High Functioning: Your Body Holds the Answers; Craniosacral Therapy Connects You to Your Inner Knowing

High Functioning: Your Body Holds the Answers; Craniosacral Therapy Connects You to Your Inner Knowing

Get ready to be moved by real-life accounts of healing that go far beyond traditional talk therapy. This High Functioning instalment of *Chasing Heroine* focuses on craniosacral therapy and how it can support recovery and mental health by working directly with the nervous system. Host Jeannine Coulter Lindgren talks with craniosacral therapist Sunil Kalwani from Seasons Malibu’s clinical team.

The Monday series is all about practical education and tools, and this conversation fits perfectly: it’s aimed at people in or out of addiction recovery who want a higher quality of life, but who may be tired of feeling "broken" or stuck. Sunil explains craniosacral therapy in plain terms, describing the brain and spine as "underwater creatures" bathing in cerebrospinal fluid. His work is about helping that system find ease so the rest of the body and mind can settle.

As he puts it: "You are not broken. You are not a problem to be solved. You are a system seeking its own coherence, its own remembering." You’ll hear his unlikely journey from video game designer to hands-on practitioner, fuelled by his own search for happiness and spiritual connection. He shares vivid examples, including supporting a deaf client online by simply giving her body "space" and attention, leading to better digestion, more aliveness, and eventually some return of hearing.

For people dealing with addiction, Sunil talks about the nervous system’s role in urges, the comfort often sought through substances, and how early attachment patterns may sit underneath compulsive behaviour. Sessions aren’t about fixing someone; they’re about offering gentle touch, deep listening and a safe relationship so the body’s own intelligence can start to re-balance.

If you’re curious about body-based therapies, or you’ve ever felt that talk alone isn’t touching the root of your struggles, this episode offers a calm, grounded glimpse into another way of healing. Could reconnecting with your body’s "inner knowing" be the missing piece in your recovery toolkit?