(Mental Health Mini-Series | The Ropana Podcast x Cognitome Program)Ever felt your heart race before a conversation, your chest tighten after bad news, or your stomach churn with worry, even when your mind insists you’re fine?That’s not overreacting. That’s your nervous system remembering.In this deeply grounding and eye-opening episode, I sit down once again with Dr. Mohita Shrivastava, neuroscientist and founder of Cognitome, to decode the science of emotional overwhelm and trauma, and how healing truly begins in the body long before the mind catches up.We often say emotions are “in your head,” but neuroscience tells a different story, one that runs through your vagus nerve, gut, heartbeat, and breath. This conversation uncovers what’s really happening when your body goes into overdrive and why healing isn’t just a mental process, it’s a neural, physiological, and deeply human one.Highlights you don’t want to miss:The real-time science behind why your body reacts before your brain does.Why trauma feels “stuck” and how sensory memories, a smell, a tone, a place, can reignite buried emotions.How early life stress literally wires your nervous system for hypervigilance, and how neuroplasticity helps rewrite those patterns.The bridge between emotional safety and biology, because your body really does keep the score.And finally, science-backed ways to calm the body when emotions feel too big to think through.This isn’t a clinical lecture; it’s an invitation to understand your reactions, rebuild trust with your body, and find hope in healing’s complexity.💡 Bonus for listeners:Once you’ve listened, dive deeper with a set of exclusive articles by Dr. Mohita Shrivastava. They serve as perfect companion reads to bridge science with everyday experience.- What toxic positivity can do to you and how to tackle it?- 8 mental health tips to protect yourself against gaslighting.

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