How Learning to Forgive Can Transform Your Health

Dara McKinley is a forgiveness expert who has created a new paradigm for forgiveness—as a healing modality. In 2012, with two decades of psychology and spirituality behind her, Dara McKinley faced a difficult situation that none of her previous knowledge could improve. Feeling called to try forgiveness, she searched online for a forgiveness 'how-to' and … Continue reading How Learning to Forgive Can Transform Your Health

How Trauma Impacts the Brain at Different Life Stages

Dr. Marc Hauser’s scientific research, including over 300 published papers and seven books, focuses on how the brain evolves, develops, and is altered by damage and neurodevelopmental disorders, with an emphasis on the  processes of learning and decision-making, as well as the impact of traumatic experiences on development. This episode focuses on his research and brain-based … Continue reading How Trauma Impacts the Brain at Different Life Stages

Evidence-Based Tools for Trauma

Dr. Christine Gibson is a family physician, trauma therapist, and author of The Modern Trauma Toolkit. She’s on social media as TikTokTraumaDoc with over 130k followers. She runs an international non-profit Global Familymed Foundation, a cooperative, and a new company to train professionals how to manage workplace trauma - Safer Spaces Training. In this episode, we dive into the topic of the nervous system … Continue reading Evidence-Based Tools for Trauma

Learning to Heal From the Spiritual, Mental, and Physical Impact of Trauma

Former two-time guest Andrea Jones and I join forces to get real about how trauma symptoms impacted our lives in the past year. We talk about how these symptoms impacted us physically, mentally, and spiritually, because of course - we are designed as very interconnected humans and you can’t bump one part without impacting another. … Continue reading Learning to Heal From the Spiritual, Mental, and Physical Impact of Trauma

PTSD Awareness Month Part Two: How I Supported My Body with CPTSD Symptoms

Last fall, after trying out a new mind-body therapy, my body was triggered into complex PTSD symptoms. These symptoms included: hypervigilance, disturbing flashbacks and nightmares, irrational fear, irritability, disconnect and distrust in my personal relationships, low self-worth and hopelessness, and an overall sense of waiting for the worst thing to happen. Due to years of … Continue reading PTSD Awareness Month Part Two: How I Supported My Body with CPTSD Symptoms

PTSD Awareness Month Part One: How PTSD Affects Your Health

While most everyone will experience trauma at some point in their lives, not everyone who experiences trauma will experience PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder) symptoms. Complex PTSD (CPTSD) is caused by ongoing trauma that lasts for months or years, whereas PTSD is caused by a single traumatic event. However, both create symptoms that negatively impact the … Continue reading PTSD Awareness Month Part One: How PTSD Affects Your Health

Unlocking the Biology of Trauma

Dr. Aimie Apigian, MD, MS, MPH is the leading medical expert on how life experiences get stored in the body and restoring the body to its best state of health through her signature model and methodology, The Biology of Trauma™. She is a double board-certified medical physician in Preventive Medicine and Addiction Medicine. She is … Continue reading Unlocking the Biology of Trauma