Have you ever wondered if your grief is living somewhere in your body — showing up as pain, fatigue, or illness that doctors can't quite explain?
In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Karyn Shanks, a physician with over 40 years of experience who discovered — through her own chronic illness journey — that healing isn't something that happens to you, it's something that happens through you.
We dig into why so many of us carry a quiet belief that when we're sick or struggling, we're somehow broken. Karyn challenges that belief at the root, and together we explore:
✨ Why grief and trauma get physically stored in the body — and what it takes to release them
✨ Why Western medicine excels at emergencies but struggles with chronic illness and prevention
✨ Why feeling truly seen and heard is a biological necessity, not a soft add-on
✨ How epigenetics and neuroplasticity mean your biology is not fixed or "written in stone"
✨ Why the placebo effect is proof of how powerful the mind-body connection really is
If you've ever been told your labs are "normal" while you feel anything but…
If you've ever wondered whether your grief is connected to your physical health…
If you've ever needed someone to simply believe you…
This conversation is for you.
Karyn is the author of UnBroken: Reclaim Your Wholeness and HEAL: A Nine-Stage Roadmap to Recover Energy, and the founder of the Unbroken Academy. Connect with her at karynshanksmd.com.
If you want to continue the conversation after the episode, head over to grief2growth.substack.com — you'll find an article there where you can comment and connect with me and other listeners.
