The Biology of Trauma® With Dr. Aimie – Details, episodes & analysis

How can tapping on specific points on the body help regulate the autonomic nervous system and promote holistic wellness?

 I'm really excited for this episode because we're talking about acupuncture and meridian points on our body as a tool to work with our trauma. 

We're going to hear the powerful story of Jennifer Partridge, a friend of mine, who found EFT tapping and it changed her life and helped to reverse her colitis. The outcome was so profound that she made it her life's purpose to empower others through tapping and the gift of emotional mastery that it brings.

Jennifer is a world renowned tapping expert, author and speaker. Not only will she explain how to use tapping to reduce physical symptoms and relax the nervous system, but she'll also explain how she uses tapping to enliven the system and tap into your purpose. 

In this episode, you will learn about:

• The possibilities with tapping and reducing various physical health problems
• How to integrate Chinese medicine, energy healing and Western medicine
• How trauma affects the autonomic nervous system and why this leads to chronic health issues
• Methods to create a safe environment that allow us to access and work through buried traumas
• How tapping techniques can help with inner child work
• Understand the importance of setting energetic boundaries to prevent the absorption of others’ stress and emotions

For more information and show notes, please visit our website: https://biologyoftrauma.com/biology-of-trauma-podcast/

How can authenticity help us heal from trauma and achieve deeper, more intimate relationships?

Dr. Aimie Apigian is joined by Dr. Peter Levine, the pioneer of Somatic Experiencing, to discuss how trauma disrupts our connection to our authentic selves, which in turn affects our ability to form deep, meaningful relationships. Together, they will explain how we can begin to restore deep intimacy and connection with others through the practice of somatic healing. Allowing for genuine intimacy and presence in our lives after having experienced trauma.

In this episode, you will learn about:

• How trauma disrupts our authentic self and impacts our relationships
• The significance of authenticity and human connection when it comes to healing this trauma
• How to achieve greater intimacy through authenticity
• How a dysregulated nervous system impacts our ability to achieve our goals and strategies how to manage this
• The connection between the flow state and authenticity
• The importance of authenticity and self-awareness in personal growth

For more information and show notes, please visit our website: https://biologyoftrauma.com/biology-of-trauma-podcast/

Is your health impacting the way you show up for work?

In this episode, I am joined by Sally Riggs, an entrepreneur, psychologist, and COVID long-haul coach. Together, we’ll discuss the interconnectedness of work and health and the strategies and principles you can use to keep going when your body is struggling with long-term health issues. 

You’ll hear more about:

• The impact chronic health challenges have on work and how work impacts health
• Using polyvagal theory to optimize your work and health
• The most common mistake made when working with the nervous system to improve health and work
• The #1 component for a business and what can sabotage it
• What will prevent your business from making a bigger impact in the lives of others
• How hidden emotions can negatively impact your work and health
• And more!

How do we navigate the hidden challenges that can arise when experiencing grief? 

Today, I am joined by Melissa Dlugolecki, a mother who lost her daughter at around 4 months of age. In the episode, Melissa shares the journey of losing her daughter, the surprising challenges that popped up during her grief journey, and how she’s been able to get emotionally where she is today. 

You’ll hear more on:

• Navigating grief as a family
• Hidden dangers that can occur in relationships while navigating grief
• The role of community in grieving 
• What it looks like to be committed to our grief
• Rebuilding your world after a life-changing loss
• How to prevent getting stuck in grief
• Finding purpose after pain
• And more!

For more information and links for this episode, please visit our website: https://biologyoftrauma.com/biology-of-trauma-podcast/

Are your attachment pains and patterns impacting not only your relationships, but also your nervous system and overall health?
 

In this episode, I am joined by Dr. Diane Poole-Heller, an internationally recognized speaker, author, and expert in the field of attachment theory and trauma resolution. Together, we will discuss attachment and how it influences the way your form and maintain relationships, communicate (or don’t!), and what you can do to start moving towards a secure attachment and healthier relationships! 

You’ll hear more about:

• Defining attachment based on your biology
• How the nervous system gets confused when connection isn’t always safe
• The markers and milestones that indicate you’re moving towards a secure attachment 
• What it means when you ghost people
• Why you can’t just think your way out of your attachment and relationship patterns
• Building new relational skills for connection and authenticity
• And more!

For more information and links for this episode, please visit our website: https://biologyoftrauma.com/biology-of-trauma-podcast/

Grief is something that everyone feels, but how they process it depends on their past history. So how do we know which way we experience grief?

There are challenges each of us must face and overcome based on our past experiences. These experiences will help decide what our grief looks like and if we will get stuck in grief. Today, Deb Dana, a polyvagal therapist, joins me to discuss grief, but in particular, what are Dorsal Days and how do we work these days to create life after loss!

You’ll hear more about:

• The three organizing principles of the nervous system and how they influence our unique way through grief 
• What not to ask someone who is grieving
• Asking this key question to become an active operator of your nervous system 
• The surprising equation our nervous system uses to create our grief reactions  
• Why dysregulation is a normal response and the key to returning to regulation
• The profound impact of our preexisting state on the grief response
• The most important thing to provide your nervous system during times of grief
• The role of glimmers in grief 

For more information and links for this episode, please visit our website: https://biologyoftrauma.com/biology-of-trauma-podcast/

Are the symptoms of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) connected to trauma? 

In this episode, I dive into what I’ve been learning about a hypersensitive and hyperreactive gut looking through the lens of IBS. I answer where IBS comes from, its origins, and the REAL solutions to fixing it. Forget what you think you know about Irritable Bowel Syndrome, because the truth might just shock you!

You’ll learn more about:

• Common misconceptions around IBS and mental health
• The specific emotion during our attachment years that is connected with IBS 
• What “global high intensity activation" is and its role in gut hypersensitivity 
• The right way to address the hypersensitivity and hyperreactivity of the gut.
• Personalizing interventions to help IBS symptoms (and get your life back!)
• And more!

For more information and links for this episode, please visit our website: https://biologyoftrauma.com/biology-of-trauma-podcast/

How is trauma work different when there is a syndrome involved?

Today, I’m delighted to bring you another episode featuring Dr. Peter Levine. Dr. Levine is the Developer of Somatic Experiencing® and the Founder of both the Ergos Institute of Somatic Education and Somatic Experiencing International. Together, we will discuss how stored trauma can lead to syndromes and the somatic solutions that can help.

You’ll hear more on:

• The main element in your body that drives all syndromes
• Why somatic work is one of 3 pillars of stored trauma
• What every physician should know about syndromes
• The role of childhood trauma in chronic syndromes
• What dysautonomia is (and its role in syndromes)
• The key to somatic work with any and all syndromes
• And more!

For more information and links for this episode, please visit our website: https://biologyoftrauma.com/biology-of-trauma-podcast/

What is the impact of an early heart shock on our mind and body?

Most of the time we don’t even know we’ve experienced a heart shock. But even if we don’t know we’ve experienced one, it has already made an impact on our lives. In this episode, I discuss what a heart shock is, the impact it can make on our body and mind and why it’s so important that you be the hero of your own story.

You’ll learn more about:

• How early life heart shocks affect attachment and survival

• The deep impact heart shocks have on the body

• How heart shocks change the nervous system and neuroception

• The connection between early life heart shocks and adult diseases

• Recognizing the "part" of us affected by early life shocks

For more information and links for this episode, please visit our website: https://biologyoftrauma.com/biology-of-trauma-podcast/

Why is it essential for you to do your own trauma work while also understanding the impact of collective trauma?

In this episode, I am joined by Thomas Hübl, a renowned teacher, author, and international facilitator whose lifelong work integrates the core insights of the great wisdom traditions and mysticism with the discoveries of science. Together, we will discuss how each person can create attuned and co-regulated relationships that are necessary for being trauma informed.

We talk more on: 

• Attachment’s role in our emotional responses as adults
• The impact of intergenerational and ancestral trauma on attachment 
• Strategies to stay regulated and connected in relationships
• Moving from distancing behaviors to being fully present in relationships
• The role of flow, stagnation and embodied practices in attachments
• And more!

For more information and links for this episode, please visit our website: https://biologyoftrauma.com/biology-of-trauma-podcast/