154: Somatic Healing: How to Heal Your Relationships By Healing Your Trauma | Diane Poole Heller PhD

154: Somatic Healing: How to Heal Your Relationships By Healing Your Trauma | Diane Poole Heller PhD

From Reclamation Radio with Kelly Brogan MD by Kelly Brogan MD

April 7, 2026 · 1h 15m · Episode 154

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Dr. Diane Poole Heller discusses how somatic healing and attachment theory can transform relationships by addressing trauma stored in the body.

Get instant access to Kelly's Beauty Backroom here: KellyBroganMD.com Get your tickets to Kelly's live Audacious Embodiment weekend in Miami, FL here , AND Join Kelly's Beauty Backroom LIVE on 4/16 at 12 PM ET here . Early attachment might be damaging your relationships without you noticing it. There’s a reason insight alone doesn’t change your relationships, and it has everything to do with your body. You can understand your patterns, name your attachment style, and still feel unable to respond differently when it matters most. That gap between knowing and doing is where somatic healing, attachment theory, and nervous system regulation start to make sense in a lived way. Dr. Diane Poole Heller, a pioneer in somatic psychology and attachment work, discusses why trauma doesn’t just live in memory, but in physiology. She shares how early relational imprints shape everything from emotional regulation to intimacy, and why those patterns can change when the body is included in the process. We also unpack what actually builds secure attachment, why repair is more important than perfection, and how unresolved trauma shows up as disconnection, overwhelm, or withdrawal. This conversation…

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