The Generational Impact of Challenging Life Events
Exploring How Significant Experiences Continue to Shape Families
The experiences that shape a family do not always end with those who lived them. War, loss, illness, financial hardship, migration, and other significant life experiences may continue influencing relationships and family life in ways that are not always recognized. This seven-part live, online workshop series explores these enduring patterns through the unique perspective of Family Constellations.
How Significant Experiences Continue to Shape Families
Every family has been shaped by significant life experiences. Some are openly acknowledged and remembered. Others remain hidden, forgotten, or too painful to speak about. Whether recognized or not, these experiences often continue influencing individuals, relationships, and families long after the original events have passed.
Death, illness, war, adoption, infertility, financial hardship, addiction, violence, migration, separation, abuse, and other profound life experiences affect more than the individuals directly involved. They often influence the emotional life of a family and continue shaping relationships, patterns, and ways of relating to one another over time.
Family Constellations offers a unique perspective for exploring how these experiences continue to live within a family system. It helps bring hidden family patterns into view, explores how significant experiences may continue influencing later generations, and supports a deeper understanding of how families respond to adversity, loss, and other life-changing experiences over time.
Throughout this workshop series, each session focuses on a different area of family experience while examining how significant life events may shape families long after the original experience has passed. Together, these workshops offer a deeper understanding of the ways acknowledgment, belonging, and greater awareness can support movement toward greater connection within the family system.
These workshops will not be recorded.
Online Workshop Series
The Entangled Fates of Fallen Soldiers, Survivors, and Enemies in War
The Lasting Impact of Financial Loss Across Generations
The Hidden Legacy of Murder
The Death of a Child: How Families Are Changed
Schizophrenia and Its Lasting Influence on Families
The Grief of a Lost Homeland
Natural Disasters, Trauma, and Family History
What to Expect in Each Workshop
Each live online workshop combines teaching, discussion, and Family Constellation work related to the workshop topic. Participants will have opportunities to explore how these significant experiences may affect individuals and families across generations while attending to what emerges through constellation work.
Workshop Schedule and Topic Overviews
The Entangled Fates of Fallen Soldiers, Survivors, and Enemies in War
Friday, January 15, 2027 | 6:00-9:30 p.m. Central Time
New Zealand: Saturday, January 16, 2027 | 1:00-4:30 p.m. NZDT
War leaves lasting marks on everyone it touches. This workshop explores how the experiences of soldiers, survivors, civilians, and enemies may continue shaping families long after the conflict has ended.
The Entangled Fates of Fallen Soldiers, Survivors, and Enemies in War (Repeat)
Saturday, January 16, 2027 | 10:00 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Central Time
Central Europe: 17:00-20:30 CET
War leaves lasting marks on everyone it touches. This workshop explores how the experiences of soldiers, survivors, civilians, and enemies may continue shaping families long after the conflict has ended.
The Lasting Impact of Financial Loss Across Generations
Saturday, February 6, 2027 | 10:00 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Central Time
Central Europe: 17:00-20:30 CET
The loss of wealth, land, businesses, or financial security can alter the course of a family's history. Together, we will explore how these experiences continue influencing families over time.
The Hidden Legacy of Murder
Saturday, March 6, 2027 | 10:00 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Central Time
Central Europe: 17:00-20:30 CET
Murder often leaves behind silence, grief, fear, and divided loyalties. This workshop examines how these experiences may continue living within families long after the original tragedy.
The Death of a Child: How Families Are Changed
Saturday, April 3, 2027 | 10:00 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Central Time
Central Europe: 17:00-20:30 CEST
Few experiences affect a family more deeply than the death of a child. We will explore how this profound loss may reshape parents, siblings, and family relationships.
The Death of a Child: How Families Are Changed (Repeat)
Friday, April 16, 2027 | 6:00-9:30 p.m. Central Time
New Zealand: Saturday, April 17, 2027 | 11:00 a.m.-2:30 p.m. NZST
Few experiences affect a family more deeply than the death of a child. We will explore how this profound loss may reshape parents, siblings, and family relationships.
Schizophrenia and Its Lasting Influence on Families
Saturday, July 17, 2027 | 10:00 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Central Time
Central Europe: 17:00-20:30 CEST
Schizophrenia affects not only the individual but the entire family. Together, we will explore the challenges, adaptations, and realities that often develop around severe mental illness.
The Grief of a Lost Homeland
Friday, September 10, 2027 | 6:00-9:30 p.m. Central Time
New Zealand: Saturday, September 11, 2027 | 11:00 a.m.-2:30 p.m. NZST
Leaving one's homeland often involves far more than relocation. This workshop explores the lasting grief of losing home, community, identity, and belonging.
The Grief of a Lost Homeland (Repeat)
Saturday, September 11, 2027 | 10:00 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Central Time
Central Europe: 17:00-20:30 CEST
Leaving one's homeland often involves far more than relocation. This workshop explores the lasting grief of losing home, community, identity, and belonging.
Natural Disasters, Trauma, and Family History
Saturday, November 6, 2027 | 10:00 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Central Time
Central Europe: 16:00-19:30 CET
Natural disasters can permanently alter the lives of individuals, families, and communities. This workshop explores how these overwhelming experiences become part of a family's history.
What Participants Are Saying
★★★★★
“Over the past couple of years, I have participated in numerous online family constellation workshops which has included joining workshops on the same topic more than once.”
Jacqueline P.
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Registration, Fees, and Packages
Single Workshop: $75 USD per workshop.
Three Workshop Series Discount: Save 15% when you register for any three workshops in this series. Use discount code: H3YKM3C
International Single Workshop Series Discount: Save 20% any workshops in this series. Use discount code: GJF4ZRA
These workshops will not be recorded.
Complete Series Subscription Registration
Register for the complete seven-workshop Subscription and save 15% on all seven workshops. Your registration includes:
Access to all seven live online workshops.
Access to the live Q&A following each workshop.
Additional learning resources.
A Certificate of Attendance upon completion of all seven workshops.
Complete Seven-Workshop Series: $446 USD
International Complete Seven-Workshop Series: $420 USD — 20% savings