Why Family Dynamics Are the Real Risk Behind Wealth, Legacy, and Leadership

What truly breaks families, businesses, and generational wealth isn’t market volatility or poor financial planning — it’s unaddressed family dynamics. In this episode of Self Care with Geraldine Hardy, Geraldine is joined by Dominik v. Eynern, co-founder of Family Hippocampus, for a grounded, peer-to-peer conversation about the behavioral and emotional forces that quietly undermine trust, communication, and long-term legacy. Drawing on lived experience, systems theory, behavioral economics, and neuroscience, this discussion challenges traditional family governance models and exposes why silence, reactivity, and unresolved trauma create the highest risk inside family systems. This is not theory. It’s insight from people who have lived it — and who now help families create psychological safety, resilience, and conscious leadership across generations. In this episode, we explore: Why up to 95% of generational wealth failures are driven by behavioral risk How broken communication and reactivity erode trust inside families The difference between empathy and compassion with boundaries Why money amplifies unresolved issues instead of solving them The role of self-awareness and nervous system regulation in family leadership How women and generational transition are reshaping family systems Guest: Dominik v. Eynern Organization: Family Hippocampus 🔗 https://family-hippocampus.com/ 🌿 About Geraldine Hardy Geraldine Hardy is a self-care and wellbeing practitioner integrating ancient wisdom with modern science, including clinical hypnotherapy, nervous system regulation, breathwork, and practical spiritual tools. 🔗 https://geraldinehardy.com 📲 Instagram: @_geraldinehardy | @_alignwithin #FamilyDynamics #FamilyBusiness #GenerationalWealth #SelfLeadership #EmotionalIntelligence #FamilyGovernance #WomenInLeadership #MentalHealth #Legacy