Episode 74: Why You’re Still Stuck in Healing: How Missing the Basics Breaks Even Advanced Protocols

If you’ve been on a healing journey for years…
If you’ve tried the advanced tools, protocols, and methods…
If you understand the language of nervous system regulation, trauma, terrain, detox, and biological medicine…
and you still feel stalled—

This episode is for you.

In this conversation, we explore a truth that challenges modern healing culture:

The more advanced your healing becomes, the more foundational it must be.

Not because you’re missing everything.
Not because you need to start over.
But because complexity often hides instability.

Advanced tools don’t fix broken foundations.
They expose them.

In this episode, we unpack:

• Why advanced healing tools fail when basics are unstable

• How complexity can mask missing foundations

• The difference between returning to basics and “starting over”

• Why healing plateaus often come from ignored fundamentals

• How long-term healing requires refinement, not escalation

• What “foundations” actually mean in biological medicine and trauma-informed care

This episode is not for beginners.
It’s for the people who’ve been doing the work.
The ones who know more than most.
The ones who are tired of chasing the next thing.

Because real progress doesn’t come from more complexity.
It comes from deeper stability.

And sometimes the most advanced move you can make…
is returning to what actually supports the body.

• Learn more about terrain-based healing and foundations:
  https://www.biomed-drainage.org

• Become certified as a Biological Medicine Practitioner:
  https://biomed.thinkific.com/

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— The Thom’s

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