Do you ever wonder what your body is keeping score of?
So many of us carry tension, anxiety, exhaustion, and trauma in our bodies without fully understanding where it’s coming from or how to manage the symptoms. We try to think our way out of it — and end up feeling even more frustrated when that doesn’t work. Or we don’t know where to start and just hope it will eventually “be fine.”
Why does stress linger? Why do emotions feel stuck? Why does your body react before your mind can explain it — even when you’ve “moved on”?
In this episode, I sit down with Lauren Hatchett, founder of Yoga With Lo and a trauma-informed yoga teacher who helps simplify trauma physiology and mental health in a way that actually makes sense.
Lauren explains how trauma doesn’t just live in the mind — it shows up physically in the body. Certain muscles respond to specific emotions, and when those emotions aren’t processed, the body holds onto them. We talk about not only how this happens, but how to safely work those emotions out of the body.
We discuss how trauma, stress, and emotion are stored in the nervous system, how the body learns to protect you, and why healing is most effective when it includes both mental and physical processing — this is the often-missing physical side of healing.
Lauren breaks down: • how stress and trauma show up physically • why your body reacts before your thoughts do • what trauma-informed healing actually means • how movement supports emotional regulation • and how to work with your body instead of fighting it
If you’ve ever felt like your body is trying to tell you something — but you don’t know how to listen — this conversation is for you.