The concept of trauma's lingering effects across generations has fascinated scientists and psychologists alike. Recent research in the field of epigenetics (the study of generational trauma) sheds ...

Generational trauma is a form of trauma passed down to subsequent generations through environmental factors such as ...

We often hear about generational trauma—the phenomenon in which traumatic experiences endured by one generation ripple down and affect subsequent generations. Stories of hardship, scarcity, and ...

We know now that newborns don’t enter into the world with a clean slate. Their emotional history begins even before they are conceived. All the eggs a woman will carry form in her ovaries while she is ...

Trauma is something that happens in many of our lives. In fact, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), around 70% of people globally will experience “a potentially traumatic event during ...

We often hear the term "tough love" tossed around, usually in the context of parenting or mentoring. It's portrayed as a necessary approach to instill discipline and resilience. But sometimes, what ...

Most people experience a traumatic event some time during their lives — losing a loved one, being the victim of violence or surviving a natural disaster. But what happens when the impact of trauma is ...

Those who have experienced childhood trauma know all too well that the impact is long-lasting. It doesn't just disappear when you grow up, move away from home, and start a life and family of your own.

The following is a column adapted with permission from “Land Rich, Cash Poor: My Family’s Hope and the Untold History of the Disappearing American Farmer,” out in paperback Sept. 2. The year ...

As 2025 comes to a close, we're revisiting interviews with this year's nominees and winners of some of the biggest prizes in ...