Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
How Do You Get Out of Fight-or-Flight?
In this clip from my monthly conversation with Chef AJ, we answer an important question from the audience:
"What can I do if I feel stuck in fight-or-flight?"
Many people living with chronic illness, histamine intolerance, migraines, autoimmune disease, or persistent anxiety feel like their nervous system is always on high alert. In this video, I explain what's happening in the brain, why your amygdala is trying to protect you, and how chronic stress can disrupt your cortisol response, immune system, and overall health.
One of the most important messages I share is this:
If you are still in a dangerous situation, your first priority is getting to safety. Healing can only begin once you're safe.
But for many people, the danger is no longer happening—the brain just hasn't learned that yet.
One of the first steps toward calming the nervous system is learning to remind yourself:
"Right now, I'm okay."
As you spend more time recognizing the moments when you truly are safe, your brain begins collecting evidence that it doesn't have to stay on high alert all the time. Over time, that can help reduce anxiety and allow your body to shift from fight-or-flight into the "rest and digest" state where healing happens.
This is one of the reasons I teach that recovering from chronic disease isn't just about nutrition. We also have to help the nervous system feel safe enough to heal.
If you'd like to learn my complete nutrition protocol, my online class, 6 Steps to Reversing Disease with Supermarket Foods, is FREE through August 10 at GoodbyeLupus.com.
And if you'd like more support, join me every Wednesday at 12:30 PM Pacific for Wellness Wednesday on YouTube Live, where I answer your questions and provide free coaching.
And join me on Chef AJ's channel, usually on the 4th Monday of the month.
If this video helped you, please like, subscribe, and share it with someone who could benefit. Wishing you peace, healing, and vibrant health. 💚
💥More resources for you like recipes, publications and to work with me: https://linktr.ee/goodbyelupus
#trauma #fightorflight #ptsd
About Dr. G:
Dr. Brooke Goldner is a board-certified medical doctor and the author of multiple bestselling books, including Goodbye Lupus, Goodbye Autoimmune Disease, and her recently released recipe book, Goodbye Lupus, Hello Delicious.
She has published multiple case studies in fully reversing Lupus & Sjogren's diseases and lupus nephritis with her nutrition protocol.
She is the sole autoimmune professor for the Plant-Based Nutrition Certification from Cornell University and a member of the Forbes Health Advisory Board.
Due to her Goodbye Lupus Nutrition Protocol, she herself has been lupus-free with normal lab tests since 2005, after 12 years of being very sick with lupus rashes, arthritis, nephritis, and mini-strokes from antiphospholipid antibodies. She was able to have healthy pregnancies and children and remains healthy to this day, with a hyper-nourishing plant-based diet.
She has dedicated her life to educating the public, physicians, and testifying to government committees to improve health through better understanding of the nutrition that optimizes cellular function, repair, and immunity, that has saved her life and thousands of others around the world.
MEDICAL DISCLAIMER
All the information provided by Brooke Goldner, M.D. and associated videos are strictly for informational purposes only. It is not intended as a substitute for advice from your health care provider or physician.
The information provided by Brooke Goldner, M.D. and associated videos cannot be used to make a diagnosis or treat any health condition. The information is not advice, and should not be treated as such. The information in this video is provided "as is" without any representations or warranties, express or implied.
Brooke Goldner, M.D. is not acting as your medical provider. --
#autoimmunedisease #diseasereversal
How Do You Get Out of Fight-or-Flight?
In this clip from my monthly conversation with Chef AJ, we answer an important question from the audience:
"What can I do if I feel stuck in fight-or-flight?"
Many people living with chronic illness, histamine intolerance, migraines, autoimmune disease, or persistent anxiety feel like their nervous system is always on high alert. In this video, I explain what's happening in the brain, why your amygdala is trying to protect you, and how chronic stress can disrupt your cortisol response, immune system, and overall health.
One of the most important messages I share is this:
If you are still in a dangerous situation, your first priority is getting to safety. Healing can only begin once you're safe.
But for many people, the danger is no longer happening—the brain just hasn't learned that yet.
One of the first steps toward calming the nervous system is learning to remind yourself:
"Right now, I'm okay."
As you spend more time recognizing the moments when you truly are safe, your brain begins collecting evidence that it doesn't have to stay on high alert all the time. Over time, that can help reduce anxiety and allow your body to shift from fight-or-flight into the "rest and digest" state where healing happens.
This is one of the reasons I teach that recovering from chronic disease isn't just about nutrition. We also have to help the nervous system feel safe enough to heal.
If you'd like to learn my complete nutrition protocol, my online class, 6 Steps to Reversing Disease with Supermarket Foods, is FREE through August 10 at GoodbyeLupus.com.
And if you'd like more support, join me every Wednesday at 12:30 PM Pacific for Wellness Wednesday on YouTube Live, where I answer your questions and provide free coaching.
And join me on Chef AJ's channel, usually on the 4th Monday of the month.
If this video helped you, please like, subscribe, and share it with someone who could benefit. Wishing you peace, healing, and vibrant health. 💚
💥More resources for you like recipes, publications and to work with me: https://linktr.ee/goodbyelupus
#trauma #fightorflight #ptsd
About Dr. G:
Dr. Brooke Goldner is a board-certified medical doctor and the author of multiple bestselling books, including Goodbye Lupus, Goodbye Autoimmune Disease, and her recently released recipe book, Goodbye Lupus, Hello Delicious.
She has published multiple case studies in fully reversing Lupus & Sjogren's diseases and lupus nephritis with her nutrition protocol.
She is the sole autoimmune professor for the Plant-Based Nutrition Certification from Cornell University and a member of the Forbes Health Advisory Board.
Due to her Goodbye Lupus Nutrition Protocol, she herself has been lupus-free with normal lab tests since 2005, after 12 years of being very sick with lupus rashes, arthritis, nephritis, and mini-strokes from antiphospholipid antibodies. She was able to have healthy pregnancies and children and remains healthy to this day, with a hyper-nourishing plant-based diet.
She has dedicated her life to educating the public, physicians, and testifying to government committees to improve health through better understanding of the nutrition that optimizes cellular function, repair, and immunity, that has saved her life and thousands of others around the world.
MEDICAL DISCLAIMER
All the information provided by Brooke Goldner, M.D. and associated videos are strictly for informational purposes only. It is not intended as a substitute for advice from your health care provider or physician.
The information provided by Brooke Goldner, M.D. and associated videos cannot be used to make a diagnosis or treat any health condition. The information is not advice, and should not be treated as such. The information in this video is provided "as is" without any representations or warranties, express or implied.
Brooke Goldner, M.D. is not acting as your medical provider. --
#autoimmunedisease #diseasereversal
