722: Why Women Feel Unsafe Right Now: Trauma, Hormones & Protecting the Next Generation with Dr. Aimie Apigian

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Dr. Mariza Snyder

Alternative Health, Medicine, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 999 Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2026

⏱️ 74 minutes

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What if the breaking point so many of us are feeling right now is actually the beginning of profound healing and purpose? In this episode, returning guest and trauma expert Dr. Aimie Apigian helps you understand why so many conversations feel triggering—and how unresolved trauma, not just current events, may be at the root. We explore the difference between resolved and unresolved trauma, and why being activated is a sign your body is asking for deeper safety and support. We’re talking about shifting pain into meaningful action—whether that’s healing your body, setting boundaries, or standing up for change in a grounded way. Dr. Aimie breaks down her sequence of healing and explains the science behind how trauma is stored and how it can truly be resolved. Tune in here to go from overwhelmed to empowered! Aimie Apigian, MD Dr. Aimie Apigian is a double-board-certified physician in Preventive and Addiction Medicine with double Master’s degrees in biochemistry and public health. She’s the leading medical expert on how trauma becomes our biology and what to do once it creates a chronic health condition. She hosts a podcast, a YouTube channel, and online Summits, working with experts in the health and trauma space. She also leads groups through her programs to address stored trauma in the body, and teaches practitioners to do the same in her Biology of Trauma online Training. IN THIS EPISODE Discovering new layers of unresolved trauma Creating safe spaces to ask the hard questions How to make your children feel safe to share their feelings The biology behind why we can feel re-triggered Creating safety & mentally supporting yourself through hard times Resetting your nervous system to feel safe in your body How to support & show up for each other through uncertain times Dr. Aimie’s guide on healing stored trauma & more resources for you QUOTES “Don't do anything alone. This is where a tribe, a group of people, can make a tremendous difference in the world.” “Healing is not staying small to stay safe. It's finding that safety, but then layering in the support on a biology level, on a somatic level, on a mind level. Those are all the three levels that allow our mind and body to have the energy to actually process.” “When we've had this past trauma, our brain likes to put things into those kinds of boxes. so being able to step back and learn over time that while it's important to speak up, it's also important to choose who I share those things with because it's not meant for everybody.” RESOURCES MENTIONED Order my latest book: The Perimenopause Revolution ⁠Dr. Aimie’s book: The Biology of Trauma https://a.co/d/09grbJrF⁠ Dr. Aimie’s Socials: ⁠Dr. Aimie’s Website ⁠ Instagram Facebook LinkedIn YouTube RELATED EPISODES 681: The Biology of Trauma: How Stress Gets Stored in Your Body (and Passed On to Your Kids) and How You Can Start To Heal with Dr. Aimie Apigian 720: Why No One Talks About Loneliness in Midlife—And Why It’s Not Just You 717: “I Don’t Feel Like Myself Anymore”: The Mental & Emotional Reality of Perimenopause 702: How to Heal Trauma and Rebuild Trust Through Connectability with Anna Runkle

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0:00.0	More than 60% of these women have had sexual trauma in their lifetime. It was a shock,
0:10.5	and that is why the physician colleagues wanted to shut that study down at first. They could not even
0:17.4	fathom that this could be true, and then they didn't know what to do with it.
0:23.0	Welcome back to the energized with Dr. Marisa podcast. I'm your host, Dr. Marisa, and I'm here
0:29.8	to help you rock your hormones, optimize your metabolic health, and feel energized in your body
0:35.1	so that you can age powerfully and wake up feeling amazing
0:39.1	in your body for many years to come. Let's jump on in. When I was 24 years old, after getting
0:46.2	out of a very violent and abusive relationship with the help of some friends and family members,
0:53.7	I had a friend who recommended that I take a self-defense
0:56.7	class, and I signed up. And I remember going to my first day of this self-defense class,
1:02.7	and there was about 25 other women in the room. And there were questions being asked,
1:07.8	just trying to get a pulse of the room and trying to understand where women were coming from, why they were there. And one of the first questions that was asked is,
1:15.7	have you been abused or were you abused when you were a child? And close to half of the room
1:20.9	raised their hand. One of the next questions that came up that I'll never forget is, have you
1:25.7	been abused or experienced violence in the last
1:29.8	few years? And over half of the hands had gone up. And it was such a gut punch moment. I was super
1:37.6	shocked because I think so often when we've been abused as children or even as adults, as teenagers, maybe in college, whether that was sexual abuse or physical abuse or even verbal abuse, I think many of us feel like it is only happening to us, right? You feel that shame, that isolation, that, you know, no one really understands what you're going through and that you really shouldn't
2:01.0	talk about it. And mind you, no one really shared their personal experience. They just raised their
2:06.6	hands, but it spoke such volumes. One, that I was amazed at how many other women had experienced
2:13.5	abuse, whether it was in childhood or even in adulthood or both. And I was also, I also realized in that
2:20.3	moment that this was so much bigger than I could possibly imagine. You know, growing up, I rarely felt
2:25.6	safe, especially as a preteen and teenager, basically from like 11 years old on. I found myself
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