Laura Khoudari is a trauma-informed wellness expert and author. Her book, Lifting Heavy Things: Healing Trauma One Rep at Time, has appeared in The New York Times and in NPR’s HealthShots and has been translated into Chinese. A runner up in Roxane Gay's Audacious Book Club Essay Contest, her essays have been published in Human Shift and Archetype. You can find her at laurakhoudari.com and at laurakhoudari.substack.com.