From Anxiety to Integration: Healing the Nervous System through Heart, Body, and Spirit
In this deeply honest and compassionate conversation, Dr. Habib Boerger is joined by writer, speaker, and professor Dr. Alane Daugherty to explore the lived intersection of spirituality, somatic awareness, trauma healing, and emotional resilience.
Dr. Alane shares her personal journey through severe anxiety and emotional distress—and how meditation, Quaker spirituality, Zen practice, and somatic approaches became gateways to profound healing. Together, they reflect on why spiritual awakening and healing includes the body, why safety and trust are essential for healing trauma, and how heartfulness emerges when mind, body, and spirit are integrated.
This episode explores:
How trauma lives in the nervous system—and how it can be gently healed
Why somatic practices can feel overwhelming for some—and how to honor that
The role of divine connection, safety, and compassion in embodied healing
Heartfulness as a lived experience, not a belief system
Simple physiological practices that support spiritual receptivity
Why there is no single “right” entry point to healing or awakening
The conversation concludes with a guided somatic-spiritual practice led by Dr. Alane, inviting listeners into grounded presence, gentle awareness, and connection with the Sacred—however they name it.
This episode is for anyone navigating anxiety, trauma, spiritual disconnection, or the longing to feel whole again—and for those seeking a spirituality that honors the wisdom of the body and the wisdom of the heart.