From Defense to Safety: The Physiology of Reconnection
Threat narrows us. Safety widens us. This piece explains the physiology of defense vs. connection and offers gentle, trauma-informed cues to help the body remember safety.
Evidence-informed, soul-rooted practices to calm the nervous system, improve sleep and digestion, and rebuild trust in your body… one small habit at a time.
Threat narrows us. Safety widens us. This piece explains the physiology of defense vs. connection and offers gentle, trauma-informed cues to help the body remember safety.
When your body rests in safety, fasting can be a gentle reset. This piece offers trauma-informed basics… signals, timing options, and small practices to steady the system.
When your body remembers safety, the mind steadies. This piece shares gentle, science-grounded tools… orienting, soft gaze, longer exhales, and tiny movements… to help you recalibrate.
Your gut listens to emotion. This piece explains how states of safety vs. stress shape motility, secretions, and microbial diversity through the gut–brain axis, and offers a gentle pre-meal reset to help the system settle.
A nuanced look at seed/vegetable oils: what they do in the body, when quality and heat matter, and gentle kitchen swaps for steadier metabolism.
A calm, simple guide to bone broth—how warmth, gelatin, and minerals can support gut comfort, immune balance, and nervous system ease, plus an easy recipe.
Not just one body part… pain lives in the nervous system, emotions, and energy. Simple practices to build safety and capacity.
Grass-fed, nutrient-dense beef can help rebuild energy and quiet inflammation. How to choose, cook, and use it daily for whole-body strength.
Sleep isn’t a willpower problem… it’s a safety signal. Calm the nervous system with light, breath, warmth, and rhythm so rest can return.
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