478: Are you metabolizing your trauma? | Functional medicine expert Will Cole, D.C.

“What are the pieces to your health puzzle? It's going to be different for everybody," says Will Cole, D.C.

Will, a leading functional medicine expert and New York Times bestselling author, joins us to discuss how important your thoughts and feelings are for your overall health, plus:

- Will’s motivation behind his newest book (~00:16)

- How your emotional health impacts your physical health (~02:02)

- How unresolved trauma manifests as health issues (~04:57)

- How to acknowledge & heal your trauma (~07:32)

- How to know if you have shameflammation (~08:31)

- How to navigate anxiety around your health (~11:52)

- How people worry themselves sick (~17:33)

- How to recognize generational trauma (~20:20)

- The power of breathwork for your health (~21:59)

- How to do a social network cleanse & why you should (~24:58)

- Why you shouldn’t internalize everything you see on social media (~26:15)

- The best low-cost wellness hacks (~34:52)

- How to balance mind, body & environmental health (~38:59)

- How to metabolize past trauma (~44:41)

- Will’s top gut-friendly foods (~49:41)

- The future of mental health care (~53:50)

Order a copy of my new book The Joy Of Well-Being at thejoyofwellbeing.com! 

Referenced in the episode:

- Will's new book, Gut Feelings.

- Check out Will's podcast.

- mbg Podcast episodes #284, #148, and #68, with Will.

- A study on the nocebo effect.

- A study on how shame impacts your health.

- A study on nature photos' calming effects.

- An article on anger & virality.

- Sign up for The Long Game. 

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