Breaking the Cycle of Generational Trauma
Kathi Sohn, Keynote Speaker Teaching Deep Self-Awareness to Moms
Kathi Sohn is an author, coach, and transformational speaker who, in this video clip, is explaining the creation of childhood vows and their impact on the adult. Kathi speaks on healing adult struggles at their root as the cause of generational trauma cycles. With her talks and programs, she empowers mothers to rewrite their emotional legacy, foster deep connection with their children, and facilitate the healing and transformation of their families.
About Kathi
Kathi Sohn is a transformational coach, award-winning author, and speaker who helps mothers of teens break the generational cycle of parenting from pain. Her mission took root in 2019, just before the world shut down, when she lost her husband of 25 years, David Sohn—the pioneer behind a powerful method for uncovering and releasing childhood vows, the deeply held beliefs formed before age seven that shape our lives in unseen ways. Inheriting his life’s work—over 30 years of case studies and nearly 900 documented vows—Kathi felt a profound calling to carry his legacy forward.
Through her signature program, Break the Cycle, Build a New Legacy, she guides mothers to heal their own emotional wounds, regulate their nervous systems, and reconnect with their children with presence and purpose. Her work empowers women to become the grounded, emotionally attuned leaders their families need. Kathi is also the author of the award-winning book You Made It Up, Now Stop Believing It, which explores the hidden power of childhood vows and how to release them.
What People are Saying About Kathi's Speaking
DEBBIE ALLEN
Business Consultant, International Speaker
& Bestselling Author of 10 Books
LYNDA SUNSHINE WEST
Founder and CEO of Action Takers Publishing
Bestseller Book Publishing Expert, Author and Speaker
KATHY LANG
Founder of Kathy J. Lang & Associations
Information Technology Expert
Kathi's Speaking Topics
Break the Cycle, Create a New Legacy
In this talk, Kathi Sohn invites mothers to explore how unresolved childhood patterns and survival-mode parenting affect their ability to connect with their teens.
Through relatable stories and trauma-informed insights, Kathi helps audiences reframe emotional triggers, understand the hidden roots of reactive parenting, and learn how nervous system healing fosters real resilience. Attendees leave with practical tools, hope, and the first steps toward breaking generational cycles—starting with themselves.
Are You Running Your Life,
Or is Your Life Script Running You?
We all carry hidden beliefs shaped in childhood—what Kathi Sohn calls our “Life Script.” These subconscious vows, written when we were too young to question them, quietly dictate how we show up at work, in relationships, and as parents.
In this eye-opening talk, Kathi helps audiences uncover the emotional decisions made in early life that still drive their adult patterns—especially fear, self-doubt, and people-pleasing. Attendees leave with new awareness and hope—knowing that change is possible, and their story isn’t set in stone.
What Clients Say About Kathi
Dr. John DeGarmo
Founder, Foster Care Institute International Speaker
"The tools that Kathi introduces are ones that each of us can use throughout our lives - those that I wish I knew about earlier, and now teach to the children in my life."
Mark Worster
Author, Public Speaker, Psychiatric Nurse
"Kathi's core belief work has produced life changing results that I never could have expected to receive. What seemed like such a simple process is one that turns out to be one of the most powerful!"
Kathi Appears in Media Interviews
Clip from Interview
by Lea Woodford, Speaker Life Media
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