#44 Part 1 The Regulated Woman: The Physical Symptoms of Stress and Trauma, and Why They Are Missed

In this first episode of a three-part mini series, I am joined by Dr Carrie Rigoni - chiropractor, applied kinesiologist, and vagus nerve educator - for a conversation that many women will recognise immediately.If you have been through the medical system, had every test run, and been told everything looks normal - yet you still don't feel physically well - this episode speaks directly to that experience. We explore why the physical symptoms of stress and trauma are so consistently missed, and what is actually happening in the body when they appear.We reflect on how body-based and psychotherapeutic approaches work together, and why the order of healing matters more than most people realise. This includes an honest conversation about what it looks like for perimenopausal women who are people-pleasing, over-functioning, and running on a nervous system that has been quietly dysregulated long before midlife arrived.This is clinical, grounded, and practical - a conversation about why the body keeps the score, and how to start working with it rather than around it.Links and resources mentioned in this episode:Download Carrie's free Vagus Nerve GuideFollow Dr Carrie Rigoni on InstagramFollow The HEAL Method