Can depression be healed without antidepressants?

Josh Trent welcomes Pixie Acia, Spiritual Wellness Coach, to the Wellness + Wisdom Podcast, episode 771, to share how nutraceuticals helped her transition off 15 years of antidepressants, why trauma shows up in our bodies until we face it, and how breathwork, community, and cycle-breaking practices can unlock healing far beyond pharmaceuticals.

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In This Episode, Pixie Acia Uncovers: [01:10] Nutraceuticals: Natural + More Efficient than Anti-Depressants

• The role of nutraceuticals in treating depression.
• Why Pixie spent 15 years on depression medications.
• How liposomal applications help us absorb 80-90% of nutrients from a supplement.
• Why nutraceuticals provide clarity and allow us to feel our emotions more than antidepressants.
• How nutraceuticals affect both the brain and the gut. Why depression is a combination of trauma and imbalances in the brain.
• We can't heal from depression with just one practice.

Resources:

• Pixie Acia
• LivOn Labs

[07:30] Does a Vegan Diet Cause More Harm than Good?

• How a vegan diet ruined Pixie's health.
• Why she attached her identity to being vegan and stopped listening to her body.
• How she switched to a carnivore diet to feel better.

Resources:

• The Effects of Vegan Diet on Fetus and Maternal Health

[12:50] The Gift in Traumatic Experiences

• Why we care about what other people think about us based on evolution.
• How trauma took Pixie's innocence and childhood.
• Why tattooing her body was a trauma response.
• How she channelled her trauma to help others.
• Why Pixie learned to detach from her body when she was abused.
• How forgiveness can help us let go.

[19:10] Healed People Heal People

• How healed people heal other people.
• Why Pixie believes she went through her trauma for a reason.
• How her traumatic experience has helped her help others move through their trauma.

[22:30] The Healing Power of Breathwork

• How breathwork helps us connect with our body.
• Why breathwork allowed Pixie to free herself from her traumatic sexual past.
• How breathwork can open us to new dimensions.
• Why we can get downloads from breathwork sessions.
• What led her to change her name from Amber to Pixie.

[29:30] Why Do You Chase Dopamine?

• How the body is always looking for safety.
• Why Pixie attracted the same type of men until she healed her wounds.
• How chasing dopamine is a trauma response.
• Why Pixie created challenges to keep people accountable for their growth and getting healthy dopamine.
• It takes 62 days to create a new habit.

[37:10] Becoming A Cycle Breaker

• Why Pixie found it hard to dance because of her sexual trauma.
• How expressing her sexuality made her feel like she would be taken advantage of.
• What pushed her to break the cycle.

Resources:

• Michael Edward Johnson's Latch Theory
• The Body Keeps The Score by Bessel van der Kolk

[43:50] The Value of Community

• Why community is the new currency.
• How human connection will become more valuable.
• What it means to be a safe container for others.
• How people come up against their projections and beliefs when they go to a retreat.
• Why when you let people see us, we become more lovable.

[49:35] The Catalyst for Change

• What happened and why it happened doesn't truly matter.
• Why what we don't express shows up as depression or disease.
• How doing our own healing helps other people heal.

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All Resources From This Episode

• Pixie Acia
• LivOn Labs
• The Effects of Vegan Diet on Fetus and Maternal Health
• Michael Edward Johnson's Latch Theory
• The Body Keeps The Score by Bessel van der Kolk

Power Quotes From Pixie Acia

"What is repressed will eventually get expressed as depression or disease." — Pixie Acia

"If you suffer from depression, you need nutraceuticals. They help not just build the foundational blocks in the brain, but also in the gut, affecting the serotonin and giving you the essential support that it needs to not be depressed." — Pixie Acia

"Your nervous system is looking for familiar situations to identify whether it's safe or not. When we're used to repressing it, we aren't listening to the body to know if we're safe or not. And then we'll end up finding ourselves in similar situations again." — Pixie Acia

 

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About Pixie Acia

Pixie Acia is a Fitness and Spiritual Wellness Coach, somatic breathwork facilitator, and wellness retreat leader with deep roots in the Los Angeles fitness community.

Pixie is the visionary founder of Surf Sweat Serve, offering transformational wellness retreats that blend adventure, fitness, mindfulness, and giving back, guided by her philosophy that "together we get stronger."

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