Fight Science is a special segment of the Conscious Combat Club podcast where we invite researchers to take a deep dive into a paper they’ve written and explain it to us as though we’re 14 years old.

In this episode I interview Dr Wolf Mehling (he/him), a researcher from the US who explores the psychosomatics of pain and bodily awareness aka interoception and how our relationship to our body affects our health and wellbeing. He is a physician (50%) and researcher (50%) at the University of California San Francisco. He grew up in Germany and his basic training is in general family medicine, manual medicine and psychotherapy.

In this episode we explore the paper titled:

A 12-week integrative exercise program improves self-reported mindfulness and interoceptive awareness in war veterans with posttraumatic stress symptoms.

To contact Wolf:
Email: wolf.mehling@ucsf.edu


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Some listeners might find parts of this conversation distressing. Please take care, link in your support networks, or refer to one of these organizations if you need:

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Thank you so much to Nari for the beautiful song "Shape Me" heard at the beginning and end of this episode. Nari wrote this song about Shape Your Life, a boxing program for self-identified female survivors of violence in Canada. She wrote this song using the words and experiences shared by participants with Cathy Van Ingen. You can find out more about Shape Your Life in my interview with Cathy in Episode 8. You can hear more of Nari's work by going to her Instagram: @narithesaga