DR. DONI WILSON is a Naturopathic Doctor, certified professional midwife, certified nutrition specialist, and bestselling author of Master Your Stress, Reset Your Health. For more than 22 years, she has helped thousands of patients overcome health challenges and achieve wellness by using specific strategies that address the whole body and ultimately resolve the underlying causes of distress. Dr. Doni suffered from migraines for over 20 years, and in the process of solving them, she developed her Stress Recovery Protocol.  Dr. Doni brings awareness to the impact of stress on our health and how it is possible to recover from burnout and become resilient to stress in the media and at public and professional events. You can find her blog, podcast, called How Humans Heal, and her Self C.A.R.E.™ program at DoctorDoni.com. Dr. Doni joins Dr. Trevor Cates to discuss her early experiences with extreme stress, and how those events shaped her interest in stress as well as her journey to find relief for herself and her patients from chronic stress.   Takeaways:  [3:07] How Dr. Doni’s childhood inspired her to research and prevent the effects of stress [5:24] How Dr. Doni’s burnout lead her to begin treating both herself and patients undergoing different kinds of extreme stress [6:54] Why women may be more susceptible to stress, often stemming from societal expectations of their roles in the world [8:36] The four major areas of the body that are affected by stress: digestion, hormones, neurotransmitters, and immune system [11:45] Understanding how stress affects your body through testing cortisol, neurotransmitters, and adrenaline levels [14:31] Different stress types and why recovering from stress slowly is necessary for the process to be successful  [18:30] Examples of slow recovery activities to help the body heal from stress, and where to start the process [21:15] How to decrease cortisol levels at night by using adaptogens [24:41] Nutrients that can help destress the body   Mentioned in This Episode:  DoctorDoni.com Dr. Doni’s Instagram Dr. Doni’s Facebook Master Your Stress, Reset Your Health - Dr. Doni’s bestselling book Stress type quiz   Twitter: “We’re supposed to be superheroes, when really we’re human.”   “Recovery from stress is incremental, we need to be pacing ourselves.”