Healin Podcast An Amazing Divorce

In this episode, we talked about her journey into incorporating the effects of trauma and mental health into her pediatrics practice and her passion for treating the whole person holistically. She explained how so many headaches, and tummy aches are caused by emotional and mental health issues, and we had a comprehensive discussion on how she treats them.  We discussed the biggest factor affecting children and teens these days and what to do about it, and why it was important for her as a pediatrician to also prioritize her wellness in many ways, including  working with a professional coach and prioritizing living as her most authentic self through her own healing and growth. 

This is a fascinating discussion with clinical Cardiologist, Dr. Jonathan Fisher, in which he shares the struggles that arise from the rigorous medical school education and practice and shares with us how getting support and working with positive psychology, mindfulness, compassion, and many other practices, especially mindset work - using the  awareness of our thoughts and how they affect our feelings and actions - helped him to to become more present, productive, and fulfilled physician and person. This initially self-directed work led him to become a recognized well-being leader, to write his upcoming book "One Heart, A Cardiologist Guide to Healing, Health and Happiness,” and established him as the head of a wellness program in his institution. His transformational programs have helped hundreds of leaders.  Order his book at www.justoneheartbook.com and learn more about Dr. Fisher by following him at @happyheartmd on Instagram and on LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/happyheartmd.

I had an educational and fascinating discussion with Dr. Arielle Schwartz about her journey into the amazing work that she is doing today, which included the trauma experienced as a result of being the child of a healthy divorce, and how living in two households impacted her psychologically and psychologically.  She explained how we store trauma in the connective tissues, the fascia, how this affects our bodies, and how this leads to headaches, migraines and chronic pain. She shared the why and how therapeutic yoga works and how the poses and breathing truly helps with healing our bodies from whatever we have experienced in the past. We talked about why EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) which it was the first time that I learned this, and why vagus nerve exercises should be part of our daily self care routine! Dr. Schwartz, is a psychologist, an internationally sought-out teacher, a yoga instructor, and leading voice in the healing of PTSD and complex trauma. She is the author of six books, including EMDR Therapy and Somatic Psychology, The Post Traumatic Growth Guidebook, and Therapeutic Yoga for Trauma Recovery that I just finished reading and loved. You can find and learn more about Dr. Schwartz on her webside at www.drarielleschwartz.com on Facebook or on YouTube where she has many recordings of her yoga practice and more. Please look into her upcoming Vagus Nerve Course in August of 2023!
 
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Episode 100th is celebrated by having a very special guest for me, one of my most active and favorite clients, my beloved husband of 10 years, Dr. Paul Haser.  We talked about his path into self growth, why it is hard for medical professionals to get support,  all the areas where coaching has been very valuable to him, and all the key take-aways!  We also shared some insights and wisdom on why I and anyone who knows him, considers him an amazing husband, father, friend and doctor. 

I had an amazing conversation with Dr. Aimie Apigian, who is a physician turned trauma expert and who explained, at a deeper physiological level, what happens to our bodies when we experience trauma and share with us what I consider is a complete and comprehensive (mind and body) approach to healing trauma. We talked about her journey from medicine to trauma healing, we discussed what trauma is, the differences between a stress response and a trauma response, how experiencing trauma affects our entire metabolism, digestive systems, our lungs, and cardiovascular system, and her approach of the 3 essential pillars to addressing and treating trauma.  You can learn more about Dr. Aimie her work, her 21 Day journey program, her certification courses and her upcoming Biology of Trauma Summit being held this coming August 2023 on her website at www.traumahealingaccelerated.com ,  On all podcast platforms at The Biology of Trauma Podcast, and on Instagram at @draimie.

I had a fascinating conversation with Performance Coach and expert in Polyvagal Theory about what happens to our bodies and our nervous system on "game day" and how Polyvagal Theory can significantly help for us to help our bodies find our homeostasis "game zone" so that we can be at ease, be in stillness and in the present moment and "show up" to our kids and at work the way we want to show up!  We had a conversation about his program called the PlayZone, how it works and how it can be applied to any profession and at home as parents. You can find Michael Allison and his program for coaches, therapists, leades, educations and performers at www.theplayzone.com or at the Polyvagal Institute where he is also an instructor.