You were anxious about it, but after you delivered it, you got a lot of really good feedback from family members who you thought maybe wouldn’t have responded as they did.
You shared that journey with me and the challenge of doing it honestly, and well, and compassionately. The Healing Power of Truth and Reconciliationįlood: Ken, your father passed and you were challenged to write a eulogy. Listen to the entire Revealing Men podcast and/or read excerpts of the conversation below (edited for length and clarity). Porter’s life experiences led him to the role he now embraces: that of helping other men work through and heal from the trauma in their lives so as to not pass it on to future generations. Porter shares the complicated relationship he had with his father-a man he both loved and despised-and the sometimes unconventional path he took to free himself and heal from the pain and trauma.
Download file | Play in new window | Duration: 42:17 | Recorded on September 1, 2021ĭoes the response to trauma remain contained within the individual? Or do its effects pass down from generation to generation? And, if that’s the case, how can one find healing? This conversation between somatic therapist, Ken Porter and psychotherapist, Randy Flood, Director of the Men’s Resource Center of West Michigan is a highly-personal, in-depth discussion about transgenerational trauma.