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The Truth About Trauma Healing: MDMA, EMDR + What ACTUALLY Works! | Bessel van der Kolk
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- Healing + Human Potential
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- Mar 24, 2026
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Summary
What if trauma healing isn't just about talking about the past, but helping the body feel safe again? In this episode of The Healing + Human Potential Podcast, I sit down with Bessel van der Kolk, one of the world's leading trauma experts, to explore 7 powerful ways to heal trauma without medication. Bessel shares why trauma is not just a story from the past, but a pattern the body and nervous system keep replaying in the present. We talk about why true healing often requires more than talk therapy, and how approaches like EMDR, yoga, breathwork, neurofeedback, movement, community + psychedelics can help people process trauma in a deeper way. If you've ever wondered why trauma can still live in the body, why certain patterns keep repeating, or what actually helps people heal, this episode offers a much more hopeful + expanded path forward. === Guest Bio: Bessel van der Kolk MD is one of the world's leading trauma experts and author of The Body Keeps the Score . He has spent his career studying how trauma impacts the brain and body and developing treatments that help people heal from traumatic stress. ==== Connect with Guest: Website: https://www.besselvanderkolk.com === Want 3 Life-Changing Tools you can use on yourself (or your clients) from inside our Accredited Coaching Certification? Click here to get them for Free: https://www.alyssanobriga.com/tools === Want one of the most Powerful Tools to Support you in Awakening & Manifesting Your Dream Life from the Inside Out (for Free)? Learn how to live to your full potential without letting fear get in the way of your dreams. ✨ Here's How to Get Your Gift: ✨ Step 1: Just head over to Apple Podcast or Spotify + leave a review now Step 2: Take a screenshot before hitting submit Step 3: Then go to alyssanobriga.com/podcast…