Getting Out of Fight or Flight: The Physiology of Safety (Solo Episode)

Getting Out of Fight or Flight: The Physiology of Safety (Solo Episode)

April 1, 2026 · 31 min · Episode 1042

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Katie Wells discusses the physiological aspects of chronic fight-or-flight responses and their impact on health.

Episode Highlights With Katie Why chronic fight-or-flight is not an emotional problem but a physiological state driven by your biologyHow the nervous system decides whether you’re safe or unsafe — often without your conscious awarenessThe specific ways stress, trauma, overwhelm, and modern life keep the body stuck in survival modeWhy you can’t heal digestion, hormones, immunity, energy, or inflammation until your body feels safeHow your brain, vagus nerve, mitochondria, and hormones respond w...

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