126: Rebuilding Your Health, Faith, and Life After Trauma

<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">Sometimes the symptoms we’re trying to silence are actually asking us to pay attention. In this episode, Dr. Jen Hewson, doctor of natural medicine, ordained minister, author, and trauma survivor, explores the connection between our physical health, nervous system, emotions, relationships, and spiritual lives.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">Drawing from her own journey, Dr. Jen shares how years spent in survival mode can shape the way we feel, think, respond, and care for ourselves. Together, we discuss learning to recognize the difference between intuition and hypervigilance, quieting the body so we can hear ourselves more clearly, and finding compassion for the choices we once made simply to survive.</span></p><p><br></p><p><strong style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">What You'll Learn</strong></p><ul><li><span style="background-color: transparent;">How prolonged stress and survival mode can affect the body, nervous system, and emotional well-being</span></li><li><span style="background-color: transparent;">Why physical symptoms may be worth exploring as part of a larger whole-person picture</span></li><li><span style="background-color: transparent;">How to begin distinguishing between intuition and a nervous system that is operating on high alert</span></li><li><span style="background-color: transparent;">Why some behaviors we judge ourselves for may have developed as ways of coping or surviving</span></li><li><span style="background-color: transparent;">How forgiveness can unfold in layers and help us release patterns rooted in past pain</span></li></ul><p><br></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">Get Dr. Jen’s free “Your Gut Is Trying to Tell You Something” guide: </span><a href="https://guide.takebackyourhealth.ca/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent;">https://guide.takebackyourhealth.ca/</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">&nbsp;</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">Subscribe to Dr. Jen on YouTube: </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@SiftingLifePodcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent;">https://www.youtube.com/@SiftingLifePodcast</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">&nbsp;</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">Listen to the Sifting Life podcast: </span><a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/1bc8CeLwm5TzeQe5fRXwYd?si=qHbCbaBGSNaRLdQVcZCfOg&amp;nd=1&amp;dlsi=763c6f75a55c4593" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent;">https://open.spotify.com/show/1bc8CeLwm5TzeQe5fRXwYd?si=qHbCbaBGSNaRLdQVcZCfOg&amp;nd=1&amp;dlsi=763c6f75a55c4593</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">Follow Dr. Jen on Instagram: </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/takebackyourhealthwithdrjen/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent;">https://www.instagram.com/takebackyourhealthwithdrjen/</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">&nbsp;</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">Connect with Dr. Jen on Facebook: </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com//takebackyourhealthwithjen" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent;">https://www.facebook.com//takebackyourhealthwithjen</a></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">Follow along on TikTok: </span><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@askdrjenhe