513: BioEmotional Healing and Rewiring the Nervous System | Ashleigh DiLello

About this episode

Michelle Chalfant interviews Ashleigh DiLello about BioEmotional Healing and the impact of the nervous system on chronic pain and trauma.

In this episode, I'm joined by Ashleigh DiLello, the founder and creator of BioEmotional Healing, for a powerful conversation about the brain, body, nervous system, chronic pain, trauma, and what it really takes to heal. Ashleigh shares her incredible story of becoming severely ill at just 13 years old, living between life and death for years, and eventually finding her way back to health, dance, and life. After building a successful career as a professional dancer, TV and Broadway performer, wife, and mother, she faced another life-altering health crisis after a failed hip surgery launched her body into chronic pain. We talk about how the nervous system stores our life experiences, why stress responses can show up as anxiety, perfectionism, chronic pain, autoimmune issues, gut issues, and other symptoms, and why regulating the nervous system is only part of the healing process. Key Takeaways The brain-body connection plays a major role in chronic pain, trauma, anxiety, and healing Long-term survival mode can become familiar to the nervous system, even after the original threat is gone Stress responses can show up in many ways, including pain, anxiety, perfectionism, depression…

People in this episode

Host: Michelle Chalfant

Guest: Ashleigh DiLello

Topics covered

• BioEmotional Healing
• nervous system
• chronic pain
• trauma
• healing
• self-compassion

Keywords

• BioEmotional Healing
• nervous system
• chronic pain
• trauma
• self-compassion
• anxiety
• healing

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