The Physiological Connection Between Trauma, Digestive Issues, and the Vagus Nerve with Miriam Jacobson
Episode description
Happy Satiated Saturday!
As many of you know, this Somatic Eating® journey all started for me when I began to have severe digestive issues in my teenage years and early 20's.
During that time, I was doing everything I could. I explored Ayurveda, cleansing, detoxing, the GAPS diet, the low FODMAP diet, I cut out gluten and dairy, and while some of these things helped or at least taught me something about my body, the digestive issues continued. It wasn't until I started somatic therapy that things began to change. As I came to terms with what I grew up around was traumatic, I had more compassion for my body and my digestive issues that were my body's way of telling me all along it didn't feel safe. What I have seen is that somatics, trauma work, and nervous system healing are missing pieces on a digestive and food healing adventure
In this week's Satiated Podcast episode, I chat with Miriam Jacobson, triple board-certified functional medicine dietitian, breathwork facilitator, and the founder of Every Body Bliss about:
- The connection between digestive issues and trauma
- The impact of trauma on the vagus nerve
- How to support your vagus nerve
- How our pace and environment can affect the function of our digestive tract
- The importance of tears when healing
You can also read the transcript to this week’s episode here: https://www.stephaniemara.com/blog/trauma-digestive-issues-and-the-vagus-nerve
With Compassion and Empathy,
Stephanie Mara Fox
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