It is well-established that health issues that appear on a physical level are often related to or even caused by unaddressed emotions and/or energetic imbalances. This is also true for high-risk HPV, abnormal Pap smears, and cervical and vaginal cancer risk.

In this episode I’m going to discuss the mind, body, spirit connection to health, and how recovery from stress and trauma can help eliminate or reverse health issues on a physical, as well as emotional, and spiritual level. 

We Are More Than a Physical Body

As humans, when we experience symptoms — a headache, a skin rash, pain, or HPV and an abnormal Pap result — we tend to think of them as occurring only on a physical level. But research has demonstrated that these health issues are related to emotional and spiritual, or energetic, levels as well. 

When there is an imbalance, trauma, or unaddressed emotional or energetic issue, it can absolutely influence us physically. So, when something shows up as a symptom or diagnosis, it may be related to something happening emotionally or spiritually.

I’ve been working with thousands of cases for over 25 years, so I’ve had a great deal of opportunity to observe these connections. 

When a patient comes to me with an abnormal Pap smear, autoimmunity, migraines, or a skin rash, I begin by looking at physical imbalances — hormones, nutrient deficiencies, microbiome issues for example. But I’ve learned that it doesn’t stop there. We also need to consider what’s happening emotionally and spiritually, which brings us to the influence of stress and trauma on the human experience.

In my book, Master Your Stress Reset Your Health, I explain how stress and trauma affect the body through our stress response system — on a physical, emotional, and energetic level. 

We are all exposed to some amount of stress, and most of us have experienced trauma at some point. A lot of it begins in childhood and continues into adulthood. Research clearly shows that when stress and trauma go unaddressed, they are likely to show up in the body somewhere. This is well established in the literature, and I see it clinically all the time.

The Connection Between Trauma and HPV

When women are diagnosed with high-risk HPV, their doctors rarely mention that stress and trauma play a role, and they are rarely encouraged to seek emotional support. Yet the research is clear that stress increases risk of testing positive for HPV. 

A 2019 study from the Journal of Women’s Health found a significant association between childhood abuse and cervical cancer risk — women with a history of childhood abuse had a 96% higher odds of being at risk for cervical cancer. Physical, sexual, and psychological abuse all increase that risk. 

A 2016 study in the Journal of Interpersonal Violence found that women who experience physical or sexual violence from a partner as adults also have an increased risk of cervical cancer.

Research also shows that women who test positive for high-risk HPV experience social stigma, isolation, and sometimes even verbal abuse because of their diagnosis. This is exactly why we need to change the way we support women with HPV. Women need information, sensitivity, and genuine support — not to be left feeling like they did something wrong.

What I hear from women, from around the world, is that they feel it’s all their fault, that there’s nothing they can do, and that their practitioners have confirmed that hopelessness. 

This must change. The human immune system can clear high-risk HPV to negative — I see it in my practice every day. And leaving women in a state of stress, shame, and isolation only makes them more susceptible to the virus, because stress drops immune function, disrupts the microbiome, and throws cortisol off balance.

The Emotional, Spiritual and Physical Connection

When we look at the pelvic area of the body — the vagina, cervix, and womb — there is a recognized emotional and spiritual connection to feelings of powerlessness. Women dealing with HPV often feel out of control and hopeless, and the pelvic area is associated with a woman’s power. When that sense of power is absent, susceptibility increases. 

The pelvic area is also connected to unprocessed shame and grief. The womb is associated with creativity, intuition, and wisdom.

In psychology, issues in the pelvic area can relate to what are called attachment wounds — when childhood trauma resulted in a lack of nurturing, compassion, and love. Those wounds can contribute to susceptibility to high-risk HPV and abnormal cells. 

It is possible to heal emotional wounds. The first step is to become aware of them and to then choose to use techniques that support healing on the emotional and spiritual level.

Understanding the Common Susceptibilities to HPV

It is important to recognize that even when women are dealing with the same health issue, they can have very different underlying causes. That’s why identifying what is making each person susceptible to HPV is essential. 

There are eight common susceptibilities to consider: history of stress, trauma, or abuse in childhood, adulthood, or even in your ancestral lineage; diet, including refined sugar, alcohol, and inflammatory foods; lifestyle factors such as cigarette smoking, sleep and exercise; gut health, including leaky gut and microbiome imbalances; vaginal microbiome imbalances; nutrient deficiencies; hormone imbalances, including insulin, thyroid, estrogen, and progesterone; and exposure to medications or toxins that increase susceptibility.

It is by going through a process of identifying which susceptibilities apply to a specific individual — and it’s usually more than one — and then addressing them both physically and emotionally, that women are able to completely shift the status of their health and protect themselves from HPV going forward. 

Healing Is Possible

Just this week, I spoke with a 32-year-old who had been through two LEEP procedures, and faced the possibility of a hysterectomy. Within 6 months of following my HPV Protocol? She tested NEGATIVE for HPV and abnormal cells! Her story is powerful — but it’s not unique. I see this happen all the time with my patients.

Because HPV isn’t just about exposure. It’s about what’s making your body susceptible. When we address the root causes — stress, nutrition, immune function, and trauma — your body has an incredible ability to heal itself.

Even after decades of trauma exposure, we can heal the nervous system and recalibrate stress hormones, cortisol, adrenaline, and neurotransmitters. 

I guide women through the process of healing in my Master Your Stress Reset Your Health book, in my Say Goodbye to HPV Program, and in one-on-one appointments. The process includes breathing techniques, somatic therapy exercises, movement, including Transcendance™, meditation, and tools that help regulate the nervous system and create a sense of safety in the body.

The human immune system has the ability to clear high-risk HPV virus. We just need to know what’s making you susceptible to the virus so we can support you to address those factors. Then you’ll be able to maintain your resilience to HPV by continuing to support your health. This is absolutely possible using the Dr. Doni’s HPV Protocol.

If you’d like to learn more, join me over at doctordoni.com. You can download my HPV Recovery Guide, which is a free PDF. You’ll see all the success cases of women who’ve been through this process and found freedom from high-risk HPV so that you can have hope that it’s possible for you too. I see women achieving it every day.

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out to my office. My team would be happy to connect with you and help you know what your next best step is to free yourself from HPV. My team can also help coordinate shipping worldwide. You don’t have to figure it out on your own. Click here to set up a call with my team.

If you’d like to get a better sense of my approach, I welcome you to join my next free How to Get Rid of HPV online workshop where I help you to create a plan to get HPV out of your life for good. From there, you might choose to join the Heal HPV Kickstart Program, for the initial steps of my protocol, including diet changes and supplements, over the next 30 days.

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Or you can begin with the comprehensive Say Goodbye to HPV Program, which is 3 months and includes everything you need to implement my full protocol and address all the susceptibilities with live, group support, and access to testing and vaginal suppositories.

Thank you so much for joining me for this video. I’d love to hear from you – please like, comment, share, and subscribe, if you haven’t already. I look forward to having you join me for the next episode of How Humans Heal.

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