Breaking the Body Trauma Loop: Why Healing Takes More Than Willpower (And How to Actually Transform)

The Biology of Trauma® With Dr. Aimie · Sep 16, 2025 · 40m

Traditional healing approaches often focus on managing symptoms or returning to who you were before. But what if healing could take you beyond recovery to discovering capacities you never knew you had? What if your patterns of responding to stress getting stronger over time isn't a sign of failure, but your nervous system following predictable patterns that can be redirected? In this episode, I share excerpts from my book, The Biology of Trauma. I share a section from Chapter 8 on the "Body trauma loop" - explaining how the body holds on to trauma from our past. More importantly, we discover…