1055. The Truth About Trauma: Why Your Nervous System is the Missing Link w/ Somatic Expert Brian Mahan

Heal Squad x Maria Menounos

Maria Menounos, Heal Squad

Self-improvement, Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Education

4.6 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 3 April 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Hey, Heal Squad! This Throwback Thursday, we're diving into one of Maria’s most transformative healing experiences—with somatic trauma expert Brian Mahan. When Maria was going through one of the most difficult seasons of her life, Gabby Bernstein pointed her toward Brian’s work, and it changed everything. Brian breaks down the science and soul of somatic experiencing—a powerful trauma healing modality that helps you physically and emotionally process and release pain stored in the body. He shares how trauma isn’t just in your mind—it lives in your nervous system, and why talking about it isn’t always the solution. Learn how to repattern your reactions, create new neural pathways, and even rewire the way you think and feel about yourself. PLUS, Maria shares personal breakthroughs, why celebration matters, and the one small shift you can make today to start healing old wounds for good. Don’t miss out! -- HEAL SQUAD SOCIALS IG: https://www.instagram.com/healsquad/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@healsquadxmaria HEAL SQUAD RESOURCES: Heal Squad Website: https://www.healsquad.com/ Maria Menounos Website: https://www.mariamenounos.com My Curated Macy’s Page: Shop My Macy’s Storefront Prenuvo: Prenuvo.com/MARIA for $300 off Delete Me: https://bit.ly/43rkHwi code: SQUAD EPISODE RESOURCES: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/briandmahansep/ Website: https://briandmahan.com/ Trauma Healing Website: https://traumahealing.org/ Healing Shame Website: https://healingshame.com/ ABOUT MARIA MENOUNOS: Emmy Award-winning journalist, TV personality, actress, 2x NYT best-selling author, former pro-wrestler and brain tumor survivor, Maria Menounos’ passion is to see others heal and to get better in all areas of life. ABOUT HEAL SQUAD x MARIA MENOUNOS: A daily digital talk-show that brings you the world's leading healers, experts, and celebrities to share groundbreaking secrets and tips to getting better in all areas of life. DISCLAIMER: This Podcast and all related content (published or distributed by or on behalf of Maria Menounos or http://Mariamenounos.com and http://healsquad.com) is for informational purposes only and may include information that is general in nature and that is not specific to you. Any information or opinions provided by guest experts or hosts featured within website or on Company’s Podcast are their own; not those of Maria Menounos or the Company. Accordingly, Maria Menounos and the Company cannot be responsible for any results or consequences or actions you may take based on such information or opinions. This podcast is presented for exploratory purposes only. Published content is not intended to be used for preventing, diagnosing, or treating a specific illness. If you have, or suspect you may have, a health-care emergency, please contact a qualified health care professional for treatment.

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0:33.1	I'm on a journey to heal and get better in all areas of life, and I want to do it with you.
0:38.0	Welcome to Heal Squad by Maria Menunoz, where we improve and heal all parts of our lives, most importantly, our health.
0:45.6	Heel Squad by Maria Menuno's, your life improvement series starts now.
0:50.1	Hey guys, just finished filming an amazing episode with Brian Mahon. He is a somatic
0:58.2	experiencing practitioner. Now, I don't know if you know anything about somatic work. I didn't
1:03.3	know anything about it until Gabrielle Bernstein suggested I work with Brian during that
1:08.9	tough time with my mom. And it was absolutely mind-blowing.
1:14.2	The changes, the results, the healing that's taken place has been really life-changing for me.
1:22.7	So I wanted to share him with you guys, of course.
1:25.0	I think you'll really be intrigued and you'll learn a lot
1:28.9	about trauma and how it's not just psychological, it's physical. There's so much in this episode
1:33.9	for you to learn. I hope you guys will love it. So let's take a listen. So the other thing you
1:40.2	talked about earlier is new patterns, right? So this is a new pattern for me. And,
1:47.2	and I remember, you know, at the end of one of our calls, you're like, okay, so just keep thinking
1:53.0	what's new, what's different, you know, think about your new patterns. And I remember, um,
1:57.3	I was going to meet my surrogate for breakfast. And I had given her the wrong address and I was at the wrong location. And I was going to meet my surrogate for breakfast and I had given her the wrong address and I was
2:03.6	at the wrong location and I'm having normally I would have this like full blown like oh my God
2:09.0	what a moron I am and I would have this like very stressful moment and I drive like a crazy person
2:15.3	and I call Kevin and like dump on him about how dumb I was to do
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