Are you stuck in your healing journey with Lyme disease, mold illness, long COVID, or another chronic condition? You’ve tried the protocols, supplements, and treatments—but you’re still not getting better. Why? In this powerful conversation, Dr. Tom Moorcroft sits down with Dr. Aimie Apigian, physician, trauma expert, and author of The Biology of Trauma, to explore how unresolved trauma and nervous system dysregulation keep the body stuck in protection mode—blocking true healing.

You’ll learn:

Why trauma biology—not just infections—may be the missing link in Lyme and chronic illness recovery. How unresolved trauma imprints on the nervous system, fueling inflammation and autoimmunity.

Why willpower and “trying harder” don’t work when the body is stuck in survival.

Simple, science-based steps to reset your nervous system so healing can finally happen.

Whether you’re a patient struggling with chronic illness or a clinician looking for better ways to support your patients, this episode will give you a whole new perspective on what it takes to heal. 

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00:00 Intro: Why trauma biology matters in Lyme

00:36 Medical gaslighting & trauma in chronic illness

01:37 Actionable, simple tools vs. theory (Dr. Aimie’s approach)

03:22 From addiction medicine to somatic exercises 04:24 60-second nervous system shifts you can do anywhere

05:24 Self-reliance: healing tools that don’t depend on a practitioner

06:00 Tracking states: the Nervous System Journal & time in safety

07:09 Micro-moments of safety & hormesis (the 20–25% rule)

08:46 Clinicians: regulate first—lead by example 10:38 Over- vs under-reacting: how stored trauma shows up

11:45 What is trauma (really)? Beyond ACE scores

13:16 Crossing the line: “too much too fast” & “too little too long”

14:59 Overwhelm vs. stress: different strategies

16:20 Step One is safety: invite the body, don’t force it

17:20 Rebuilding internal safety & restoring intuition

18:55 Worthiness, self-sabotage & Agreement #3: responsibility 

20:03 Trauma as survival: a universal pattern

21:00 “The healing is in the living” — living now vs. waiting

22:48 Why she wrote the book: a manual for your nervous system

24:02 Tom’s Lyme story: 8 years sick → 13+ years symptom-free

25:01 What changed: choose life first, healing follows

26:28 If I’d had this book, I’d have healed faster