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ABOUT the book
Many health-conscious and trauma-informed individuals seek deeper healing and inner peace—but feel stuck despite years of therapy or self-work. That’s because unresolved trauma often stays trapped in the body, leading to chronic stress, anxiety, and burnout.
Dr. Aimie Apigian, a board-certified physician and trauma expert, has helped tens of thousands break free from survival mode using her 3-phase Biology of Trauma Framework.
In The Biology of Trauma, she shares key insights and practical strategies to finally heal at the cellular level and restore balance to the nervous system.
This book will help you:
Heal trauma at the root—beyond mindset alone
Regulate your nervous system and restore emotional balance
Break free from fatigue, anxiety, and chronic stress for good
HEre's what practitioners are saying about
the biology of trauma
HEre's what practitioners are saying about the biology of trauma
“Going through the first year of professional training of the Biology of Trauma, by Dr. Aimie, has been an incredible learning experience and deepening of my understanding of Trauma, and the language of the Nervous System. I have been working with Trauma for over 20 years with cranio sacral therapy, therapeutic dialog, and somato emotional work. The depth of understanding Stress versus Trauma response, and the different nervous system states that we can be stuck in plus integrating the right language for the nervous system to regulate has been so profound for my own understanding and healing and for my patients. Now I have the language to teach them where they are and how to deal with certain situations of trauma response during treatment or in their life. This is so empowering for my patients, not needing to be afraid anymore of upcoming emotions or responses , but having tools and resources. The third pillar besides somatic work and parts work, looking into the Biology, was a new and such important overseen pillar. As a physical therapist and craniosacral therapist I was not taught to think about Biology. Now I can share information about it, and give the patients the knowledge to explore this part deeper with their physician.”
-Christiane Herskowitz
Trauma informed cranio sacral therapist/Physical Therapist
"As a life and trauma coach for foster parents, I’m so happy to have come in contact with the work of Dr. Aimie! The principles of (working with) the biology of trauma help me to guide my clients better in understanding the trauma’s and their impact on the lives of the foster children they raise. And help these children heal from it, so they don’t have to suffer a lifetime. Understanding and recognizing overwhelm and the different states of the nervous system ánd applying the tools for calming the system down, boost the capacity for having a better and more balanced life. The models, principles, tools and deeper knowledge make my work even more satisfying than it was before.”
-Eline Engelhart
Traumacoach, The Netherlands
“The Biology of Trauma principles and tools has been a game changer for me, both personally and professionally. On a personal level, Dr. Aimie's framework has helped me to reconnect with my body, and release patterns of overwhelm, perfectionism and self sabotage that I didn't know how to address in the past, as well as how to navigate the emotional complexity of being a mom and partner.
I feel like my heart has opened up after being closed down for a long time. On a professional level, the Biology of Trauma framework has helped me bring into focus the relationship between our bodies and our minds, and has provided me with the missing link to my previous training - the nervous system. While I've had years of training on how the body and mind work and work together, none have clearly explained the missing link - the nervous system.
The integration that Dr. Aimie has brought to my coaching practice has allowed me to feel confident in how I can impact real change with clients who are also struggling with being stuck in their own biological and psychological patterns. The tools and skills that I have learned from working with Dr. Aimie have helped me connect with my true self, and allow that part of me to be my internal leader. I am forever grateful!”
-Amber Campman
Integrative Health Coach; YT500
“Dr Aimie has brought awareness, understanding and simple effective ways for people to heal when all the “regular ways” haven’t seemed to work. This goes deep to the root causes, which hits the heart and calms the nervous system. Some of us are in pain, barely existing, with no energy. Some of us are full of anxiety and fight or flight, fueling up with coffee, energy drinks and adrenaline rushes. Others are avoiding life in video games, social media, work, studying, shopping, alcohol, drugs, ect…. It’s time to be honest and ask yourself if your body is healthy? If you’re ready for a different approach for yourself or your clients, it’s time to open your eyes and experience healing through the (trauma) lens of your own life. This information is truly a gift.”
-Danya Rios
Caregiver and Mom
“The Biology of Trauma framework offers an important perspective on how unresolved trauma impacts the body on a cellular level. Too often, trauma recovery overlooks the biological imprints of past experiences, leaving people caught in patterns of dysregulation despite their best efforts. These principles bridge that gap, integrating functional medicine with nervous system science in a way that makes deep healing possible. Understanding these connections has informed both my personal recovery and my work as a somatic trauma therapist, allowing me to help clients move beyond survival-based coping and into true regulation. The practical tools provide real, tangible shifts for those who have felt trapped in cycles of chronic stress, illness, or emotional overwhelm. Dr. Aimie has created an effective roadmap for anyone seeking to heal at the root level, restoring both resilience and vitality.”
-Jamie McCoy, LCSW
Somatic Trauma Therapist & Coach @myintegrativetherapist
“As a functional nutrition professional, I have had the importance of gut health and the impact of stress on overall well-being drilled into me. However, it wasn’t until my deep dive into the Biology of Trauma framework that I fully grasped how the nervous system acts as the operating system for the entire body—determining whether healing is even possible. Through guidance and mentorship with Dr. Aimie, this understanding has completely transformed my work with clients. It’s not just stress that keeps people stuck in patterns of fatigue, overwhelm, and chronic health struggles—it’s often nervous system dysregulation rooted in trauma. By integrating the principles of the Biology of Trauma, I have been able to help some of the most unwell and overwhelmed individuals find real, lasting relief. My clients no longer feel dismissed or hopeless; instead, they feel seen, heard, and supported in a way that fosters true healing. This book is essential for anyone seeking to understand the deep, biological roots of health and transformation.”
-Michelle Brown, FNLP
Clinical Herbalist, Biology of Trauma Advanced Professional
“As a personal and professional specialist in chronic pain, I feel immense gratitude for Dr. Aimie Apigian's heart-full and wise teaching of the biology of trauma. Being her student for the past five years has completely changed my health, my work perspective and my treatment trajectory. I have released addressing the symptoms of trauma in favor of empowering souls to learn how to successfully dance themselves free from the root causes of restrictive patterns in their life. The Biology of Trauma approach masterfully integrates meeting the biological and psychospiritual needs in order to safely reawaken True Self. Her guidance leads practitioners to prioritize self-care, which dramatically deepens our ability to be present with our clients. This prepared me to individually tailor the approach to support trauma healing with others. The work does require willingness to accompany the individual who may flow back and forth between agitation and shutdown with very little time in the naturally regulated state of the nervous system, initially. That is until they GRADUALLY increase their capacity through courageous awareness, through willingness to become self-responsible, and through growing skills to apply tools to shift themselves in the direction of calm aliveness.”
-Deborah Lee Burnham
Physical Therapist/Body & Soul Health Coach
“The Biology of Trauma principles have profoundly transformed both my work and personal healing journey. I’ve taken hundreds of courses, and this was the missing piece providing a science-based framework, practical somatic tools, and practices that create lasting change. Understanding the distinction between stress and overwhelm (trauma) and having practical somatic tools and parts work practices for transforming into calm aliveness have been the keys — unveiling the pathways to healing and wholeness.
Learning how the nervous system, attachment, and biology shape our experiences has helped me recognize where healing gets stuck and how to guide myself and others toward real breakthroughs. Dr. Aimie’s work is not a piecemeal program but a brilliantly integrated framework with practical skills for healthy, safe healing that can be applied to every person in each moment of life. It provides a life-changing roadmap for renewed health, well-being, and greater freedom. It’s the most transformational training of my life!”
-Geri Portnoy
Spiritual Awakening Guide and Yoga Teacher
“After completing countless holistic health trainings in my 12-year career—from functional medicine and epigenetics to energy healing and trauma release—I found myself still searching for the missing piece despite my professional expertise.
The Biology of Trauma framework changed everything, providing the most integrative and complete approach for creating permanent change. Even with advanced training in somatic work, attachment theory, and emotional embodiment, Dr. Aimie's work bridges the crucial gap in helping clients move beyond survival and freeze responses. This framework has been invaluable both in my professional practice and personal healing journey, restoring not just health but a profound sense of hope and energy I hadn't thought possible.
The tools she provides instill a deep confidence that you can handle whatever challenges arise with clarity and resilience. For anyone seeking stability, inner peace, and more deeply fulfilling relationships, The Biology of Trauma teachings connect you to new possibilities of health without continuing on the hamster wheel of feeling like a failure—transforming feelings of helplessness into empowered action and lasting wellbeing.”
-Laura Bautista
Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (TM) & Board Certified Holistic Health Practitioner
"The Biology of Trauma presents an understanding of the human experience from multiple viewpoints. Trauma has an impact that goes beyond psychological, effecting biology and internal survival mechanisms that when addressed, can make all the difference.
A key message in The Biology of Trauma is that it is imperative to recognise what the body needs now to feel safe. Only then can we begin to access a calm alive state of being- a place where tension can ease, energy flows more freely through all body systems and intuition becomes more accessible.
In the difficult field of trauma healing, Dr. Aimie brings clarity and hope. Learning the Biology of Trauma has changed the way I practice, and I find clients appreciate discovering insights into their biology, gradually reconnecting with their felt sense and understanding the wisdom of their bodies.
Dr. Aimie’s approach emphasizes working in collaboration to discover adaptations made to survive in a not so easy world. This allows for natural compassion towards oneself and feeling empowered to make informed decisions and deepen a relationship with themselves. The good news is that we don’t have to do the work alone."
-Dianna Moroney
Clinical Naturopath Integrating Somatic Experiencing
“The Biology of Trauma teaches you the stuff we don't learn in graduate school. As a trauma therapist, I knew what was happening in my client's body and brains but didn't know how to help clients repair somatically. Dr. Aimie's program gives us those tools that were missing. She provides the biological piece, brings in parts work, and provides the somatic interventions to address what has been happening in the body for real healing.These tools have provided real change for my clients, and the best part is that I see my clients use the interventions intuitively. Dr. Aimie's tools give me the confidence that I can make deep and lasting change with my clients in their health, relationships, and how they relate to themselves.”
-Shay DuBois
LCSW/Trauma Therapist
HEre's what THE LEADING EXPERTS are saying about
the biology of trauma
HEre's what THE LEADING EXPERTS are saying about the biology of trauma
“Few other works combine, such as this book does, personal history, rigorous medical education, psychological penetration, scientific investigation, and clinical experience in guiding many others to healing. For The Biology of Trauma is not just scientific information and psychological insight. It is also an exposition of Aimie Apigian’s carefully forged path to healing from which many of her students have benefitted. This book succeeds in being both a fascinating script of education and a healing manual. It fulfills its promise of helping us, her readers, of navigating our bodies and the wonderful inner world in us all ‘that can experience healing after pain, overwhelm, fear and trauma.’”
- Gabor Mate
Family and Addiction Medicine Physician, Author of Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness and Healing in a Toxic Culture
“As healthcare providers, we are trained to treat what we can see and measure, but Dr. Aimie’s groundbreaking work on ‘The Biology of Trauma’ illuminates what has long remained invisible. By meticulously mapping how trauma manifests in our cells and systems, she has created not just a new framework for understanding the internal human experience of trauma, but a practical roadmap for healing. At Loma Linda University, we emphasize whole-person care that integrates physical, mental, and spiritual health. This book exemplifies that approach, offering hope through science to countless individuals whose biology has been carrying the burden of their past. It will transform how we teach the next generation of healthcare providers to recognize and address trauma’s biological impacts for one’s best life.”
- Richard Hart, MD DrPH
President of Loma Linda University Health and Adventist Health International
"Dr. Aimie's 'The Biology of Trauma' brilliantly illustrates what I've emphasizedthroughout my career—that health emerges from the dynamic interaction betweenour genes, environment, and experiences. By meticulously mapping how traumaaffects oxidative stress, mitochondrial function, and immune regulation, sheprovides a scientifically rigorous explanation for conditions that have longpuzzled conventional medicine. Her framework for biological repair honors thebody's innate capacity for self-regulation when given the right conditions.This work represents a significant advancement in our understanding of thematrix of factors that influence health and disease, offering both clinicians and patients a pathway toward genuine transformation.”
-Jeffrey Bland, PhD
"Father of Functional Medicine" and Founder of Big Bold Health
“In The Biology of Trauma, Dr. Aimie Apigian offers a compelling framework for understanding trauma not as a pathology, but as an adaptive shift in physiological state. Drawing on Polyvagal Theory, she highlights how neuroception—the nervous system’s subconscious detection of safety and danger—shapes our responses and governs the body’s “critical line of overwhelm.” Through this lens, trauma is seen as a biological process rooted in the autonomic nervous system’s effort to protect us. Dr. Apigian translates complex science into practical guidance, helping readers reframe their symptoms, access the body’s innate capacity for healing, and reconnect with the biology of safety. This book provides a compassionate and scientifically grounded roadmap for transforming trauma into a journey of regulation, resilience, and restored connection.”
- Stephen Porges, PhD
Founder of Polyvagal Theory, Distinguished University Scientist at Indiana University and Founding Director of the Traumatic Stress Research Consortium
"As a PTA president and advocate for children's wellbeing, I find Dr. Aimie's 'The Biology of Trauma' to be an essential resource for parents and educators alike. Her clear explanation of how early experiences shape developing brains and bodies helps us understand the challenges many of our children face in the classroom and beyond. What makes this book particularly valuable is how it translates complex science into practical strategies that families and schools can implement to support children affected by adverse experiences. This book equips our community with both the knowledge and the tools to create environments where children affected by trauma can heal, learn, and reach their full potential.”
-Yvonne Johnson
National PTA President 2023-2026
“Many illnesses seem to have little explanation or identifiable cause. It is estimated that in as many as 80-- 90% of visits to a primary physician, a cause cannot be found. In this important volume Dr Aimie Apigian explains, in clear accessible language, just how the accumulation of stress and trauma can often be the cause of such physical suffering. This book goes beyond the limits psychosomatic medicine and shows just how these stressors can affect mind, body and spirit. In The Biology of Trauma Dr, Apigian leads the reader, whether physicians, therapists, other healers, and lay persons on a road of discovery and healing, armed with the vital knowledge presented in these pages.”
-Peter A Levine, PhD
Developer of Somatic Experiencing® and author of Waking the Tiger,In an Unspoken Voice and An Autobiography of Trauma, A Healing Journey
"This isn't just another book about trauma; it's a scientifically grounded roadmap for reclaiming your future by healing your biology. For anyone serious about sustainable personal transformation, this work provides the missing piece between intention and lasting change.”
-Dr. Benjamin Hardy
Organizational Psychologist and Founder of Scaling.com
"I am deeply moved by the honesty, hope, and healing that permeates every page of this important book. As a practicing physician, I see countless patients carrying emotional pain in physical ways. If you've ever felt stuck, shut down, or unseen due to unresolved trauma, Dr. Apigian’s work offers a lifeline. It is essential reading for our time.”
-Partha Nandi, MD
FACP New York Times Bestselling Author of Heal Your Gut, Save Your Brain, President and Chief Medical Officer of Pinnacle GI Partners
“Dr. Aimie captivated me in ways I didn't expect. Her medical background lends its own wisdom but her personal experiences lift science off the page and into our hearts.Most importantly she has lived her comprehension of trauma and healing and her medical background enables her to communicate how trauma lives in the body at the cellular level, often the root cause of disease medicine is just beginning to recognize. Having spent decades documenting how early trauma shapes child development, I recognize this work as a landmark contribution that makes biological mechanisms accessible, personal, and genuinely practical. Here is the comprehensive understanding we've been missing—one that offers real hope and deep healing.”
-Robin Karr-Morse
Therapist and author of Scared Sick
"As a spine surgeon who has witnessed the profound connection between unresolved trauma and physical pain, I find Dr. Aimie's 'The Biology of Trauma' to be revolutionary. She articulates with remarkable clarity what I've observed throughout my career—that the body's response to overwhelming experiences directly influences inflammatory processes, tissue healing, and pain perception. Her framework for understanding the Critical Line of Overwhelm offers precisely what's been missing in conventional medical approaches to chronic conditions. This book should be required reading for every healthcare provider who has ever been frustrated by patients who don't respond to standard treatments.”
-David Hanscom, MD
Leading Spine Surgeon, author of Back in Control, and Mind-Body Chronic Pain Specialist
"'The Biology of Trauma' is exactly what the health and wellness industry has needed. Having navigated my own challenges as an adoptee, I instantly connected with Dr. Aimie's explanation of the impact of early experiences on our life, from our subconscious to our relationship with our body. She nails why so many health programs fail - they ignore how the body is storing emotional pain that has contributed to real biological barriers to change. Her straightforward approach cuts through the noise, offering practical strategies that work because they target the root cause, the body in survival mode. For anyone battling unexplained weight LOSS resistance, food sensitivities, or chronic inflammation, this book delivers the tools to address the emotional and trauma to allow true healing on all levels in a way that is.”
-JJ Virgin CNS
CHFS Celebrity Nutrition & Fitness Expert and 4x NYT Bestselling Author
"In 'The Biology of Trauma,' Dr. Aimie provides a masterful synthesis that bridges our understanding of attachment, cellular function, and healing. Her work beautifully complements decades of research on how our early bonding experiences shape our physiological responses to stress and trauma. I'm particularly impressed by her insights into how attachment patterns influence immune function and cellular health—areas my own research has shown are profoundly affected by our capacity for safety and connection. This book offers a scientifically sound and deeply compassionate framework for understanding how trauma disrupts our biological systems and, more importantly, how we can restore them."
-C. Sue Carter, PhD
Behavioral Neurobiologist, Distinguished University Research Scientist and Executive Director, Rudy Professor Emerita of the Kinsey Institute
"In The Biology of Trauma, Dr. Aimie offers what as a psychologist using the experiential and embodied methods is vital, a clear, compassionate, and scientifically grounded map of how trauma lives in the body. She brings language and structure to experiences that so many struggle to name. Her concepts—The Critical Line of Overwhelm and the Three Survival Mechanisms for Powerlessness—help clinicians and clients alike understand how deeply trauma imprints not only the mind but the body at a cellular level.
What stands out in her work is how precisely she tracks the internal states that emerge when a body is activated. That kind of clarity helps us observe and listen differently—to ourselves and to our clients—and to use methods like psychodrama and sociometrics with more attunement and effectiveness.
We’ve integrated this physiological lens into my own model, Relational Trauma Repair-Sociometrics (RTR-S), and I’ve seen firsthand how this body-based understanding and the preparatory somatic-based work that Dr. Amie does with clients helps them arrive at the work to “warm-up” and ready themselves to do somatic, embodied role play. Her contribution is helping to bridge the gap between somatic understanding and experiential healing in a way that feels timely and essential."
-Tian Dayton, PhD
TEP author of Treating Adult Children of Relational Trauma, Sociometrics and Senior Fellow at The Meadows
"The Biology of Trauma is all that I could have hoped for. It puts the biological legs under attachment wounding, explaining what I have observed for many years: that neglect, while appearing to be “nothing” leaves profound imprints that are neither visible nor easily articulated, yet shape our entire physiology. And Dr. Aimie takes it further by integrating attachment science with precise biological mechanisms. She provides a framework that explains why cognitive approaches alone so often fall short and why genuine healing requires addressing the somatic imprints of early relational patterns. This book is an invaluable addition to our trauma and neglect informed knowledge and literature; theory and practice.”
-Ruth Cohn, MFT, CST, BCN
Neglect Informed Psychotherapy, Author of Working with the Developmental Trauma of Childhood Neglect; and Coming Home to Passion: Restoring Loving Sexuality in Couples with Histories of Childhood Trauma and Neglect.
"As an integrative pediatrician, it is essential that parents and practitioners recognize the difference between stress and trauma, and the detrimental ripple effects of unresolved and unrecognized trauma on children’s bodies, minds, immune systems, and future health. In “The Biology of Trauma, Dr. Aimie clearly defines the whole mind-body impact of psychological trauma and identifies a whole mind-body, evidence-based approach for healing from the inside out to rewire the biology of trauma to a biology of resilience. A must-read for our stress-filled generation, and for generations to come."
-Elisa Song, MD
Integrative Pediatrician and author of Healthy Kids, Happy Kids
"In 'The Biology of Trauma,' Dr. Aimie has created what those of us working with attachment have long needed—a comprehensive framework that explains how relational safety becomes cellular safety. Her exploration of the neurodevelopmental foundations of attachment illuminates why somatic approaches are essential for healing early wounds. What makes this work exceptional is how she translates complex attachment patterns into accessible biological mechanisms, showing precisely how our nervous system learns to recognize safety or danger through relationship. For practitioners and clients alike, this book offers a revolutionary understanding of how we can repair the biological imprints of attachment trauma and restore our innate capacity for connection and aliveness.”
-Dr. Diane Poole Heller
Author of The Power of Attachment and Healing Your Attachment Wounds
"Dr. Aimie's 'The Biology of Trauma' elegantly bridges somatic psychology and functional medicine, offering a comprehensive framework that illuminates why resilience requires biological repair. Her detailed examination of how trauma affects gut health, immune function, and cellular energy production helps explain the somatic symptoms many trauma survivors experience but cannot name. Dr. Aimie's exploration of the Critical Line of Overwhelm provides therapists with crucial insights about when clients need biological support before deeper processing. As someone dedicated to helping clients build resilience, I particularly value her emphasis on biological repair as foundational to post-traumatic growth. This book is relatable for any of us working through trauma, whether that is our own or that of our clients. Within these pages, you will find a sophisticated understanding of why somatic approaches succeed when cognitive interventions fall short."
-Dr. Arielle Schwartz
Founder of the Center for Resilience Informed Therapy and award winning author of The Post-Traumatic Growth Guidebook and The Complex PTSD Workbook.
“I've spent the last decade studying and teaching the science of energy optimization, and one of the most common reasons people get stuck in chronic fatigue is trauma. But most people fundamentally misunderstand the nature of the mind-body connection and how something like past trauma can result in lack of physical energy. Dr. Aimie's work brilliantly illuminates this connection and clears up the confusion. She explains how exceeding what she calls the "critical line of overwhelm" triggers the Cell Danger Response—literally shutting down mitochondrial energy production at the cellular level. Her model precisely maps how trauma creates biological energy deficits, not just psychological ones. What makes Dr. Aimie's work so valuable is her practical, science-backed protocol that actually repairs the trauma-mitochondria connection. She doesn't just explain the mechanism—she provides a systematic, science-based protocol to repair the trauma-mitochondria connection, which is why her work is so important for those whose energy is being held back by trauma.”
-Ari Whitten, M.S.
Founder of The Energy Blueprint
"As someone who works in the field of trauma, somatic psychology, and nutrition I see this book as, both, very important and effective in educating us about what's actually happening in the body when we have stress and trauma - down to the cellular level. It's easy to feel shame about things like freeze and shutdown, but Dr. Aimie reframes these as appropriate biological responses to life experiences, as well as learning to see them as your body's wisdom. I hope more teachers, therapists, and doctors read this book so they can understand their clients and patients through a new lens."
-Luis Mojica
Somatic Therapist & Nutritionist
"Dr. Aimie speaks directly to what I've witnessed as someone who has guided thousands of people through embodied grief work daily — the body holds our stories in its tissues until we create the conditions for release. I've seen how movement creates openings where words cannot reach. In 'The Biology of Trauma' – Dr. Aimie has created a bridge between ancient wisdom and modern science that honors both equally. She never rushes the healing process or suggests band aid solutions. Instead, she offers a profound understanding of how our biology responds to overwhelm and practical paths for genuine liberation. Her work approaches trauma healing by bringing biology into its rightful place alongside emotional and spiritual dimensions of recovery. Anyone working with grief, whether personally or professionally, will find in these pages a compass for navigating the biological terrain of loss and restoration.”
-Paul Denniston
Founder of Grief Yoga® and author of Healing Through Yoga: Transform Loss into Empowerment
"When you're on a journey, it helps to have a map. This book comes as close to a complete, step-by-step guide for recovering from traumatic stress as any. It provides a compelling case that understanding the biology of trauma not only reveals how we get stuck but also how we get through. If you're not sure where to begin, you might start here."
-Zach Taylor, MA, LPC
Director of Psychotherapy Networker
A Special Message from
Dr. Tom O’Bryan
Some things are hard to hear—even when they’re true. After over 40 years in practice, I’ve seen countless patients who come to me after “trying everything” and still not fully healing. One of the most overlooked causes of chronic illness is unresolved emotional trauma—past experiences that the body still carries.
In The Biology of Trauma, my dear friend Dr. Aimie Apigian has given us what many in the health world have been waiting for: a clear explanation of how difficult life experiences—especially those we couldn’t fully process at the time—get stored in the body and can lead to physical illness.
We often hear the phrase, “He’s just holding it in,” when someone suppresses their emotions. But where does it actually go? The truth is—into the body. Into the tissues. Into the nervous system. The realization that early emotional events, especially overwhelming ones, get stored in our physical body when we can’t fully integrate them at the time is a breakthrough concept. And it validates everything Dr. Aimie explores in this comprehensive overview.
Functional Medicine teaches us that our life history leaves a lasting imprint on our bodies. Just like low levels of lead in water can build up in the brain and cause damage over time, trauma—especially the kind we experienced as children—can quietly shape how our bodies handle stress, heal, and even function day to day.
Whether it’s poor posture affecting organ function or constant exposure to EMFs disturbing our nervous system (like those from smart meters and wearable devices), one of the most invisible but powerful forces on our health is stored emotional trauma. Imagine a child being yelled at and physically jerked around in a store—experiences like that don’t just fade. They get stored in the body, shaping how we react to stress for years to come.
Dr. Aimie’s work is groundbreaking because she shows how trauma impacts everything from our energy production (mitochondria), to gut health, to immune balance. She offers a practical path for healing—not just emotionally, but physically.
This book is essential reading for anyone who has ever wondered why diet and supplements alone aren’t working. The Biology of Trauma helps connect the dots between our past and our current health—and offers a new way to truly heal.
- Dr. Tom O’Bryan
Author, The Autoimmune Fix & You Can Fix Your Brain
ABOUT Dr. Aimie
Dr. Aimie is a double-board-certified physician of Preventive and Addiction Medicine, and creator of the Biology of Trauma framework. She brings the science of the body, combined with practical, simple, and powerful tools with compassionate guidance to help you create the inner safety to change your life from the inside out.
A nervous system reset doesn’t have to be complicated, and Dr. Aimie will walk you through step-by-step exercises. As one who has adopted and worked intimately with trauma in its manifestations, she combines scientific expertise with compassionate guidance to help you with a nervous system reset from the inside out:
A deeply personal journey of transforming her foster and adoptive children’s severe trauma into capacity and resilience.
Expertise in addressing trauma as a biological issue, not just emotional.
Dedicated to making overcoming trauma practical and accessible for everyone.
