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Dr. Aimie, MD brings you cutting edge neuroscience and the most effective methods for trauma solution

01/27/2026

The Future of Wellness & Culture Is Being Rewritten. Will You Lead It?

On Saturday, January 31st at 10AM EST, and CITY ZERO present a global broadcast: Wellness, Movement & Comunidad at CITY ZERO—a virtual launch event celebrating culture, wellness, and nuestra comunidad.

This isn’t hype. It’s a high-level conversation on how movement, leadership, and storytelling are reshaping health, connection, and cultural impact.

Join us for the official launch of the LATIN JOURNAL, the debut of the VERY CALIENTE Podcast (English + Español), and a special live appearance by Beto Pérez, creator of ZUMBA®.

Virtual. Global. Free to attend.

🔗 Register now: https://www.latwellnessmovement.com/wellness-movement-comunidad-at-city-zero-home

01/25/2026

I used to think I was the helper. Not the one who needed help.

I'm Dr. Aimie Apigian. Physician. Trauma researcher. And someone whose body once collapsed under the weight of stored trauma.

I became a foster parent during medical school. Miguel had experienced so much early trauma. He couldn't allow himself to be loved. He would hurt me. He tried to kill me.

I adopted him anyway. Single mom. Six years together.

When the adoption failed, my heart broke. I was in surgery residency. There was no time to grieve.

One month later, I couldn't get out of bed. Chronic fatigue. Autoimmunity. My body could not hold any more.

I knew it was stored trauma. I didn't know if healing was possible.

Was it possible to be healthy and whole after trauma had become your biology?

I decided to find out.

01/24/2026

Someone is called "resilient" because they survived something hard. Meanwhile, they can't sleep. They deal with anxiety, fatigue and focus. They're on medications for chronic health issues.

I see it all the time as a physician.

That's not resilience. That's survival with a cost.

True resilience means your body was adaptable and reset back to safety. It means you recovered - not just survived.
It means you're not carrying the weight of what you went through in your cells, your nervous system, your health.

Surviving and resilience are not the same thing.

If your body is still paying the price, there's a reason. And there's also a way forward.

01/23/2026

I heard this constantly from my patients: "I should be over this by now. It happened years ago."

These were patients who had processed their past. They’d done the inner work. They’d moved on mentally.

Yet they were sitting in front of me with autoimmunity. Chronic fatigue. Pain that wouldn’t resolve.

True resilience isn’t just surviving the past. It’s when your nervous system no longer has to live there. 💜

Comment Resilience to watch/listen to the full minisode.

01/22/2026

"I don't remember the last time I did something for me."

Running on empty used to feel normal to me.
It felt like dedication. Like what strong women do.

But depletion isn't strength. It's a trauma pattern.

Most of us learned early: our needs come last.
Rest is earned and slowing down means failing someone.

Your nervous system found a way to survive on fumes.
But survival mode was never meant to be permanent.

Capacity works like a bank account. You cannot keep withdrawing without replenishing.

When was the last time you did something just for you? 💜

01/21/2026

The Biology of Trauma tour is coming to Seattle and you’re invited!

Join me for drinks and conversation about trauma and the body 💜
I’ll answer questions about concepts in the book and I would love to sign your copy 📘

Monday, February 2
6 -7:30 PM
📍Olympic Bar, Fairmont Seattle

This is a FREE event with very limited space (15 people), so RSVP is required.

Comment SEATTLE to get the RSVP link.

Bring your book if you have one—extra copies will also be available.
Hope to see you there! 💜

01/20/2026

Comment 157 and I’ll send you the link. Why spiritual insight alone can’t heal trauma

Marie had done the work. Years of it. She understood her trauma. She had forgiven the unforgivable. She had found meaning in losing her son.

Her soul was at peace. Her nervous system was not.

She still carried the weight. Still hit walls she couldn't explain.
Still wondered why the insights weren't translating into her body.

Then something shifted. Her brain finally registered that the danger had passed. New functioning became available. She felt like a different person.

Not because the spiritual work was wrong—but because her biology hadn’t updated yet.

Our nervous system doesn't update through insight.

It changes through experience.

💜Comment 157 to listen/watch the full episode of this Biology of Trauma® podcast.💜

01/16/2026

These songs started as my own healing practice. I wrote them for myself. For the moments when my body needed to feel something it couldn't find words for.

Now I'm ready to share them.

Songs of the Inner World is music designed to expose inner truth and support the nervous system in settling.

💜 Comment INNER and I'll send you the link.

01/15/2026

Comment 156 for this episode- learn why many get prescribed Lexapro for depression during Menopause.

Hormones shift. You find depression surfacing. You ask your friends and find that a lot of them are on Lexapro.

You ask your doctor for low dose Lexapro. They prescribe it …. But missed all the tests that would have been good to do.

Nutritional imbalances. Deficiencies. Vitamin Levels.

The hormone shifts will amplify all the other imbalances, both emotional and physiological.

We don’t have a Lexapro deficiency.

Let’s insist on a holistic comprehensive whole human approach 💜

Comment 156 to listen to the full episode of this Biology of Trauma® podcast.

01/14/2026

The Biology of Trauma book tour 📘 is coming to Texas
I'd love to see you in Dallas!

Conversation. Discussion on trauma and the body. Questions about the book.

This is what I love most about writing a book. The chance to connect in person. To hear what landed for you.

Tuesday, January 27 6:00–7:30 PM CT 📍 Living Well Dallas, TX 75248

This is a free event. Space is limited to 15 people.

Comment DALLAS to get the RSVP link.

Bring your copy if you have one. I'll sign it. I hope to have a few copies with me as well.
I'd love to see you there 💜

01/13/2026

Our body knows what to do when we feel trapped.

There is only one survival response our body has when it reaches powerlessness.

Startle → Stress → Wall → Freeze → Shutdown

Each step has a precise purpose (Ch.1 of The Biology of Trauma book).

This is survival programming. It happens automatically.

And here's what I wish more people understood:

These same steps give us the map back out.

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