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Podcast: The Get Healthy Tampa Bay Podcast
Episode: E147: Dr. Christine Gibson on Trauma Tools, Polyvagal Basics & Everyday Regulation at Home!
Description: Welcome to the Get Healthy Tampa Bay Podcast with Dr. Kerry Reller! This week, I’m joined by Dr. Christine Gibson, a family physician and trauma therapist. We unpack how trauma responses are adaptive, not defective, and how to move from fight/flight or freeze back into your “window of tolerance.” Dr. Gibson explains polyvagal basics and teaches fast, body-based tools—breath work, gaze shifts, EFT/tapping, Havening, butterfly taps, guided imagery, and “afformations”—to calm the nervous system. We also connect stress regulation to blood pressure, asthma, GI health, fertility, immunity, pain, and sleep. Tune in for practical, 60-second skills...