#74 Katya Lovejoy on the remembrance of ancestral joy and resilience
“We inherit the trauma, but we also inherit the resilience; we wouldn’t be here if our forebearers weren’t resilient. We want to hold space for both of those things. I mean, healing is really about holding space for all of it, for the dichotomy, for the opposites, because to be human is to experience these dualities of grief and joy, of pain and of love, and that to be fully human is to allow for those experiences.”
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Why is it crucial that we open up the individualised clinical model of therapy so that it incorporates the multidimensionality of intergenerational trauma healing? In what ways can we begin to shift therapy narratives to ancestral joy and resilience to restore balance and hope in community efforts of system resistance and reimagination?
Today we are joined by Katya Lovejoy, a clinical hypnotherapist, trauma coach, and mental health educator who supports highly sensitive people to reclaim a sense of wholeness and empowerment after trauma. Katya holds degrees in neuroscience and social work, as well as esoteric trainings from lineages around the world. She approaches trauma healing from an individual, ancestral, and collective lens, and utilizes subconscious, somatic, and spiritual approaches to finding release and resolution. Katya is committed to the liberation and empowerment of all people, and is on a mission to end the transmission of intergenerational trauma in families and communities by sharing the most effective modalities for sustainable transformation.
In this beautifully inspiring episode, Katya explores with us the power of tapping into our ancestral bodies and lineages to draw out deep inspiration and joy from the rituals and ways of being of previous generations, human and more-than-human. Katya steps out of the linearity of the conventional therapy model to invite opportunities to open up community spaces for stories and nostalgic remembering of a time which preserved the dynamism and animacy of connected living, whilst also making space for accountability and remediation of ancestral practices which no longer serve our time.
Biggest thank you to Katya for holding space for Agrita during this difficult period of mourning for her and her family after the recent passing away of her grandfather. We hope this conversation reaches the hearts of everyone who has, or currently is experiencing, grief over the passing of a loved one, particularly elders who have taken position as ancestors, and that the compassion and love that is tied to intergenerational trauma healing holds space for you to process your emotions and move forward.
What will be covered:
Importance of embodiment practice in a head-centric capitalist culture
Katya’s professional journey from neuroscience to hypnotherapy
Shifting from blame to responsibility and accountability in intergenerational healing
Katya’s body as an extension of Ukrainian soil and the remembrance of survival and resilience within the body during genocide
Body responses to trauma as a product of individual and collective experiences, including beyond our current lifetimes
Analogy of the spider’s web for the extension of our consciousness to wider community
Shifting narrative in therapy to joy and resilience
Dynamism of memories and the power in tapping into ancestral nostalgia as acts of resistance
Connecting to nature as ancestral remembrance of belonging
Deep listening and creating space for the integration of ancestral and modern healing modalities
Resources:
Katya’s website
Connect with Katya on Instagram (@katyalovejoy)
Study on the extension of a spider’s consciousness to its web
Mind Full of Everything is a podcast calling for the radical healing of the self and community to outgrow the broken dominant culture of radical individualism and disconnection from our place as interdependent beings, so that we can collectively re-envision a safer, healthier and equitable world. Each episode takes a healing-centric approach to explore the embodied ways in which we can collectively restore and transform our journeys as stewards of community and earth through conversations with writers, researchers, coaches and educators, as well as reflection episodes with the host Agrita Dandriyal on her journey navigating the world as a deeply conscious, culturally-rooted and relational being. Learn more here.
