Dr. Jeffrey GladdenFounder & CEO of Gladden Longevity

Overcoming Generation & Personal Trauma!

13 Aug 2026 · 1 min

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In this excerpt Dr. Jeffrey Gladden explains how trauma—both personal and generational—is encoded in our nervous systems, causing us to live reactively. He introduces the idea of cultivating a “300‑year‑old mind” as a way to become unencumbered by that trauma. The process involves tracing the origins of trauma through family and personal history, examining blame and personal contribution, and ultimately extending forgiveness to others and oneself. By transcending the trauma, one can transform the experience into gratitude, empathy, love, and deeper insight, turning suffering into a source of human growth.

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The other interesting thing is that each of us in our own lives have experienced trauma. And I think one of the interesting things is that we end up living in reaction to that trauma. All of us do. That's the way our nervous systems work, right? It gets imprinted in. And so from my perspective, we become encumbered by that trauma. And it could be a combination of generational and personal. But nonetheless, I think one of the goals of developing the 300-year-old mind is actually to become unencumbered From the trauma, whether it's generational, personal. And that's its own journey to go in, understand that trauma, where it came from, to your point about family history, your own personal history, who was to blame, what did I contribute, you know, all these things, and ultimately be able to forgive everyone involved, including yourself, right? That becomes super important. And then transcend it to where you become grateful for everything that happened because it made you more human, more empathetic, more loving, more insightful.