Girls Gotta Eat Heal Your Trauma, Anxiety, and Stress Through Your Body with Somatic Practitioner Brittany Piper
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Apr 28, 2025 Brittany Piper, a speaker, author, and Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, shares her expertise on somatic healing for trauma and anxiety. She discusses how to listen to your body, regulate stress responses, and the concept of 'triggers.' The conversation delves into the role of trauma in relationships, offering insights on co-regulating with partners and the use of 'parts work' during conflicts. Brittany also emphasizes movement as a healing tool and the connection between physical health and unresolved emotional trauma.
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Somatic Therapy on Body Memory
- Somatic therapy works with body memory instead of verbal memory in trauma healing.
- Trauma shows up in body reactions and healing involves having new experiences to process it.
Vagus Nerve Body-Brain Communication
- 80% of vagus nerve messages travel from body to brain, highlighting body's dominance in signaling.
- This explains automatic reactions even when we know we're safe cognitively.
Chronic Stress and Trauma Effects
- Trauma overwhelms the nervous system and traps stress hormones causing chronic stress.
- Suppressing fight or flight leads to shutdown, fatigue, and depression.
