If you have a thyroid condition, an autoimmune diagnosis, or a metabolic illness, and you have done everything medicine has offered and still feel like something has not been reached, this episode is the place to start.

In this opening episode, Lt Col Abhinav Sharma, SM(Retd) lays out the full premise of the SomaShadow Method: what psychosomatic medicine actually means (and why the word was weaponised against the people it was designed to help), the intellectual lineage this work builds on, the three-layer method of pattern, shadow, and Bach Flower Remedies, and who this work is and is not for.

This is not a short explainer. It is a conversation with the layer of your healing that has not had a professional home.

In this episode:— Why psychosomatic is not the same as "it's in your head" and why the word is worth reclaiming— The four thinkers this work stands on: Gabor Maté, Bessel van der Kolk, Candace Pert, Dr. Edward Bach— The three-layer method: chronic emotional pattern, shadow, and Bach Flower Remedies— Who this work is for and where it is not appropriate

The question to sit with this week:In the year your condition first appeared or the year it became significantly worse, what else was happening in your life? Not the clinical explanation. The life around it.

Referenced:Gabor Maté — When the Body Says NoBessel van der Kolk — The Body Keeps the ScoreCandace Pert — Molecules of EmotionDr. Edward Bach — The Twelve Healers

Work with Abhinav Sharma one-to-one: https://soulvyom.comInstagram: @soulvyom

Nothing in this podcast is medical advice. Nothing here replaces your treating doctor, your medication, or your clinical treatment plan. This is a practitioner-translator's account of a body of research offered alongside your medical care, not in place of it.