The Wellness Mama Podcast

Cell Danger Response and the Link to Chronic Disease with Dr. Cathleen King

Katie Wells/Dr. Cathleen King Episode 894

Episode Highlights With Cathleen King

  • Her journey with mysterious symptoms and what finally helped her heal
  • What the cell danger response is, and why we have to understand this 
  • Her realization and paradigm shift to find the common denominator behind her health problems 
  • How she slowly “walked herself out of hell” and healed
  • The body is infinitely capable of healing
  • It is figuring out what is blocking, what is keeping the body from healing 
  • What happens if the signal that the threat hasn’t passed is sent to the body
  • The programming to break to be able to send a safety signal to the body
  • How to learn to coexist with your diagnosis and lab tests in order to turn off cell danger response 
  • Creating the hypothesis that the body can heal itself and discard the information that has made you distrust your body
  • Your belief system is your biggest ally in healing 
  • How to build nervous system resiliency without having a disproportionate response to triggers
  • How to use certain breathing practices to encourage the parasympathetic nervous system: box breath or 4-7-8 breathing 
  • You have to believe that it is safe to feel safe 
  • What vagus nerve training is
  • Limbic and nervous system retraining to climb out of cell danger response
  • Brain retraining as a way to target the limbic system and amygdala to heal

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