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Podcast: Sparking Wholeness
Episode: Episode 327: How Your Fawn Response Hijacks Your Health with Dr. Nima Rahmany
Description: Host Erin Kerry is joined by Dr. Nima Rahmany, a trauma and nervous-system expert who helps high-performers heal attachment wounds and become âtrigger-proofâ in love, leadership, and everyday life.
They break down the least talked about trauma response: fawningâthe automatic people-pleasing pattern rooted in attachment injury, self-abandonment, and chronic dysregulation.
Youâll learn how the fawn response affects physiology, how it shapes boundaries, and why your body often becomes the boundary when your voice canât. They also explore attachment styles, polyvagal theory, somatic healing, and the neuroscience of safety.
Dr. Nima shares practical tools to rewire your stress response...