Dr. Will Cole

You're not gonna get them better if you ignore it. So I think that as a clinician, it just was compulsive because it was so obvious. We're talking about things like unresolved trauma as a kid and chronic stress in your present life or both.

You're not gonna get them better if you ignore it. So I think that as a clinician, it just was compulsive because it was so obvious. We're talking about things like unresolved trauma as a kid and chronic stress in your present life or both.

You're not gonna get them better if you ignore it. So I think that as a clinician, it just was compulsive because it was so obvious. We're talking about things like unresolved trauma as a kid and chronic stress in your present life or both.

And how, when you look at the research around the ACE questionnaire, the adverse childhood events or experiences, we have every telehealth patient fill that out. And we're talking about like really heavy stuff, like sexual abuse growing up and physical abuse growing up, neglect growing up.

And how, when you look at the research around the ACE questionnaire, the adverse childhood events or experiences, we have every telehealth patient fill that out. And we're talking about like really heavy stuff, like sexual abuse growing up and physical abuse growing up, neglect growing up.

And how, when you look at the research around the ACE questionnaire, the adverse childhood events or experiences, we have every telehealth patient fill that out. And we're talking about like really heavy stuff, like sexual abuse growing up and physical abuse growing up, neglect growing up.

substance abuse growing up what's your parents relationship growing up and the higher your a score you're more likely to have these autoimmune issues or metabolic problems or you know um obviously mental health issues so it's a piece of the puzzle these mental emotional spirit spiritual or the feelings part of gut feelings impacts the physical health so much so it's it's part of what dysregulates so as we're talking about environmental toxins

substance abuse growing up what's your parents relationship growing up and the higher your a score you're more likely to have these autoimmune issues or metabolic problems or you know um obviously mental health issues so it's a piece of the puzzle these mental emotional spirit spiritual or the feelings part of gut feelings impacts the physical health so much so it's it's part of what dysregulates so as we're talking about environmental toxins

substance abuse growing up what's your parents relationship growing up and the higher your a score you're more likely to have these autoimmune issues or metabolic problems or you know um obviously mental health issues so it's a piece of the puzzle these mental emotional spirit spiritual or the feelings part of gut feelings impacts the physical health so much so it's it's part of what dysregulates so as we're talking about environmental toxins

We have to look at these emotional toxins too that are stored in our body. So it's an essential part of healing for many people.

We have to look at these emotional toxins too that are stored in our body. So it's an essential part of healing for many people.

We have to look at these emotional toxins too that are stored in our body. So it's an essential part of healing for many people.

Yeah, exactly. The body has a memory, so it's living out the past as if it's still happening to some degree. So the autonomic nervous system, again, simplistic way of describing it, but you have the sympathetic, the fight or flight or freeze or fawn, that sort of hypervigilant response, you're being threatened, right? That's the sympathetic and the parasympathetic, that resting, digesting state.

Yeah, exactly. The body has a memory, so it's living out the past as if it's still happening to some degree. So the autonomic nervous system, again, simplistic way of describing it, but you have the sympathetic, the fight or flight or freeze or fawn, that sort of hypervigilant response, you're being threatened, right? That's the sympathetic and the parasympathetic, that resting, digesting state.

Yeah, exactly. The body has a memory, so it's living out the past as if it's still happening to some degree. So the autonomic nervous system, again, simplistic way of describing it, but you have the sympathetic, the fight or flight or freeze or fawn, that sort of hypervigilant response, you're being threatened, right? That's the sympathetic and the parasympathetic, that resting, digesting state.

Most people, that seesaw is out of balance. Like sympathetic is overactive and the parasympathetic is underactive. What's governing that parasympathetic is the vagus nerve. So people have, researchers will refer to as poor vagal tone. It's a weak vagus nerve.

Most people, that seesaw is out of balance. Like sympathetic is overactive and the parasympathetic is underactive. What's governing that parasympathetic is the vagus nerve. So people have, researchers will refer to as poor vagal tone. It's a weak vagus nerve.

Most people, that seesaw is out of balance. Like sympathetic is overactive and the parasympathetic is underactive. What's governing that parasympathetic is the vagus nerve. So people have, researchers will refer to as poor vagal tone. It's a weak vagus nerve.

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