EPISODE 40 - When Trauma Lives in the Body: Why Healing Feels So Hard (Featuring Jamie Gahagan)

About this episode

Kylie Angel and Jamie Gahagan discuss the impact of trauma on the body and the challenges of the healing process.

In this episode, I sit down with Jamie Gahagan to talk about what trauma actually looks like when it shows up in the body, long after you think you've "moved on." We unpack survival mode, avoidance, why healing can feel worse before it feels better, and how trauma can quietly shape your identity without you realizing it. This is an honest, grounded conversation for anyone who feels stuck, overwhelmed, or confused by their healing journey and needs a reminder that they're not broken, and change is possible.

People in this episode

Host: Kylie Angel

Guest: Jamie Gahagan

Topics covered

• trauma
• healing
• survival mode
• identity
• mental health

Keywords

• trauma
• healing journey
• mental health
• survival mode
• identity
• avoidance

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