Sara Davidson on Healing Trauma: How the Body Remembers and Recovers

Sara Davidson on Healing Trauma: How the Body Remembers and Recovers

From What She Said! by Candace Sampson

June 13, 2025 · 23 min

About this episode

Sara Davidson discusses her experiences with trauma and shares insights on healing and resilience.

Sara Davidson has survived more than most—an armed attack, a tsunami, a violent sexual assault, and postpartum trauma—and somehow, she’s found a way not just to live, but to help others heal. In this episode, we talk about how trauma lives in the body, what real resilience looks like, and why healing often begins before we’re ready to talk.Sara is a registered psychotherapist and author of Any Body Can Heal, a memoir and guide for anyone navigating life after trauma. She shares practical tools to regulate the nervous system, how to build embodied safety, and what it means to create community-based healing—especially for those without access to traditional support.Whether you’ve been through trauma yourself or love someone who has, this conversation will stay with you. Topics we cover: What it means when we say trauma lives in the body The physical signs of unresolved pain How healing can begin even without talking The difference between surviving and recovering How to show up for young people who are struggling Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Candace Sampson

Guest: Sara Davidson

Topics covered

  • healing trauma
  • resilience
  • nervous system regulation
  • community-based healing
  • surviving vs recovering
  • support for young people

Keywords

  • trauma
  • healing
  • resilience
  • psychotherapy
  • nervous system
  • community support
  • postpartum trauma

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Any Body Can Heal

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