When Family Isn’t Safe or Known: Finding Ancestors Who Can Help You

In this compassionate, eye-opening episode, Lisa and shamanic teacher Evelyn Rysdyk explore one of the most common — and often unspoken — barriers to ancestral healing: What if you don’t know your ancestors… or you do, and you want nothing to do with them?Evelyn offers a powerful reframe: your lineage is far bigger than the handful of relatives who may have caused harm. The ancestral field contains thousands of supportive beings — and you can choose who you work with.Together they explore:* Why you can safely “skip” harmful generations and connect only with loving, well ancestors* How to call in a spirit mother or spirit father from your wider lineage when your real parents failed you* How these ancestral beings can repair the wounds of a childhood that lacked nurture, protection, or belonging* Why not knowing your biological family doesn’t block you from receiving lineage support — the ancestors can still find you* How trauma, estrangement, and displacement create a tear in the fabric of identity — and the rituals that help reweave it* The surprising emotional legitimacy that emerges when you connect with the “bigger family” watching over youThis conversation is especially healing for adoptees, children of abusive households, and anyone who carries a complicated relationship with their family tree. It gently reminds us: You may not know them, but they know you. And some of them have been waiting to step forward.Visit Evelyn’s website at spiritpassages.comLisa Bonnice is an award-winning author, podcaster, and former stand-up comic whose work blends humor, heart, and spiritual depth. Her latest novel, Castle Gate, is a historical fiction saga rooted in ancestral trauma and the 1924 Castle Gate Mine Disaster, available in hardcover, paperback, ebook and audiobook. Her book Fear of Our Father, co-authored with Stacey M. Kananen, was recently made into a Lifetime movie, Monster in the Family.Learn more at lisabonnice.com and castlegatebook.com.This interview is part of the Ancestral Healing Summit 2020, a free online event. This recording is a copyright of The Shift Network, used with permission. All rights reserved.Subscribe free or paid — same content, but your support helps keep the magic flowing. Get full access to Lisa Bonnice: Post-Woo Oracle at lisabonnice.substack.com/subscribe