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 your suffering.
- The 21st-century Science of Directable Human Potential.
- Your personal Terrain of Healing to see the bird’s eye view of your epigenetic healing potential.
- The Nine Unbroken Core Resilience Steppingstones for practical, personalized healing
- How to decode the wisdom in your symptoms and rewrite the story of who you are.
This is not a protocol.
It’s a return-to your story, your body, and your power to heal.
Perfect for readers ofThe Body Keeps the Score, When the Body Says No, and Radical Acceptance.