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by Dr. Aimie Apigian
The Biology of Trauma® podcast explores how trauma affects the human body on a cellular level and interferes with essential personal work. Dr. Aim游戏副本
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- Yesterday34 min
Is Not Trying Laziness, or Survival? With Josh Trent (Part 2)
You know the thing that would help. You have known for a while. You still have not done it. Dr. Aimie recognized herself in the research on learned helplessness. For a long stretch of her life she expected everything to be hard, expected to fail, and quietly stopped trying without ever deciding to. It is not laziness. It is a body that learned effort did not matter and powered the effort down. In this Part 2 conversation, recorded in Josh Trent's Austin studio, they talk about what separates resting from escaping, why the drive built on your own wound eventually stops working, and how a little safety is enough to take the next step. This is Part 2 of two. Part 1 is here: https://www.biologyoftrauma.com/post/why-do-we-escape-instead-of-rest-josh-trent-on-emotional-epigenetics WHAT YOU'LL LEARN: 02:04 How to tell resting from escaping 04:25 The three questions behind your purpose 06:48 Why the fuel of your own wound stops working 07:58 Grieving the old identity 10:05 Why showing up takes borrowed energy 13:24 Conditioned happiness and the opposite he found 17:18 The Seabiscuit story and learned helplessness 21:45 Recognizing the pattern in someone else 26:49 What most people misunderstand about a leader 30:20 Freedom fuels flow, fear fuels force 31:27 Why curiosity needs safety first RESOURCES: Take the free 2-Minute Assessment for Stored Trauma. Discover your primary pattern of responding when life becomes too much, then see how the other four show up. Get The Biology of Trauma book. Read Chapter 13, on why the body will not rest until it feels safe, and how to start building that safety. Josh Trent hosts the Wellness + Wisdom Podcast Full show notes: https://www.biologyoftrauma.com/post/why-is-not-trying-a-survival-response-not-a-weakness-with-josh-trent-part-2
- 3 days ago28 min
Josh Trent on Why We Escape Instead of Rest (Part 1)
You finally have an evening with nothing in it. Twenty minutes later you are on your phone. Josh Trent spent most of his life in a body that did not know how to rest. A clench in his stomach. A breath that stayed high in his chest. His first memory is of being a boy watching the adults around him be angry, unable to change it and unable to leave. The bracing stayed for thirty years. Dr. Aimie and Josh talk about why stillness can feel unsafe, what separates real rest from escape, and why so many practitioners hold grief in a diaphragm that will not drop. This is Part 1 of two. Part 2 releases July 30. WHAT YOU'LL LEARN: 01:22 How one question from childhood shaped an entire life 05:11 What happens when you know something is missing 09:24 How patterns get passed down through a family 13:49 The moment feeling became the way back in 17:12 Feeling an emotion in your body for the first time 18:38 Why practitioners carry grief in their bodies 19:31 What worries a wellness leader most about his own industry 23:57 Why social media makes it harder to feel 26:20 The difference between rest and escape RESOURCES: Take the free 2-minute assessment for stored trauma. Find your primary pattern of responding when life becomes too much, then see how the other four show up. Is it stress or is it trauma? The guide that walks through the difference. Josh Trent hosts the Wellness + Wisdom Podcast. Full show notes: https://www.biologyoftrauma.com/post/why-do-we-escape-instead-of-rest-josh-trent-on-emotional-epigenetics
- 1 weeks ago22 min
Why Do I Crash Every Time I Finally Slow Down?
Why do I crash every time I finally slow down? Maybe you feel fine all week, then crash on the weekend. Maybe an open Saturday fills you with a quiet dread. So you fill it. An early bike ride. A full list. Anything to keep moving. Many people call this high-functioning burnout. It has a name, and it has a cause. ➡️ Full show notes: https://www.biologyoftrauma.com/post/episode-184-why-you-crash-when-you-slow-down-the-pattern-of-depletion WHAT YOU'LL LEARN: 01:34 — Why do I crash every time I finally slow down? 04:03 — What is the pattern of disconnection, and why do I feel numb or distant? 04:33 — What is the pattern of disruption, and why do I feel stuck and unable to move forward? 05:03 — What is the pattern of depletion, and why do I feel like I'm running on empty? 05:15 — What is the pattern of dysregulation, and why does my nervous system overreact or under-react? 05: 32 — What is the pattern of disease, and how does stored trauma become physical symptoms? 06:30 — Why is the pattern of depletion the one that hides? 08:52 — Why does the crash come with the rest, if the rest did not cause it? 11:22 — How are stress and burnout different to my biology? 12:53 — What is capacity, and why does low capacity turn stress into overwhelm? 16:33 — What does it mean to live at two speeds, fast and stopped? 18:35 — How does depletion show up in my biology, from magnesium to ferritin? Resources/Guides: Stress or Trauma Guide — a free guide to tell a stress response from a trauma response, and see the sequence your nervous system needs next. ➡️ Full show notes with links and resources: https://www.biologyoftrauma.com/post/episode-184-why-you-crash-when-you-slow-down-the-pattern-of-depletion
- 2 weeks ago23 min
Grieving Is a Skill: HRV, Intention, and the Biology of Resilience with Dr. David Rabin (Part 2)
Most of us were told to grieve, to rest, to be present. Nobody taught us the skill. In Part 2, Dr. Aimie and neuroscientist Dr. David Rabin get into heart rate variability and resilience, why anxiety masks itself as focus, and why grieving is a skill your body has to learn. Feeling safe enough to feel is where the work begins. ➡️ Full show notes: https://www.biologyoftrauma.com/post/why-grieving-is-a-skill-what-hrv-reveals-about-resilience-david-rabin 01:03 — Why is heart rate variability the key marker for resilience? 03:08 — What is intention, and what is it in the nervous system? 04:08 — Where does intention fit if you have lived in hypervigilance? 08:18 — What practices in therapy get in the way of healing? 11:28 — How do you apply these principles in a full, busy life? 16:33 — How do you grieve a loss, and why is grieving a skill? Listen to Part 1 here. Resources/Guides: Get the "Is It Stress or Trauma" Guide. Know whether what your body is carrying is stress or something deeper. ➡️ Full show notes with links and resources: https://www.biologyoftrauma.com/post/why-grieving-is-a-skill-what-hrv-reveals-about-resilience-david-rabin
- 2 weeks ago18 min
Why Stress Was Never the Enemy, with Dr. David Rabin (Part 1)
Stress was never the enemy. Your body was built to use it. What wears the body down is chronic stress with no recovery on the other side. Translational neuroscientist Dr. David Rabin splits stress into two forms. Eustress builds capacity. Distress, carried over time, moves the body toward disease. ➡️ Full show notes: https://www.biologyoftrauma.com/post/eustress-distress-difference-means-for-your-body-david-rabin In This Episode You'll Learn: 01:25 — What does the equation eustress × time = ease actually mean? 06:19 — How does the meaning you carry from the past shape your stress response? 07:37 — Can a person experience post-traumatic growth decades later? 09:19 — What creates safety so the body can reorganize? 11:00 — Why is a soothing touch such a powerful signal of safety? 13:55 — Why is rest the key to resilience, and where do you start if you cannot rest? Resources/Guides: If you want to know whether what you are carrying is stress or something deeper, this free guide walks you through the difference. Get the Stress or Trauma? Guide ➡️ Full show notes with links and resources: https://www.biologyoftrauma.com/post/eustress-distress-difference-means-for-your-body-david-rabin
- 3 weeks ago32 min
EP 181: What Your Food Cravings Reveal About What You Survived | Dr. Tian Dayton
Cravings point to a need underneath. This episode covers the three unmet needs behind food. It looks at the childhood roots of reaching for it. And it helps you tell stress from something deeper. ➡️ Full show notes: https://www.biologyoftrauma.com/post/what-your-food-cravings-mean-nervous-system In This Episode You'll Learn: 01:11 — The difference between hunger and an unmet need 05:27 — When a craving is really about connection or a memory 08:03 — What states does a parent go into when food becomes survival? 09:49 — Why children learn a parent's relationship with food so early 12:27 — How do our parents shape our earliest relationship with food? 16:18 — What happens to a parent in survival mode for food 19:00 — Why do we crave sweets when we feel low or shut down? 24:14— Why does the fear of connection drive us to food? 29:41 — How to draw your own craving map Resources/Guides: If you want to know whether what drives your reaching is stress or something your body is still carrying, this free guide walks you through the difference. Get Stress or Trauma? guide ➡️ Full show notes with links and resources: https://www.biologyoftrauma.com/post/what-your-food-cravings-mean-nervous-system
- Jun 30, 202635 min
EP 180: Is Your Acid Reflux a Nervous System Problem? | Molly Pelletier
An early read on your nervous system explains why reflux holds on. This episode covers reflux hypersensitivity, lost hunger and fullness cues, and the somatic tools that calm the gut, including diaphragmatic breathing after meals. ➡️ Full show notes: https://www.biologyoftrauma.com/post/nervoussystemandacidreflux-thegut-brainconnection In This Episode You'll Learn: 01:10 — Why Molly Pelletier chose to focus on reflux and gut health 02:15 — How is acid reflux linked to the nervous system? 07:30 — Why is somatic work the missing link with reflux? 09:18 — What nutrition shifts actually help relieve reflux? 13:31 — What childhood patterns show up in stomach and reflux issues? 17:16 — Why can't some people feel when they are hungry or full? 22:12 — Which somatic tools help calm reflux? 26:52 — Which foods can trigger reflux during a healing phase? 30:32 — How do you know if reflux is affecting your sleep? 32:22 — What's the most important first step to calm reflux? Resources/Guides: Stress or Trauma? Read What Your Body Is Running (free): a Biology of Trauma® guide to tell whether your nervous system is running a stress response or a trauma response, and the sequence it needs next. ➡️ Full show notes with links and resources: https://www.biologyoftrauma.com/post/nervoussystemandacidreflux-thegut-brainconnection
- Jun 23, 202641 min
EP 179: Why Do Adoptees Struggle With Addiction? | Lisa Coppola
This is where adoption, attachment, and addiction meet. An early attachment rupture leaves the nervous system braced and hypervigilant. A substance can feel like the first relief from that noise. Drawing on her own recovery, Lisa Coppola names the four hidden losses adoptees carry. She shares why recovery asks for more than abstinence. It asks for safe connection. ➡️ Full show notes: https://www.biologyoftrauma.com/post/adoption-attachment-and-addiction-why-adoptees-struggle-and-what-recovery-really-ask In This Episode You'll Learn: 01:27 — What is the connection between attachment rupture and addiction? 07:28 — What do adoptees describe when a substance finally quiets the noise? 09:51 — The first loss: what is the loss of history? 11:34 — The second loss: why does the loss of trust live in the body? 14:07 — The third loss: how does early separation affect physical health? 16:24 — Is adoption at birth really a "safe window" for the baby? 20:20 — The fourth loss: what is the loss of self through disenfranchised grief? 22:37— Why does healing in recovery come from connection? 29:55 — What can happen when an adoptee reunites with biological family? 33:42 — What safeguards an adoptee from relapse in the hardest moments? 37:00 — What final message matters most for adoptees and attachment trauma? Resources/Guides: Stress or Trauma? Read What Your Body Is Running (free): a Biology of Trauma® guide to recognize whether your nervous system is running a stress response or a trauma response, and the sequence it needs next. ➡️ Full show notes with links and resources: https://www.biologyoftrauma.com/post/adoption-attachment-and-addiction-why-adoptees-struggle-and-what-recovery-really-ask
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The Biology of Trauma® podcast explores how trauma affects the human body on a cellular level and interferes with essential personal work. Dr. Aim游戏副本
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