E256: Healing Your Body Through Healing Trauma with Dr. Don Wood

<p>Dealing with chronic inflammation issues? Whether you’re dealing with gut problems or allergies, that inflammation could just be the tip of the iceberg. You may be dealing with something deeper than that – unresolved trauma.</p> <p>In today’s episode, Erik Cabral speaks with Dr. Don Wood, the CEO of Inspired Performance Institute and creator of The Inspired Performance Program (TIPP) as they discuss why inflammation happens, its correlation to trauma, and how you can heal both your mind and body so you can reach higher performance.</p> <p><strong>Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:</strong></p> <ul> <li>The correlation between autoimmune disease and trauma</li> <li>The purpose of inflammation</li> <li>The different options to overcome trauma</li> <li>How TIPP works</li> <li>Traditional therapy vs. TIPP</li> <li>The importance of creating safety in your home</li> <li>Embracing failure so you can grow and get stronger</li> </ul> <p><strong>Episode Highlights:</strong></p> <p><strong>[04:04] Understanding the Correlation Between Autoimmune Issues and Trauma</strong></p> <p>The purpose of inflammation is to serve as a protection and a cell danger response. The cells become inflamed and hardened to protect them from any foreign pathogens or invaders. If your mind believes that there's a threat to you, it will then activate your fight or flight response and it creates inflammation. If that continues to loop, the inflammation stays on when it's not supposed to.</p> <p><strong>[16:16] Healing Through TIPP</strong></p> <p>When we get into stress mode, we're not very efficient. That's why traditional therapy takes so long because you get into a highly activated state. Whereas during the TIPP session, the mind is very relaxed and focused.</p> <p><strong>[34:00] Creating Safety in Your Home</strong></p> <p>Our mind doesn't distinguish between a lion and a tiger, and a father that's screaming and yelling. The response between the lion and tiger and the father is identical. And so, for paren