Healing Across Generations: Mike Agugliaro Interviews Dr. Don Wood and Katelyn
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Dr. Don Wood is the Founder and CEO of Inspired Performance Institute, a cutting-edge biotechnology company that has developed neuroscience-based programs to help individuals overcome the effects of trauma and achieve peak performance. As a clinical counselor, he focuses on addressing trauma as a neurological issue, aiming to reset the mind's response to past events to improve mental clarity and emotional well-being. Dr. Wood is also the author of Emotional Concussions and You Must Be Out of Your Mind, which delve into the impact of trauma on the nervous system and offer strategies for healing.
Here’s a glimpse of what you’ll learn:
[2:03] Katelyn Agugliaro shares her experience with anxiety and trauma beginning in childhood
[6:08] How drug-induced psychosis led Katelyn to psych wards and recovery programs
[10:33] Katelyn’s decision to stop all medication and reclaim her identity
[15:05] Mike and Jen Agugliaro describe their fight against a system that denied their daughter autonomy
[18:29] How Katelyn experienced an emotional breakthrough after joining Dr. Don Wood’s program
[23:09] Jen recounts her health scare and how emotional healing reversed a liver failure diagnosis
[29:05] Addiction as a code in the brain, not a moral failure
[32:11] Why Dr. Wood developed his program after his daughter’s autoimmune disorders
[36:30] The link between unresolved trauma, inflammation, and autoimmune diseases
[44:55] Success stories from Dr. Wood’s program
[51:16] Dr. Wood challenges cultural beliefs about anxiety
[56:17] Why withdrawal symptoms are more about fear and belief than chemical dependence
In this episode…
Many people battling anxiety, depression, or addiction feel like they’re trapped in a cycle they can’t escape — relying on medication, revisiting trauma in therapy, and struggling to function day to day. Traditional systems often offer only short-term relief or numbing, reinforcing the belief that these challenges are lifelong afflictions. How can you rewire your brain’s response to trauma to eliminate these conditions?
After cycling through detox centers, psych wards, and medication regimens that dulled her without resolving her pain, Katelyn Agugliaro found hope in a trauma-reset method that emphasized healing the root cause. Dr. Don Wood, who developed the method to save his daughter’s life, explains that unresolved trauma creates lasting inflammation and mental health challenges, maintaining that recovery can begin by rewriting the brain’s code rather than suppressing symptoms.
In today’s episode of FuDog.TV, Dr. Don Wood, Founder and CEO of Inspired Performance Institute, returns to talk with Mike, Jen, and Katelyn Agugliaro about his neuroscience-based approach to trauma recovery. Together, they discuss why medications often mask rather than solve pain, the failures of the recovery system, and how high-performance individuals can reclaim peace and clarity.
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Quotable Moments:
“Addiction is a code. Your brain is a computer, and it just literally runs a code.”
“If it's a disease, then why is nobody curing it? Every other disease, there's a cure.”
“They touched your body, but they never touched you. They never touched your essence and your light.”
“Your mind doesn’t get anxious for no reason. Anxiety is a message trying to tell you something.”
“We're designed to heal our minds and bodies. What’s interfering is the constant run of the trauma.”
Action Steps:
Reframe addiction as a brain-coded coping mechanism: Understanding addiction as a response to trauma removes shame and empowers healing through neurological reconditioning.
Address unresolved trauma to reduce physical symptoms: Emotional trauma can trigger chronic inflammation and autoimmune responses, making mental healing essential for full-body recovery.
Question lifelong diagnoses and labels: Challenging the permanence of mental health labels creates space for transformation and self-empowerment beyond traditional systems.
Reduce or eliminate unnecessary medications mindfully: Medications often mask symptoms without healing root causes, and tapering with support can restore mental clarity and vitality.
Redefine recovery as being “recovered”: Shifting from an identity of ongoing struggle to one of resolution fosters hope, stability, and long-term personal growth.
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