# How All Unkindness Is Inherited

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Podcast: [The School of Life](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-school-of-life-7778042)
Published: 2026-06-10T11:30:00+00:00
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Emotional Intelligence, Daily. Start now: https://www.theschooloflife.com/subscription/ Why are people cruel? This film explores the powerful psychological dictum: all cruelty is inherited. Discover how meanness, bullying, and indifference are passed down through generations—a repetition compulsion rooted in unacknowledged trauma. Learn how to break the chain, use suffering to generate kindness, and stop the painful cycle with you. #Psychology #TraumaHealing #Empathy #Inheritance #GenerationalTrauma Unlock all the content of The School of Life with a subscription to our podcast, articles, videos, and exercises, specially tailored to your needs. Get weekly insights for better relationships, deeper self-knowledge, and inner calm straight to your inbox. Sign up for more ideas, plus 10% off your first shop order: https://www.theschooloflife.com/signup/ You can read more on this and other subjects in our articles, here: https://www.theschooloflife.com/article/how-all-meanness-is-inherited/ “When someone is mean to us without good cause - pushes us away cruelly in love or bullies us at work, gossips about our children or steals our money - we are in pain of course but also, to a vexing extent, we are reduced to dire puzzlement. Why on earth did this happen? Why is someone like this? What is up with human nature? The questions add a whole new layer of suffering…” OUR COLLECTIONS https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwxNMb28XmpcEwc0qydf2jSszQFSht81E https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwxNMb28XmpckOvZZ_AZjD7WM2p9-6NBv https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwxNMb28XmpeUL1vz9Su7OmeghBDgmj7X https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwxNMb28XmpeypJMHfNbJ4RAFkRtmAN3P https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwxNMb28XmpcpxBm1RoGRx4mVKNRIrKkG https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P…

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