The Body Keeps the Score — Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

This book connects the dots between what happens to you mentally and how it shows up physically. Van der Kolk's research on trauma and the body changed how I think about stress, recovery, and why my body was sending signals I kept ignoring.

It's not a light read, but it's an important one — especially if you've been through something difficult and can't figure out why your body won't cooperate.