# #436 ENCORE: Digging Deeper to Heal Anxiety, Depression, PTSD, and Autoimmunity with Don Wood, PhD

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Podcast: [Less Stressed Life: Helping You Heal Yourself](https://stenobird.com/podcast/less-stressed-life-helping-you-heal-yourself-224881)
Published: 2026-01-14T23:00:00+00:00
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Send us Fan Mail 🚨🚨🚨Watch Christa's free training here: christabiegler.com/blueprint This week on the Less Stressed Life marks the final week of our encore series, where we’ve been revisiting listener-favorite episodes from 2025. In this episode, I sat down with Dr. Don Wood to explore how unresolved trauma can keep the nervous system stuck in survival mode and quietly drive symptoms like anxiety, autoimmune conditions, and chronic pain. We discussed how past experiences can remain stored in ...

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