I grew up with the unpredictability of my fathers schizophrenia, and this had a lasting impact upon me. It was only in later years that I discovered a name had been given to this, Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD). 

After the 3 months of following an Ayurvedic healing diet for my chronic digestive issues and other symptoms that came from that, I found a deep peace rose up inside me. 

I’d returned from my gap year that had turned into 3 years researching ideas at the edge of sustainability, and after I returned I discovered that the actual cause of CPTSD— trauma that hasn’t been processed properly by the brain— could be addressed with a technique called ‘rewind’ within a course of Solution Focused Hypnotherapy— the brain seems to need to be prepared (relaxed and trust built between the person working with you and your survival brain) for the technique to work. 

The Ayurveda brought me back to a place of emotional and psychological balance and healed the chronic health issues and; I haven’t had a PTSD attack for a decade and they used to be every few weeks, so the SFH and Rewind technique seems to have worked. This whole experience informs why I bring Ayurveda to support people whose lives are made miserable by trauma and stress, and all the things that can come from these experiences like depression, anxiety, mood swings, fatigue, disregulated nervous system, living out of sync with your circadian rhythms, digestive issues, unbalanced dopamine cycle; and of course, chronic disease.

Sometimes exhaustion from the above can mean we need to take it slowly through the steps, to really root the changes needed.