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Episode 51, Season 2: How Trauma Lives in the Mind & Body — And Shapes Your Relationships
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Trauma doesn’t just live in the mind — it lives in the body, nervous system, and the relationship patterns we carry into everyday life. In the newest episode of The Dr. Sarah Hensley Show, host Dr. Sarah Hensley and co-host Raina Butcher explore how unresolved trauma, childhood wounds, emotional neglect, abandonment, chronic stress, and painful relationship experiences become stored in both the brain and body, shaping the way we think, feel, communicate, and connect with others. They discuss how trauma responses like anxiety, emotional shutdown, hypervigilance, people-pleasing, fear of abandonment, and avoidant behaviors can silently impact emotional intimacy, trust, conflict, and…