Maladaptive stress responses can impair your body's ability to detox. Your nervous system has a major impact on your capacity for self-healing and detoxification.

In this episode, Alex Howard dives into the impact of stress on your body's detox capacity. He sheds light on the cell danger response and its influence on our ability to detox effectively. This isn't your typical detox advice – it's a holistic approach that could change everything for you.

Listen now and start to detox once and for all!

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Show Notes

The body's mitochondria shift their focus to danger signaling in the presence of threats, which is a possible cause of why no healing interventions seem to be working. It's not just about meditation and mindfulness; it's about recognizing, examining, stopping, dealing with emotions, and transforming your relationship with yourself and the world.

Chronic Stress and Detox

Chronic stress can hinder the body's detoxification processes, leading to fatigue and other chronic conditions. Understanding how stress impacts detox can help you identify areas for improvement in your health and well-being. Addressing chronic stress is essential for optimizing your body's detox capacity and overall health.

Mitochondria and Stress Management

The body's mitochondria play a crucial role in energy production but also have a major role to play in danger signaling under stress, affecting the detox processes. Managing stress effectively can help improve and maintain the mitochondria's optimal function for detoxification.

Strategies for Natural Detoxification

Developing awareness of triggers and actively addressing patterns can enhance your body's ability to naturally detoxify. Meditation, mindfulness, and emotional trauma work are powerful tools for calming the nervous system and supporting detox processes. Implementing accessible resources like Tai Chi and Qigong can aid in self-regulation to improve your detox capacity and emotional well-being.

Listen now and start to detox once and for all!

Guest Bio

Alex Howard is CEO of the Alex Howard Group, an international group of organisations which includes leading clinic The Optimum Health Clinic, online learning platform Conscious Life, online coaching program the RESET Program, and professional training programs Therapeutic Coaching and Therapeutic Nutrition.

Alex is passionate about making physical and emotional healing accessible to everyone, and in the last few years, his Super Conference series has been attended by over 1 million people. Since March 2020, Alex has also been documenting his therapeutic work with real-life patients via his In Therapy with Alex Howard YouTube series.

Links

https://www.alexhoward.com/

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• Manage Stress and Become Resilient, with Dr. Stephen Sideroff

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• How Stress Wreaks Havoc on Your Thyroid (And What You Can Do About It), with Dr. Bindiya Gandhi