Dr Aimie Apigian is a double board-certified physician in preventive and addiction medicine with master’s degrees in biochemistry and public health.

Beyond her foundational medical training, she is also a functional medicine physician with specialized training in neuro-autoimmunity, nutrition, and genetics for addictions, mental health, mood, and behavioral disorders.

Her extensive training in trauma therapies, including the Instinctual Trauma Response Model, Somatic Experiencing, NeuroAffective Touch, and Sociometric Relational Trauma Repair, have formed her knowledge and services in trauma, attachment, and addiction medicine, focusing on trauma at a cellular level.

Her USA Today and Amazon best-selling book The Biology of Trauma: how the body holds fear, pain and overwhelm and how to heal it is available now.

Timestamps (may vary 2-4 minutes based on your podcast platform)

03:01 Introduction to Trauma and Healing
05:55 Understanding Trauma vs. Stress
09:00 Capacity and Trauma Responses
11:59 Navigating the Healing Journey
14:48 Acute vs. Chronic Trauma
17:47 The Biology of Trauma
20:32 Creating a Sense of Safety
23:53 The Loop of Stress and Overwhelm
26:28 Finding Calm and Aliveness
29:49 The Role of Emotional Literacy
32:33 Micro Moments of Safety

The Biology of Trauma book:

https://www.amazon.ie/Biology-Trauma-Body-Holds-Overwhelm/dp/1637746237/ref=asc_df_1637746237?language=en_IE&mcid=23cabbc4926137ad953a7630d7753b0e&tag=ieshopgode-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=743331779725&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=8769390994613108495&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1007877&hvtargid=pla-2335066486041&psc=1&language=en_IE&gad_source=1

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