74. Befriending Your Body: Dealing With And Healing Trauma, Painful Emotions And Mental Health Issues With “The Body Keeps The Score” By Dr. Bessel Van Der Kolk

Welcome back to Awakening Aphrodite! I've been wanting to dedicate an entire episode on healing and overcoming trauma for a long time. This was a huge challenge for me due to my own person experiences. If this episode helps you change a single aspect of how you navigate your own healing journey I would love to hear about it. Together, we will cover key chapters from the book "The Body keeps The Score" by Dr. Bessel Van Der Kolk.  Timestamps: 00:00 Importance Of Holistic Medicine In Our Time 1:28 Join Amy’s Email List! 03:29 “The Body Keeps The Score” By Dr. Bessel Van Der Kolk 07:30 Understanding ourselves through trauma 10:00 Using pain as a means of change 12:45 Thoughts as ingredients for being 14:12 Episode 72 with Dr. Weyland Meyers 14:34 Discovering the trauma in my body 16:24 How shame affects our health and addictions 18:40 “Freezing” in traumatic situations 18:56 The five parts of “The Body Keeps The Score” 21:45 The pervasiveness of trauma in our society 22:36 Trauma is more than an event 28:31 The Biological and Physiological Memory of Trauma 30:35 Power of Imagination When Healing 31:42 The Origins of PTSD 34:33 PTSD and Low Cortisol 37:03 Trauma Survivors and Prescription Medication 38:51 The Requirement for Mental Health 40:31 The Brain as a Cultural Organ 42:09 Attachment and Trauma 45:00 Coping with Food & Overeating 48:01 Feelings Resulting From Trauma 49:56 Healing and Treatment 1:01:00 Closing Summary Other episodes mentioned: 72. Connecting at the Heart-Level, Fostering Better Relationships, Loving With Detachment and Healing Addictions with Nonviolent Communication and Wayland Myers, PhD 45. Creating Happy Brain Chemicals and Healthy Habits By Boosting Your Serotonin, Dopamine, Oxytocin and Endorphin Levels with Loretta Graziano Breuning, PhD Contact Amy Fournier: WEBSITE: http://amyfournier.com/ EMAIL: [email protected] INSTAGRAM: @FitAmyTV YOUTUBE: Awakening Aphrodite Podcast/FitAmyTV FACEBOOK: Amy Fournier TWITTER: Tweetwithamy TIKTOK: @awakeningaphrodite PODCAST: Awakening Aphrodite (available on all podcast outlets like iTunes and Spotify)