Reflection on Ghosts in a Family System

WEEKLY EDITION • May 27, 2026

In this week’s edition of FFI Practitioner, Jay Hughes, Mary Duke, and Stacy Allred offer the second in their 2026 series of Reflections on Family Flourishing, a companion to their upcoming new book. This reflection explores ghosts as a family-systems metaphor and offers practical ways to increase adaptive intelligence (AQ), draw constructively on ancestor wisdom, and protect against suboptimal outcomes – either a disconnect from ancestor wisdom or over-dependence on ancestor authority leading to fossilization.