{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5efb7d62a08b3c145c6ba91c/6a451f2775e7a3e9612603d7?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Dr Sula Windgassen: It's All In Your Body","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5efb7d62a08b3c145c6ba91c/1782913868766-c964409f-6734-4a6a-8ca2-68a02cc188d7.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>On this episode of Period Story, I speak to Dr Sula Windgassen, the health psychologist and author of the book <em>It’s All In Your Body</em>.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode, Dr Sula shares:&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><ul><li>Why getting told the issues you’re experiencing are ‘all in your head’ inhibits healing and fosters a message of distrust, isolation and disconnection</li><li>Why categorising psychology as woo woo can preclude so many people that could directly benefit from working with themselves in a slightly different way&nbsp;</li><li>How our psychology and biology can impact each other though psychobiological loops and change multiple systems in our body</li><li>Why it’s important to accept our feelings and experience them in our window of tolerance</li><li>The impact suppressing emotions has on the physical body</li><li>What symptom spirals are and how to interrupt them&nbsp;</li><li>And of course, the story of her first period</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Dr Sula says that she wrote her book for people who feel unseen and dismissed in their suffering to know there are options and it’s not all in your head.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Thank you, Dr Sula!</p><p><br></p><p>Get in touch with Dr Sula:</p><p><br></p><p>Her book: <a href=\"https://amzn.to/4gPXBGb\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">It’s All In Your Body</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.healthpsychologist.co.uk\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Her website</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/the_health_psychologist_/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Her Instagram</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.bodymindconnect.club/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Her community</a></p><p><br></p><p>Her podcast: <a href=\"https://www.howwereallyfeel.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.howwereallyfeel.com</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/@TheHealthPsychologist\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Her YouTube</a></p>","author_name":"Le'Nise Brothers"}