These are podcasts and webinars where I talk about different types of trauma as a risk factor for chronic illness. I also describe the kinds of tools that support healing and approaches that may offer insights for prevention.
The Episode Every Medical Professional Should Listen To (Podcast)
Why medical treatment, which can save our lives and be life-changing some of the time, can at other times be “like putting a Band-Aid on a bullet wound.”
Stacey’s RA Story (Podcast)
I interviewed trauma therapist Stacey Uhrig on her own podcast “Flip Your Mindset” where she shares her journey with rheumatoid arthritis and healing. Includes a free downloadable transcript in PDF.
Hidden Wounds (Podcast)
Hosted by the Chung Huong Institute, integrating ancient Buddhist wisdom with modern psychological practices. Tips for chronic illness with free downloadable transcript in PDF.
Can Early Events Affect Health? (Free Webinar with Slides)
Updates to the 10 categories of adverse babyhood experiences (ABEs) that influence health. 2 themes, asthma, and our type 1 diabetes research study.
Reversing Asthma in Adults (Podcast)
Guest host series on The Trauma Therapist Podcast. I interviewed Efu Nyaki, faculty for Somatic Experiencing (SE) and Family Constellations. Describes 2 steps that enable adults to heal.
Reversing Asthma in Kids (Podcast)
Invited by Guy Macpherson of The Trauma Therapist Podcast and his guest host series. I got to invite Dr. Tony Madrid to share 40 years of healing adverse babyhood experiences as a way to heal asthma.
Preventing Chronic Illness? (Podcast)
Invited by Stephanie Dueger, PhD at Preparing for Parenthood. We talk symptoms as indicators for risk of dysregulation. These early symptoms provide opportunities & tools for repair and perhaps also for prevention. Link to blog post coming soon.
Chronic Pain & Trauma (Webinar)
Invited by Madeleine Eames of the Bill Nelems Pain and Research Center in British Columbia, Canada. There is strong and supportive evidence about the link between trauma and chronic pain. Healing trauma can help.
Deconstructing Chronic Illness (Podcast)
Invited by Kristen Boice, LMFT. What is somatic psychotherapy? Symptoms are intelligent…. Indicators of trauma in early life, and the research. Read the blog post on the podcast or listen directly on Kristen’s website Closing the Chapter.
The Trauma Therapist Project (Podcast)
Invited by Guy MacPherson. We talk about the science and my story of how this became my passion, and more. Here’s my post with highlights or watch the video on Guy’s website.
ME/CFS Recovery Stories (Podcast)
Invited by Raelen Agle, who shares hers and others’ stories of recovery from ME/CFS, invited me to share my CFS experience along with my views on the role of trauma and the nervous system. We talk about how subtle adversity can seem. Tools. Doctors not always being receptive to our symptoms, and more.
Developmental Trauma and Chronic Illness (Podcast)
Transforming Trauma. Podcast Episode 40 by the NARM® Training Institute (Neuro Affective Relational Model), specializing in complex PTSD.
Prenatal and Birth Events (Online Course)
A Transdisciplinary Approach. 7 week paid online course hosted by Kate White, RCST, SEP. Register Here.
Adverse Babyhood Experiences (Podcast)
Intro to ABEs and chronic illness, invited by Kate White, a craniosacral therapist and SEP who works with babies and families, on how I first got this “new lens” on chronic illness. Podcast 32
Trauma Treatment in Illness (Podcast)
Invited by Invisible Not Broken: Eva invites discussions with doctors and others with chronic illness – ours and hers.
The Trauma Link (Podcast)
Invited by Kimberly Warner of Unfixed. Kristy Boyd and I explore nervous system and trauma connections in her journey with Trigeminal Neuralgia and mine with Chronic Fatigue (ME/CFS). Podcast 7.
Trauma in Babyhood & Childhood (Podcast)
Events in Babyhood (ABEs), Childhood (ACEs) Epigenetics and their role in Autoimmune Disease and other chronic illnesses. Invited by Laura Reagan, LCSWC host of Therapy Chat. Podcast 243.
Type 2 Diabetes (Radio)
A Model to Reduce Shame and Blame. Invited by Rona Renner, RN on her call-in show About Health at @KPFA.org (the audio normalizes after the first 1 minute).
Chronic Illness & How Your Cells Respond to Trauma (Podcast)
Invited by Naturopath Jannine Krause on her podcast “The Health Fix” (here’s my blog post introduction). Podcast 183.
Trauma and Our Health (Podcast)
Invited by Ameé Quiriconi of One Broken Mom. Using her own personal experience with rheumatoid arthritis, Ameé shares an update on her steps toward remission. We discuss the not-yet well-known science behind this.
One Broken Mom: Childhood Trauma & Health (Rheumatoid Arthritis) (Podcast)
With Ameé Quiriconi, entrepreuneur with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA/RD) on her podcast “One Broken Mom” (here’s my blog post introduction). Video/Podcast 1.27
One Broken Mom: How Rheumatoid Disorders, Trauma, and Physiology May Be Linked (Podcast)
With Ameé Quiriconi, entrepreuneur with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA/RD) on her podcast “One Broken Mom” and my blog post on triggers. Video/Podcast 1.32
I. When You Have a Chronic Illness & a History of Trauma (blog post)
II. When You Have a Chronic Illness & No History of Trauma (blog post)
“Welcome to My Blog” (May 2014)
I’m doing much better now than I was in 2014 when I made this first recording. My blog was called Tumbling the Stone back then because that’s how it felt to be sick.