Hypervigilance, Trauma & the Truth About Feeling Safe | With Cece Almazan

Heather McKean is joined by Mind Change intern Cece Almazan to share her remarkable healing journey from chronic illness, anxiety, PTSD, and autoimmune disease to discovering true inner safety. Together they explore how trauma shapes the nervous system, why healing happens in layers, and how learning to trust ourselves transforms our health, relationships, and lives.

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EPISODE TOPICS:

🧠 Welcome & introducing Cece Almazan (00:01:07)

🌿 Cece's long journey with chronic illness (00:03:07)

💊 Why nothing seemed to work (00:06:28)

📖 Discovering Mind Change (00:09:05)

💔 Trauma, abuse, and the body (00:09:55)

🔄 Why chronic illness mirrors childhood patterns (00:11:04)

🌱 The first signs of healing (00:15:16)

⚠️ Growing up in hypervigilance (00:18:40)

🛡️ What safety really meant before healing (00:25:19)