Podcast: Episode 8

The Body Keeps Score: Conversations on Healing with Terri Ewart

As our first guest on the Bolton Inc Effect, Terri Ewart shares her journey from personal trauma to becoming a somatic healer who helps others navigate their painful experiences with compassion and presence.

• Complex PTSD from in-utero experiences shaped Terri's feelings of being "broken" and not belonging for much of her life
• Somatic healing addresses trauma physically embedded in our fascia and body, working beyond what talk therapy alone can achieve
• Early shame around pleasure and sexuality can create lasting patterns that affect adult relationships
• Safety is crucial for healing trauma—our bodies need to feel safe enough to release long-held tension patterns
• Internal Family Systems therapy helps identify different "parts" of ourselves that need compassion and understanding
• Menopause represents not just physical change but an opportunity for wisdom, clarity and renewed purpose
• Our physical ailments and pain often connect directly to unresolved trauma and emotional experiences
• Sex education should start much earlier and focus on body autonomy, agency, and the birthright of pleasure

Learn more about Terri's work at www.staycurious.co.nz where she offers individual sessions via Zoom, in-person work, and occasional workshops and immersions.