Irene Lyon explains how somatic trauma recovery restores nervous system regulation, self-awareness, and healthier interpersonal relationships.

Irene Lyon explains how unresolved trauma can remain within the body as fight, flight, freeze, pain, anxiety, or disconnection. Drawing from the Feldenkrais Method, Somatic Experiencing, and her work with early and developmental trauma, she reveals why healing begins with restoring safety, regulation, and awareness of internal sensations. She also explores how self-attunement strengthens the ability to connect with others and support healthier relationships.

Irene Lyon, MSC, a nervous system expert, teaches people around the world how to work with the nervous system to transform trauma, heal body and mind, and live full, creative lives. To date, her online programs have reached thousands of people in over 60 countries. Irene has a Master’s Degree in Biomedical and Health Science and also has a knack for making complex info easy for ALL of us to understand and apply to our lives. She has extensively studied and practices the works of Dr. Moshé Feldenkrais, Peter Levine (founder of Somatic Experiencing), and Kathy Kain (founder of Somatic Practice).

Shawn Wells discusses psychedelics, mental health, and why professional guidance and integration are critical to therapeutic experiences.

Shawn Wells shares his personal experience with depression, anxiety, PTSD, and suicidal thoughts while examining the emerging use of psychedelics in mental health care. He discusses neuroplasticity, psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy, and the importance of preparation, safety, skilled facilitation, and integration. He also introduces breathing and meditation as practical tools for regulating mental and emotional states.

Shawn Wells, MPH, LDN, RD, CISSN, FISSN, is a top nutritional biochemist and health optimization expert.

Known as the Ingredientologist, he has formulated over 700 products and patented 20 ingredients like Teacrine, Dynamine, and Dihydroberberine. As a former Chief Clinical Dietitian with over 10 years of experience, he has advised thousands on keto, paleo, fasting, and supplements. Personally, he has overcome depression, obesity, insomnia, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia, Epstein-Barr Virus, and a pituitary tumor.

A global mitochondrial health thought-leader, he has spoken across five continents and appeared in documentaries, morning television, and podcasts like Ben Greenfield. His research-backed insights help individuals manage stress and boost resilience and energy.

His book, "The ENERGY Formula," is a multi-category Amazon best-seller endorsed by USA Today and Forbes.

Dr. Gabrielle Lyon explains how exercise and protein-forward nutrition can support skeletal muscle, mitochondrial health, energy, and longevity.

Dr. Gabrielle Lyon explains why skeletal muscle plays a central role in mitochondrial health, metabolism, and healthy aging. She discusses how inactivity can impair the body’s ability to use stored fuel and why resistance training should be combined with endurance exercise. She also shares her protein-forward approach to nutrition and discusses phytonutrients and selected supplements that may support muscle and mitochondrial function.

Dr. Gabrielle Lyon is board-certified in Family Medicine, having completed a combined Geriatrics and Nutritional Sciences fellowship at Washington University and undergraduate training at the University of Illinois.

As a protein metabolism expert, she has received two decades of mentorship from Dr. Donald Layman, PhD, to develop her Muscle-Centric Medicine® concept for health and aging.

Practicing since 2006, she treats industry leaders. She works closely with Special Operations Military, serving on the boards of the SEAL Future Foundation and Hunter Seven Foundation to develop protocols for toxic exposures and cancer.

Dawson Church, PhD, examines the science behind EFT, meditation, belief, and their potential effects on stress, the brain, and well-being.

Dawson Church, PhD, examines the science behind energy healing practices such as EFT and meditation. He discusses how belief and negative thinking may affect the body, what brain imaging reveals about cravings and meditative states, and how tapping has been studied for stress and trauma. He also explains how repeated practice may strengthen neural pathways associated with compassion, happiness, creativity, and resilience.

Dawson Church, PhD, is an award-winning science writer, researcher, and bestselling author of The Genie in Your Genes, Mind to Matter, and Bliss Brain. Through his research and educational work, he examines how emotions, meditation, and EFT tapping may influence the brain, body, and expression of genes. His evidence-focused perspective supports the summit’s goal of helping people understand energy healing and incorporate practical stress-reduction tools into their lives.

Dr. Evan Hirsch explains why long-haul fatigue can have multiple causes and shares a step-by-step approach to restoring energy and resilience.

Dr. Evan Hirsch explains why long COVID may be one part of a larger chronic fatigue picture involving infections, toxins, deficiencies, mitochondrial dysfunction, and impaired circulation. Drawing from his personal recovery, he outlines a step-by-step approach to identifying underlying factors, rebuilding energy, supporting drainage, and addressing accumulated burdens. He also discusses pacing, nutrition, mindset, and realistic expectations for recovery.

Dr. Evan Hirsch is a physician, author of Fix Your Fatigue, and a chronic fatigue specialist whose work was shaped by his own five-year experience with debilitating fatigue. Through an approach informed by holistic, integrative, functional, and environmental medicine, he helps people investigate the overlapping factors that may contribute to low energy and long-haul symptoms. His practical, whole-person perspective supports the show’s goal of helping listeners better understand chronic illness and take informed steps toward recovery.

Dr. Aimie Apigian explains how trauma becomes stored in the body and why somatic tools can help restore nervous system safety.

Dr. Aimie Apigian explains trauma as a biological response to experiences that happen too much, too fast, or provide too little for too long. She distinguishes the energized state of stress from the low-energy collapse of trauma, describes the vagus nerve’s role in shutdown, and explains why somatic work can help people recognize their nervous system state and build an internal sense of safety and support.

Dr. Aimie Apigian is a double board-certified physician in preventive and addiction medicine, a functional medicine physician, and the creator of the Biology of Trauma methodology. Drawing on her medical training and personal experience, she helps people understand how overwhelming life experiences affect the nervous system and physical health. Her work supports the show’s goal of turning knowledge into practical wisdom by giving listeners a body-based approach to healing and resilience. Learn more at Trauma Healing Accelerated

Dr. Nafysa Parpia explains why a single infection rarely causes chronic Lyme and how addressing multiple root causes supports lasting recovery.

Dr. Nafysa Parpia explores why chronic Lyme disease is often far more complex than a single tick-borne infection. She discusses the interconnected roles of environmental toxins, immune dysfunction, chronic infections, nervous system regulation, trauma, gut health, and detoxification, while explaining why highly personalized treatment plans are often necessary for people with persistent, complex chronic illness.

Nafysa Parpia, ND has an independent practice at Gordon Medical Associates, specializing in the treatment of Lyme disease and other complex chronic illnesses such as autoimmunity, mold toxicity, fibromyalgia, environmental toxicity, and gastrointestinal disorders. Her patients with chronic Lyme Disease are typically those who either do not do well with antibiotics or prefer the biological medicine approach to treatment, including a combination of antibiotics and detoxification methods. Over the years treating these illnesses, she discovered the same methods used with essentially well people fostered increased vitality and slowing down of the aging process, leading her to include specialization in health optimization and regenerative medicine.

David "Avocado" Wolfe shares practical strategies for creating your best life through nutrition, fasting, mindset, and reconnecting with nature.

David "Avocado" Wolfe explores the connection between nutrition, mindset, and longevity, sharing how whole foods, medicinal mushrooms, fasting, hydration, and time in nature can support vibrant health. He also explains why creating lasting wellness begins with simple daily habits and an intentional mindset that prioritizes joy, purpose, and personal responsibility.

David ‘Avocado’ Wolfe (www.davidwolfe.com) is the rock star and Indiana Jones of the superfoods and longevity multiverse. His social media posts reach millions of people each week around the world with succinct, powerful inspirational quotes, news, health information, and education. With over 28 years of dedicated experience and having hosted nearly 3000 live health events, David has led the environmental charge for radiant health via a positive mental attitude, eco-community building, living spring water, and the best-ever quality organic foods, wild foods, juices, and herbs. David ‘Avocado’ Wolfe is the visionary founder and president of the non-profit The Fruit Tree Planting Foundation charity (www.ftpf.org) with a mission to plant 18 billion fruit, nut, and medicinal trees on Earth.

Dr. Margaret Christensen explains how trauma, chronic stress, and COVID can fuel mood disorders and chronic fatigue while sharing practical pathways toward healing.

Dr. Margaret Christensen explores how trauma, chronic stress, and the COVID-19 pandemic can influence mood disorders and chronic fatigue by affecting the brain's limbic system, immune function, and overall resilience. She discusses the impact of childhood adversity, generational trauma, and chronic illness while sharing practical strategies for calming the nervous system, restoring hope, and supporting long-term healing through lifestyle, community, and purposeful living.

An Institute for Functional Medicine faculty member for 14 years, Dr. Christensen first became interested in functional medicine 25 years ago when trying to solve the riddle of her and her family’s complex health challenges — unbeknownst to her at the time, they were consequences of severe toxic mold exposure. She became intimately familiar with chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, autoimmunity, and the hormonal, neurological, and psychiatric consequences of unrecognized biotoxin illness. A board-certified OB-GYN for 23 years, her initial boutique functional medicine practice has grown into Carpathia Collaborative, a large, multidisciplinary functional medicine practice based in Dallas covering the full spectrum of complex chronic disease. The practice provides 360-degree functional, lifestyle, and nutritional medicine, and includes an onsite teaching kitchen, yoga studio, and education library that also serves as the site for community-learning events. Dr. Christensen is passionate about educating her clients and colleagues about root cause, whole-systems medicine, most recently as the host of the highly successful Toxic Mold Summit.

Discover how Tami Stackelhouse transformed her fibromyalgia journey into a mission to help others reclaim their health through coaching and self-care.

Tami Stackelhouse shares her personal journey from being disabled by fibromyalgia to becoming a certified health coach dedicated to helping others reclaim their lives. She explains why recovery requires education, self-care, lifestyle changes, and a supportive healthcare team rather than a single treatment. The conversation also explores stress, thyroid health, nutrition, protein intake, energy pacing, and practical strategies that empower people living with fibromyalgia.

Tami Stackelhouse is doing all she can to give fibromyalgia patients the knowledge, care, and support they need to thrive. A fibromyalgia patient herself, Tami has gone from disabled to having her fibromyalgia in remission. For more than a decade, her compassion, gentle support, and fun coaching style have helped fibromyalgia patients all over the world take back control of their lives. She is the executive producer of the fibromyalgia documentary, Invisible, and founder of the International Fibromyalgia Coaching Institute, where she teaches her Certified Fibromyalgia Coach® training program. You will find Tami sharing her joy and expertise on her Fibromyalgia Podcast® and through her award-winning books, Take Back Your Life and The Fibromyalgia Coach.