Buqué suggests asking what was learned from the event or response, not whether the trauma should have happened.
Stuck Negative Stories Usually Signal Unprocessed Fear
- When someone clings to a life-ruining story, the deeper issue is often fear still trapped in the body.
- Mariel Buqué says body-based work creates safety first, making it possible to explore the mind without feeling overwhelmed.