
Combat PTSD Science: Harvard Trained Psychologist Reveals The Truth | TRS 061
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In this episode of The Resilient Show, Chad Robichaux is joined by clinical health psychologist and freediving instructor, Dr. Lindsay Bira.
Filmed on North Bimini Island, their conversation unpacks how chronic stress and untreated PTSD inflame the body and accelerate heart disease, and why evidence-based exposure therapy, paired with slow-breath drills and the mammalian dive reflex, can reverse the damage. Chad and Dr. Bira plan dynamic- and static-apnea challenges that turn freediving into a “bench-press for the frontal lobe,” teach viewers how interoceptive breath-holds stop panic in its tracks, and explore faith, purpose, and community as force-multipliers for long-term healing and elite performance underwater and on land.
Dr. Lindsay Bira, PhD is a Harvard-trained clinical health psychologist, trauma researcher, and PADI freediving instructor. Published in Nature and featured by NPR, Science, and Forbes, she previously served active-duty military and veterans for the U.S. Department of Defense. Today she leads Ocean Oriented, translating cutting-edge mental-health science into ocean-based training that builds resilience, performance, and well-being worldwide.
Learn more about Dr. Lindsay Bira: https://www.drlindsaybira.com
Learn more about Ocean Oriented: https://www.oceanoriented.com/
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