The Butterfly Event

Your Body Remembers Trauma | Healing with Somatic Experiencing


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Your body isn’t broken; it’s holding on to unfinished survival energy.
If you’ve ever been triggered by something as small as a sound, a smell, or a phrase and felt your heart race or your stomach twist, this episode is for you. Trauma isn’t “all in your head.” It lives in your nervous system until it’s released.
In this powerful conversation, I break down Somatic Experiencing, a groundbreaking body-based method developed by Dr. Peter Levine. Instead of reliving memories or “just talking about it,” this approach helps your body finally complete the stress cycle so you can feel safe, calm, and present again.
➡️ What you’ll learn:
✅ Why trauma gets trapped in the body (and not just the mind)
✅ How Somatic Experiencing gently discharges fight/flight/freeze energy
✅ Why traditional talk therapy often isn’t enough for trauma healing
✅ The role of body awareness, sensations, and grounding in recovery
✅ Real benefits: reduced PTSD symptoms, anxiety, chronic pain, and disassociation
✅ My personal journey with complex PTSD and how SE changed her life
⬇️ This episode will show you:
That you’re not broken. That your body is wise. That healing is absolutely possible when you work with your nervous system instead of against it.
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The Butterfly EventBy Heather M Hewett