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The Biology of Trauma® With Dr. Aimie

The Biology of Trauma® With Dr. Aimie

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People are done dancing around the topic of trauma. They're ready to face this square-on. None of the current systems are getting to the root of the issue in the current model. Their biology has been affected on a cellular level, and that is now what's preventing the important work that they're trying to do. The Biology of Trauma® podcast is the missing piece to that puzzle. It's a practical living manual for the human body in a modern, traumatizing world. Join your host medical physician and attachment, trauma and addiction expert, Dr. Aimie as she challenges the old paradigm of trauma and illuminates a new model for the healing journey.2022 Desarrollo Personal Higiene y Vida Saludable Psicología Psicología y Salud Mental Éxito Personal
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  • Can't Get Off Antidepressants? Ask for These Lab Tests

    Can't Get Off Antidepressants? Ask for These Lab Tests
    Jan 13 2026

    Why do so many people with depression struggle to stop their antidepressants? What if the answer isn't about willpower — but about missing nutrients your brain needs to function?

    Dr. James Greenblatt has spent 30 years in inpatient psychiatry. He watched patients go from one medication to two, then three, then five. Suicide rates kept climbing. And he started asking: What if the brain is simply missing what it needs?

    His new book Finally Hopeful explores the biological causes of depression most doctors never test for.

    Get the full episode breakdown at Biology of Trauma® Podcast - Episode 156: Can't Get Off Antidepressants? Ask for These Lab Tests

    In This Episode You'll Learn:

    • [04:09] Why Dr. Greenblatt wrote Finally Hopeful after 30 years in psychiatry
    • [12:50] Vitamin D as the foundation: Why nothing else works without it — not meds, not therapy
    • [14:35] How vitamin D deficiency affects serotonin production in the brain
    • [12:50] Dr. Aimie's personal story: vitamin D levels of 12, then only 20 with supplementation
    • [17:06] Why vitamin D deficiency is one of the most common factors in people who can't stop antidepressants
    • [18:48] The gut-serotonin connection: 90-95% of serotonin is made in the gut
    • [21:00] The building blocks your brain needs: iron, B12, folate, zinc, magnesium
    • [24:57] Brain inflammation and its connection to suicide risk
    • [26:14] Why sleep deprivation creates inflammatory markers within hours
    • [32:07] The simple labs to ask your doctor about — and why testing is the only path forward

    Resources/Guides:

    • Free Guide: Top 3 Biochemical Imbalances That Affect Mood - a starting point for understanding the most common nutrient imbalances connected to depression
    • The Biology of Trauma book - Available now everywhere books are sold. Get your copy
    • Foundational Journey - The 6-week program to create inner safety and shift your nervous system. Build the foundation that allows your body to actually use the nutrients and support you give it.
    • Dr. James Greenblatt - Get a copy of the Finally Hopeful book and find more resources at https://www.jamesgreenblattmd.com/

    Related Podcast Episodes:

    • Episode 41: Solutions for Low Serotonin and GABA in Trauma with Trudy Scott
    • Episode 101: Brain Inflammation: Addressing The Overlooked Gatekeeper To Trauma Release with Dr. Austin Perlmutter
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  • The Body Trauma Loop: Why Time Doesn't Heal Chronic Illness

    The Body Trauma Loop: Why Time Doesn't Heal Chronic Illness
    Jan 9 2026
    What if the slogans we've trusted about healing are actually in conflict? "The body keeps the score." "Time heals all wounds." We've heard both. They can't both be true. Here's the tension. If time heals all wounds, staying busy should eventually work. Decades of pushing through should land us somewhere good. But that's not what happens. The body keeps the score whether we acknowledge it or not. I go deeper into the research from my conversation with Dr. Karestan Koenen in Episode 155. She followed 100,000 women over twenty years. What she found confirms what I see clinically. Unresolved experiences don't fade with time. They become biology. That background sense of danger we can't quite name? That's our nervous system still on guard. This was never about time. It's about what happens when we ask the nervous system to stay alert indefinitely. In this episode you'll hear more about: Why staying busy creates allostatic load: When we push through without processing, we ask the nervous system to sprint forever. Dr. Hans Selye mapped what happens next. The body reaches a point where it cannot maintain that response. Then things fall apart.The difference between stress and trauma: Stress is a sprint. Trauma is what happens when we've sprinted as far as we can but the danger is still there. The terminology matters. Calling it all "chronic stress" doesn't capture the truth of breakdown.The body trauma loop: The cycle between activation and shutdown sits at the core of every chronic health condition. Stressed out, then breakdown. Activated, then burnout. This loop can never contribute to health.Where the body actually holds trauma: People ask if it's in their liver or pinky toe. The answer surprises them. The body holds trauma in patterns. The glass of wine. The procrastination. The exhaustion that won't lift.What I'm actually assessing: I don't ask for a checklist of how bad your childhood was. I ask what's going on now. How reactive are you? How adaptable? How long before you hit shutdown? Those patterns tell me what your body is still holding.Why there's hope in this science: When we recognize the body trauma loop, we know what to do. We untangle piece by piece. Step by step. We create a biology of healing. The body holds trauma through its patterns of surviving. When we understand this, we work with our biology. Not against it. Resources/Guides: Biology of Trauma book — Available now everywhere books are sold. Get your copyFree Guide: How Trauma Shows Up in the Body — A comprehensive starter guide to understanding the physical manifestations of trauma 🎙️ Check out the main episode this follows: Episode 155: Time Doesn't Heal—It Becomes Biology with Dr. Karestan Koenen 💭 Try this practice this week: Notice when you reach for your go-to survival strategy. Wine, scrolling, ice cream, overworking. Before you do, pause. Ask: "What am I feeling in my body right now? What am I trying to soothe?" That awareness is the first step. Leave a review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or YouTube. It helps others find trauma-informed care.
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  • Time Doesn't Heal: What 20 Years of Research Actually Shows

    Time Doesn't Heal: What 20 Years of Research Actually Shows
    Jan 6 2026

    We've been told time heals all wounds. Go back to work. Stay busy. But what if decades of stress are still rewriting the body right now? Dr. Karestan Koenen, a Harvard researcher who has followed 100,000 women over twenty years, shares what she's discovered about how unaddressed trauma doesn't fade—it becomes biology. In this conversation, we explore why major disease studies have ignored trauma, how stalking affects women's heart health, and what epigenetics reveals about catching these changes early.

    → Get the full episode breakdown at Biology of Trauma® Podcast - Episode 155: Time Doesn't Heal: What 20 Years of Research Actually Shows

    In this episode you'll learn:

    • [01:54] The Pattern No One Was Tracking: How clinical observation at the VA revealed PTSD and diabetes worsening together—before research proved it
    • [04:04] Stalking and Heart Disease: Why women on the editorial board said "of course this is true" while men said "there's no way"
    • [05:35] The Gap in Major Disease Studies: Why the cohorts that shaped our understanding of diet, exercise, and disease never measured trauma
    • [11:27] How to Define Trauma: Uncontrollable, unpredictable, and overwhelming—and why the pandemic qualified
    • [14:41] When Coping Mechanisms Take a Toll: How the adaptations that helped us survive can interfere with where we want to go
    • [17:14] Resilience Redefined: Why you can have symptoms and still be making meaning—and why the person in front of you is always a survivor
    • [23:58] Loss of Life Purpose: How retirement, death of a spouse, or role changes directly impact physical health and longevity
    • [28:47] Time Doesn't Heal—It Becomes Biology: Why going back to work and staying busy doesn't make trauma fade
    • [32:33] The Biology of Adversity Project: How epigenetics research may catch changes before chronic conditions develop
    • [34:17] Somatic Practices Without the Story: The future of yoga, breathwork, and body-based approaches for resetting the nervous system

    Resources/Guides:

    • Biology of Trauma book - Available now everywhere books are sold. Get your copy
    • Free Guide: How Trauma Shows Up in the Body & What To Do About It - Understand why your body responds this way. Learn what helps.

    Related Podcast Episodes:

    • Episode 86: Is Trauma Genetic or Epigenetic? Insights with Dr. Bruce Lipton
    • Episode 116: The Body Keeps Score: How Trauma Rewires Your Nervous System with Dr. Bessel van der Kolk
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