Heal with Grace
Heal With Grace is a podcast that invites listeners into the world of holistic healing. Hosted by Grace Secker, a trained holistic psychotherapist, yoga therapist, and nervous system coach, each episode delves into the interconnected realms of mental, physical, and spiritual health. The podcast offers a unique blend of personal stories, professional insights, and practical tools for healing.
Heal with Grace
101. Healing the Gut through Mind-Body Work with Claire Bailey
Grace sits down with somatic psychotherapist Claire Bailey to explore one of the most common—and least talked about—forms of neuroplastic symptoms: gut issues.
Claire shares her own decade-long journey with debilitating digestive pain, IBS, and chronic abdominal symptoms, and the countless approaches she tried before discovering what was actually missing.
They discuss why gut symptoms respond so strongly to stress, the difference between being told to "manage your stress" and truly understanding the brain-body connection, and how a single conversation with a physician who validated Claire's intuition became the turning point in her recovery.
Grace and Claire also unpack why restrictive diets and food fear often reinforce symptoms rather than resolve them, the role medication can play as a support (not a solution) in healing, and what Claire's master's research revealed about the critical importance of neuroplastic education in recovery.
You'll leave with a deeper understanding of why your gut isn't broken—it's responding to signals from a nervous system that can absolutely be retrained.
Connect with Claire:
Instagram: @bodyfulcounseling
Website: bodyfulcounseling.com
Email: claire@bodyfulcounseling.com
Resources from Grace:
- Mind-Body Healing Method Course - Regulate your nervous system now
- Work with me in therapy or coaching
- Subscribe to my Substack for the deeper how-to's
- Download the FreeMe app for chronic fatigue
- FREE Nervous System Tracking Workbook
Connect with Grace