Healing/Recovery
The ability to recover and grow after adversity.
What is resilience?
The Madrigal family member who carries the pressure of being "perfect.
Who is Isabela?
In Encanto, a family member’s value is mostly based on this.
What is their gift or usefulness?
The first step Mirabel takes toward healing the family.
What is asking questions / speaking up?
A family pattern that can increase risk for substance use.
What is chaos, trauma, or lack of emotional safety?
Limits that protect emotional or physical well-being.
What are boundaries?
The character who holds the family together through strength but feels overwhelmed
Who is Luisa?
A pattern where family members hide struggles to avoid disappointing Abuela.
What is emotional suppression?
What Abuela must do for the family to heal.
What is acknowledge her trauma and impact?
A reason people take on family roles.
What is to survive, reduce conflict, or keep the family functioning?
Speaking honestly while respecting yourself and others.
What is assertive communication?
The family member labeled as the problem but who actually sees the truth.
Who is Mirabel?
The unspoken rule that family members must not talk about.
What is Bruno / the past trauma?
What helps rebuild the miracle at the end of the movie.
What is connection and teamwork?
One way family patterns can show up in adulthood.
What is relationship struggles, people-pleasing, avoidance, or substance use?
Stressful or traumatic experiences in childhood that affect adulthood.
What are ACEs?
The character who disappears to protect the family from fear and blame.
Who is Bruno?
The way the family reacts when the candle starts to weaken.
What is panic and control?
The message Encanto gives about personal worth.
What is you are enough without a gift?
Something people can do to begin changing unhealthy family patterns.
What is awareness, support, or learning new skills?
Changing family patterns by doing things differently than before.
What is breaking the cycle?
The family leader whose past trauma shapes the family’s rules and expectations.
Who is Abuela Alma?
The pattern that begins to break near the end of the movie.
What is worth being tied to gifts instead of being human?
The cycle the Madrigal family begins to break.
What is generational trauma?
The goal of exploring family systems in recovery.
What is choice, healing, and breaking cycles?