Soul Medicine with Dr. Laura C. Brenes

Episode 1: When Your Body Speaks: The Birth of Soul Medicine

There was a time in my life when I didn’t realize I had been living in survival mode for decades—pushing through, holding everything together, and ignoring the quiet signals my body was trying to send.

Until I couldn’t anymore.

In this very first episode of Soul Medicine, I share the deeply personal story behind the birth of this podcast and the journey that changed everything for me. What began as physical symptoms and chronic overwhelm slowly unraveled into a deeper understanding that healing is not just physical—it is emotional, psychological, spiritual, and deeply connected to the nervous system.

After years of chronic stress, over-functioning, and ignoring my body’s signals, I developed not one,  ...