Grief and Gut Health: Is It Just Emotional or Something More? | Dr. Aimie Apigian

Описание: "Your gut cannot hold grief and regret and stay a healthy gut. It's impossible, and it's impossible to have gut issues and to not feel grief and regret." – Dr. Aimie
Grief isn't just an emotional process, it's a biological experience that can deeply disrupt your gut health, nervous system, and overall well-being. In this episode, Dr. Aimie explores the gut-brain axis and how emotional trauma like grief gets stored in the body, often leading to digestive issues and nervous system dysregulation.
Discover how grief affects the vagus nerve, diaphragm function, and the enteric nervous system—your body's "second brain." Learn why doctors often overlook the link between trauma and the gut, and how somatic healing offers a powerful, holistic approach to recovery.
In this episode, you'll learn:
How the vagus nerve connects grief and gut health
The 3 most difficult types of grief to process: attachment grief, absent grief, and heart shock grief
How unprocessed grief disrupts diaphragm function and the digestive system
The difference between being stuck in grief vs. actively grieving
How grief contributes to inflammation and pressure in gut health
How your gut and brain work together to process emotional trauma
Whether you're a practitioner or on your own healing journey, this episode sheds light on the mind-body connection, offering a holistic healing perspective on grief, trauma, and gut health.

[08:00] The three hardest types of grief to process
[12:00] Dr. Aimie's personal story about grief and adoption trauma
[18:00] How grief affects the diaphragm and breathing
[22:00] The gut-brain connection and vagus nerve impact
[28:00] How early medical trauma and separation can create lasting gut-health issues
[30:00] The difference between grief vs. grieving (remapping relationships)

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Related Podcast Episodes:
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Episode 89: Tapping, EFT and Energetic Boundaries For Inner Child and Gut Issues with Jennifer Partridge →
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