Badass Ancestors Quotes

“Offer to work with any ancestors for healing purposes if they seem to be in distress. Offer to help with reparations for those who seem as though they need to atone for the misdeeds perpetuated during their lifetimes.”
― Patti Wigington, Badass Ancestors: Finding Your Power with Ancestral Guides

“In fact, we often judge ourselves against the standards of our forebears. Great-grandma drove a munitions jeep in World War II. Uncle Bill fought in Vietnam. Great-great-aunt so-and-so rode across the prairie in a covered wagon and survived cholera three times on the Oregon Trail. What on earth would they think of us, knowing that we’re one broken shoelace away from a complete breakdown simply because we forgot that one of our kids had soccer practice Tuesday night at five?”
― Patti Wigington, Badass Ancestors: Finding Your Power with Ancestral Guides

“Our ancestors were survivors of things far more frightening than our first-world problems. They were strong. How do we know that? Because you’re here. Your bloodline survived millennia of plague, war, pestilence, famine, infant mortality, and just plain old bad luck … just to make you. That means your ancestors were badasses.”
― Patti Wigington, Badass Ancestors: Finding Your Power with Ancestral Guides

“If your ancestors themselves were the cause of the trauma, you can break the cycle of suffering by interacting with them. After all, if unpleasantness runs in your family, isn’t it about time for it to run out? We can’t change the past, but we sure can face it head on and refuse to let it define us.”
― Patti Wigington, Badass Ancestors: Finding Your Power with Ancestral Guides