# Healing Trauma in the Body: Nervous System & Integrative Mental Health w/ Shari B. Kaplan | Ep. 85

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Published: 2026-07-22T12:56:25+00:00
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## Resource

You can do years of inner work, but if your nervous system is still organized around threat, the body keeps paying the price through stress, inflammation, and chronic pain. In this episode, trauma therapist Shari B. Kaplan (LCSW) joins Nikolas and Michael to explore how trauma lives in the body, why the nervous system holds the key to lasting healing, and what it really takes to move from surviving to thriving. With over 30 years of clinical experience, Shari weaves together somatic awareness, Internal Family Systems, Jungian depth work, and integrative approaches to mental health. We get into the link between trauma, chronic pain, and inflammation, how to work with the nervous system instead of against it, practical tools for regulation and breathwork, and why raising the bar on what we accept as good mental health treatment matters more than ever. Guest: Shari B. Kaplan, LCSW, Founder of Cannectd Wellness Chapters: 0:00 Intro 0:45 Welcome & Shari's Work 5:22 Personal Journey and the Influence of Family 9:58 Plant Medicine & Integrative Healing 14:31 Integrating Cannabis and Ketamine in Treatment 19:02 Therapeutic Techniques and the Client Relationship 25:38 Empowering Clients Through Breathwork 28:20 Techniques for Calming the Nervous System 31:29 Navigating Resistance to Emotional Expression 34:58 Understanding Anger and Its Release 39:17 Holistic Approaches to Therapy 42:44 Reorganizing Identity and Beliefs 48:31 Integrating Therapy and Coaching

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