My guest today is Dr. Keesha Ewers, a board-certified Functional and Ayurvedic medicine expert, Doctor of Sexology, trauma-informed psychotherapist, conscious dying doula, MAPS certified MDMA-assisted psychotherapy therapist, and founder of the Academy for Integrative Medicine Health Coach Certification Program.

With over 30 years in medicine, she developed the HURT Model to understand how childhood trauma impacts adult health, leading to her Freedom Framework for reversing autoimmune disease.

Dr. Keesha is a best-selling author of several books, including Solving the Autoimmune Puzzle: The Woman’s Guide to Reclaiming Emotional Freedom and Vibrant Health. She also co-hosts Liberating Generations with her daughter, a podcast on breaking free from intergenerational trauma.

I’ve had the pleasure of being part of Dr. Keesha’s Reverse Autoimmune Disease Summit and deeply appreciate our generative and expansive conversations. Today, we’re diving into the well-established connection between childhood trauma and autoimmunity—and the profound potential for healing.

Quote: “You weren’t robbed of a life you were supposed to have, you’re living the life that you’re supposed to live.”

What’s inside this episode?

02:30 Dr. Keesha’s big “wake up” and how she discovered the connection between trauma and autoimmunity

11:53 Understanding the perception and belief that everyone has some level of trauma

25:28 The approach of curiosity for reversing autoimmune, and when are you “done” working on your trauma?

34:42 What well-digested trauma looks like

39:55 What the best form of trauma healing is

44:27 The impact or trauma on you if you consciously or subconsciously forget it

49:20 Ways to access trauma that your body knows or feels, but that you can’t remember

52:37 Final words of wisdom from Dr. Keesha

Resources mentioned:

Dr. Keesha’s website: https://www.drkeesha.com/

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