When we think of trauma, we often picture a mental or emotional experience— a painful memory, grief, fear, or an overwhelming event. But trauma is also a deeply physical, embodied experience. As I recently explored in Bessel van der Kolk’s landmark book -The Body Keeps the Score (van der Kolk, 2014), overwhelming experiences can continue to dictate how our brain, nervous system, and physical tissues respond long after the original event has passed. When stress becomes prolong