Growing Up Interracial, Losing Her Mother, and Finding Her Voice

2026-02-18

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Growing Up Interracial, Losing Her Mother, and Finding Her Voice Finding your voice and letting yourself be heard is never easy. One must go through a ton of hardships and overcome every shred of doubt to achieve this. Leadership coach and author Ingrid Dahl had to deal with grief and trauma to find healing and unleash her power; she joins Irene Weinberg to reveal what it took for her to recover from the intergenerational trauma she shared with her mother, the ways her memoir, Sun Shining on Morning Snow, discusses how to achieve self-transformation through forgiveness and live boldly in your own truth, and how writing Sun Shining...

Finding your voice and letting yourself be heard is never easy. One must go through a ton of hardships and overcome every shred of doubt to achieve this. Leadership coach and author Ingrid Dahl had to deal with grief and trauma to find healing and unleash her power; she joins Irene Weinberg to reveal what it took for her to recover from the intergenerational trauma she shared with her mother, the ways her memoir, Sun Shining on Morning Snow, discusses how to achieve self-transformation through forgiveness and live boldly in your own truth, and how writing Sun Shining on Winter Snow became both a vessel for Ingrid’s grief and a catalyst for her transformation .

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL HEAR ABOUT THINGS LIKE:

How Ingrid’s parents’ marriage challenged societal norms around family and marriage
What is was like to grow up in an interracial marriage.
How Ingrid connected with her mother in a shared death experience.
The role of forgiveness in creating a more compassionate world where everyone’s truth is valued.
The connection Ingrid continues to feel with her mother.
How to live with and be comfortable with grief

SOME QUESTIONS IRENE ASKS INGRID:

What is your advice to someone with a family member who cannot accept forgiveness?
What was it like for you to grow up in an interracial family?
What are the insights “never truly belonging” has given you?
What was it like to heal generational trauma with your mom before her death?
What was your path to rebirth, and what can you share with our listeners to encourage their own journeys to rebirth?

WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aiQ7-TCe6E&list=PL7judgDzhkAWmfyB5r5WgFD6ahombBvoh

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