Excellent Executive Coaching: Growing Your Business and Enhancing Your Craft. EEC 403: How the Mind/Body Connection Can Solve the Problems Therapy Couldn't, with Brian Alman
Oct 14, 2025
Dr. Brian Alman, a world-renowned expert in mind-body healing and creator of transformative techniques, discusses how to heal trauma without traditional therapy. He explains the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) questionnaire and its impact on adult behavior. Brian shares his personal journey with chronic pain and the power of purposeful meditation. Listeners learn how to communicate with their inner critic and explore the roots of executive stress, highlighting the significant link between emotional intelligence and upbringing.
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Assess Childhood Adversity First
- Do complete the ACE (Adverse Childhood Experiences) questionnaire to reveal hidden early-life stressors affecting current health and behavior.
- Use the ACE score as a starting point to identify unresolved issues that block success and wellbeing.
Past Wounds Persist In The Present
- Time does not heal unresolved childhood wounds because those younger parts persist inside us like tree rings.
- Unresolved ACEs link to chronic disease, premature death, and long-term emotional blocks.
Personal Origins Of Pain And Neglect
- Brian describes being born missing part of his lower spine and developing chronic back pain that affected his life.
- He contrasts this with Dr. Felitti's childhood neglect example to show different ACEs manifestations.
