The Courageous No
An Embodied Workshop Toward a Truer Yes
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Monday, April 27, 2026Â
Embody the courageous no
You've been saying yes to everyone. The Courageous No starts with naming what's underneath the yes.
Most people name it anxiety. People-pleasing. A dislike of conflict. All real.
Something older sits underneath: the terror of being alone. Rejected. Abandoned.
For a nervous system shaped in early attachment, connection was survival. That terror still drives the yes.
The yes kept the relationship. It kept you safe. And in every yes to them, you said no to yourself.
To your needs. Your wants. Your truth. Your time. Your life.
This workshop is not about learning to say no to people.
It's about learning to say yes to yourself.
From the body, where the truth lives. In a community, where the turning becomes possible.
What Makes This Workshop Different
- Experiential, not just informational — You’ll feel the patterns in your body, not just understand them intellectually.
- Integration of somatic work, parts work, and psychodrama —Body-based practice, inner parts exploration, and guided enactment work together to reach deeper layers.
- Focused on underlying attachment patterns —We explore the patterns shaping connection and safety, and how they continue to show up today.
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If you’ve been saying yes when you mean no, feeling disconnected or unsure what you want, this 60-minute workshop offers a gentle, body-based way to reconnect with yourself and begin making it safe to choose you.
Workshop Details
đź“… Date: Monday, April 27, 2026
⏰ Time: 12:00PM PST
⏳ Duration: 60 minutes
đź’» Format:Â Live online workshop with replay available for 90 days
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If you’re ready to stop abandoning yourself and begin reconnecting with your own yes, join us for The Courageous No.
This is your invitation to make it safe to choose you.
Aimie Apigian, MD, MS, MPH
Physician. Researcher. Patient. Guide.
Aimie Apigian is a double board-certified physician in Preventive Medicine and Addiction Medicine with master's degrees in biochemistry and public health. She is the founder of Trauma Healing Accelerated and author of the USA Today bestselling book, The Biology of Trauma—with a foreword by Dr. Gabor Maté.
Her framework didn't come from textbooks. It came from necessity.
As a surgical resident and functional medicine physician, she saw patients whose stress had made them sick. As a foster-adoptive mother to her son Miguel, she experienced firsthand how trauma creates deep patterns. As someone who lived her own health collapse—chronic fatigue, autoimmunity, anxiety, and unexplained symptoms—she discovered what was missing from every approach she tried.
That missing piece became the Biology of Trauma® framework and an integration of psychology, somatics, and biology in the sequence the body needs to heal.
She is a certified Somatic Experiencing practitioner trained under Dr. Peter Levine, with additional certifications in NeuroAffective Touch, Internal Family Systems, and the Instinctual Trauma Response Model. She has presented at Oxford University's Masters Series on Trauma, the Institute for Functional Medicine, and the Integrative Medicine for Mental Health Conference.
Her podcast features conversations with leading trauma experts including Dr. Gabor Maté, Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, Dr. Peter Levine, and Dr. Stephen Porges.
She has guided hundreds of thousands through this work.
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