Episode 231: Emotional Healing with Dr. Nima Rahmany

Feb 22, 2025

Welcome to Protecting Your Nest with Dr. Tony Hampton. Dr. Nima Rahmany is a leading expert in emotional regulation, trauma healing, and relationship transformation. After a distinguished career as a chiropractor, he transitioned into the field of emotional and somatic healing, developing his signature Overview Experience program. His work focuses on nervous system regulation, shadow work, and healing attachment wounds, helping high-achieving professionals, parents, and individuals break free from toxic patterns and achieve deep emotional resilience.

In this discussion, Drs. Tony and Nima talk about:

• (00:00) Intro
• (02:17) What led Dr. Nima to transition from chiropractic care to emotional healing and trauma work
• (08:41) How the experiences of a baby in utero and in infancy can impact its health and emotional development
• (11:30) How to break out of unhealthy, stressful emotional cycles and understanding the anatomy of stress
• (17:24) How stress arises from harboring false expectations of reality
• (22:19) What “shadow work” is and why it is an important part of the work that Dr. Nima does
• (31:11) How shadow work can bring healing to your physical body
• (32:45) How unresolved trauma impacts the nervous system and can cause chronic illness in the body
• (39:20) What the “fawning” response is and how it breeds codependency and resentment
• (46:15) Grief, eating, and learning to operate your own nervous system
• (54:30) The value of coaching, group coaching, and community for building the skills you need to heal your nervous system
• (56:56) Outro, plugs, and resources

 

Thank you for listening to Protecting Your Nest. For additional resources and information, please see the links below.

 

Links:

Dr. Nima Rahmany:

• Website: https://drnima.com
• X: https://x.com/drnima
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drnima/?hl=en
• Attachment Style Quiz: https://go.drnima.com/yrx93

 

Dr. Tony Hampton:

• Linktree: https://linktr.ee/drtonyhampton
• Instagram Account: https://www.instagram.com/drtonyhampton/
• LinkedIn Account: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drtonyhampton/
• Ritmos Negros Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ritmos-negros/id1534043495
• Q Med: https://qmedcme.com
• Symposium for Metabolic Health Lectures: https://www.lowcarbusa.org/smhp-symposiums/san-diego-2022/
• How Waking Up Every Day at 4:30 Can Change Your Life: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOEB1Fr0_MM

• • Keto Mojo: https://keto-mojo.com/speakers/tony-hampton/