Inspired Living with Autoimmunity

The root chakra is linked to the immune system and the adrenals — which makes it a strange thing to have never heard about if you're living with autoimmunity. Lisa Erickson, energy healer and author of Chakra Empowerment for Women, walks me through all seven energy centers, their glands and organ systems, and why safety in the body is the foundation for any healing. We get into medical trauma, why dissociating from your body is protective until it isn't, rewriting people-pleasing and hypervigila

Show Notes

The root chakra is linked to the immune system and the adrenal glands. If you're living with autoimmunity, that's a strange thing to have never heard about. My guest Lisa Erickson is an energy healer and meditation teacher who spent a decade in corporate tech before her own health crises sent her in a different direction, and she has a gift for making this stuff plain. We walk through all seven energy centers and what each one connects to physically — root and the adrenals, throat and the thyroid, solar plexus and digestion. We also get into why so many of us check out of our bodies when they hurt, why medical trauma is real trauma, and how survival patterns like people-pleasing and hypervigilance can actually be rewritten. Lisa calls it physical therapy, not surgery. If you've been told to try yoga or meditation and it never stuck, this is a different door in. And Lisa's one starting step takes about as long as brushing your teeth.

What is Inspired Living with Autoimmunity?

The podcast for high achievers who want to stay sharp, focused and full of energy despite their diagnoses. Those who know there has got to be something better than simply accepting decline.

Hosted by Julie Howton, a National Board Certified Functional Medicine Health Coach who used to suffer from crippling Rheumatoid Arthritis until she learned the tools and strategies to take her power back from autoimmunity.

In this podcast, Julie brings you interviews with thought leaders in the Functional Health and Wellness space. You will get actionable recommendations to Take Your Power Back and catapult your health. No fluff, just concrete, useful steps to improve your health!