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The Biology of Trauma® With Dr. Aimie — 221 episodes

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EP 173: What Sugar, Bread, and Salt Reveal About Your Nervous System in Menopause

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Mother Hunger: The 3 Qualities of Maternal Love with Kelly McDaniel

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The 3 Hidden Costs of Being the Strong One - Burnout's Real Biology

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Is Your Chocolate Holding Your Marriage Together? | With Luis Mojica

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What If Safety Is What Your Body Was Taught to Fear?

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Is Your Body Still Running a Trauma Response?

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What Stored Trauma Does to Your Hormones?

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Did Attachment Trauma Start Before You Had Memories?

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What Does Overwhelm Have To Do With Chronic Pain?

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Is Being "Good" a Trauma Response? The Biology of Proving Worth

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Could Your Trauma Be Disrupting Your Metabolism? The Weight Health Conversation

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Growing Up With Addiction Left a Trauma Your Body Still Carries

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Why Fixing Someone You Love Is Destroying Your Nervous System

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The Biology of Grief: Why Your Gut Holds What You Can’t Feel

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Dopamine and Depression: The Metabolic Link You Need to Know

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How Creativity Rewires Your Nervous System with Adam Roa

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Can Stem Cells Accelerate Trauma Healing?

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The Biology of Dopamine: Why We Can't Stop What Isn't Good for Us

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Marijuana, Addiction, and the Body: What We've Been Getting Wrong

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The Biology of Brain Fog: Why Your Body Still Feels Unsafe

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What Do Soul Contracts Have to Do With Healing Trauma?

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Can't Get Off Antidepressants? Ask for These Lab Tests

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The Body Trauma Loop: Why Time Doesn't Heal Chronic Illness

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Time Doesn't Heal: What 20 Years of Research Actually Shows

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Why Resolutions Fail: The Biology of Survival Strategies

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The Biology of Burnout (Part 2): What Understanding Can't Do

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Hustle Is How I Proved I Mattered

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The Biology of Burnout: Why Pushing Through Stops Working

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Your Freeze Questions Answered: Live Q&A with Dr. Aimie

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Am I Too Old or Stressed To Get Pregnant? The Real Reason

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Why Saying No Feels Like Danger: The Nervous System Truth

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Why Trauma Returns in Midlife: A Chinese Medicine Lens

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Frozen in Success: The Biology of Staying Stuck in Survival with Dr. Aimie Apigian

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Family Boundaries and Dysfunction: How to Stay True to Yourself Around Family with Jalon Johnson

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Mind-Body Trauma Research: The Truth with Dr. Gabor Maté

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Why You Crave Sugar When Overwhelmed: The Biology of Freeze & Avoidance

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Why You Can't Sit Still: The Hidden Biology of Busyness

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Health Avoidance and Oxidative Stress: The Dangerous Feedback Loop

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The Hidden Biology of Holding On: Toxins, Trauma & True Freedom

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Why Insecure Attachment Blocks Dopamine Response (& How to Repair It)

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How Attachment Affects Us For Life: 6 Childhood Pains and How to Repair

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Essential Oils and Nervous System Regulation: Using Smell to Heal Grief and Trauma with Jodi Cohen

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Understanding Your Relationship with Goodbyes and Closure

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The Perimenopause Revolution: Trauma, Transitions and Tools with Dr. Mariza Snyder

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Fear From Breast Cancer: How Two Mothers Reject 'Normal' & Find Freedom

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Understanding the Freeze Response and Brain Fog

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Why Stress Isn't Trauma: How to Spot Overwhelm and Start Healing Your Nervous System with Dr. Aimie Apigian

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BRCA Gene Carriers: How Nervous System Dysregulation Affects Breast Cancer Risk

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Can Trauma Make Genetic Disease Worse? The Role of the Nervous System

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Why Does My Body Hold Trauma? Dr. Aimie Apigian Reveals How Chronic Fatigue, Autoimmunity & Weight Gain Have An Emotional Trigger

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Trauma, Immunity, and Healing: How Your Body Renews in 90 Days

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Breaking the Body Trauma Loop: Why Healing Takes More Than Willpower (And How to Actually Transform)

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Why Trauma Therapy Made Me Sicker: The Missing Biology Behind Emotional Healing

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The Biology of Trauma: Why Your Body Holds On When Your Mind Has Healed with Dr. Aimie Apigian

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Why Weight Shifts After Leaving a Toxic Relationship: The Biology Behind It

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Does Somatic Healing Work: How Mind-Body Healing Can Change 30 Years of Chronic Illness In 6 Weeks

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Why You Always Feel Responsible for Everything and What Your Body Is Really Trying to Tell You

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Why You Always Feel Responsible for Everything: Hidden Signs of Complex PTSD from Childhood with Dr. Tian Dayton

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Why Strong People Get Sick: The Connection Between Childhood Trauma and Chronic Illness

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The Hidden Difference Between Stress and Trauma In How The Body Keeps Score

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Why Your Brain Shuts Down Over Cereal and What to Do About It

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The Biology of Overwhelm: Why Small Demands Feel Impossible

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The Hidden Trauma Behind Autoimmune Disease: Why Your Body Feels Unsafe to Be You

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Autoimmunity and Childhood Trauma: How Your Immune System Reflects Your Past

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The Biology Behind It: Do Babies Who Cry It Out Get Anxiety and Addiction Later in Life?

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Do Babies Who Cry It Out Get Anxiety and Addiction Later in Life?

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The Biology Behind It: Why Empaths Get Stuck in Grief and How to Move Through It

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Why Empaths Get Stuck in Grief and How to Move Through It

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The Biology Behind It: Why Stress Doesn't Cause Chronic Pain And What Really Does

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Why Stress Doesn't Cause Chronic Pain and What Really Does

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The Biology Behind It: Why You're Still Stuck in Survival Mode

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Why You're Still in Survival Mode (Even After Years of Therapy and Healing Work)

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The Biology Behind It: How Attachment Drives Anxiety, Autoimmunity and Chronic Illness

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How Attachment Trauma Drives Anxiety, Autoimmunity & Chronic Illness

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The Biology Behind It: Why the Body Is Wired for Danger

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Why Your Body Is Wired for Danger: Understanding Trauma's Impact on Your Nervous System

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The Biology Behind It: How Your Nervous System Decides What's Safe and Why It Matters for Healing

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Neuroception Explained: How Your Nervous System Decides What's Safe and Why It Matters for Healing

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Biology Behind It: Why the Mind & Body Can't Heal Without Oxytocin

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The Forgotten Hormone: Why the Mind & Body Can't Heal Without Oxytocin with Dr. Sue Carter

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The Biology Behind It: Grief and Gut Health

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Grief and Gut Health: Is It Just Emotional or Something More?

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The Biology Behind It: Light, Sleep and Habits to Heal Your Nervous System

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Light, Sleep and High-Impact Habits To Heal Your Nervous System

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The Biology Behind It: Shutdown Before Stress

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Shutdown Before Stress: The Misstep in Trauma Healing That Often Gets Missed

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Finding Your Why: How to Break Free from Burnout and Build Meaningful Work with Dr. Eric Arzubi

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The Biology Behind It: Why You're Antidepressants May Not Be Working

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Why Antidepressants Don't Work for Everyone: The Hidden Role of Trauma in Anxiety and Depression

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The Biology Behind It: Transforming Trauma into Joy & Purpose

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Transforming Trauma Into Joy & Purpose with Gregg Ward

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The Biology Behind It: How to Navigate Your Own Chronic Illness & Healing Journey

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How Practitioners Can Navigate Their Own Chronic Illness and Healing Journey

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The Biology Behind It: How Movement Can Heal Stored Trauma, Grief & Emotions

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How Movement Can Heal Stored Trauma, Grief and Emotions with Paul Denniston

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The Biology Behind It: The Body Keeps Score

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The Body Keeps Score: How Trauma Rewires Your Nervous System with Dr. Bessel van der Kolk

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The Biology Behind It: 3 Biochemistry Findings Behind Mood & Mental Health Struggles

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The Biochemistry Behind Mood & Mental Health Struggles with Dr. Jason Loken

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The Biology Behind It: The Science Behind Why We Can't "Get Over" Loss

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The Biology Behind It: How Mold and Lyme Create A Sensitive and Reactive Personality

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The Biology Behind It: Unlocking Your Brain's Hidden Power

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The Biology Behind It: How to Reduce Brain Fog & Mental Fatigue

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The Biology Behind It: End Your Addiction Now

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The Biology Behind It: How The Body Stores Trauma in the Fascia and Lymphatic System

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The Science Behind Why We Can't 'Get Over' Loss And How to Grieve with Dr. Mary-Frances O'Connor

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Hidden Triggers: How Mold and Lyme Create A Sensitive and Reactive Personality with Dr. Neil Nathan

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The Survival Paradox: The Protein That Can Cause Disease & What You Can Do About It with Dr. Isaac Eliaz

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Clear Your Mind: How to Reduce Brain Fog & Mental Fatigue

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Why Isn't My Brain Working? How to Clear the Fog and Fatigue

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End Your Addiction Now: How Pioneer Work Outperforms Traditional Treatment

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How Your Body Stores Emotional Trauma in the Fascia and Lymphatic System with Christine Schaffner

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Invisible Adoption and Attachment Pain: When High Achievement Masks Childhood Wounds with JJ Virgin

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How Mast Cell Activation, Histamines & Mold Toxicity Place You in a High-Risk Trauma Category with Beth O'Hara

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How Anxiety, Depression & Trauma Reactions May Be From Mold and Heavy Metals with Kirkland Newman

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How Trauma Fuels Addiction & The 4 Pillars for Recovery with Joe Polish

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Addiction & 6-Step Felt Sense Polyvagal Plan to Revolutionize Traditional Treatment with Janet Winhall

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Strategies for Empaths: How to Navigate Sensory Overload, Shame & Trauma with Dr. Judith Orloff

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Brain Inflammation: Addressing The Overlooked Gatekeeper To Trauma Release with. Dr Austin Perlmutter

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3 Power Stories: How to Reclaim Your Mental & Physical Health Through Biology of TraumaⓇ with Dr. Aimie Apigian

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Stress In The Body: Trauma-Informed Medicine & Why Dysregulation Should Be Included In Every Assessment with Dr. Jorina Elbers

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Survival Mechanisms: How Early Attachment Trauma Shapes Your Breathing & Behavior Patterns with Dr. Aimie Apigian

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A Gut Stuck In Survival Mode: Restoring Gut Microbiome Balance With Nervous System Regulation with Steven Wright

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Pain as Protection: Why Your Body Creates Chronic Pain & The 3 Questions to Ask to Release It with Georgie Oldfield

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Trauma and Toxins: Methylation & Unblocking Your Body's Detoxification Pathways with Dr. Albert Mensah

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Nutrition for Trauma Recovery: 3 Superfoods To Calm Adrenaline & Anxiety with Luis Mojica

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Is Lithium the Answer to a Regulated Nervous System, Depression & Addiction Treatment? with Dr. James Greenblatt

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How Chaos of Early Childhood Trauma Affects Our Adult Nervous System with Dr. Tian Dayton

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The Neuroscience of Chronic Pain: How Our Brain Predicts And Creates A Biology of Pain with Dr. Howard Schubiner

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Beyond Talk Therapy: The Biochemical Basis of Behavior & Changing Our Responses with Dr. Robert Lustig

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Tapping, EFT and Energetic Boundaries For Inner Child and Trauma Recovery with Jennifer Partridge

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Authenticity & Somatic Experiencing: How to Access Deeper Intimacy After Trauma with Dr. Peter Levine

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Hidden Triggers For Insomnia & Solutions For a Stressed Subconscious Nervous System with Dr. Michael Breus

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Is Trauma Genetic or Epigenetic? Insights with Dr. Bruce Lipton

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Stress & Freeze Response: How to Achieve & Sustain High Performance with Olympian Louise Tjernqvist

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Cellular Resilience And Post-Traumatic Growth with Ari Whitten

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Breaking Free: How to Get Out of the Stress-Trauma Cycle by Using the Science of Anxiety with Emma McAdams

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Using Biological Rhythms to Recover From Trauma with Dr. Leslie Korn

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Trauma, Toxins and Autoimmunity: Simple Solutions To Prevent Or Reverse with Dr. Tom O'Bryan

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Why We Choose and Stay in Unhealthy Relationships After Complex Trauma with Dr. Frank Anderson

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How Chronic Health Challenges and Your Work Impact Each Other with Sally Riggs

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How to Transform Yourself During Grief by Empowering Others with Melissa Dlugolecki

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The Effects of Relational Adaptations From Insecure Attachment Styles with Dr. Diane Poole-Heller

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Polyvagal Theory: Become an Active Operator of Your Nervous System During Grief with Deb Dana

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Fear, Attachment & Relational Trauma: Solutions For The Hyper-Sensitive Gut with Dr. Aimie Apigian

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Why Stored Traumas Become Syndromes & Somatic Solutions with Peter Levine

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Early Attachment Shocks: How Unexpected Stressors Can Cause Developmental Trauma & What To Do

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Gaps In Trauma-Informed Care: Boundaries, Attachment and Generational Impact with Thomas Hübl

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Understanding the Trauma Connection Between Attachment, Autoimmunity, and Fatigue with Dr. Aimie Apigian

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A Blueprint for Healing: Lessons from a Pioneer in Mind-Body Medicine Dr. James Gordon

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How Attachment Shapes Our Biology and Behavior with Dr. Aimie Apigian

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Struggling with Sleep? How to Regain Restful Nights with Suzie Sink

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Bonus Episode: Cuál es la mejor forma de ayudar a nuestras familias a recuperarse de su trauma? (Episode 16 Replay in Spanish!)

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Gabor Mate: Healing Trauma and Chronic Illness Through Connection (Part 2)

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Gabor Mate: The Biology Piece We Have Missed In Trauma & Depression (Part 1)

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Betrayal Trauma Recovery: How To Heal From The Hurt with Debi Silver

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Are The Trauma Parts Of You Making You Sick? with Dr. Richard Schwartz

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How to Apply Energy Psychology to the 7 Stages of Addiction Recovery with Dr. David Feinstein

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Energy Medicine: A New Tool in Autoimmunity & Trauma Work with Donna Eden

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What It Takes to Safely Guide Another Through Trauma Work with Licia Sky

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Is False Anxiety Causing You Stress? with Dr. Ellen Vora

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How to Parent Adopted Children with Early Life Trauma with Robin Karr-Morse

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Parenting in a Traumatizing World: The answer Our Children Need with Dr. Gordon Neufeld

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ACEs: How the Body Holds and Hides Pain with Dr. Vincent Felitti

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Hormones: A Portal Into Our Stored Trauma with Dr. Aimie Apigian

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3 Food Groups That Affect Autoimmunity with Palmer Kippola

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Mirroring in Trauma: Mastering How You Hold and Guide Others with Dr. Aimie Apigian

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Sexual Grief: More Than Just Sexual Trauma with Edy Nathan

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The Trauma Behind Chronic Pain with Dr. Les Aria

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Is Neuroplasticity Good or Bad in Trauma? with Dr. Aimie Apigian

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5 Supplements That Support Trauma Healing with Dr. Aimie Apigian

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How Unresolved Anger Affects Autoimmune Conditions with Dr. Keesha Ewers

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How to Heal Bracing and Hypervigilance with Cat Dillon

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Link Between Nervous System, Physical Presence and Self-Expression with Bo Eason

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5 Agreements to Keep Group Trauma Work Safe with Dr. Aimie Apigian

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Can Adoption or Childhood Trauma Cause Bipolar Disorder? with Dr. Christina Bjorndal

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How Quickly Can Lifelong Patterns Change? with Dr. Aimie Apigian

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Overcoming Multiple Sclerosis With Energy Healing with Donna Eden

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Unlocking the Role of Disguised Grief in Health with Dr. Joan Rosenberg

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Solutions for Low Serotonin and GABA in Trauma with Trudy Scott

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Chronic Conditions: What to do When the Protocols Aren't Enough with Dr. Aimie Apigian

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How Does Trauma Manifest in the Body with Gabor Mate

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Where to Start With Trauma in a Holistic Model? with Dr. Aimie Apigian

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How to Integrate Somatic and Parts Work Part 2: Mind-Body Dialogue Questions with Dr. Aimie Apigian

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How to Integrate Somatic and Parts Work Part 1: Mind-Body Dialogue Questions with Dr. Aimie Apigian

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5 Ways How Polyvagal Theory Helps With Trauma Work with Stephen Porges

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Polyvagal Lens on Attachment, Freeze and Functional Diseases with Dr. Stephen Porges

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When Trauma Is Hijacking Your Body: The 3 Essential Pillars For The Healing Journey with Jude Weber

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What are the Ways the Body Communicates Stored Trauma? with Dr. Aimie Apigian

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Am I Tired, Or Is This Trauma? The Roots Of Fatigue with Dr. Evan Hirsch

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Attachment Adaptations From Age 0 – 6 Months with Dr. Aimie Apigian

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What is the Physiology and Neurobiology of the Trauma Response? with Dr. Aimie Apigian

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Practical Tips For Better Sleep to Help With Trauma Work with Misty Williams

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How Does Brain Fog and Inflammation Affect Somatic Trauma Work? with Dr. Aimie Apigian

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Doing Trauma Work Safely: The 1 Thing You Need To Do Before Processing Your Past with Dr.Aimie Apigian

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Why is it so Hard to Slow Sown? Could it be Stored Trauma? with Dr. Ameet

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What Professionals Need to Know About The Liver for Trauma Work with Dr. Ameet

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What is The Parasympathetic State and Why Does it Matter? with Dr. Aimie Apigian

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The Role Trauma Plays in Highly Sensitive People with Dr. Natasha Fallahi

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What if You're Not Sure if You've Had Trauma? with Dr. Aimie Apigian

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The Connection Between Money, Loneliness, and Trauma with Kiné Corder

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Which Trauma Tools Can Increase a Counselor's Revenue Without Advertising? with Dr. Aimie Apigian

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What Truth do Trauma Professionals Need to Know About Grains? with Dr. Peter Osborne & Dr. Tom O'Bryan

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How Did This Pastor Move From Cancer, Burnout, and Depression to Living His Best Life in the Middle of a War? with Dr. Aimie Apigian

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What is the Best Way to Help Our Families Heal From Their Traumas? with Dr. Aimie Apigian

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My Story: Bring The Fight Back To Trauma Work with Dr. Aimie Apigian

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How to Not Traumatize Your Infant with Common Parenting Practices (Part 2) with Bette Lamont

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Why Does Trauma Make it Difficult for Us to Say, "I Don't Know?" (Part 1) with Bette Lamont

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Where Do We Begin with Stored Trauma? (Part 2) with Alex Howard

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What is My "Why?" (Part 1) with Alex Howard and Dr. Aimie Apigian

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Addressing Unresolved Emotions to Help With Progressive MS? (Part 3) with Dr. Arielle Schwartz

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What is One Thing the Freeze Response Needs for Healing? (Part 2) with Dr. Arielle Schwartz

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Can Stored Trauma Cause Self-Sabotage in the Body? (Part 1) with Dr. Arielle Schwartz

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Identifying & Treating Copper Excess to Reverse Postpartum Depression (Part 3) with William Walsh

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The Role of Methylation & Epigenetics in Mental Health Outcomes (Part 2) with William Walsh

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How Genetics & Epigenetics Affect In-Utero Development (Part 1) with William Walsh

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Overcoming the Freeze Response & Experiencing More Joy (Part 2) with Irene Lyon

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Recognizing and Overcoming the Freeze Response (Part 1) with Irene Lyon

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The Long–Term Effects of Brain Inflammation with Dr. Peter Kan

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What Professionals Need to Know About the Chronic Freeze Response with Dr. Peter Levine

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Welcome to The Biology of Trauma with Dr. Aimie Apigian