It’s Not Just Stress (How Trauma and Your Gut Keep You Stuck) with Cynthia Thurlow | Emotional Dysregulation | E400
About this episode
The episode discusses how trauma and gut health contribute to emotional dysregulation and chronic stress.
Still feeling stuck despite doing all the right things? Discover how trauma and your gut keep you stuck in stress mode—and what your body needs to heal. With Dr. Roseann Capanna-Hodge, expert in Regulation First Parenting™, learn how calming dysregulation creates lasting change. When your nervous system has been under chronic stress—whether from childhood experiences or ongoing life demands—it adapts to survive. That can leave you living in a constant state of fight, flight, freeze, or fawn , even when life looks “fine” on the outside. This episode uncovers a powerful truth: it’s not just stress. It’s the deeper connection between trauma, hormones, and gut health that can keep you stuck in a cycle of dysregulation. Why can’t my body settle down? When your nervous system has been under chronic stress—whether from childhood experiences or ongoing life demands—it adapts to survive. That can leave you living in a constant state of fight, flight, freeze, or fawn , even when life looks “fine” on the outside. This isn’t a mindset issue. It’s a body-based response. And over time, that dysregulation doesn’t just affect emotions—it impacts your gut, immune system, and hormones , too. Does…
People in this episode
Host: Dr. Roseann Capanna Hodge
Guest: Cynthia Thurlow
Topics covered
- trauma
- gut health
- emotional dysregulation
- chronic stress
- parenting
Keywords
- trauma
- gut health
- emotional dysregulation
- chronic stress
- parenting
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