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HYDRATE with Tracy DuhsAuthor: Tracy Duhs
Welcome to the Hydrate Podcast with Tracy Duhs, your bioharmonizing bestie for simplifying wellness. Tracy, an experienced advisor in the bio energetic space, merges science with simplicity to offer clear, actionable strategies that make optimizing your health both accessible. Say goodbye to the complexities of biohackingTracy's approach to bioharmonizing provides practical solutions to enhance your well-being without the overwhelm. Tune in to Hydrate and learn how to achieve a balanced, healthy lifestyle with ease and clarity. Language: en Genres: Alternative Health, Health & Fitness Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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Why Trauma Lives in Your Body, Not Your Memories | Britt Piper
Friday, 24 April, 2026
Do you feel like no matter what you try, your body just won't let go of something? Like it's stuck in a loop you can't think your way out of?This week I sat down with Britt Piper, somatic therapist and author of Body First Healing — someone who's lived every layer of this work. Taken from her mother at birth, she lost her brother at 15, survived a brutal assault at 20, and ended up in a jail cell at 22 — where, stripped of every distraction, her body started shaking, sweating, and crying on its own. She walked out feeling different. That was her turning point.Here's what blew my mind: Britt said alcohol wasn't her problem. It was her body's solution. A nervous system doing the only thing it knew to survive pain that had never been processed.She revealed that nervous system regulation has nothing to do with staying calm. A healthy nervous system moves between activation and rest about 100 times a day — and when you suppress that natural movement, unexpressed emotion builds like a pressure cooker of stress hormones, eventually showing up as chronic inflammation, autoimmune conditions, even disease.And she dropped something I haven't been able to stop thinking about: when you hold onto anger toward someone who hurt you, you're not putting them in a cage. You're putting yourself in one.After hearing this, you'll never look at your triggers — or your stuck feelings — the same way.What we talk about:Why trauma isn't what happened to you — it's where your body got stuck in the responseHow intergenerational trauma travels through your DNA for at least three generationsThe nervous system ladder and why fluctuating between states 100 times a day is actually healthyWhat happens in your body when you suppress anger, grief, or fear (hint: it doesn't disappear)The armor analogy — why we survive trauma and then forget to take the protection offWhy you literally cannot think your way into nervous system regulationThe 3E formula — Experience, Express, Expel — for discharging stored stress hormones in real timeWhy nervous system hacks won't stick if you're doing them from a place of self-hatredEpisode Links & Resources:Britt Piper's Website: https://www.bodyfirsthealing.com/Body First Healing Book: https://www.bodyfirsthealing.com/the-bookInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/healwithbritt/Connect with Tracy:Website: https://tracyduhs.com/Hydration Shop: https://sanctuarysd.com/Instagram: @tracyduhsFlow FAM Community: https://tracyduhs.com/join-flow-fam/
