{"podcast":{"title":"Trauma Rewired","slug":"trauma-rewired-1367401","podcast_index_feed_id":1367401,"rss_url":"https://illuminatedwithjennifer.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://www.podpage.com/trauma-rewired/","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/7/1/6/3/716313e8a1aea0895f2e77a3093c12a1/TraumaRewired.podcastart-20220428-gpmwh6runm.png","author":"Elisabeth Kristof & Jennifer Wallace","episode_count":285,"summary":"The Podcast that teaches you about your nervous system, how trauma gets stored in the body and what you can do to heal.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/trauma-rewired-1367401"},"episode":{"title":"From Survival to Learning: Why Motivation Shuts Down Under Chronic Stress","slug":"from-survival-to-learning-why-motivation-shuts-down-under-chronic-stress","published_at":"2026-01-26T06:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/trauma-rewired-1367401/from-survival-to-learning-why-motivation-shuts-down-under-chronic-stress","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/trauma-rewired-1367401","url":"https://www.rewiretrial.com","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/illuminatedwithjennifer/S5E26_Rel_January_26_-_Memory_and_Learning_-_AUDIO.mp3?dest-id=2428643","summary":"Have you ever shared an idea, been met with silence, and felt your body instantly brace like something was wrong? Or walked to your car and suddenly felt flooded by an old fear, even though nothing \"new\" happened? In this episode, we explore how trauma and chronic stress can shift the brain from learning mode into survival mode, shaping what we remember, how we recall it, and how safe it feels to stay curious. You will hear why memory is not a perfect recording, how present-day state influences recall, and how the nervous system can tag even subtle cues, like a pause or a tone, as danger when past experiences taught your body that silence equals disconnection. In this episode of Trauma Rewired, co-hosts Elisabeth Kristof (founder of BrainBased.com and the Neurosomatic Intelligence Coaching Certification) and Jennifer Wallace (Neurosomatic Psychedelic Preparation and Integration Guide) are joined by Matt Bush, founder of Next Level Neuro and lead educator in the NSI certification. Together, they unpack explicit vs. implicit memory, how the hippocampus, amygdala, and prefrontal cortex influence recall and learning, and how regulation, sensory inputs, and repetition can support integration and post-traumatic growth. Timestamps: 00:00 A real-life trigger: when silence, social cues, or context flips the body into survival 08:00 Memory basics: explicit vs. implicit, plus episodic, semantic, emotional, and procedural memory 16:00 Why memory is reconstructive: state, prediction, and sensory integration shape recall 24:00 Trauma + memory: hippocampus, amygdala, and why facts fade while sensations intensify 33:00 Learning after trauma: attention as a nervous system state, and why willpower is not the lever 42:00 Memory reconsolidation and \"windows\" for updating threat charge wit…","meta_description":"Have you ever shared an idea, been met with silence, and felt your body instantly brace like something was wrong? Or walked to your car and suddenly felt…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3286,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/trauma-rewired-1367401/episodes/from-survival-to-learning-why-motivation-shuts-down-under-chronic-stress/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/trauma-rewired-1367401/from-survival-to-learning-why-motivation-shuts-down-under-chronic-stress.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}