How Trauma Triggers Disease: Healing Chronic Symptoms
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That 'mystery' illness isn't a mystery. It's a memory. This is how trauma triggers disease in the body, and what you can actually do about it.
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- Chronic symptoms are often the body's language for expressing unresolved trauma and stress.
- The nervous system, when stuck in a threat response, can trigger inflammatory and autoimmune processes.
- Polyvagal theory provides a map for understanding how your body shifts between states of safety and danger.
- Healing is not about 'fixing' but about creating the conditions for your body to feel safe again.
- A personalized approach is required because your trauma and your biology are unique to you.
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so psychological event or a resurfacing so psychological event or a resurfacing so psychological event or a resurfacing of an old psychological pattern that has of an old psychological pattern that has of an old psychological pattern that has negative emotions attached to it is negative emotions attached to it is negative emotions attached to it is going to then create a Cascade into your going to then create a Cascade into your going to then create a Cascade into your neurological system which is then going neurological system which is then going neurological system which is then going to imprint on your brain and that is to imprint on your brain and that is to imprint on your brain and that is then going to Cascade to the correlating then going to Cascade to the correlating then going to Cascade to the correlating organs and depending on what you're organs and depending on what you're organs and depending on what you're experiencing [Music] [Music] [Music] what is up my friends Dr Nicole here what is up my friends Dr Nicole here what is up my friends Dr Nicole here back with another episode of Integrative back with another episode of Integrative back with another episode of Integrative VI radio snapping over here had a little VI radio snapping over here had a little VI radio snapping over here had a little too much spro so I'm really feeling it too much spro so I'm really feeling it too much spro so I'm really feeling it but for those of you that are new here but for those of you that are new here but for those of you that are new here Dr Nick my husband and I have been Dr Nick my husband and I have been Dr Nick my husband and I have been running an integrated practice for oh my running an integrated practice for oh my running an integrated practice for oh my God 13 years very long time but we've God 13 years very long time but we've God 13 years very long time but we've always had this it's started with always had this it's started with always had this it's started with interest and then it it moved into a interest and then it it moved into a interest and then it it moved into a focus of our clinical care when it came focus of our clinical care when it came focus of our clinical care when it came to the mind and part of this stemmed to the mind and part of this stemmed to the mind and part of this stemmed from one working with people from a from one working with people from a from one working with people from a biochemical and physical perspective so biochemical and physical perspective so biochemical and physical perspective so working with them all through natural working with them all through natural working with them all through natural modalities so this could be detox modalities so this could be detox modalities so this could be detox therapies this could have been Physical therapies this could have been Physical therapies this could have been Physical Therapy Chiropractic you know lymphatic Therapy Chiropractic you know lymphatic Therapy Chiropractic you know lymphatic drainage drainage drainage supplementation homeopathics Etc which supplementation homeopathics Etc which supplementation homeopathics Etc which are all mainly focused on the physical are all mainly focused on the physical are all mainly focused on the physical body as well as the biochemical body and body as well as the biochemical body and body as well as the biochemical body and you see people get results and then you you see people get results and then you you see people get results and then you see others don't and naturally you know see others don't and naturally you know see others don't and naturally you know if you a good practitioner or you're you if you a good practitioner or you're you if you a good practitioner or you're you don't really want to just settle for the don't really want to just settle for the don't really want to just settle for the idea that oh this person wasn't idea that oh this person wasn't idea that oh this person wasn't compliant or maybe this is not the best compliant or maybe this is not the best compliant or maybe this is not the best route for them and you take an interest route for them and you take an interest route for them and you take an interest in in asking what else is going on here in in asking what else is going on here in in asking what else is going on here what am I missing you start to run up on what am I missing you start to run up on what am I missing you start to run up on on the idea there's this Missing Link on the idea there's this Missing Link on the idea there's this Missing Link there's this elephant in the room and there's this elephant in the room and there's this elephant in the room and when you start asking better questions when you start asking better questions when you start asking better questions Almost 100% of the time like 99.9% of Almost 100% of the time like 99.9% of Almost 100% of the time like 99.9% of the time there was something that the time there was something that the time there was something that happened when someone started to happened when someone started to happened when someone started to experience minor symptoms a lot of experience minor symptoms a lot of experience minor symptoms a lot of symptoms a Cascade of symptoms but there symptoms a Cascade of symptoms but there symptoms a Cascade of symptoms but there was some event and some of it was was some event and some of it was was some event and some of it was something happened and that could have something happened and that could have something happened and that could have been some type of loss fear rejection or been some type of loss fear rejection or been some type of loss fear rejection or sometimes it is the sometimes it is the sometimes it is the resurfacing of something from the past resurfacing of something from the past resurfacing of something from the past that had an extreme effect on us a that had an extreme effect on us a that had an extreme effect on us a challenge that really knocked us down challenge that really knocked us down challenge that really knocked us down and so things like that happen all the and so things like that happen all the and so things like that happen all the time you you know a lot of us have time you you know a lot of us have time you you know a lot of us have experienced resurfacing you know we go experienced resurfacing you know we go experienced resurfacing you know we go through periods of time when we're a through periods of time when we're a through periods of time when we're a young child that you know maybe there's young child that you know maybe there's young child that you know maybe there's a lot of fear or there's a lot of a lot of fear or there's a lot of a lot of fear or there's a lot of uncertainty or we don't always feel uncertainty or we don't always feel uncertainty or we don't always feel overly safe and this could be because overly safe and this could be because overly safe and this could be because you know our family is having financial you know our family is having financial you know our family is having financial difficulties and then you know we move difficulties and then you know we move difficulties and then you know we move on with our lives and then we go we you on with our lives and then we go we you on with our lives and then we go we you know go to college we get our own job know go to college we get our own job know go to college we get our own job and then we get fired or we get laid off and then we get fired or we get laid off and then we get fired or we get laid off and then it's and then it's and then it's likeo there's that flood that flood that likeo there's that flood that flood that likeo there's that flood that flood that memory and it's like oh my God oh my God memory and it's like oh my God oh my God memory and it's like oh my God oh my God is it happening again and you start to is it happening again and you start to is it happening again and you start to have a resurfacing of all of the have a resurfacing of all of the have a resurfacing of all of the emotions of of fear and uncertainty and emotions of of fear and uncertainty and emotions of of fear and uncertainty and scarcity and what ifs and you get the scarcity and what ifs and you get the scarcity and what ifs and you get the drill and so I'm 13 years into to doing drill and so I'm 13 years into to doing drill and so I'm 13 years into to doing this work and I've been exposed to so this work and I've been exposed to so this work and I've been exposed to so many different things that have helped many different things that have helped many different things that have helped me to understand the mental and me to understand the mental and me to understand the mental and emotional layers to symptoms disease emotional layers to symptoms disease emotional layers to symptoms disease chronic illness cancers Etc and I just chronic illness cancers Etc and I just chronic illness cancers Etc and I just love learning I absolutely am fascinated love learning I absolutely am fascinated love learning I absolutely am fascinated by the human mind the human body The by the human mind the human body The by the human mind the human body The Human Experience you know I've always Human Experience you know I've always Human Experience you know I've always loved people loved people loved people I've always worked in Industries where I I've always worked in Industries where I I've always worked in Industries where I I got to be exposed to all different I got to be exposed to all different I got to be exposed to all different types of people and it's so fascinating types of people and it's so fascinating types of people and it's so fascinating what people like what their values are what people like what their values are what people like what their values are what makes them tick what makes them mad what makes them tick what makes them mad what makes them tick what makes them mad what makes them you know motivated what makes them you know motivated what makes them you know motivated inspired it it's just so interesting how inspired it it's just so interesting how inspired it it's just so interesting how different we all are and if we could let different we all are and if we could let different we all are and if we could let go of our [ ] Judgment of each other go of our [ ] Judgment of each other go of our [ ] Judgment of each other there's so much we can learn from each there's so much we can learn from each there's so much we can learn from each other but that's a derail you guys know other but that's a derail you guys know other but that's a derail you guys know that's my drill I always derail so that's my drill I always derail so that's my drill I always derail so anyway okay in my commitment to learning anyway okay in my commitment to learning anyway okay in my commitment to learning and evolving in this you know in this and evolving in this you know in this and evolving in this you know in this industry in the healthc care space I industry in the healthc care space I industry in the healthc care space I have recently been exposed to an have recently been exposed to an have recently been exposed to an individual um that created something individual um that created something individual um that created something called germic new medicine so I have to called germic new medicine so I have to called germic new medicine so I have to give a shout out to my friend Emily who give a shout out to my friend Emily who give a shout out to my friend Emily who introduced me to this um it was just it introduced me to this um it was just it introduced me to this um it was just it it was a really really amazing it was a really really amazing it was a really really amazing introduction and I say this because I've introduction and I say this because I've introduction and I say this because I've always loved the science and the always loved the science and the always loved the science and the neurology so the neuroscience of neurology so the neuroscience of neurology so the neuroscience of symptoms and symptoms and symptoms and behaviors and and a lot of the work that behaviors and and a lot of the work that behaviors and and a lot of the work that I've been exposed to a lot of it has I've been exposed to a lot of it has I've been exposed to a lot of it has been about energy and energy is not been about energy and energy is not been about energy and energy is not something that you can see with the something that you can see with the something that you can see with the physical eye and so it's always been a physical eye and so it's always been a physical eye and so it's always been a bit of a challenge for people to bit of a challenge for people to bit of a challenge for people to understand and even for my brain to wrap understand and even for my brain to wrap understand and even for my brain to wrap around I know the power of it I know how around I know the power of it I know how around I know the power of it I know how it works I've experienced it but I think it works I've experienced it but I think it works I've experienced it but I think it's really cool when you can actually it's really cool when you can actually it's really cool when you can actually see these corresponding changes see these corresponding changes see these corresponding changes and so essentially in the germic new and so essentially in the germic new and so essentially in the germic new medicine this was a he was actually an medicine this was a he was actually an medicine this was a he was actually an oncologist who had a very very intense oncologist who had a very very intense oncologist who had a very very intense loss of his son and in that event he loss of his son and in that event he loss of his son and in that event he ended up with testicular cancer very ended up with testicular cancer very ended up with testicular cancer very shortly after and being a a very shortly after and being a a very shortly after and being a a very open-minded intelligent practitioner he open-minded intelligent practitioner he open-minded intelligent practitioner he said interesting correlation interesting said interesting correlation interesting said interesting correlation interesting that I had one of the most traumatic that I had one of the most traumatic that I had one of the most traumatic things or the most traumatic emotional things or the most traumatic emotional things or the most traumatic emotional event of my life where I have suffered event of my life where I have suffered event of my life where I have suffered tremendous heartbreak and loss and now I tremendous heartbreak and loss and now I tremendous heartbreak and loss and now I a cancer patient where he was you know a cancer patient where he was you know a cancer patient where he was you know the the cancer doctor and he wanted to the the cancer doctor and he wanted to the the cancer doctor and he wanted to understand because then he started understand because then he started understand because then he started asking better questions to his patients asking better questions to his patients asking better questions to his patients and he found that almost all of them I I and he found that almost all of them I I and he found that almost all of them I I think his statistic is actually like think his statistic is actually like think his statistic is actually like 99.9% that they all had something 99.9% that they all had something 99.9% that they all had something happened before they were diagnosed with happened before they were diagnosed with happened before they were diagnosed with cancer and it was all different types of cancer and it was all different types of cancer and it was all different types of events conflicts challenges emotional events conflicts challenges emotional events conflicts challenges emotional adversities it wasn't the same and so he adversities it wasn't the same and so he adversities it wasn't the same and so he went on to study this in depth he went on to study this in depth he went on to study this in depth he actually ended up getting in a lot of actually ended up getting in a lot of actually ended up getting in a lot of trouble because he was going completely trouble because he was going completely trouble because he was going completely against the conventional medicine against the conventional medicine against the conventional medicine narrative um because he was a oncologist narrative um because he was a oncologist narrative um because he was a oncologist he was conventional medicine doctor and he was conventional medicine doctor and he was conventional medicine doctor and they were just like if you keep if you they were just like if you keep if you they were just like if you keep if you keep pushing the envelope here we're keep pushing the envelope here we're keep pushing the envelope here we're going to take your life going to take your life going to take your life because we need you to prescribe drugs because we need you to prescribe drugs because we need you to prescribe drugs and shut your mouth essentially and if and shut your mouth essentially and if and shut your mouth essentially and if you guys don't think that that's the you guys don't think that that's the you guys don't think that that's the reality of what still stands today it reality of what still stands today it reality of what still stands today it [ ] is you don't mess with profits [ ] is you don't mess with profits [ ] is you don't mess with profits in that industry and so for people like in that industry and so for people like in that industry and so for people like myself you know we have really gone myself you know we have really gone myself you know we have really gone Against the Grain to help others and Against the Grain to help others and Against the Grain to help others and it's gotten us into uh trouble that's it's gotten us into uh trouble that's it's gotten us into uh trouble that's for sure and in addition to that is most for sure and in addition to that is most for sure and in addition to that is most people are like what you're saying is people are like what you're saying is people are like what you're saying is voodoo and this and that and I'm like voodoo and this and that and I'm like voodoo and this and that and I'm like yeah I wish listen if if I could just yeah I wish listen if if I could just yeah I wish listen if if I could just you know stay in the conventional model you know stay in the conventional model you know stay in the conventional model and not see through the cracks my life and not see through the cracks my life and not see through the cracks my life would have been a lot easier but you would have been a lot easier but you would have been a lot easier but you can't unsee what you see you also can't can't unsee what you see you also can't can't unsee what you see you also can't help but see specific things when you're help but see specific things when you're help but see specific things when you're a practicing practitioner and if you are a practicing practitioner and if you are a practicing practitioner and if you are really interested in helping people you really interested in helping people you really interested in helping people you got to do what's right and and that's got to do what's right and and that's got to do what's right and and that's really all that it comes down to so yeah really all that it comes down to so yeah really all that it comes down to so yeah if people want to listen to this podcast if people want to listen to this podcast if people want to listen to this podcast and say I'm [ ] crazy I don't care I and say I'm [ ] crazy I don't care I and say I'm [ ] crazy I don't care I really authentically don't so anyway really authentically don't so anyway really authentically don't so anyway primarily what this practitioner found primarily what this practitioner found primarily what this practitioner found through like so many case studies I through like so many case studies I through like so many case studies I don't know the exact statistic but it's don't know the exact statistic but it's don't know the exact statistic but it's like in the tens of thousands it might like in the tens of thousands it might like in the tens of thousands it might be closer to 100 thousand but he found be closer to 100 thousand but he found be closer to 100 thousand but he found that there was a direct correlation to that there was a direct correlation to that there was a direct correlation to the psyche the physical body and the the psyche the physical body and the the psyche the physical body and the brain and this is where it got really brain and this is where it got really brain and this is where it got really really interesting because he found that really interesting because he found that really interesting because he found that there was a direct event on the psyche a there was a direct event on the psyche a there was a direct event on the psyche a traumatic event a high magnitude traumatic event a high magnitude traumatic event a high magnitude emotional event a loss of fear shame a emotional event a loss of fear shame a emotional event a loss of fear shame a guilt a grief Etc and that then created guilt a grief Etc and that then created guilt a grief Etc and that then created a change in the neurological system in a change in the neurological system in a change in the neurological system in the brain so he calls them Hammer focus the brain so he calls them Hammer focus the brain so he calls them Hammer focus and literally he used to do brain scans and literally he used to do brain scans and literally he used to do brain scans so he could actually look at a brain so he could actually look at a brain so he could actually look at a brain scan and tell you exactly what the scan and tell you exactly what the scan and tell you exactly what the conflict of the individual was which conflict of the individual was which conflict of the individual was which we're going to talk about more and the we're going to talk about more and the we're going to talk about more and the correlated organs that were diseased or correlated organs that were diseased or correlated organs that were diseased or dysfunctioning and he didn't know dysfunctioning and he didn't know dysfunctioning and he didn't know anything he didn't need to know anything anything he didn't need to know anything anything he didn't need to know anything anything about you he could just look at anything about you he could just look at anything about you he could just look at the brain scan and say this is what's the brain scan and say this is what's the brain scan and say this is what's going on this is what happened and this going on this is what happened and this going on this is what happened and this is what's going on in the physical body is what's going on in the physical body is what's going on in the physical body like that to me I was like I'm all ears like that to me I was like I'm all ears like that to me I was like I'm all ears I want to I want to understand I want to I want to understand I want to I want to understand everything and it makes sense everything and it makes sense everything and it makes sense because these events we all have because these events we all have because these events we all have different strategies of how to move different strategies of how to move different strategies of how to move through them we can move through them by through them we can move through them by through them we can move through them by uh uh uh disassociating disassociating disassociating suppressing blocking it out of our suppressing blocking it out of our suppressing blocking it out of our memory which is essentially memory which is essentially memory which is essentially disassociating but it doesn't mean that disassociating but it doesn't mean that disassociating but it doesn't mean that the scar doesn't last and what he's the scar doesn't last and what he's the scar doesn't last and what he's primarily finding is that there was an primarily finding is that there was an primarily finding is that there was an actual change in the brain an actual actual change in the brain an actual actual change in the brain an actual change in the neurology and that can go change in the neurology and that can go change in the neurology and that can go through its own healing without specific through its own healing without specific through its own healing without specific intervention in some cases where someone intervention in some cases where someone intervention in some cases where someone has the ability to forgive or they find has the ability to forgive or they find has the ability to forgive or they find that it wasn't solely just a bad thing that it wasn't solely just a bad thing that it wasn't solely just a bad thing it wasn't solely a challenge but there it wasn't solely a challenge but there it wasn't solely a challenge but there was actually some great things that came was actually some great things that came was actually some great things that came out of it so it's like you lose the love out of it so it's like you lose the love out of it so it's like you lose the love of your life but then you end up falling of your life but then you end up falling of your life but then you end up falling in love again and you know you have this in love again and you know you have this in love again and you know you have this beautiful life like it things like this beautiful life like it things like this beautiful life like it things like this can happen which can then change the can happen which can then change the can happen which can then change the neurology which can then heal the neurology which can then heal the neurology which can then heal the physical body so essentially it was physical body so essentially it was physical body so essentially it was psychological event to change in the psychological event to change in the psychological event to change in the brain to then affect the corresponding brain to then affect the corresponding brain to then affect the corresponding organs and what he found is that in organs and what he found is that in organs and what he found is that in extreme situations and unresolved extreme situations and unresolved extreme situations and unresolved situations situations situations that it wouldn't just be that this organ that it wouldn't just be that this organ that it wouldn't just be that this organ would start to dysfunction it would be a would start to dysfunction it would be a would start to dysfunction it would be a full-blown uh cancer development in that full-blown uh cancer development in that full-blown uh cancer development in that organ and so when you're trying to wrap organ and so when you're trying to wrap organ and so when you're trying to wrap your head around like what I'm saying your head around like what I'm saying your head around like what I'm saying here's a couple of really interesting here's a couple of really interesting here's a couple of really interesting examples because we've all said things examples because we've all said things examples because we've all said things like this different idioms you can call like this different idioms you can call like this different idioms you can call them is this this guy is breathing down them is this this guy is breathing down them is this this guy is breathing down my neck or I can't do this anymore I I my neck or I can't do this anymore I I my neck or I can't do this anymore I I just I feel like I just need to give up just I feel like I just need to give up just I feel like I just need to give up I was scared to death I can't swallow I was scared to death I can't swallow I was scared to death I can't swallow this information and you say things like this information and you say things like this information and you say things like this at different times in your life and this at different times in your life and this at different times in your life and you think like it's just a temporary you think like it's just a temporary you think like it's just a temporary thing but if there is such a strong thing but if there is such a strong thing but if there is such a strong emotional charge behind why you're emotional charge behind why you're emotional charge behind why you're saying it and what's going on this can saying it and what's going on this can saying it and what's going on this can actually then correlate to a very actually then correlate to a very actually then correlate to a very specific conflict that creates a very specific conflict that creates a very specific conflict that creates a very specific change in your brain in your specific change in your brain in your specific change in your brain in your neurology which then correlates to a neurology which then correlates to a neurology which then correlates to a very specific organ because obviously I very specific organ because obviously I very specific organ because obviously I think most of us realize our brain is think most of us realize our brain is think most of us realize our brain is the control center of all of all of our the control center of all of all of our the control center of all of all of our organs so your brain is not independent organs so your brain is not independent organs so your brain is not independent of of your organs it's it's a direct of of your organs it's it's a direct of of your organs it's it's a direct connection it's the it's the messenger connection it's the it's the messenger connection it's the it's the messenger it's the control center so what he did it's the control center so what he did it's the control center so what he did was he was able to correlate what the was he was able to correlate what the was he was able to correlate what the conflict was so an example is I was conflict was so an example is I was conflict was so an example is I was scared to death is a shock fear conflict scared to death is a shock fear conflict scared to death is a shock fear conflict shock fear conflict and where that shock fear conflict and where that shock fear conflict and where that manifests in the brain is directly manifests in the brain is directly manifests in the brain is directly correlated to the throat and for those correlated to the throat and for those correlated to the throat and for those of you that are practitioners here I of you that are practitioners here I of you that are practitioners here I don't know about you but even at my my don't know about you but even at my my don't know about you but even at my my original degree is as a chiropractor and original degree is as a chiropractor and original degree is as a chiropractor and I remember I was learning embryology and I remember I was learning embryology and I remember I was learning embryology and we were all like why the [ ] is this we were all like why the [ ] is this we were all like why the [ ] is this part of our curriculum and you know you part of our curriculum and you know you part of our curriculum and you know you can make logical sense of it is just you can make logical sense of it is just you can make logical sense of it is just you know the embryological tissues and how know the embryological tissues and how know the embryological tissues and how that that correlates to the development that that correlates to the development that that correlates to the development of organs and tissues and neurology and of organs and tissues and neurology and of organs and tissues and neurology and everything later on but it you know it everything later on but it you know it everything later on but it you know it doesn't always make sense why we're doesn't always make sense why we're doesn't always make sense why we're learning because that was a a very big learning because that was a a very big learning because that was a a very big part of our curriculum in the first year part of our curriculum in the first year part of our curriculum in the first year of school and and it was difficult it of school and and it was difficult it of school and and it was difficult it was a very very difficult subject and so was a very very difficult subject and so was a very very difficult subject and so when he talks about the neurological when he talks about the neurological when he talks about the neurological changes that happen from these changes that happen from these changes that happen from these psychological conflicts this the the psychological conflicts this the the psychological conflicts this the the correlation to the organ actually all correlation to the organ actually all correlation to the organ actually all goes back to embryology it all goes back goes back to embryology it all goes back goes back to embryology it all goes back to you know what organs were derived to you know what organs were derived to you know what organs were derived from the mesoderm or the ectoderm so you from the mesoderm or the ectoderm so you from the mesoderm or the ectoderm so you know this is definitely a a dorky know this is definitely a a dorky know this is definitely a a dorky scientific point but I thought it was scientific point but I thought it was scientific point but I thought it was really fascinating because I was like oh really fascinating because I was like oh really fascinating because I was like oh that's maybe one of the reasons why I that's maybe one of the reasons why I that's maybe one of the reasons why I learned learned learned this um so it piece it all together for this um so it piece it all together for this um so it piece it all together for me but you know some of the others was I me but you know some of the others was I me but you know some of the others was I can't take this anymore this is a can't take this anymore this is a can't take this anymore this is a self-esteem conflict which actually self-esteem conflict which actually self-esteem conflict which actually correlates to your low back and your hip correlates to your low back and your hip correlates to your low back and your hip and your SI joint I couldn't swallow the and your SI joint I couldn't swallow the and your SI joint I couldn't swallow the information I couldn't digest the information I couldn't digest the information I couldn't digest the information this is something that he information this is something that he information this is something that he calls a chunk conflict which could be calls a chunk conflict which could be calls a chunk conflict which could be correlated to the throat but also could correlated to the throat but also could correlated to the throat but also could be correlated to the stomach um I lost be correlated to the stomach um I lost be correlated to the stomach um I lost face this could be more like I don't face this could be more like I don't face this could be more like I don't know who I am anymore I lost my identity know who I am anymore I lost my identity know who I am anymore I lost my identity like I my identity was wrapped up in like I my identity was wrapped up in like I my identity was wrapped up in this business that I built and this this business that I built and this this business that I built and this could be a separation conflict if you could be a separation conflict if you could be a separation conflict if you lose that business and now you're lose that business and now you're lose that business and now you're starting to actually have Facial Pain or starting to actually have Facial Pain or starting to actually have Facial Pain or trigeminal nerve pain uh cluster trigeminal nerve pain uh cluster trigeminal nerve pain uh cluster headaches breathing down my neck this is headaches breathing down my neck this is headaches breathing down my neck this is correlated to fear this can correlate to correlated to fear this can correlate to correlated to fear this can correlate to different issues in the neck it could different issues in the neck it could different issues in the neck it could also correlate to different issues in also correlate to different issues in also correlate to different issues in the retina of the eye you know one of the retina of the eye you know one of the retina of the eye you know one of the others is he came for me he was out the others is he came for me he was out the others is he came for me he was out for blood She Was Out For Blood when you for blood She Was Out For Blood when you for blood She Was Out For Blood when you feel personally attacked this is a feel personally attacked this is a feel personally attacked this is a territorial anger conflict and this is territorial anger conflict and this is territorial anger conflict and this is correlated to your liver gallbladder correlated to your liver gallbladder correlated to your liver gallbladder bile ducts do you know how many people I bile ducts do you know how many people I bile ducts do you know how many people I work with that have issues in their work with that have issues in their work with that have issues in their liver gallbladder bile ducts I'm not liver gallbladder bile ducts I'm not liver gallbladder bile ducts I'm not telling you that they came to me saying telling you that they came to me saying telling you that they came to me saying I have fatty liver I have uh gallstones I have fatty liver I have uh gallstones I have fatty liver I have uh gallstones I have you know cancer or curosis no I have you know cancer or curosis no I have you know cancer or curosis no these are these are people that are just these are these are people that are just these are these are people that are just suffering with different things a lot of suffering with different things a lot of suffering with different things a lot of women suffering with hormonal issues women suffering with hormonal issues women suffering with hormonal issues people suffering with digestive issues people suffering with digestive issues people suffering with digestive issues and it goes back to liver gallbladder and it goes back to liver gallbladder and it goes back to liver gallbladder bile duct dysfunction and you know when bile duct dysfunction and you know when bile duct dysfunction and you know when you think about even our experience in you think about even our experience in you think about even our experience in 2020 with Co what was the primary 2020 with Co what was the primary 2020 with Co what was the primary emotion that we were all feeling we were emotion that we were all feeling we were emotion that we were all feeling we were feeling fear and when you think about feeling fear and when you think about feeling fear and when you think about the chronic or the well yes The Chronic the chronic or the well yes The Chronic the chronic or the well yes The Chronic diagnosis but also the epidemic of diagnosis but also the epidemic of diagnosis but also the epidemic of anxiety what is anxiety rooted in it's anxiety what is anxiety rooted in it's anxiety what is anxiety rooted in it's in it's rooted in fear so fear is is a in it's rooted in fear so fear is is a in it's rooted in fear so fear is is a is a driving emotion for so many people is a driving emotion for so many people is a driving emotion for so many people and when we have an event that is our and when we have an event that is our and when we have an event that is our first experience with extreme fear it's first experience with extreme fear it's first experience with extreme fear it's very easy for that to come back up very easy for that to come back up very easy for that to come back up because there are so many external because there are so many external because there are so many external triggers in our current environment triggers in our current environment triggers in our current environment there is fear that is instilled in the there is fear that is instilled in the there is fear that is instilled in the media there is fear instilled in you media there is fear instilled in you media there is fear instilled in you know even your workplace is if you don't know even your workplace is if you don't know even your workplace is if you don't do this you're going to lose your job do this you're going to lose your job do this you're going to lose your job and then how are you g to you know pay and then how are you g to you know pay and then how are you g to you know pay for this and feed your kids like there's for this and feed your kids like there's for this and feed your kids like there's fear in the media there's fear even in fear in the media there's fear even in fear in the media there's fear even in religion is if you do this you're a religion is if you do this you're a religion is if you do this you're a sinner you're going to hell you know sinner you're going to hell you know sinner you're going to hell you know there's fear everywhere around us and there's fear everywhere around us and there's fear everywhere around us and and even one of the craziest things that and even one of the craziest things that and even one of the craziest things that you don't notice until you become a you don't notice until you become a you don't notice until you become a parent is for me you know we have a very parent is for me you know we have a very parent is for me you know we have a very specific way that we go about raising specific way that we go about raising specific way that we go about raising our child and we don't we're not a our child and we don't we're not a our child and we don't we're not a fear-driven household and we know that fear-driven household and we know that fear-driven household and we know that you know he might get hurt sometimes of you know he might get hurt sometimes of you know he might get hurt sometimes of course we're never going to put him in a course we're never going to put him in a course we're never going to put him in a position that he's going to get hurt but position that he's going to get hurt but position that he's going to get hurt but we are very big on explore your body we are very big on explore your body we are very big on explore your body explore the you know the boundaries of explore the you know the boundaries of explore the you know the boundaries of what you can do but we're going to what you can do but we're going to what you can do but we're going to actually teach you how to do it safely actually teach you how to do it safely actually teach you how to do it safely you want to climb up the stairs as a one you want to climb up the stairs as a one you want to climb up the stairs as a one and a half-year-old we're going to teach and a half-year-old we're going to teach and a half-year-old we're going to teach you how to climb down the stairs like you how to climb down the stairs like you how to climb down the stairs like you want to jump over crazy [ ] you you want to jump over crazy [ ] you you want to jump over crazy [ ] you want to you know like parkour on the want to you know like parkour on the want to you know like parkour on the couch that's fine we're going to teach couch that's fine we're going to teach couch that's fine we're going to teach you how to do it the right way instead you how to do it the right way instead you how to do it the right way instead of like we didn't baby gate we didn't of like we didn't baby gate we didn't of like we didn't baby gate we didn't you know block everything off saying oh you know block everything off saying oh you know block everything off saying oh no no no no we're so scared you're going no no no no we're so scared you're going no no no no we're so scared you're going to get hurt you know we we went about it to get hurt you know we we went about it to get hurt you know we we went about it in a little bit different of a way but in a little bit different of a way but in a little bit different of a way but it's still to this day our sun is a it's still to this day our sun is a it's still to this day our sun is a little over three now when we're out it little over three now when we're out it little over three now when we're out it was worse in the US it's not as bad in was worse in the US it's not as bad in was worse in the US it's not as bad in Italy but people like he'll start Italy but people like he'll start Italy but people like he'll start running or like the other day we were at running or like the other day we were at running or like the other day we were at a restaurant and the restaurant was on a restaurant and the restaurant was on a restaurant and the restaurant was on the water and the there's a little ramp the water and the there's a little ramp the water and the there's a little ramp to the water to the dock that is to the water to the dock that is to the water to the dock that is literally connected to where the tables literally connected to where the tables literally connected to where the tables are and it's because a lot of people um are and it's because a lot of people um are and it's because a lot of people um take boats Park them and and that's how take boats Park them and and that's how take boats Park them and and that's how they come to the restaurant and so he they come to the restaurant and so he they come to the restaurant and so he started running down the little ramp to started running down the little ramp to started running down the little ramp to the dock and like three people started the dock and like three people started the dock and like three people started running after him none of those people running after him none of those people running after him none of those people were me are my husband because we know were me are my husband because we know were me are my husband because we know that he's not going to jump in the water that he's not going to jump in the water that he's not going to jump in the water and even if he did jump in the water and even if he did jump in the water and even if he did jump in the water will'll jump in after him and get him or will'll jump in after him and get him or will'll jump in after him and get him or the water is even shallow and he knows the water is even shallow and he knows the water is even shallow and he knows how to swim so like you know like you how to swim so like you know like you how to swim so like you know like you want to jump in the water bro you're want to jump in the water bro you're want to jump in the water bro you're going to learn the lesson the water's going to learn the lesson the water's going to learn the lesson the water's cold as [ ] right now like that's the cold as [ ] right now like that's the cold as [ ] right now like that's the way that we think about it but there way that we think about it but there way that we think about it but there were so many people running after him were so many people running after him were so many people running after him like like he was GNA die and it's just like like he was GNA die and it's just like like he was GNA die and it's just you know there's so much people you know there's so much people you know there's so much people operating operate that way because we've operating operate that way because we've operating operate that way because we've been taught to operate that way you know been taught to operate that way you know been taught to operate that way you know we're there's a lot of fear that is we're there's a lot of fear that is we're there's a lot of fear that is built into our psyche um for a variety built into our psyche um for a variety built into our psyche um for a variety of different reasons is the point that of different reasons is the point that of different reasons is the point that I'm making and so this is definitely one I'm making and so this is definitely one I'm making and so this is definitely one of the driving forces as to why there's of the driving forces as to why there's of the driving forces as to why there's so much liver disease which then creates so much liver disease which then creates so much liver disease which then creates hormonal issues especially in females hormonal issues especially in females hormonal issues especially in females creates a lot of gut issues in both creates a lot of gut issues in both creates a lot of gut issues in both genders all genders so yeah so this is a genders all genders so yeah so this is a genders all genders so yeah so this is a huge thing that really needs to be huge thing that really needs to be huge thing that really needs to be addressed in the healing process this addressed in the healing process this addressed in the healing process this isn't about just doing liver isn't about just doing liver isn't about just doing liver detoxification and taking supplements detoxification and taking supplements detoxification and taking supplements for the liver or doing liver flushes by for the liver or doing liver flushes by for the liver or doing liver flushes by drinking a concoction of all of these drinking a concoction of all of these drinking a concoction of all of these different things this is about doing different things this is about doing different things this is about doing that maybe as one aspect but then also that maybe as one aspect but then also that maybe as one aspect but then also looking at how much is fear controlling looking at how much is fear controlling looking at how much is fear controlling this person's reality and so this person's reality and so this person's reality and so the whole point of why I wanted to talk the whole point of why I wanted to talk the whole point of why I wanted to talk about this is because I want people to about this is because I want people to about this is because I want people to understand that your symptoms are not understand that your symptoms are not understand that your symptoms are not just physical they're always going to just physical they're always going to just physical they're always going to have a psychological component because have a psychological component because have a psychological component because of everything that we talked about here of everything that we talked about here of everything that we talked about here so psychological event or a resurfacing so psychological event or a resurfacing so psychological event or a resurfacing of an old psychological pattern that has of an old psychological pattern that has of an old psychological pattern that has negative emotions attached to it is negative emotions attached to it is negative emotions attached to it is going to then create a Cascade into your going to then create a Cascade into your going to then create a Cascade into your neurological system which is then going neurological system which is then going neurological system which is then going going to imprint on your brain and that going to imprint on your brain and that going to imprint on your brain and that is then going to Cascade to the is then going to Cascade to the is then going to Cascade to the correlating organs and depending on what correlating organs and depending on what correlating organs and depending on what you're you're you're experiencing that is going to be experiencing that is going to be experiencing that is going to be correlated to a very specific conflict correlated to a very specific conflict correlated to a very specific conflict if it's fear conflict if it's if it's fear conflict if it's if it's fear conflict if it's self-esteem conflict if it's a territory self-esteem conflict if it's a territory self-esteem conflict if it's a territory conflict that is what's going to then conflict that is what's going to then conflict that is what's going to then dictate what organs are the most dictate what organs are the most dictate what organs are the most affected also what I want to say is that affected also what I want to say is that affected also what I want to say is that some of you have potentially embarked on some of you have potentially embarked on some of you have potentially embarked on healing your physical body maybe you've healing your physical body maybe you've healing your physical body maybe you've gone natural rout maybe you've had you gone natural rout maybe you've had you gone natural rout maybe you've had you know surgical intervention it really know surgical intervention it really know surgical intervention it really doesn't matter but in the event that you doesn't matter but in the event that you doesn't matter but in the event that you start to work on an organ you can have start to work on an organ you can have start to work on an organ you can have the reverse happen so if that organ is the reverse happen so if that organ is the reverse happen so if that organ is directly correlated to a part of your directly correlated to a part of your directly correlated to a part of your brain which is tied back to a belief brain which is tied back to a belief brain which is tied back to a belief system or a conflict you can have an system or a conflict you can have an system or a conflict you can have an emotional response which you'll probably emotional response which you'll probably emotional response which you'll probably presume as presume as presume as negative when you start to heal or negative when you start to heal or negative when you start to heal or address or address or address or detoxify that organ you know how many detoxify that organ you know how many detoxify that organ you know how many people I've worked with when I start we people I've worked with when I start we people I've worked with when I start we start working on their liver that they start working on their liver that they start working on their liver that they have like anger outbursts and what's have like anger outbursts and what's have like anger outbursts and what's great is we we're working on that layer great is we we're working on that layer great is we we're working on that layer we're we're working on it through our we're we're working on it through our we're we're working on it through our human behavior work and our human behavior work and our human behavior work and our biointegration biointegration biointegration technique but a lot of other times PE technique but a lot of other times PE technique but a lot of other times PE one people don't know the the [ ] one people don't know the the [ ] one people don't know the the [ ] going on they don't like so Clarity is going on they don't like so Clarity is going on they don't like so Clarity is is step one for the person to say oh my is step one for the person to say oh my is step one for the person to say oh my God that makes sense you know I I had a God that makes sense you know I I had a God that makes sense you know I I had a lot of anger as a kid I thought I worked lot of anger as a kid I thought I worked lot of anger as a kid I thought I worked through it but now that we're working on through it but now that we're working on through it but now that we're working on my liver it makes sense why this is my liver it makes sense why this is my liver it makes sense why this is coming out and this is releasing and coming out and this is releasing and coming out and this is releasing and they can be they can make appropriate they can be they can make appropriate they can be they can make appropriate decisions they can say tell their decisions they can say tell their decisions they can say tell their husband or their wife and be like listen husband or their wife and be like listen husband or their wife and be like listen I just want to let you know it ain't I just want to let you know it ain't I just want to let you know it ain't personal I'm going through some [ ] personal I'm going through some [ ] personal I'm going through some [ ] because I'm working on this organ and because I'm working on this organ and because I'm working on this organ and and things might be coming out that are and things might be coming out that are and things might be coming out that are that are old or like don't make logical that are old or like don't make logical that are old or like don't make logical sense they could also you know uh make sense they could also you know uh make sense they could also you know uh make sure that at work they're prefacing to sure that at work they're prefacing to sure that at work they're prefacing to their co-workers or or um thinking twice their co-workers or or um thinking twice their co-workers or or um thinking twice before they send a reactive email out so before they send a reactive email out so before they send a reactive email out so it allows them to be a little bit more it allows them to be a little bit more it allows them to be a little bit more empowered and not feel uh totally empowered and not feel uh totally empowered and not feel uh totally controlled by this emotion but then of controlled by this emotion but then of controlled by this emotion but then of course being able to work through that course being able to work through that course being able to work through that as well you know this is really really as well you know this is really really as well you know this is really really common when we had our practice in common when we had our practice in common when we had our practice in Belmar in New Jersey you know we had an Belmar in New Jersey you know we had an Belmar in New Jersey you know we had an Avenue our practice that was just Avenue our practice that was just Avenue our practice that was just physical work it was just Chiropractic physical work it was just Chiropractic physical work it was just Chiropractic Physical Therapy you know Soundwave Physical Therapy you know Soundwave Physical Therapy you know Soundwave therapy we we had a bunch of different therapy we we had a bunch of different therapy we we had a bunch of different devices that we used you know these were devices that we used you know these were devices that we used you know these were people coming in they're like I'm not people coming in they're like I'm not people coming in they're like I'm not interested in doing blood work I'm not interested in doing blood work I'm not interested in doing blood work I'm not interested in you know taking a deeper interested in you know taking a deeper interested in you know taking a deeper dive I have pain I need you to fix it dive I have pain I need you to fix it dive I have pain I need you to fix it this is something that you know we're this is something that you know we're this is something that you know we're like okay well we're really good at like okay well we're really good at like okay well we're really good at helping people with pain so and we have helping people with pain so and we have helping people with pain so and we have the tools let's do it and you would see the tools let's do it and you would see the tools let's do it and you would see some people would have emotional some people would have emotional some people would have emotional reactions like they they would or they reactions like they they would or they reactions like they they would or they would they would start to uh detox they would they would start to uh detox they would they would start to uh detox they would be calling us like flipping out oh would be calling us like flipping out oh would be calling us like flipping out oh you know what did you do to my [ ] and you know what did you do to my [ ] and you know what did you do to my [ ] and this and that and it had nothing to do this and that and it had nothing to do this and that and it had nothing to do with their you know oh I was a with their you know oh I was a with their you know oh I was a basketball player and that's why my basketball player and that's why my basketball player and that's why my knees are jacked up it's like your knees knees are jacked up it's like your knees knees are jacked up it's like your knees are correlated to something completely are correlated to something completely are correlated to something completely different you got your knees worked on different you got your knees worked on different you got your knees worked on now there's a bunch of things that are now there's a bunch of things that are now there's a bunch of things that are coming to the surface we don't know coming to the surface we don't know coming to the surface we don't know enough about you to help you work enough about you to help you work enough about you to help you work through it trust me in the beginning you through it trust me in the beginning you through it trust me in the beginning you you know we didn't even know anything you know we didn't even know anything you know we didn't even know anything about this so I I remember a guy he got about this so I I remember a guy he got about this so I I remember a guy he got his knees worked on and he like lost his his knees worked on and he like lost his his knees worked on and he like lost his [ ] by the end of the session and we're [ ] by the end of the session and we're [ ] by the end of the session and we're just like what just happened you know just like what just happened you know just like what just happened you know we're like did he get a phone call did we're like did he get a phone call did we're like did he get a phone call did he you know what happened because he he you know what happened because he he you know what happened because he just like he lost his mind and then it just like he lost his mind and then it just like he lost his mind and then it turned out that he actually had a lot of turned out that he actually had a lot of turned out that he actually had a lot of problems and he let us do testing on him problems and he let us do testing on him problems and he let us do testing on him and it turned out he had Lyme disease and it turned out he had Lyme disease and it turned out he had Lyme disease which has it a whole lot lot of layers which has it a whole lot lot of layers which has it a whole lot lot of layers when it comes to what we're talking when it comes to what we're talking when it comes to what we're talking about today for the psychological layers about today for the psychological layers about today for the psychological layers so that could definitely be another so that could definitely be another so that could definitely be another podcast that's talking about the podcast that's talking about the podcast that's talking about the conflict associated with chronic lme conflict associated with chronic lme conflict associated with chronic lme because I know that there are people because I know that there are people because I know that there are people that are debilitated by chronic lme but that are debilitated by chronic lme but that are debilitated by chronic lme but chronic lme is very multifaceted and chronic lme is very multifaceted and chronic lme is very multifaceted and there there is actually a a deep rooted there there is actually a a deep rooted there there is actually a a deep rooted correlation as to why an organism like correlation as to why an organism like correlation as to why an organism like lime can take over the body and create lime can take over the body and create lime can take over the body and create such severe breakdown all right guys so such severe breakdown all right guys so such severe breakdown all right guys so so the moral of the story is is that one so the moral of the story is is that one so the moral of the story is is that one if you have tried to heal and no one has if you have tried to heal and no one has if you have tried to heal and no one has talked to you about the psychological talked to you about the psychological talked to you about the psychological and the neurological ramifications of and the neurological ramifications of and the neurological ramifications of why you have physical issues in your why you have physical issues in your why you have physical issues in your organs that's problem number one and if organs that's problem number one and if organs that's problem number one and if you are still seeking to resolve what you are still seeking to resolve what you are still seeking to resolve what you have going on and to do the deeper you have going on and to do the deeper you have going on and to do the deeper work in order to really not just resolve work in order to really not just resolve work in order to really not just resolve your physical symptoms but make your your physical symptoms but make your your physical symptoms but make your body and your mind healthier as a whole body and your mind healthier as a whole body and your mind healthier as a whole so that you could actually start living so that you could actually start living so that you could actually start living your life and not be trapped by old [ ] your life and not be trapped by old [ ] your life and not be trapped by old [ ] that's probably in your subconscious that's probably in your subconscious that's probably in your subconscious that's [ ] up your brain and messing that's [ ] up your brain and messing that's [ ] up your brain and messing up your organs hey we are here for you up your organs hey we are here for you up your organs hey we are here for you because that is what we do and our goal because that is what we do and our goal because that is what we do and our goal for anybody that we work with is of for anybody that we work with is of for anybody that we work with is of course to have great data to get to the course to have great data to get to the course to have great data to get to the root cause but this is also about how do root cause but this is also about how do root cause but this is also about how do we help you reclaim your health uplevel we help you reclaim your health uplevel we help you reclaim your health uplevel your mental health so that you can live your mental health so that you can live your mental health so that you can live the life that you want you know you can the life that you want you know you can the life that you want you know you can create that 2.0 version of your life create that 2.0 version of your life create that 2.0 version of your life where you have and be and can be who you where you have and be and can be who you where you have and be and can be who you want to be all right guys until next [Music] time ah
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