When it comes to questions of belonging, tender feelings are inevitable. Every lineage has its kinks in the garden hose, and you may feel the weight of that ancestral trauma today. If you dare to unravel these knots, you might just open the floodgates of self-compassion and forgiveness. But first, you need to pay the piper some vulnerability tokens. Even if this conversation is between you and your notepad, let your feelings run wild across the page. Your ancestors are cheering you on.