Understanding and Healing from Collective Trauma

Understanding and Healing from Collective Trauma

Author: Thomas Huebl September 19, 2023 Duration: 21:00

Thomas Hübl shares his perspective on the fundamentals of collective trauma. He describes it as an ecosystem that we all inhabit, and all affect. He explores what societies can do to foster growth and healing while enduring repeated traumatic events, both large-scale and personal. According to Thomas, therein lies the key - healing on both the individual and collective levels.

He discusses what makes an effective community healing space, and how such spaces allow us to integrate our traumatic past, giving us the tools to address our current systemic problems and build societies that are more just and resilient.


Key Points:

00:00 Introduction

00:58 The existence of collective trauma

04:33 How collective trauma remains frozen 

08:51 The need for activism and healing spaces

10:04 Causes and effects of unrecognized trauma

13:41 How to cultivate healing from collective trauma

17:14 Why shared safe spaces are crucial for transformation


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✨ Thomas Hübl’s book, “Attuned: Practicing Interdependence to Heal Our Trauma–And Our World” is out now! Find a copy at your local bookseller, or visit: 👉 attunedbook.com


Thomas Hübl is a renowned teacher, author, and international facilitator whose lifelong work integrates the core insights of the great wisdom traditions and mysticism with the discoveries of science. Since 2004, he has taught and facilitated programs with more than 100,000 people worldwide, including online courses which he began offering in 2008. The origin of his work and more than two decades of study and practice on healing collective trauma is detailed in his book Healing Collective Trauma: A Process for Integrating Our Intergenerational and Cultural Wounds.


Learn more at thomashuebl.com.


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In a world often defined by fragmentation, Point of Relation with Thomas Huebl explores the subtle connections that bind us. This isn't a series of abstract lectures; it's a living inquiry into how our personal awareness directly shapes the cultural and spiritual fabric we all share. Thomas, drawing from a deep well of integrative practice, guides dialogues that feel both timely and timeless. Each conversation with a guest-whether a scientist, artist, or community healer-unfolds like a collaborative exploration. You’ll hear them grapple with practical spirituality, the philosophy of interconnected systems, and the often-unseen patterns in society that call for our attention. The aim is to move beyond theory into a felt sense of relational intelligence. Listening to this podcast, you become part of a space where the divide between the mystical and the empirical softens, revealing actionable insights for personal and collective transformation. It’s for anyone curious about how inner work contributes to outer healing, and how our most pressing global challenges might be met not with more division, but with a renewed capacity for nuanced, compassionate understanding. The discussions are deep, sometimes challenging, but always oriented toward a more coherent and connected world.
Author: Language: English Episodes: 189

Point of Relation with Thomas Huebl
Podcast Episodes
Bonus: The River of Time [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 19:01
Thomas explores three dimensions of time that shape our spiritual practice, and our healing journeys: the flowing 'river of time,' the frozen pockets of trauma that disrupt its movement, and the profound stillness of tim…
Zander Grashow | Adapative Leadership for the Future [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 51:01
Thomas is joined by author, artist, and founder and CEO of Adaptive Leadership, Zander Grashow, for a conversation on the type of leadership that’s needed as humanity faces an unprecedented acceleration of social and tec…
Tiokasin Ghosthorse | The Intuition of Earth [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 55:41
Thomas is joined by educator, musician, activist, and creator of First Voices Radio, Tiokasin Ghosthorse. Tiokasin is a member of the Cheyenne River Lakota Nation of South Dakota, and shares deep wisdom from the Lakota w…
The Spiritual Ethics of Trauma Healing [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 26:07
Thomas Hübl explores what it means to get in touch with our deepest humanity, live our spirituality with respect to the freedom of all humans, and move through the world with embodied awareness.We are all composed of a d…
Elise Loehnen | Mystical Explorations of Good and Evil [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 54:30
Thomas Hübl and NYT bestselling author and the host of the podcast, Pulling the Thread, Elise Loehnen, explore the nature of shadow, evil, and collective trauma from a mystical and spiritual perspective. They discuss the…
Bonus: Emptying the Mind [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 7:02
Thomas reads a short passage from the Tao Te Ching and shares spiritual practices and conceptual tools to help you let go of unhelpful ideas you’re clinging to and create spaciousness in your mind and body. ✨ Sign up for…
Dr. Shefali | Embracing Conscious Parenting [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 46:43
Thomas is joined by Dr. Shefali, a clinical psychologist, bestselling author, and host of the Parenting & You podcast. Dr. Shefali is an expert on “Conscious Parenting,” an approach to raising children that focuses on th…
Tamala Floyd | Healing Our Parts and Our Selves [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 51:25
Thomas is joined by Tamala Floyd, a psychotherapist, IFS lead trainer, speaker, and the author of “Listening When Parts Speak: A Practical Guide to Healing with Internal Family Systems Therapy and Ancestor Wisdom.”They d…
Michael Meade | Rites of Passage [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 54:16
Thomas Hübl is joined by renowned storyteller, author, and scholar of mythology, Michael Meade. They discuss transformation as an essential element of life, and how embracing radical transformation—both personally and as…
Cultivating Space [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 31:13
Thomas Hübl dives deep into how we can learn to be more grounded in stressful moments, and grow our resilience, agency, and ability to respond to challenges. He shares insights and practices to activate curiosity, explor…