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| Where Trauma Lives in the Body & Somatic Practices to Rebuild Safety | 12 Nov 2025 | 00:30:48 | |
Did you know the bracing in your jaw, the stiffness in your neck, or even the heaviness in your hips could be from unprocessed trauma? In this episode, Britt explains the science and history of somatic psychology, how the body holds the story of what the mind can’t always name, and explores how each area of the body tells its own story. From the hips, legs, and joints that carry unfinished instinct; to the diaphragm and chest that guard our emotions; to the shoulders, neck, and jaw that brace to keep us safe — Britt helps you understand how these patterns are not failures, but intelligent adaptations. She then guides you through a gentle body-mapping and somatic touch practice to help the body thaw, reawaken, and return to safety at its own pace. Save this episode and come back to it whenever you need to offer yourself some gentle support. Connect with Britt:
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| Q&A: Healing Chronic Pain, Emotional Regulation, Empowered Birth & Starting a Somatic Healing Career | 05 Nov 2025 | 00:34:41 | |
Britt is answering listener questions on all things somatic healing—from working through fear of chronic pain to learning how to tap into your emotions when you’ve spent years feeling disconnected. She offers grounded tools for building safety in the body, regulating through stress, and understanding why healing isn’t about control but about learning to trust your body’s cues. Britt also speaks to her own pregnancy journey, sharing what she’s learned about how to have an empowered birth by regulating through fear, surrendering to the process, and allowing the body to lead. Finally, she offers guidance for those curious about starting a career in somatic healing, introducing the upcoming Body-First Healing Somatic Practitioner Certificate, a five-month immersive training designed to help others bring this work into their communities. This conversation is a gentle reminder that healing and empowerment both begin by coming home to your body. Resources:
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| Somatic Healing Misconceptions, Tips to Get Started & Signs You’re Healing | 03 Sep 2025 | 00:39:28 | |
What is somatic healing, really? In this episode, Britt cuts through the noise to bring clarity on what this work is and what it isn’t. From the misconception that somatic healing is about “feeling good” to the myth that discomfort means you’re doing it wrong, she breaks down the truths that often get lost in the mainstream. Through honest stories from her own journey and practical starting points, Britt shows how real healing is less about fixing yourself and more about expanding your capacity to be with all of life, both the light and the heavy. Tune in for tools to get started in your somatic healing journey and signs you’re starting to make progress! You'll learn:
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| Stop Confusing Chaos for Love: Nervous System Healing in Relationships with Sabrina Zohar | 03 Sep 2025 | 00:50:19 | |
So often we confuse chaos for chemistry because your nervous system plays a huge role in who you’re drawn to and how you show up in love. In this first guest episode, Britt sits down with Sabrina Zohar, entrepreneur, dating coach, and host of The Sabrina Zohar Show, to explore why anxious attachment can make chaos feel like home, how childhood patterns resurface in conflict, and what it really takes to build self-trust and healthier bonds through nervous system regulation. Together, they share honesty, clarity, and lived experience to make sense of the messy but deeply human process of creating authentic connection. If you’re ready to show up more authentically in your relationships and start choosing what truly supports your growth and long term happiness, this episode is for you! Connect with Sabrina!
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| What Healing Really Looks Like: Navigating Burnout, Motherhood & Coming Home to Myself | 03 Sep 2025 | 00:43:09 | |
In this tender and honest first episode, Britt Piper shares what inspired her to create the Body-First Healing Podcast, and why she’s choosing to live life more slowly and intentionally these days. She opens up about what it looked like to chase success at the expense of her body, how burnout became a turning point, and the unexpected grief and growth that came with motherhood and releasing her first book, Body-First Healing. This episode is an invitation to walk alongside Britt in the real, messy, and beautiful parts of healing. It’s a reminder that no one is ever fully healed, and you don’t have to be in order to create a life that feels good and true. If you're craving depth, softness, and a space where your healing gets to be human... you're in the right place. Connect with Britt:
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| Welcome to the Body-First Healing Podcast (Trailer) | 27 Aug 2025 | 00:01:32 | |
This is a space for real, compassionate conversations about nervous system regulation, somatic healing, and the sometimes messy reality of seeking a more authentic path. Hosted by Britt Piper—survivor, Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner, and author of Body-First Healing—this show explores what it means to truly heal through the body. Each week, you’ll hear practical tools, personal stories, and expert insights to help you move beyond survival mode, deepen your capacity, and reconnect with yourself. Whether you’re just starting your healing journey or looking to go deeper, this is where you’ll find the knowledge, validation, and support to take the next step. | |||
| Why You Can’t Think Your Way Out of Trauma: Embracing The Body’s Role in Healing | 29 Oct 2025 | 00:38:52 | |
Have you ever wondered why you can understand your trauma inside and out yet still feel stuck? In this episode, Britt explores one of the biggest misconceptions in the healing world: that talking about or even understanding trauma alone leads to recovery. Drawing from both science and lived experience, she breaks down why traditional talk therapy often falls short, and how true healing requires engaging the body’s innate wisdom. You’ll learn how trauma is stored in the nervous system, what happens in the brain when you’re triggered, and why regulation begins with safety, not strategy. Through Britt’s grounded guidance, this conversation offers a compassionate reminder that you don’t need to know more to heal—you need to feel safe enough to feel. Connect with Britt:
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| Sah D’Simone on Living from a Full-Body Yes, Grief as a Teacher & Serving with the Season | 22 Oct 2025 | 00:48:33 | |
What does it mean to live from a full-body “yes”? In this heartfelt and illuminating conversation, Britt and spiritual leader and global humanitarian Sah D’Simone explore what it looks like to lead life, relationships, and purpose through the felt wisdom of the body. Sah opens up about his evolving relationship with grief and pain, describing how embracing both has become central to his healing—and how somatic practice teaches us to move with emotion rather than away from it. Together, they unpack restorative justice and what repair truly requires: nuance, compassion, and nervous system capacity. They talk about how righteous anger can pave the way for our greatest purpose, how to support others in grief through presence instead of platitudes, and why post-traumatic growth isn’t about bypassing suffering but integrating it. This conversation is a grounded invitation to slow down, listen inward, and let the body guide you toward truth, repair, and connection. Connect with Sah:
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| Q&A: Healing Without Memories, Functional Freeze in Relationships, Rebuilding Safe Intimacy & New Parent Support | 15 Oct 2025 | 00:47:07 | |
Britt is offering grounded, compassionate guidance for those navigating some of the most tender parts of trauma recovery—when healing feels stuck, anniversaries bring up old pain, or safety in relationships and intimacy feels out of reach. She explains why remembering isn’t required for healing, how somatic work supports survivors of domestic violence and parents facing postnatal depletion, and what it means when nervous system practices stir more anxiety before calm. With her signature blend of science and empathy, Britt reminds listeners that healing isn’t about forcing, it’s about slowly reclaiming trust in the body’s innate wisdom to guide us back to connection, capacity, and peace. Questions answered in this episode:
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| It Was Never About the Alcohol: Healing the Pain Beneath Addiction | 08 Oct 2025 | 00:47:23 | |
In this episode, Britt opens her heart and shares her journey with alcohol, grief, and trauma, not as a story of failure but as a window into how early nervous system imprints shape the ways we self-soothe. She reflects on the moments that drove her to drink—childhood disconnection, the loss of her brother, the assault and its aftermath—and how alcohol became a way to mask unbearable pain. Britt walks us through her rock bottom experiences, from a jail cell to waking up ashamed after her wedding, and the turning points that led her to faith, somatic practices, and nervous system repair. She explains the science of addiction, how alcohol impacts the brain and body, and why addiction is not a moral failing but a survival response. She also shares what happened when, after seven years of abstinence, she cautiously reintroduced alcohol. Through it all, Britt shows how real recovery comes not from fighting the substance but from healing the root cause of addiction—our pain—and how compassion, community, and somatic healing open the way back to wholeness. Trigger Warning: This episode includes conversation around sexual assault, suicidal ideation, and addiction. Please care for yourself as you listen, pause or skip if this feels overwhelming or unsafe for you. Join the program at $500 off for a limited time! Learn more at bodyfirsthealing.com/program and DM @healwithbritt for your special discount code! Resources:
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| Burnout Isn’t Failure: Boundaries, Nervous System Care & Cycle-Synced Healing | 01 Oct 2025 | 00:51:11 | |
Feeling drained, disconnected, or like no amount of rest ever feels enough? In this episode, Britt reframes burnout as more than exhaustion, it’s the body’s way of protecting us and signaling when we’ve pushed past our limits. She explores why women are especially vulnerable, how cultural expectations feed depletion, and the nervous system science behind what’s really happening when you hit that wall. You’ll walk away with somatic tools for listening to your body, permission to slow down without shame, and a fresh perspective on burnout as an invitation to realign with what’s truly sustainable and life-giving. Resources: Listen: Zach Bush MD on Forgiveness, Leadership, and The New Humanity - Conscious 500 Podcast Read: Woman Code by Alisa Vitti Harvard Study: Silencing the self: Women and depression. Connect with Britt:
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| The Hardest Parts of Parenthood & Partnership No One Talks About (& How We’re Working Through Them) | 24 Sep 2025 | 00:52:34 | |
One of the biggest catalysts for growth and change happens when you become parents, but there’s so much that isn’t talked about in this transition. In this deeply personal episode, Britt is joined by her husband David for an honest look at how parenthood can stir up old wounds, activate your nervous system, and bring your attachment history to the surface. Together, they reflect on their relationship journey—from meeting while Britt was still in the thick of trauma recovery, to navigating codependency in their early years, to finding their footing as parents. They talk about the overstimulation, grief, and identity shifts that come with raising kids, the most rewarding lessons they’ve learned along the way, and their shared dreams for the future. What You’ll Hear in This Episode:
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| So You Want to Be a Somatic Practitioner? Training, Tips & Truths You Need to Know | 17 Sep 2025 | 00:42:37 | |
What does it take to become a somatic practitioner? In this solo episode, Britt shares her personal path to this work, and the many avenues for becoming a trauma-informed coach. She dives deep into what led her to become certified in Somatic Experiencing®, how that credential differs from other trauma-informed training and what SEP training actually looks like. Britt offers her honest reflections on what’s most important when stepping into this role and the four foundational practices she believes every somatic practitioner should be engaging with regularly. She gives insight into navigating the business side of working in the healing space and a quick somatic practice for your understanding relationship to money. Whether you’re looking to add certifications to your toolbelt or are curious of how to get started in this space, Britt is your guide to becoming a somatic practitioner! What you’ll learn:
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| Q&A: Daily Nervous System Support, Expanding Capacity, Healing Relationship Patterns & Managing PMS | 10 Sep 2025 | 00:49:06 | |
Britt is here to answer all of your nervous system and somatic healing related questions to help you move the needle in your healing journey! With grounded guidance from her personal and professional experience, she compassionately speaks to the moments we feel stuck, overwhelmed, or unsure where to begin. You’ll hear her advice on where to start after trauma, how to navigate hormone-related dysregulation, and what it really means to grow your emotional capacity. Britt also shares nervous system-informed insights on persistent anxiety, commitment fears, chronic fatigue and relational patterns that keep us from feeling safe with others. You’ll walk away feeling more equipped and empowered with practical tools and gentle perspective to support your nervous system, your healing, and your relationships. Connect with Britt:
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| Lindsey Simcik on Finding Your Rhythm in Motherhood, Navigating Change & Trusting Your Timing | 19 Nov 2025 | 00:44:31 | |
If you’ve ever felt the pressure of motherhood or the pain of losing a friend, this conversation will remind you that you’re not alone. Britt sits down with Lindsey Simcik, creator, writer, and co-founder of Almost 30, for an honest exploration of identity, evolution, and self-trust through life’s biggest transitions. Together they reflect on how friendship, career, and motherhood can challenge who we thought we were and invite us into deeper alignment with who we’re becoming. Lindsey shares how she’s learned to release control, redefine success, and honor her body’s pace, while Britt opens up about slowing down, re-evaluating values, and embracing the unknown. This episode is a gentle reminder that transformation isn’t about losing yourself, but about meeting each new season with compassion, curiosity, and faith in your own timing. Resources:
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| Arriving Into Presence: Guided Somatic Practice for Nervous System Regulation | 17 Dec 2025 | 00:24:34 | |
If you’ve been craving a moment to actually arrive in your body rather than just think about being present, this episode offers a guided somatic practice to help you do exactly that. Britt gently walks you through slowing the system, orienting to safety, and meeting your internal experience with curiosity, pausing throughout to weave in the nervous system science that makes these shifts possible. This is an experiential episode designed to help you feel more regulated, grounded, and spacious—not by forcing presence, but by inviting your physiology into it. Take your time, follow at your own pace, and trust that with each small micro-moment of connection, your capacity to stay present grows. Related Episode: Why You Resist Rest & How to Slow Down Your Nervous System Connect with Britt:
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| Why You Resist Rest & How to Slow Down Your Nervous System | 10 Dec 2025 | 00:39:21 | |
If you’ve ever tried to slow down but felt your whole system tense, speed up, or push back, this episode will help you understand exactly why that happens and what to do next. Britt breaks down the science of pace through a nervous system lens, explaining how urgency becomes encoded in our physiology, how the vagal brake works, and why rest can feel unsafe when your body has spent years in survival mode. You’ll learn specific somatic tools to shift your internal rhythm, practical ways to work with your resistance, and how to create moments of regulation inside the life you already have. At its core, this episode reframes slowing down as something far more supportive than “doing less.” It’s about learning to move at the rhythm your body was designed for, and trusting that settling your pace is not only possible, but deeply healing. Related episode: Burnout Isn’t Failure: Boundaries, Nervous System Care & Cycle-Synced Healing Connect with Britt:
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| Q&A: Healing Shame, Managing Food Noise, & What to Know Before Psychedelic Therapy | 03 Dec 2025 | 00:35:54 | |
In this somatic healing Q&A, Britt begins by naming a feeling so many of us carry quietly: the fear of being fully seen and the way shame can shape our posture, our breath, and the space we allow ourselves to take up. She explores how loud food thoughts often come from a nervous system that learned to manage overwhelm through control, and how listening to the body becomes possible again when we approach sensation in tiny, supportive steps. Britt also shares guidance around choosing somatic-based bodywork for back pain and offers thoughtful, grounded insight on how to prepare your system for psychedelic assisted therapy so that the experience feels held rather than overwhelming. This episode is a reminder that your patterns make sense, your body is not the enemy, and you have the capacity to move toward deeper safety and self-trust one small step at a time. Resources: Connect with Britt:
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| Why You Feel Triggered During the Holidays & How to Support Yourself Through Somatic Parts Work | 26 Nov 2025 | 00:23:47 | |
If the holidays tend to bring up more tension than joy, this episode is for you. Britt explores why familiar smells, voices, or family dynamics can awaken younger parts of us—the ones that learned to protect, please, or perform in order to feel safe. Through the lens of somatic experiencing and parts work, she helps you understand how these reactions aren’t regression, but remembrance, and offers body-based ways to reconnect with yourself when old survival patterns surface. You’ll learn how to tend to your inner child with compassion, ground in choice, and gently reparent the parts of you that still ache for safety. This conversation is a reminder that healing isn’t about staying calm—it’s about staying connected, especially to the parts that once had to disconnect to survive. Connect with Britt:
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| Can You Heal Trauma You Don’t Remember? | 21 Jan 2026 | 00:25:51 | |
Many people believe that if they can’t clearly explain what happened to them, then maybe it wasn’t really trauma, or maybe they’re just being dramatic. In this episode, Britt Piper breaks down why that belief is a misconception, and how trauma is often stored in the body as a physiological response rather than a coherent memory. She explains the science behind how the brain and nervous system function under threat, why memory and language can go offline, and how symptoms like anxiety without a clear cause, shutdown in conflict, chronic urgency, or feeling “too sensitive” are often signs of survival, not exaggeration. Britt speaks directly to the common inner questions of “Did I experience trauma?” and “Can I heal something I can’t explain?” offering clarity, education, and reassurance. This conversation reframes doubt as a nervous system response, not a personal failure, and reminds listeners that healing does not require a perfect story, only a willingness to work with what the body is already communicating. Connect with Britt:
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| Q&A: Somatic Support for Depression, Nighttime Anxiety, Urgency & Parenting Triggers | 14 Jan 2026 | 00:31:23 | |
In this listener Q&A episode, Britt gently explores how somatic work can support depression, perimenopausal shifts, nighttime anxiety, the constant sense of urgency that so many people live with, and parents navigating daily triggers. Britt speaks to what depression really is from a nervous system perspective and how to meet ourselves with compassion, what to do if you find anxiety creeping up at night, and how to heal a chronic sense of urgency that robs your peace and presence. This conversation offers reassurance, practical somatic tools, and a reminder that regulation is not about doing more, but about creating enough safety for your system to settle. No matter where you’re starting from, your body is capable of change, and small, compassionate steps truly do add up to meaningful healing. Make sure to follow Britt on Instagram @healwithbritt to submit questions for the next Q&A episode! Connect with Britt:
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| Somatic Manifesting in 2026: Why You Can’t Build a Dream from Survival Mode | 07 Jan 2026 | 00:33:34 | |
Manifestation isn’t just about mindset, visualization, or wanting something badly enough. It’s about whether your nervous system feels safe enough to receive what you’re asking for. In this episode, Britt breaks down how dysregulation shows up as urgency, people-pleasing, or chasing outcomes that are not actually aligned, and why no amount of mindset work can override a body that does not feel safe. She shares seven practical somatic tools designed to expand nervous system capacity, deepen self-connection, reconnect you to genuine desire, and soften the grip of fear-based striving. Rather than focusing on visualization or control, this conversation centers on learning how to settle the body, track what feels supportive, and create from a place of internal steadiness. Tune in for somatic insight on how to really create what you want in 2026! Related Episodes: Arriving Into Presence: Guided Somatic Practice for Nervous System Regulation Why You Resist Rest & How to Slow Down Your Nervous System Connect with Britt:
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| A Year of Moving in Flow: What 2025 Taught Me About Capacity & Growth | 31 Dec 2025 | 00:39:09 | |
Ever wonder what it would feel like to accomplish your goals without forcing or burning out? In this episode, Britt shares a grounded, honest reflection on what it was like to move through a year of significant expansion at a pace her nervous system could actually sustain. She speaks to the grief that can accompany growth, the identities that loosen as we expand, and the surprising way slowing down created more space for what truly mattered. This conversation isn’t about achievements or checking boxes. It’s about integration. About metabolizing a year that reshaped her pace, priorities, and relationship to herself. It’s an invitation to reflect on your own year and consider how staying connected to your body, rather than pushing past it, can support healing and growth that lasts. If you’re craving a more sustainable, embodied way forward, this episode offers a steadier place to begin. Connect with Britt:
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| Why You Feel Stuck & How to Break Nervous System Patterns | 04 Feb 2026 | 00:40:57 | |
Feeling stuck can quietly convince you that something is wrong with you, especially when you’ve done the work, gained the insight, and still find yourself looping in the same patterns. In this episode, Britt Piper reframes “being stuck” as a nervous system state rooted in protection rather than a lack of effort or clarity. She unpacks how early attachment and survival adaptations shape the patterns we repeat, why the nervous system prioritizes predictability over possibility, and how insight alone rarely creates lasting change. Britt also explores how the body learns through experience, what it actually takes to update old survival responses, and why compassion and safety are essential for real healing. The episode closes with a guided somatic practice designed to help you gently interrupt these loops, build tolerance for discomfort, and create small moments of safety where new choices can emerge. This is an invitation to move at the pace of your body, trust what has been protecting you, and remember that change is possible when your nervous system feels supported. Related episode: Can You Heal Trauma You Don’t Remember? Connect with Britt:
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| Somatic Practice for Safety: Neuroception, Resourcing & Noticing Glimmers | 28 Jan 2026 | 00:26:22 | |
In this episode, Britt offers a grounded and experiential guide to somatic resourcing and how the nervous system learns to recognize safety again through lived, felt experience. She breaks down neuroception, the body’s subconscious way of detecting safety and threat, and introduces glimmers as subtle moments that signal connection, regulation, and relief. Through gentle explanation and a guided somatic practice, Britt explores the three different types of resourcing and supports you in identifying which ones feel safest and most accessible for your nervous system right now. This somatic practice episode is meant to be experienced slowly, helping you build trust with your body and reinforcing that your capacity for healing grows through small, supportive moments of safety. Connect with Britt:
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| Q&A: Nervous System Safety In Birth, Helping Kids Regulate, Co-Sleeping & Pregnancy Sensitivity | 11 Feb 2026 | 00:31:33 | |
This one’s all about pregnancy, birth, and parenting through a nervous system lens, especially if you’ve noticed old symptoms resurfacing or wondered why this season feels more activating than expected. In this episode, Britt Piper answers listener questions with honesty and reassurance, explaining how pregnancy heightens interoception, brings early attachment layers online, and reduces the protective filters that once kept certain patterns quiet, without meaning you’re regressing or doing healing wrong. She shares her personal unmedicated birth experiences, reflecting on how safety, fear, dissociation, and nervous system support shaped two very different labors, and why physiological birth is deeply relational rather than mechanical. Britt also explores co-regulation, co-sleeping, and parenting while working with your own triggers, reminding us that children don’t need perfect regulation, they need presence and repair. If you’re pregnant, parenting, or healing alongside either, this conversation offers steady reassurance that your body is wise, your responses make sense, and you are capable of meeting this season with softness, trust, and care. Resources: Pain Free Birth Course: painfreebirth.com Connect with Britt:
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| Elizabeth Orrigo on Healing Chronic Pain, Avoiding Toxic Wellness Traps & Working with Your Body | 25 Feb 2026 | 00:45:31 | |
What if the real breakthrough in your healing is not another protocol, but changing the way you relate to your own body? Elizabeth Endres Orrigo, host of The Wellness Process Podcast, is here to talk about what it truly looks like to move from fighting your body to working with it. She shares her experience navigating chronic pain, high achievement, and wellness culture, along with the nervous system and emotional tools that helped her shift out of survival. Britt and Elizabeth explore how healing your relationship with yourself reshapes your relationships with others, the subtle traps in modern wellness that keep us striving, and the hard-earned lessons from seasons when your body feels like the enemy. If you are exhausted from trying harder and still feeling stuck, tune in for a grounded conversation that will help you approach healing in a way that creates real, lasting change. Connect with Elizabeth:
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| Healing Self-Abandonment in Relationships & Learning to Trust Yourself Again | 18 Feb 2026 | 00:36:06 | |
Have you ever found yourself shrinking, overgiving, or saying yes when every part of you wanted to say no, then wondering why you feel disconnected or resentful in your relationships? In this episode, Britt Piper explores the roots of self-abandonment through a nervous system and attachment lens, offering a compassionate reframe for patterns that are often met with shame. She unpacks how these responses once served as protection, why awareness alone doesn’t change them, and how healing begins by learning to stay with yourself in moments of discomfort rather than overriding your truth. This conversation is a gentle reminder that your patterns make sense, your body is wise, and with patience and support, it is possible to build relationships that don’t require you to leave yourself behind. Connect with Britt:
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| Food Therapy: How Nutrition Impacts Anxiety, Stress & the Nervous System with Luis Mojica | 08 Apr 2026 | 00:47:09 | |
Most people don't know that every few hours they're actually inducing a fight or flight response due to what they're eating. In this episode, Britt sits down with Luis Mojica, a trained Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, Herbalist, Holistic Nutritional Counselor, Life Coach, and author of Food Therapy, to explore the powerful connection between nourishment and the nervous system. Together they unpack how our eating patterns can unintentionally keep the body cycling through stress responses, why healing our relationship with food goes far beyond diets or protocols, and how survival patterns, shame, and nervous system states shape the way we approach nourishment. Luis also shares his personal journey into this work after navigating chronic illness as a child, offering a compassionate, body-centered framework for understanding food through the lens of regulation, curiosity, and nervous system support. If you have ever felt confused about what your body actually needs or noticed how food impacts your mood, energy, and stress levels, you’re going to love this episode! And make sure to pre-order Food Therapy, out on April 28th! Connect with Luis:
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| Why Intimacy Can Feel So Hard: Healing Attachment Wounds & Relationship Patterns | 01 Apr 2026 | 00:29:52 | |
In honor of Sexual Assault Awareness Month beginning April 1, Britt Piper explores a challenge many trauma survivors face: how trauma and survival mode can shape the way we experience intimacy, attachment, and connection in relationships. She unpacks why intensity can be mistaken for intimacy, how self-abandonment develops, and what it can mean when your relationships start changing as you heal. Tune in for a grounded, compassionate conversation that will help you better understand your patterns and begin building safer, more honest connections. Related Resource:
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| Somatic Healing Isn’t a Trend: Why It’s Growing & How to Practice It Safely | 25 Mar 2026 | 00:39:11 | |
If it feels like everyone is talking about somatic healing and nervous system regulation right now, you are not wrong. In this episode, Britt explores why this work is expanding so rapidly and what it actually means beyond the buzzwords. She unpacks the science of how trauma and chronic stress live in the body, why insight alone often is not enough to create lasting change, and how somatic work helps the nervous system experience safety in the present. Britt also shares guidance for those exploring somatic healing for their own lives or considering a professional path in this field, along with what to look for in a practitioner or training. Tune in to cut through the noise around somatic healing and better understand why and how this work has changed so many lives. Enrollment for the next round of the Somatic Practitioner Training at the Body First Healing Institute begins in July 2026, with enrollment open March 23 through April 1. Spots are intentionally limited to support depth and supervision within the cohort. Explore the program and apply at bodyfirsthealing.com/somatic-certificate. Resources mentioned:
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| Q&A: Intrusive Thoughts, Expanding Capacity & Learning to Receive Support | 18 Mar 2026 | 00:29:36 | |
Why do intrusive thoughts feel so terrifying? How do you actually build capacity instead of just trying to stay calm? In this month’s Q&A, Britt answers your most honest questions—about expanding nervous system capacity, receiving support without shame, understanding intrusive thoughts through a somatic lens, navigating abandonment wounds, and what support through grief really looks like. She breaks down how trauma lives in the body, why activation isn’t the problem, and how titration, co-regulation, and reducing background stress gently increase resilience over time. Plus, learn red and green flags you can look for if you’re interested in working with a somatic practitioner! This episode offers practical education, emotional reassurance, and grounded tools to help you feel less alone in your patterns and more empowered in your healing. Enrollment for the Somatic Practitioner training at the Body-First Healing Institute opens Monday, March 23rd. Learn more here: bodyfirsthealing.com/somatic-certificate Related episodes:
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| Somatic Practice for Empowerment: Embracing Healthy Aggression & Life Force | 11 Mar 2026 | 00:30:00 | |
Empowerment isn’t about becoming louder or more confident, it's about helping your nervous system feel safe enough to take up space. In honor of Women’s Empowerment Month, Britt guides you through a gentle somatic practice centered on healthy aggression, the fight response in its most organized, life-giving form. She explores how many women were taught that directness or anger would cost them connection, and how that outward energy often turns inward as anxiety or self-monitoring. Instead of performing power, this episode invites you to feel it through subtle shifts in posture, breath, and presence, so you can access your no, hold your ground, and stay connected to yourself. Your life force is not dangerous; it is protective, wise, and worthy of being reclaimed. Connect with Britt:
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| What a Solo Trip Gave Me & How to Return to Yourself | 04 Mar 2026 | 00:28:45 | |
When was the last time you made space to really hear yourself? In this episode, Britt shares why she chose to take a five day solo trip to Mendocino after recognizing how far she felt from her internal home, and what solitude revealed about nervous system regulation, chronic outward focus, and the subtle ways we abandon ourselves in responsibility and caregiving. She explores why stillness can feel uncomfortable before it feels safe, how uncompleted stress cycles live in the body, and how simple rituals like intentional solitude, self witnessing, and small acts of devotion can rebuild internal safety and clarity. This conversation is a gentle reminder that returning to yourself does not require escape or extravagance, only willingness. You are allowed to take up space in your own life, and you are more capable of coming home to yourself than you think. Resources:
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| My Nervous System Health Toolkit: Daily Practices for Regulation | 15 Apr 2026 | 00:36:56 | |
Curious about what nervous system support looks like in daily life? In this episode, Britt shares the daily nervous system routine that helps her stay grounded, present, and supported She explains why mental health has to be approached through the body, not just the mind, and offers a deeper perspective on regulation through the lens of devotion, recovery, rhythm, nourishment, movement, and protected space. This conversation is both practical and personal, and it cuts through the aesthetic version of self-care to focus on what truly helps the body hold more. Resources mentioned:
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| Sami Clarke On Building Self Trust & Finding Alignment through Somatic Healing | 22 Apr 2026 | 00:57:09 | |
After a year of working together, Britt sits down with Sami Clarke, wellness entrepreneur and founder of FORM, to explore what it actually looks like to move from overthinking and shutdown into a more embodied, trusting relationship with yourself. Together, they reflect on what changes in your life when you start to build self-trust and how patterns that once felt overwhelming begin to make more sense when viewed through the lens of the nervous system as protection rather than something to fix. Sami shares how learning to slow down, stay with discomfort, and not rush clarity created space for deeper self-trust, stepping into her power, reconnecting to her intuition, and holding more compassion for her younger self. She also opens up about the daily nervous system practices that support her, offering a grounded look at what it means to live your healing rather than just understand it. Tune in to better understand how somatic work can support you in building trust within yourself and your path. Connect with Sami:
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| The Myth of Nervous System Optimization: Why You Can’t Hack Healing | 13 May 2026 | 00:30:28 | |
Healing has increasingly been framed as something to optimize, perfect, or hack. In this episode, Britt explores the growing pressure within wellness culture to constantly upgrade your nervous system and why that mindset can actually move you further away from regulation. She breaks down common healing myths, why overcomplicating your practices can keep you stuck, and how nervous system safety is built through consistency, relationship, and everyday moments rather than endless tools. If you are interested in somatic healing, nervous system regulation, and a more honest approach to personal growth, this conversation will help you rethink what healing actually asks of you. Tune in to learn how to move out of performance and back into a more sustainable relationship with your body. Connect with Britt:
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| Q&A: Building a Healing Business, Somatic Work vs Therapy & Avoiding Burnout | 06 May 2026 | 00:32:29 | |
Building a healing business, choosing the somatic path, and learning how to actually support your nervous system in daily life are all deeply connected. In this Q&A episode, Britt shares how she built her business, what she has learned along the way, why she chose somatic work instead of becoming a therapist, and how to grow a business on social media. She also shares the movement and nutrition practices that support her nervous system day to day. She talks about how this work helps you navigate life’s ups and downs with more flexibility, move through emotions instead of getting stuck in them, and stay more connected to yourself through the uncertainty. Tune in to chat with Britt and get a more personal look at the path, practices, and perspective that shape both her life and her work. Related episodes:
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| Somatic Practice for Overthinking, Rumination, & Mental Loops | 29 Apr 2026 | 00:25:19 | |
When your mind will not stop looping, replaying, or trying to figure something out, it can feel almost impossible to step out of the cycle. In this episode, Britt shares why this happens through the lens of the nervous system, explaining how overthinking can become a survival response when the body is activated and searching for safety or control. She then offers a somatic practice to help you work with the physiological process underneath the mental loops, so you can feel more grounded, supported, and less caught in the spiral. Take 20 minutes of your day to get out of your head and into your body. Save this episode and come back to it when you need it. This episode offers a preview of the Body-First Healing Program. Inside the program, we gather every Monday for a Nervous System Gym call to practice regulation in real time. Learn more and apply at bodyfirsthealing.com/program. Connect with Britt:
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| How to Break a Nervous System Pattern Somatic Practice | 24 Jun 2026 | 00:15:26 | |
If you keep ending up in the same pattern, it does not mean you are failing. In this episode, Britt explores why nervous system patterns repeat, what they are really protecting, and how to start interrupting them with more awareness and safety. She also guides you through a 15-minute somatic practice to help you begin breaking a stuck pattern in real time. Connect with Britt:
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| 6 Somatic Healing Misconceptions & Where to Begin | 17 Jun 2026 | 00:35:40 | |
This week, we’re bringing back a listener favorite replay that offers a deeper look into the personal journey that led Britt to somatic healing. In this episode, she shares more of her story, from the trauma she lived through to the turning point that changed the course of her healing and helped her understand the nervous system in a completely new way. Britt also unpacks 6 common somatic healing misconceptions, including what this work is and is not, why healing does not always feel good, and how to begin reconnecting with your body in a way that feels grounded, safe, and sustainable. If you’re new to somatic healing or have felt confused by your healing process, this is a powerful place to start. Connect with Britt:
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| Mona Sharma on Healing Burnout, The Root of Wellness & Coming Home to Your Body | 10 Jun 2026 | 00:55:39 | |
Modern wellness tells us to do more, buy more and invest more into "healing," but what really moves the needle is much simpler. In this episode, Britt sits down with Mona Sharma, celebrity nutritionist, wellness educator, and host of the Rooted in Wellness podcast, to explore how stress, burnout, inflammation, and disconnection are often compounded when we keep looking outside ourselves for the next fix. Together, they talk about Mona’s path from anxiety and heart palpitations to a more embodied way of living, and how practices rooted in rest, digestion, community, and nervous system safety can help the body come back online. They also explore what it means to build your own “ashram” in everyday life and why healing often begins by remembering the version of you that existed before survival became your norm. Tune in to better understand how real wellness can become less about fixing yourself and more about coming home to your body. Connect with Mona:
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| Somatic Practice for Fatigue & Burnout Recovery | 03 Jun 2026 | 00:19:05 | |
In this somatic practice episode, Britt explores what fatigue and burnout can look like through a nervous system lens. She explains why exhaustion is often not just about doing too much, but about a system that has been carrying unresolved stress for too long and has shifted into shutdown. Through a gentle guided practice, she helps you orient to the present, notice where fatigue lives in the body, and slowly move between discomfort and support to build more capacity, regulation, and flexibility. If you feel tired but cannot truly rest, overwhelmed, numb, or disconnected, this episode offers a grounded place to begin. Connect with Britt:
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| How to Feel a Feeling: The 5 Steps of SIBAM for Nervous System Regulation | 27 May 2026 | 00:14:59 | |
Most of us were never actually taught how to feel a feeling. We were taught how to override it, rationalize it, minimize it, or move past it as quickly as possible. But what we suppress, the body will later express. What we resist will persist. In this episode, Britt breaks down one of the most foundational somatic tools for emotional processing: SIBAM. She explains why suppressing emotions can keep the nervous system stuck in a stress response cycle, why feelings are not the same as emotions, and how the body already knows how to process what the mind often interrupts. Britt walks through the five channels of SIBAM — sensation, image, behavior, affect, and meaning — and shares how each one can help you move through feelings in a gentler, more tolerable way. If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed by emotion, disconnected from your body, or unsure how to actually process what you feel, this episode offers a practical body-first framework to begin. Connect with Britt:
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| How to Manifest Through Embodiment & Release Limiting Beliefs with Matt Cooke | 20 May 2026 | 00:52:46 | |
Britt sits down with manifestation coach and author of Beyond Wanting, Matt Cooke, for a conversation that bridges manifestation, embodiment, and nervous system work. Matt shares the unexpected spiritual awakening that changed the course of his life, how it led him out of the corporate world, and why real manifestation is about much more than positive thinking. Together, Britt and Matt explore the biggest misconceptions around manifestation, the role of the subconscious mind, why trauma and limiting beliefs can block what we desire, and how slowing down, feeling safe in the body, and taking smaller, more regulated steps can create real change. This conversation is for anyone who feels stuck between where they are and where they want to be, and wants a more grounded, body-aware way to move forward. Resources:
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