When I stood at the podium at the Manchester Royal Eye Hospital Conference, surrounded by clinicians, researchers, and patients, one theme echoed through every conversation: burnout affects both patients and professionals. I wasn’t there as a Doctor. I was there as someone who had lived the system from the inside out — as a patient, a practitioner, and a woman who once lost her health, only to find her way back through understanding the nervous system’s wisdom. The message I carried was...

Learn how chronic stress and trauma affect the body through the HPA axis and nervous system — and how breathwork, reflection, and journaling can help you heal from the inside out.

Most people searching “what causes autoimmune disease” hear the same answers: genetics, lifestyle, environment. But the missing piece is stress — especially early life stress and unresolved trauma.