How Trapped Emotions May Show Up as Physical Pain in Your Body featuring Dr. Bradley Nelson

This week I sat down with Dr. Bradley Nelson, a holistic physician, USA Today bestselling author, and founder and CEO of Discover Healing, the creator of the Emotion Code, the Body Code, and the Belief Code. He's a father of eight, a grandfather of seven, and a great grandfather, and he opened with an incredible story about how his wife's first daughter, placed for adoption before they met, found them and was officially adopted into the family at 47.

We got into his newest book, The Heart Code, which he wrote with his wife Jean, and the idea of a heart wall that many of us build after painful experiences. Dr. Nelson shares his view on trapped emotions and the body, stories from his practice, and how emotional patterns can pass from one generation to the next. I also respectfully pushed back with my own 20 years in the operating room, and near the end I opened up about what I've been feeling as my 18 year old leaves for college. If you grew up in an unpredictable home and want to break the cycle for your kids, this one is for you.

Timeline Summary

[0:00] Introduction and the October Dad Edge Alliance promo: a signed book, two free courses, and an advance copy of The Marriage Drift

[3:05] Dr. Nelson on his family of eight kids, seven grandkids, and one great grandchild

[4:00] His wife's first daughter, placed for adoption before they met, finds them 18 years ago

[7:36] A faded whiteout on a birth certificate and a call to BYU help put the pieces together

[12:40] Dr. Nelson's background and his three systems: the Emotion Code, the Body Code, and the Belief Code

[16:59] Why Dr. Nelson sees symptoms as the check engine light, not the real problem

[18:17] Muscle testing as a way to communicate with the subconscious mind

[22:18] A waking vision in 1998 that led to the discovery of the heart wall

[28:01] A patient with severe low back pain and a trapped emotion of anger from 20 years earlier