In this episode, I discuss the impact of trauma on our health with Heather Herington. Heather is a naturopathic medical doctor. We cover the following topics in this podcast:

• Trauma; what it is, and how it impacts our physiology
• Why two people can experience the same experience and why it is traumatic for one person and not the other
• The 3 E's of trauma
• Strategies for evaluating if your chronic health issues may be related to known or hidden trauma
• Strategies people can use to heal from trauma
• More...

Dr. Heather L. Herington Bac, NMD, DHANP, has been a naturopathic medical doctor for over 30 years (Bastyr '87) specializing in PTS/trauma and is now in public practice with her podcast, Dr. Heather Uncensored (https://drheatheruncensored.buzzsprout.com/). As an actor-singer-voice artist (solo show Hidden), she is a member of SAG-AFTRA. An engaging speaker and workshop leader (Moving to Healing), she writes librettos (the children's musical, The Calling Hour) and creates radio plays based on health conditions that demand a true body-mind investigation. Her websites are drheatherherington.com and heatherherington.com. She has been interviewed on several podcasts and in Authority magazine and her work has appeared in Townsend Letter for Doctors, NDNR.org, Alive, Kinesis and more. Her earlier books include Surviving a Viral Pandemic through the lens of a naturopathic medical doctor, and two novels. Listeners can buy Transforming Trauma: https://www.chelseagreen.com/product/transforming-trauma/ https://www.amazon.com/Transforming-Trauma-Drugless-Creative-Healing/dp/1781612250/ref=sr_1_6?crid=13K92ZQZ3TUTA&keywords=transforming+trauma&sprefix=transforming+trama%2Caps%2C180&sr=8-6 Check out Dr. Heather's website, podcast, and Grave's Radio Play: https://www.drheatherherington.com/ https://www.drheatherherington.com/podcasts.html https://www.drheatherherington.com/radio.html Listeners can read the first chapter for free here: https://www.book2look.com/book/PrhRHtZCWL