Healing Is A Choice: Choose Life with Lauren Starnes
About this episode
Amy Watson discusses trauma and healing with Lauren Starnes, focusing on the impact of PTSD and chronic stress.
Send us Fan Mail One sentence can split your life into before and after: “If you keep doing what you’re doing, you will die.” That’s the moment Amy Watson remembers from a visit with Lauren Starns, a medically trained physician assistant turned nervous system specialist, and it becomes the doorway into a deeper conversation about trauma, the body, and what it really takes to get free. We talk about why so many high-functioning people with PTSD, chronic stress, and burnout live in their heads...
People in this episode
Host: Amy Watson
Guest: Lauren Starnes
Topics covered
- healing
- trauma
- PTSD
- nervous system
- chronic stress
- burnout
Keywords
- healing
- trauma
- PTSD
- nervous system
- chronic stress
- burnout
- mental health
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Organizations: Wednesdays With Watson
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