Ep #79 | The Impact of Stress and Trauma on Our Bodies with Melissa Ramos
Melissa Ramos is the founder of Sexy Food Therapy, she assists women to regulate their hormones for clearer skin, happier periods, ageless beauty, and healthier ovaries. She also openly talks about poop, and likes to be referred to as the ‘Poop Whisperer’.
Melissa is a nutritionist with a background in Chinese medicine, a health expert for CTV’s The Social, a TEDx Speaker, and an official health writer for the Huffington Post. Melissa´s mission is to help her clients heal, with the right combination of food, supplements, and lifestyle changes.
During this amazing conversation, we get to talk about the topics that are usually avoided such as how trauma and stress impact our bodies and often show up in hormone function.
Here are the main topics of this fantastic talk:
- Melissa talks about her professional and personal journey.
- The definition of trauma.
- Trauma can be passed on in families.
- The power of observing and listening to how a person shows up to the session.
- The relationship between our physical, mental and emotional bodies.
- Reactivity as a result of not dealing with feelings.
- Emotions are stored in your body at a cellular level.
- Acknowledging your trauma is the first step to stop its control over your life.
- The seven-year cycles.
- Melissa shares her preferred Breathwork.
- Reactiveness is the result of our unintegrated emotional activity.
- How does an unintegrated emotional charge feel?
- We value what we love.
- Stop victimizing yourself.
I hope you are as inspired as I am after listening to Melissa’s authentic, raw and honest input. Hoping you can peel off some of those layers that can feel overwhelming or even have gone unnoticed for years but are still affecting your emotional, mental or physical state. Wishing more simplicity and ease in all that you do!
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Quotes:
“Reactiveness often comes from an emotional state and not from a mental one.”
“People really suck at feeling, that is why there is so much reaction.”
“Emotions are stored in your body at a cellular level.”
“Acknowledging your trauma is the first step to stop its control over your life.”
“We discover ourselves in the in-betweens, that is where the magic of breathing resides.”
“We value what we love.”
Additional Information About Jenn:
Jenn studied and graduated with honors in Human Anatomy and Physiology with such a passion that it propelled her to continue her education over many years. Jenn is a Registered Holistic Nutritionist, Medical Exercise Specialist, Registered Yoga Instructor and Faculty of the Toronto Yoga Conference, Pre & Post Natal Yoga Expert, STOTT Pilates trained instructor, Twist Sport Conditioning Coach, Spin Instructor Crossfit Level 1 Coaching, among other certifications she got along the way. She is also a guest Holistic Expert for Breakfast Television, Global, CHCH, Rogers Tv and writes columns for STRONG Fitness Magazine, iRun magazine, Savvy Mom and contributes to Inside Fitness Magazine, The Toronto Star and Sun. She is also a proud educator and ambassador to Genuine Health, Nature’s Emporium and Juice Plus.
Jenn is a proud mama to two beautiful souls and her best teachers of life. She resides on Lake Simcoe in Keswick with her husband and two children.