Rooted Conversations with Mitch Webb

Could trying harder to feel better become another source of stress?

Explore chronic pain and the nervous system with Mitch Webb and Dr. Tovah Goldfine, including fear, self-compassion, and the pressure to heal.

In this episode of Rooted Conversations, Mitch welcomes Dr. Tovah Goldfine for an honest conversation about persistent symptoms, emotional patterns, and the mind body connection. Tovah shares how childhood trauma and the grief of watching her mother live with multiple sclerosis shaped her interest in helping others.

Together, they explore the fear pain cycle, nervous system regulation, and the difference between intellectually understanding safety and experiencing it in the body. Mitch reflects on his own tendency to turn recovery into a demanding project, including waiting to feel better before enjoying meaningful parts of his life.

The conversation also examines perfectionism, emotional awareness, pain reprocessing therapy, and a question many people face: when are we supporting our bodies, and when are we adding pressure to fix ourselves? Throughout, they discuss individual experiences and perspectives on approaching symptoms with greater compassion, flexibility, and curiosity.

Timestamps

00:00 Episode Preview

00:39 Meet Dr. Tovah Goldfine

01:35 Trauma, Grief, and Finding Purpose

05:34 Choice, Forgiveness, and Moving Forward

09:34 Emotions, Grief, and Living Under Threat

12:48 Emotional Awareness and Self-Acceptance

21:01 Perfectionism and Recovery Pressure

30:37 Learning to Feel Safe

33:52 Understanding the Fear Pain Cycle

43:00 Practicing Self-Compassion

48:55 Mitch's Story: Putting Life on Hold

58:41 Supporting Your Body vs. Fixing It

01:10:28 Exploring the Guest's Mind-Body Perspective

01:17:05 Pausing and Reflecting on Symptoms

01:20:36 Finding a Supportive Coach

01:22:29 TMS Roundtable and Connecting With Tovah

About Dr. Tovah Goldfine

Dr. Tovah Goldfine is a chiropractor whose work incorporates mind-body education and chronic pain recovery support. She hosts TMS Roundtable, featuring conversations with practitioners and people sharing their recovery experiences.

About Mitch Webb

Mitch Webb is a somatic health coach and host of Rooted Conversations. His work brings together nervous system awareness, somatic practices, and holistic wellness coaching to help people better understand their patterns, reconnect with their bodies, and pursue meaningful change at their own pace.

Curious about your own patterns? Take Mitch’s nervous system state quiz as a starting point for reflection: https://mitch-webb.involve.me/nervous-system-state-quiz

Connect With Mitch

Website: https://mitchwebb.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mitch.webb.503/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kmitchwebb/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kmitchwebb/

In this powerful episode of the Rooted Conversations Podcast, Mitch Webb sits down with Kate Godley, a Functional Medicine practitioner, biochemist, nutrition expert, and founder of The Functional Medicine Center, to uncover how Functional Medicine helps identify the root cause of chronic illness instead of simply masking symptoms.

If you've struggled with chronic fatigue, autoimmune disease, Hashimoto's thyroiditis, long COVID, Lyme disease, mold illness, hormone imbalance, nervous system dysregulation, or trauma, this conversation will completely change how you think about healing.

Kate shares her own incredible journey from years of misdiagnosis to building a thriving Functional Medicine practice focused on root cause healing. You'll discover why Functional Medicine goes beyond prescriptions to investigate toxins, chronic infections, nutrition, lifestyle, stress, trauma, sleep, hormones, gut health, and nervous system regulation.

In this episode, you'll learn:

What Functional Medicine really is

Why treating the root cause matters more than treating symptoms

How chronic illness develops over time

The connection between trauma and chronic disease

Why nervous system regulation is only one piece of the healing puzzle

How toxins, infections, nutrition, and hormones impact health

The truth about autoimmune disease and Hashimoto's

Why Functional Medicine focuses on personalized healing instead of one-size-fits-all treatment

Practical lifestyle habits that support long-term recovery

Chapters:

00:00 Introduction to Functional Medicine

02:34 Kate Godley's Functional Medicine Journey

08:46 Root Cause of Autoimmune Disease

10:29 Why Functional Medicine Works Differently

14:36 There Is No Magic Pill for Healing

18:48 Healing Chronic Illness Takes Time

23:56 The Real Causes of Chronic Disease

24:33 Toxins, Mold & Heavy Metal Exposure

28:54 Chronic Infections & Lyme Disease

31:41 Hydration & Electrolytes Explained

35:35 Personalized Functional Medicine Care

40:50 Daily Habits That Transform Health

42:07 Breaking Negative Thought Patterns

46:07 Mindset Changes Your Biology

50:05 Personalized Healing Over Protocols

58:20 Social Media & Health Misinformation

01:07:25 Why Diagnoses Are Only the Beginning

01:18:18 How to Work with Kate Godley

Connect with Kate:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tfmc_durham/

YouTube: youtube.com/@UCEXUFajSri0qYJ1d7Jah6QA

Website: thefunctionalmedicinecenter.org

🎯 Discover Your Nervous System State:

Take Mitch's free Nervous System Quiz to discover your primary nervous system pattern and receive personalized healing resources.

👉 Quiz: https://mitch-webb.involve.me/nervous-system-state-quiz

🌐 Connect With Mitch Webb:

Website: https://mitchwebb.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mitch.webb.503/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kmitchwebb/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kmitchwebb/

Are you struggling with IBS, SIBO, bloating, food sensitivities, or chronic digestive issues?

In this episode of Rooted Conversations, gut health expert Dr. Nikki DiNezza, the Gut Microbiome Queen, reveals why many people stay stuck in cycles of IBS symptoms, food fear, restrictive diets, and gut health struggles.

Discover the connection between IBS, SIBO, the gut microbiome, the nervous system, and why true healing may require a different approach than you've been told.

In this conversation, you'll discover:

What IBS really is and why it's often misunderstood

The connection between IBS, stress, and nervous system dysregulation

Why food fear can worsen IBS symptoms

The truth about SIBO, gut health, and restrictive diets

How the gut microbiome influences digestion and healing

Why low FODMAP diets should not be a long-term solution

The role of fiber in IBS recovery and gut health

How nervous system regulation affects digestion and IBS symptoms

Why many IBS sufferers remain stuck despite trying countless supplements

Practical strategies for improving gut health and overcoming food fear

If you're dealing with IBS, IBS symptoms, gut health problems, SIBO, bloating, food sensitivities, digestive discomfort, chronic diarrhea, constipation, gut microbiome imbalances, or restrictive eating patterns, this episode provides valuable insights that could completely change how you approach healing.

About Dr. Nikki DiNezza:

Dr. Nikki DiNezza, the Gut Microbiome Queen, is a Functional Medicine Practitioner and Nutritional Therapy Practitioner specializing in IBS, SIBO, gut microbiome health, digestive health, and food freedom. She helps people overcome chronic digestive symptoms, restore gut health, improve microbiome diversity, and confidently enjoy food again.

Connect with Dr. Nikki DiNezza:

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@gutmicrobiomequeen

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gut.microbiome.queen

🧠 Discover Your Nervous System State:

Struggling with IBS, gut health issues, anxiety, or chronic symptoms?

Take Mitch's free Nervous System Quiz to discover your primary nervous system state and get personalized resources to support your healing journey.

👉 Quiz: https://mitch-webb.involve.me/nervous-system-state-quiz

Connect With Mitch Webb:

Website: https://mitchwebb.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mitch.webb.503/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kmitchwebb/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kmitchwebb/

What if the thing keeping you stuck in chronic illness is the very thing you've been told to do?

In this powerful episode of Rooted Conversations, Joe Cusamano, founder of HealFlip, shares how he overcame more than 20 years of chronic illness, Lyme disease, chronic fatigue, anxiety, panic attacks, and nervous system dysregulation after years of searching for answers.

Joe reveals how nervous system healing, neuroplasticity, mind body healing, acceptance, and letting go of symptom obsession became the turning point in his recovery. Instead of endlessly chasing treatments, he discovered a new path to chronic illness recovery through nervous system regulation and a deeper connection with life.

This conversation explores nervous system healing, chronic illness recovery, Lyme disease recovery, chronic fatigue recovery, trauma healing, emotional resilience, anxiety recovery, neuroplasticity, and overcoming chronic symptoms.

In This Episode You'll Learn:

Why focusing on symptoms can keep chronic illness alive

The connection between nervous system healing and chronic illness recovery

How acceptance and surrender helped Joe recover

Why nervous system regulation matters more than endless treatments

The role of neuroplasticity in healing chronic symptoms

How chronic fatigue, anxiety, and chronic illness can improve through new experiences

Why letting go of a diagnosis can accelerate recovery

How to build nervous system safety and resilience

The difference between healing through fear and healing through self-trust

Why recovery often begins when you stop searching for the perfect cure

About Joe Cusamano:

Joe Cusamano is the founder of HealFlip, a recovery program focused on nervous system healing, chronic illness recovery, neuroplasticity, lifestyle transformation, and mind body healing. After overcoming more than two decades of chronic illness and Lyme disease symptoms, Joe now helps people worldwide reclaim their lives through practical nervous system healing strategies and acceptance-based recovery principles.

Connect with Joe:

Website: https://heal-flip.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/healflip

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@heal-flip

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@heal-flip

🎯 Discover Your Nervous System State:

Take Mitch's free Nervous System State Quiz to identify your primary nervous system pattern and receive personalized resources, healing exercises, and practical guidance for nervous system regulation and trauma healing.

👉 Quiz: https://mitch-webb.involve.me/nervous-system-state-quiz

Connect With Mitch:

Website: https://mitchwebb.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mitch.webb.503/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kmitchwebb/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kmitchwebb/

What if your anxiety, hypervigilance, food fears, perfectionism, and emotional triggers are not “who you are” but simply old brain patterns that can be rewired?

In this powerful episode of the Rooted Conversations Podcast, Trisha Wolfe joins Mitch Webb to explain how memory reconsolidation, nervous system healing, implicit learning, and transformational change can help you finally stop living in survival mode.

This conversation dives deep into memory reconsolidation, rewiring the brain, nervous system regulation, trauma healing, emotional healing, hypervigilance, food anxiety, perfectionism, self criticism, and subconscious fear patterns. If you’ve ever struggled with anxiety symptoms, nervous system dysregulation, chronic stress, fear of food, obsessive self improvement, or constantly trying to “fix yourself,” this episode will completely change how you see healing.

You’ll learn why traditional coping strategies and behavioral management often keep people stuck, how old implicit learnings shape your daily reactions, and how transformational healing happens through observation, curiosity, metacognition, and nervous system awareness instead of constant effort and control.

In this episode, you’ll discover:

How memory reconsolidation rewires old fear patterns

Why hypervigilance and perfectionism keep anxiety alive

The hidden connection between nervous system healing and emotional healing

Why food anxiety and symptom fear become stronger over time

The difference between transformational change vs counteractive coping

How implicit learning shapes your emotions, behaviors, and body sensations

Why “fixing yourself” can secretly reinforce survival patterns

The 5-step process for rewiring old subconscious patterns

How to stop managing fear and start living fully again

Why observing yourself with curiosity creates lasting nervous system regulation

This episode is packed with insights on memory reconsolidation, nervous system healing, trauma recovery, emotional regulation, neuroplasticity, subconscious programming, metacognition, and transformational healing. If you’re interested in brain rewiring, somatic healing, anxiety recovery, emotional resilience, or healing chronic fear patterns, this conversation is a must-watch.

🎙️ Connect with Trisha Wolfe:

🌐 https://www.trishawolfe.substack.com

🌐 https://www.cbustherapy.com

📱 Instagram & TikTok: @thetrishawolfe

If this episode helped you better understand anxiety, nervous system healing, memory reconsolidation, or emotional healing, leave a comment and share your biggest takeaway.

🎯 Discover Your Nervous System State:

Take the quiz to discover your primary nervous system pattern and learn whether your reactions come from intuition vs trauma or nervous system dysregulation.

👉 https://mitch-webb.involve.me/nervous-system-state-quiz

👉 Connect With Mitch Webb:

Website: https://mitchwebb.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mitch.webb.503/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kmitchwebb/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kmitchwebb/

What if what you call intuition is actually trauma?

In this powerful Rooted Conversations episode, somatic coach Selden Beylouni and nervous system expert Mitch Webb explore the hidden difference between intuition vs trauma and why confusing intuition vs trauma can affect relationships, emotional safety, and healing progress. Many people mistake attachment wounds relationships patterns and trauma responses relationships signals for intuition, especially during emotionally intense connection experiences.

Understanding intuition vs trauma helps you recognize when your nervous system is reacting from past conditioning instead of present awareness. This conversation explains how nervous system healing, somatic healing, and attachment wounds relationships work together to shape attraction, decision making, and emotional regulation.

In this episode you will learn:

-How to recognize intuition vs trauma in relationships

-Why attachment wounds relationships feel like intuition signals

-What functional freeze trauma looks like in everyday life

-How nervous system healing restores clarity and self trust

-Why masculine vs feminine healing differences matter

-How trauma responses relationships patterns affect attraction

-How high performers enter collapse after chronic stress

-How somatic healing rebuilds emotional resilience

-Why adrenaline chemistry is not intuition

-How to develop authentic intuition through nervous system healing

If you are working on nervous system healing, somatic healing, trauma recovery, or attachment wounds relationships patterns, this episode will help you clearly understand the difference between intuition vs trauma and how to reconnect with your real inner guidance.

About the Guest:

Selden Beylouni is a somatic coach and nervous system expert specializing in trauma healing, dissociation recovery, functional freeze trauma, and intuitive development through somatic healing and nervous system regulation work.

Website: https://www.seldenintegrativehealing.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/seldenintegrativehealing

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/somatic_intuitive

Discover Your Nervous System State:

Take the quiz to discover your primary nervous system pattern and learn whether your reactions come from intuition vs trauma or nervous system dysregulation.

👉 https://mitch-webb.involve.me/nervous-system-state-quiz

After completing the quiz you will receive personalized results, a guided explanation video, a practice exercise, and resources for nervous system healing.

Connect With Mitch Webb:

Website: https://mitchwebb.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mitch.webb.503/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kmitchwebb/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kmitchwebb/

Is anxiety really caused by fear or do blocked emotions cause anxiety stored in the body?

In this powerful conversation with Dr David Mickel, we explore how anxiety symptoms, chronic fatigue, burnout, and unexplained health issues are often signals from the nervous system linked to suppressed emotions like anger, grief, and boredom. Many people don’t realize that blocked emotions cause anxiety, emotional stress symptoms, and long-term fatigue patterns in the body.

This interview explains why anxiety is not always fear, how suppressed emotions affect the nervous system, and how emotional stress stored in the body can create chronic fatigue symptoms, burnout symptoms, and psychosomatic illness patterns.

Understanding how blocked emotions cause anxiety can completely change how you approach healing, nervous system regulation, and recovery from stress-related symptoms.

Inside this video:

why blocked emotions cause anxiety instead of fear

emotional causes of chronic fatigue syndrome

suppressed emotions stored in the nervous system

burnout emotional stress symptoms explained

mind body connection anxiety explained clearly

anxiety symptoms as signals from the body

emotional suppression and physical illness link

how Mickel Therapy restores energy naturally

If you experience anxiety symptoms, chronic fatigue symptoms, burnout recovery challenges, or nervous system dysregulation, learning how blocked emotions cause anxiety may help you finally understand what your body is trying to communicate.

About the Guest: Dr David Mickel:

Dr David Mickel is a medical doctor and the founder of Mickel Therapy, a body-based approach designed to help people recover from anxiety, chronic fatigue, burnout, and Long Covid by addressing suppressed emotions and unresolved emotional stress patterns stored in the body.

With over 25 years of clinical experience, he teaches how emotional stress symptoms appear as physical illness and explains why many chronic symptoms are intelligent communication from the nervous system rather than medical malfunction.

Through Mickel Therapy, thousands of people have learned how releasing suppressed emotions reduces anxiety symptoms naturally and restores long-term energy and resilience.

Connect With Dr David Mickel:

https://www.mickeltherapy.com

https://www.youtube.com/@MickelTherapy-OfficialSite-m6v

https://www.instagram.com/mickeltherapy

Discover Your Nervous System State:

Take this simple quiz to identify your primary nervous system pattern and receive personalized healing resources:

👉 https://mitch-webb.involve.me/nervous-system-state-quiz

Connect With Mitch Webb:

Website: https://mitchwebb.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mitch.webb.503/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kmitchwebb/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kmitchwebb/

Are you struggling to conceive and wondering how stress affects fertility? In this deep conversation, we explain the stress fertility loop, how chronic stress disrupts hormones, and why nervous system regulation for fertility may be the missing key to improving pregnancy chances naturally.

Many women dealing with PCOS fertility challenges, hormone imbalance, insulin resistance, or irregular cycles don’t realize how strongly the nervous system impacts reproductive health. Understanding the stress fertility loop helps explain how emotional stress, survival mode, and hormonal dysregulation can block ovulation and delay conception.

You’ll learn:

What the stress fertility loop is and how it blocks pregnancy naturally

How stress affects fertility hormones and ovulation

Nervous system regulation for fertility success

PCOS fertility and insulin resistance connection

Lifestyle changes to improve fertility naturally

Emotional stress and fertility in couples

Practical ways to reset the stress fertility loop

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Stress Fertility Loop Regulating the Nervous System for Hormonal Harmony

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Discover Your Nervous System State:

Take this short guided quiz to identify your primary nervous system pattern and receive personalized support resources: https://mitch-webb.involve.me/nervous-system-state-quiz

Connect With Mitch Webb:

Website: https://mitchwebb.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mitch.webb.503/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kmitchwebb/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kmitchwebb/

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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/holistic.hormones.pharmacist.

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/dramipharmacist.

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCw2JGO_sw7hTUucS6npxoWw.

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Struggling with your child not sleeping, bedtime resistance, or constant night waking? The real issue might not be your routine—it could be your child’s nervous system.

In this episode, we explore how nervous system regulation impacts sleep and why so many parents miss the deeper signs behind sleep struggles. If your child fights sleep, wakes between 2–4 AM, or seems anxious at night, this conversation will help you understand what’s really going on—and how to support better sleep naturally.

You’ll learn how emotional safety, stress, and parent energy all play a role in your child’s sleep patterns, along with simple, practical ways to create a calmer bedtime experience without force or frustration.

⏱ Chapters

00:00 Why sleep struggles aren’t just about routine

03:12 How parent stress affects your child’s sleep

05:25 The role of safety in falling asleep

08:20 Creating a calm “yes space” for better sleep

12:22 Building predictable sleep cues

19:26 Simple calming techniques for bedtime

23:03 Why overthinking disrupts sleep cycles

31:38 Morning habits that improve sleep

34:31 Grounding your child before bed

55:44 Tools for easing night anxiety

About Irene Gouge:

Irene Gouge is a Certified Gentle Sleep Coach, Postpartum Doula, and Infant Feeding Specialist with Loving Lessons Sleep Solutions. Since 2011, she has supported overwhelmed parents of newborns through school-aged children using holistic, respectful, and evidence-informed sleep coaching strategies.

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🎯 Discover Your Nervous System State:

Take this free quiz to identify your current nervous system pattern and receive personalized guidance for improving nervous system regulation and sleep:

👉 https://mitch-webb.involve.me/nervous-system-state-quiz

Connect With Mitch Webb

Website: https://mitchwebb.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mitch.webb.503/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kmitchwebb/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kmitchwebb/

Many people struggle with anxiety, emotional triggers, people pleasing, and relationship stress without realizing that the real cause may be nervous system dysregulation. In this powerful conversation, nervous system educator and somatic coach Britt Laxton explains how nervous system regulation can transform trauma healing and emotional regulation.

When the nervous system becomes stuck in survival mode because of trauma or developmental trauma, the body begins to react with anxiety, fear, shame, overthinking, and emotional shutdown. Learning about nervous system regulation helps people understand why these patterns happen and how trauma is often stored in the body.

Through somatic awareness and nervous system healing, it becomes possible to break survival patterns and develop emotional balance, safety, and healthier relationships.

What You Will Learn In This Video

What nervous system regulation really means

Why trauma gets stored in the body

How survival mode controls emotions and behavior

The connection between trauma and emotional regulation

How somatic healing helps regulate the nervous system

Why understanding your nervous system helps healing

About Britt Laxton:

Britt Laxton is a nervous system educator and somatic coach who helps women break unhealthy cycles, regulate their nervous system, heal trauma, and build emotional regulation.

Website: https://brittlaxton.com/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@brittlaxton555

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brittlaxton/

Discover Your Nervous System State:

Take the quiz to discover your primary nervous system state through simple multiple choice questions.

Once you complete it, you will receive personalized results along with free resources including an explanation video, a practice exercise, and an invitation to work with Mitch.

👉 Quiz Link: https://mitch-webb.involve.me/nervous-system-state-quiz

Connect With Mitch Webb:

Website: https://mitchwebb.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mitch.webb.503/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kmitchwebb/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kmitchwebb/