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Rebuilding Your Health, Faith, and Life After Trauma

What You’ll Learn

How prolonged stress and survival mode can affect the body, nervous system, and emotional well-being
Why physical symptoms may be worth exploring as part of a larger whole-person picture
How to begin distinguishing between intuition and a nervous system that is operating on high alert
Why some behaviors we judge ourselves for may have developed as ways of coping or surviving
How forgiveness can unfold in layers and help us release patterns rooted in past pain

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.

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.

About Dr. Jen Hewson:

Dr. Jen Hewson is a doctor of natural medicine, ordained minister, author, speaker, trauma survivor, and founder of Take Back Your Health and Sifting Life Ministries. Drawing from both her professional training and her personal journey through childhood trauma, cancer, and rebuilding her health, Dr. Jen helps others explore the connections between their physical symptoms, emotional experiences, thought patterns, relationships, and spiritual well-being.

Get Dr. Jen’s free “Your Gut Is Trying to Tell You Something” guide: https://guide.takebackyourhealth.ca/

Subscribe to Dr. Jen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SiftingLifePodcast

Listen to the Sifting Life podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/1bc8CeLwm5TzeQe5fRXwYd?si=qHbCbaBGSNaRLdQVcZCfOg&nd=1&dlsi=763c6f75a55c4593
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