{"id":12995,"date":"2021-12-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-29T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/annshippymd.com\/?p=12995"},"modified":"2022-04-14T14:23:56","modified_gmt":"2022-04-14T21:23:56","slug":"the-limbic-loop-the-missing-piece-of-your-healing-puzzle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/annshippymd.com\/the-limbic-loop-the-missing-piece-of-your-healing-puzzle\/","title":{"rendered":"The Limbic Loop \u2013 The Missing Piece Of Your Healing Puzzle?"},"content":{"rendered":"

As a Functional Medicine physician, I\u2019m always looking at the <\/span>root cause and interested in how<\/span> not only to help my patients heal but to help them thrive.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As much as I emphasize optimizing diet, restoring nutritional deficiencies, reducing toxicity, and adopting positive habits \u2013 <\/span>stress often plays an important role in chronic disease and symptoms too. Often stress is the last place where people make a change because it can be harder and require more dedication than popping a pill or hitting the gym. It also means that we have to<\/span>\u00a0really\u00a0take a look<\/span>\u00a0at our relationship to stress and\u00a0desire\u00a0to make a change at a deeper level. Today I want to talk about\u00a0how stress affects\u00a0the brain, specifically the limbic system, and how this can be contributing to symptoms and disease, but also allow for incredible healing.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0In this article, you will learn:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n