Psychedelics are having a cultural moment. Research is promising. Stories of healing are everywhere. But here’s the truth: these experiences aren’t magic cures. And they aren’t right for every nervous system at every time. In this episode, Elisabeth Kristof and Jennifer Wallace slow the conversation down. Instead of asking, “Do psychedelics heal trauma?” They explore a more grounded question: What …

In this episode of Trauma Rewired, Jennifer Wallace and Elisabeth Kristof welcome author, speaker, and embodiment coach Preston Smiles for a powerful conversation on the Father Wound — and how paternal presence or absence shapes the nervous system. Together, they explore how a father’s regulation, emotional availability, and play patterns influence brain development, stress physiology, attachment, intimacy, and leadership. Drawing from …

For many people with a history of chronic stress, attachment wounds, or complex trauma, boundaries don’t land as neutral information — they register in the nervous system as abandonment, threat, or loss of connection. In this episode of Trauma Rewired, we explore why that happens and what it actually takes to rewire those responses at the level that matters most: the …

In this episode of Trauma Rewired, we explore autoimmune conditions through a nervous-system and psychoneuroimmunology lens—moving beyond the idea that the body is “attacking itself.” Instead, we examine autoimmunity as an adaptive output of a system that has lived in chronic threat for too long. Jennifer Wallace and Elisabeth Kristof unpack how immune response, emotional expression, boundaries, trauma history, and …