Body Mind Connect

WEBINAR

How your childhood changed your health

Your childhood is a critically important part of your life, with a significant portion of your development and learning taking place. Many of us consider our childhoods unremarkable and minimise the impact of events that were difficult at the time, but now a long-distant memory. Perhaps one we've done lots of work to move away from. Others recognise that childhood was extremely stressful and feel bound by the impact of it. 
This webinar will:
   Clarify the research on how childhood impacts physical health as an adult 
  Outline how to regulate physiology affected by childhood using principals from evidenced psychotherapeutic protocols and neuroscience. 

Thursday 4th September 2025, 7:00pm BST 

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The role of chronic stress and trauma in your wellbeing

Body Mind Connect will be hosting an upcoming webinar that will explore the profound connection between childhood experiences and your health in adulthood, deep diving into how early stress and trauma create changes in both brain and body. Our founder, Dr. Sula Windgassen, will draw on both research and clinical experience, and guide you through understanding how your early experiences can influence your physical and emotional wellbeing.

During the workshop, Dr. Sula will help you understand the science behind Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and how they can show up and impact the nervous system, your immune function and contribute to chronic health conditions. Additionally, you will learn practical tools for assessing your own childhood stress responses and discover how the psychobiology of these experiences can contribute to persistent physical symptoms. Most importantly, we want this webinar to offer hope - exploring how the neuroplasticity of the brain allows us to rewire neural pathways and help recalibrate the body back to safety, even many years after our childhood. 
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We will look at:

🫀 The childhood experiences that are proven to change the body
Discover what the research says about how your childhood experiences could have altered your biology

🔎 How to assess your own childhood stress 
Explore how you can assess your own childhood stress and the potential impact of it.

🧠 The psychobiology of these experiences and persistent physical symptoms
Learn about how your psychology, biology and sociology may be contributing to your physical wellbeing. 

🔄 Help recalibrate the body to safety
Find hope in discovering how you can rewire your brain and body to signal safety and reduce physical symptoms. 
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Who is this webinar for?

  • Anyone who identifies with having experienced extreme or ongoing stress, and feels as if that has manifested in their physical wellbeing in any capacity 
  • Anyone with chronic pain, chronic symptoms, or unexplained symptoms 
  • Anyone who have experienced medical trauma 
  • Anyone who don't recognise trauma, or are unsure whether your childhood experience may have impacted your health 
  • Anyone who feels that they had adversity, but they don't feel it is trauma in the traditional sense 
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About Dr. Sula Windgassen

Dr. Sula Windgassen is a leading Health Psychologist, CBT and EMDR therapist, and Mindfulness teacher. Dr. Sula has completed two doctoral degrees - a research PhD in Psychological Medicine at Kings College London, and a practitioner psychologist Doctoral Qualification with the British Psychological Society as a Health Psychologist. 

Dr. Sula Windgassen has dedicated her entire career to exploring the powerful intersection between physical and mental health. Her groundbreaking research on gut-directed psychotherapy for IBS symptoms has been featured in major media outlets including the BBC, The Guardian, The Independent, and The Telegraph. 

Her passion for the mind-body connection was ignited by her own two-year journey recovering from "mystery" bladder issues. She founded Body Mind Connect to bring her evidence-based approaches to those struggling with chronic conditions.
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The agenda 

This webinar will be split into three sections, the first two are over 60-mins covering education and practical applications relating to trauma and childhood, followed by an open Q&A session at the end. 
07:00pm
07:30pm
08:00pm

Q&A 

Ask Dr. Sula anything 
At the end of the webinar, there will be a Q&A with Dr Sula, who will answer any questions you may have. If you have a question but need to drop off at one hour, the webinar will be recorded and sent to all registered attendees.

Practical application

We will put the science into action
This will show you how you can assess your own childhood stress, make sense of it and work towards guiding your body back to safety. 

Education and research 

How do child experiences change the body? What is the psychobiology of these experiences? 
You will learn about how childhood trauma and chronic stress can impact your body, leading to persistent physical symptoms. Additionally, how your body can be recablibrated back to safety by rewiring your brain and body.
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