Autoimmune, Trauma & Business Success - Turning Survival Patterns into Clean Power

In this episode, Paul Howarth is joined by integrative health coach and fertility expert Liberty Mills for a powerful and deeply personal conversation about autoimmune disease, fertility, trauma, and the long-term impact of stress on the nervous system and the body.

Liberty shares her own journey with lupus, early-life illness, racial trauma, medical dismissal, and healing — and explains how experiences in the womb, childhood, and adulthood can shape immune health, fertility, identity, and resilience later in life.

Together, they explore how chronic stress, suppressed emotions, environmental factors, and unaddressed trauma can influence autoimmune conditions and reproductive health — and why so many people feel stuck, unheard, or resigned to “this is just the way I am.”

This episode goes beyond symptoms and diagnoses, touching on epigenetics, the mind–body connection, identity, self-sabotage, grief, and the moment where responsibility, awareness, and change begin. 

It’s a conversation for anyone who knows something isn’t right in their body or life — and is ready to start joining the dots.

Topics discussed include:

00:00 – Stress, the nervous system, autoimmune disease, and fertility
01:02 – Stress in the womb and how trauma is passed down
02:36 – Trauma, autoimmune illness, and the body keeping the score
03:47 – Liberty’s childhood, illness, and early signs in the body
05:44 – Racism, fear, and growing up without safety
08:26 – Meeting her father in adulthood and healing identity
10:06 – Therapy, embodiment, and reclaiming voice and power
14:34 – Lupus diagnosis and the wake-up call to change
17:44 – Healing autoimmune illness through lifestyle and trauma work
25:21 – Desperation, denial, and taking responsibility for recovery
30:26 – Advocacy, fertility support, and navigating the medical system
34:28 – Quickfire: habits, business lessons, and transformation
36:26 – What transformation really starts with 

Guest:

Liberty Mills — Integrative Health Coach & Fertility Expert

Author of Fertility 360