'Riveting . . . This enthralling book will make you think more deeply about your own
relationships and the things that have been left unsaid.' MAIL ON SUNDAY ' Immediately
appealing . . . a welcome deepening of how we understand the human predicament and a pertinent
antidote to the sometimes aggressive individualism of our time.' THE IRISH TIMES ------ The
international bestseller. Our families shape who we are. From the circumstances of our
conception and the family structure we are born into to the expectations placed upon us and
the love we receive we are formed by our social and familial network. So if we want to truly
know ourselves - to find out why we falter to explain our anxieties our repeated relationship
patterns - we must look beyond our own lives and discover the secrets unprocessed losses and
limiting beliefs of our parents grandparents and even to ancestors we have never met. In
Inherited Fate psychologist Noémi Orvos-Tóth invites the reader on a journey of
self-awareness that spans generations. Illustrated with vivid stories and questions that invite
the reader to engage personally Inherited Fate is a fascinating framework for discovery of the
self the dismantling of inherited beliefs and the revelation of wisdom stored in the body. We
cannot undo what has happened but if we understand it the past can help give a different
shape to the present and to our future. Inherited Fate explores: the impact of the events
surrounding conception and birth - such as the stress our mothers experienced during pregnancy
the expectations of our parents about our sex or our role in the family or where we fall in
the birth order the far-reaching spillover effects of repressing trauma - both individual and
collective the deep marks left by the attachment pattern formed in childhood and how it
returns in the relationships of adulthood how family secrets divide us distort reality and
destroy trust even when they remain buried. ---- 'Illuminating . . . A compassionate
understanding of how we can recognise and reconcile the legacies we carry.' Galit Atlas
psychoanalyst and author of Emotional Inheritance 'A deep and comprehensive look at the ways
that those ordinary people we call "parents" unwittingly share their pain with their children
and how important it is for all of us "children" to be aware of such historical pain and
explore ways to transform it.' Gwen Adshead forensic psychiatrist and psychotherapist and
author of The Devil You Know 'A sage companion for anyone who has wanted or needed to
confront the past and engage with the present. Inherited Fate is full of possibility and
curiosity and disrupts the avoidant gaze . . . Offers rigour to the ongoing conversation of
embodied trauma.' Maxine Mei-Fung Chung psychotherapist and author of What Women Want
