Why do we feel broken when we're sick and suffering? Why does help so often fall short—even when we've done everything "right"? Right questions. Wrong assumption. In UnBroken, physician and healer Karyn Shanks MD, radically reframes our suffering: The problem isn't us. The problem is how we've been taught to think of ourselves when we're the most vulnerable and in need.

That story of disconnection is not only false—it's traumatizing. Drawing on the sciences of human potential and wisdom gleaned from four decades of clinical experience and her own healing journey—Dr. Shanks shows us another way: You are not broken.

This book is for you if you:

Live with chronic illness, fatigue, or pain.

Have been dismissed by conventional medicine or told your body is wrong.

Are seeking root-cause healing, not quick fixes or rigid protocols.

Feel stuck in survival mode and want to find your way back to energy, flow, sturdiness.

Want to understand how trauma, story, and biology shape your health—and how to reclaim your power to change. Inside, you'll discover:

A trauma-informed framework for understanding suffering.

The 21st-century sciences of Directable Human Potential: epigenetics, neuroplasticity, core functional systems biology, and transformational psychology.

The three core Dynamic Healing Principles of the Human Body and the Terrain of Healing you'll use as your healing roadmap.

The Nine Unbroken Core Resilience Steppingstones to activate your healing through simple accessible practices.

How to decode the wisdom of your symptoms and suffering to unleash the vast untapped potential already inside you.

This is not a protocol.

It's a return: to your body, your wisdom, your sparkliest wholeness.