UnBroken - Reclaim Your Wholeness: A Manifesto to Healing in a World that Keeps Us Sick, Suffering, and Stuck

Why do we feel broken when we're sick and suffering? Why does help so often fall short—even when we've done everything "right"? Right questions. Wrong assumption. In UnBroken, physician and healer Karyn Shanks MD, radically reframes our suffering—not as failure, but as a powerful message from within. The problem isn't us. The problem is the story we've inherited: that we are disconnected, defective, and in need of fixing. That story is not only false—it's traumatizing. Drawing on the sciences of epigenetics, neuroplasticity, systems-based functional medicine, and transformational psychology—as well as four decades of clinical experience and her own healing journey—Dr. Shanks shows us another way: You are not broken. You are wise, whole, and resilient. This book is for you if you: Live with chronic illness, fatigue, or pain. Have been dismissed by conventional medicine or told "it's all in your head." Are seeking root-cause healing, not quick fixes or rigid protocols. Feel stuck in survival mode and want to find your way back to energy, joy, and flow. Want to understand how trauma, story, and biology shape your health—and how to reclaim your power to change. Inside, you'll discover: A trauma-informed framework for understanding suffering. The 21st-century Science of Directable Human Potential: epigenetics, neuroplasticity, core functional systems biology, and transformational psychology. The Dynamic Healing Principles of the Human Body and the Terrain of Healing. The Nine Unbroken Core Resilience Steppingstones for practical, personalized healing. How to decode the wisdom of your suffering and symptoms to rewrite the story of who you are and who you can be. This is not a protocol. It's a return: to your story, your body, and your power to heal. With life-changing guided practices to sustain resilience and restore wholeness. Perfect for readers of The Body Keeps the Score, When the Body Says No, and Radical Acceptance, this book offers a clear, compassionate path toward your innate capacity to heal and reclaim your wholeness.