Holistic Life Navigation

This podcast explores holistic stress and trauma recovery. I am your host, Luis Mojica. My work, Holistic Life Navigation, was modeled after my own journey in healing myself from chronic illness and PTSD. I share this podcast with many brilliant minds who, like me, healed themselves through unique, unusual, and unorthodox ways.

For more information, please visit: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com

Written, produced and recorded by Luis Mojica. Edited by Fredo Viola. Intro/outro song: "Witch Love" by Luis Mojica.

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Holistic Life Navigation

[Ep. 297] The Biology Of Trauma [THE BOOK] w/ Dr. Aimie Apigian

September 23, 2025

What if your body wasn’t broken, but brilliantly designed to survive?

In today’s episode, Luis speaks with Dr. Aimie Apigian — medical doctor, biochemist, and foster parent — about her new book The Biology of Trauma. After her foster son told her he was going to kill her, Dr. Apigian’s search for answers revealed that trauma is rooted in biology, not weakness.

Tune in as they discuss how trauma rewires the nervous system, why connection and standard attachment strategies often fail for trauma survivors, and how chronic stress becomes disease.

Read more about Dr. Aimie and her work here: https://biologyoftrauma.com/

Purchase her book: https://book.biologyoftrauma.com/home

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Sign up for our 6-month Embodied Relationships group, beginning in October: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/relationship-group

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