Trauma Rewired

If you've followed this podcast for even just a few episodes, you've heard about complex PTSD, the effects of trauma on the developmental brain, and how maladaptive behaviors form. Most importantly, you've learned that long-lasting change requires integration, a process supported by applied neurology.   Today, find out what applied neurology is and why it's crucial to healing trauma from Trauma Re...

"We all know this phrase, 'if you wanna get out of the hole, stop digging.' But when you're in complex PTSD, the brain is digging and you can't make it stop. It just keeps going back to these same experiences and these same feelings. It shows up in long-term development of the nervous system. It shows up in the physical body. It shows up because we don't know how to stop the digging."   Today, co-...

"Impaired integration is such a hallmark of the traumatized brain. It disrupts our ability to balance our nervous system. Neurobiologist Dan Siegel says that at its very essence, the purpose of trauma therapy is to restore brain integration."   On today's episode, co-hosts Jennifer Wallace and Elisabeth Kristoff of Brain-Based Wellness discuss the neurological impacts of trauma, specifically how d...

We briefly talked about the death cycle of winter and rebirth in the "Trauma & the Holidays" episode, but today, Trauma Rewired is addressing how trauma inhibits our ability to rest — which is a crucial element to healing and changing maladaptive behaviors.   Hosts Jennifer Wallace and Elisabeth Kristoff of Brain-Based Wellness discuss the consequences of poor rest, including derailing the brain's...

It's a common tradition to make resolutions in the New Year, most often relating to our bodies and our habits. New Year's resolutions usually have an end goal of making us better people, but there's a reason many people fail to make long-term changes.   During today's episode on core beliefs and resolutions, Jennifer Wallace and Elisabeth Kristoff of Brain-Based Wellness explain why it's not so ea...

"I think a lot of people try to move into manifestation and belief work, and can end up being really frustrated and down on themselves. It can be hard when you don't also have the tools to work with your nervous system."   In this second part of the Trauma Rewired belief series , co-hosts Jennifer Wallace and Elisabeth Kristoff of Brain-Based Wellness are joined by Angella Jaber, an NSI practition...

From last week's episode on perfectionism to topics like CPTSD elements or intuition, Trauma Rewired has discussed numerous issues that result from trauma. You've heard a lot about the nervous system and how important it is to regulate it, but how exactly do you do that?   During this first installment of a three-part series on core beliefs, you'll learn how to deconstruct the beliefs that drive y...

Our society rewards those who work hard, appear to never make mistakes, and seem to have everything under control. We've collectively decided on what perfect looks like and attributed perfectionism with the ideal person. What if we told you that perfectionism is actually a protective measure used to prevent oneself from feelings of rejection, abandonment, and worthlessness? These words don't quite...

The many gifts received through ceremony with ayahuasca from start to finish cannot be measured within the confines of the days in a retreat. The potential reveals itself during ceremony, but the gifts are found once you're released into the world again, armed with awareness. However, potential is just that. How do you take that potential and transform it into healing?    Integration after ceremon...

Trauma Rewired has addressed many issues that arise when trauma is stored in the body for years, decades, or even a lifetime. One of them is that this type of chronic stress can lead to autoimmune diseases, heart disease and more, as well as intensify pain experienced from these serious health issues. A dysregulated nervous system resulting from trauma leads to emotional and physical pain, but how...

It's the fourth and final day of Jennifer's ayahuasca retreat and, in this short and sweet episode, she shares why she bridges neurosomatic intelligence with psychedelic integration.   By training and reprogramming your nervous system, you will discover that anything is possible. You already embody the capacity for change. Add a powerhouse plant medicine like ayahuasca, which only increases that c...

Humans are a social species, and we crave human connection and intimacy. Even when our nervous system has been severely affected by trauma, we ultimately need to socialize in order to feel fulfilled and meet all of our survival needs.   But how does someone living in a chronic state of stress, cycling through the stages of a dysregulated nervous system, balance this need for socialization while al...

This account of Jennifer's second to last ceremony is arguably the most profound, in that it highlighted the complete integration and release of the previous ceremonies, and there is hope.  In today's short episode, you will hear Jennifer so eloquently narrate the journey through "jaw surgery" in the maloka, and her resurrection from the experience. The clarity, bliss, and awareness, created a new...

In the first short episode detailing Jennifer's ayahuasca experience, she shared her intentions for healing. In this next installment, you'll hear her firsthand account of how she, with help from two shamans, was able to retrieve her soul and restore a feeling of safety.   After drinking the ayahuasca tea and being enveloped in the impassioned sounds of Maestros Maricella and Francisco singing ica...

In this short episode, Jennifer recounts her powerful healing experience at an ayahuasca retreat on the beaches of Costa Rica. Contrary to Western medicine, ayahuasca treatment focuses on the energetic body to open a pathway to healing.   Containing the potent psychoactive DMT, this psychedelic is brewed with tea and drank to induce altered states of consciousness. Ayahuasca can bring undiscovered...

Emotional Flashbacks: CPTSD Element Season 02, Episode 21   The nervous system is our body's control center, telling us when to move, think, and breathe. Disorders like CPTSD (complex post-traumatic stress disorder), put our bodies in a state of dysregulation that can have profound effects on how we feel and react.   Human emotions are a full system experience, affecting the entire body by way of...

The Magic Tea & the Tumor  Season 02, Episode 20   We, as humans, are more powerful than we can fathom. We have the ability to heal with our minds and our bodies at such high levels, only when given the opportunity.    Sometimes, to get to that awareness, it takes opening up parts of our minds that have been dormant for a long time. That is where plant medicine comes in.    Plant medicine, when us...