{"id":18560,"date":"2018-12-28T18:36:18","date_gmt":"2018-12-28T18:36:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/15minutematrix.com\/?p=2354"},"modified":"2025-09-17T13:37:47","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T13:37:47","slug":"pod_mapping-aces-with-niki-gratrix-56","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/www.fxnutrition.com\/blog\/mapping-aces-with-niki-gratrix-56","title":{"rendered":"Mapping ACEs with Niki Gratrix #56"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Mapping ACEs with Niki Gratrix #56\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2018-12-28T18:36:18+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT24M05S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Throughout our first year in production of the podcast, one topic has come up as a Functional Trigger for chronic illness more often than any other. That Trigger is the topic of today\u2019s episode. It\u2019s not gluten, MTHFR or mitochondrial disorders. It\u2019s...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/15_minute_matrix\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/fxna\/15minutematrix\/episodes\/15MM-056-Mapping-ACEs-with-Niki-Gratrix.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"43.3\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2539\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-18560-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/15_minute_matrix\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/fxna\/15minutematrix\/episodes\/15MM-056-Mapping-ACEs-with-Niki-Gratrix.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/15_minute_matrix\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/fxna\/15minutematrix\/episodes\/15MM-056-Mapping-ACEs-with-Niki-Gratrix.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/15_minute_matrix\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/fxna\/15minutematrix\/episodes\/15MM-056-Mapping-ACEs-with-Niki-Gratrix.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><\/div><p>Throughout our first year in production of the podcast, one topic has come up as a Functional Trigger for chronic illness more often than any other. That Trigger is the topic of today\u2019s episode. It\u2019s not gluten, MTHFR or mitochondrial disorders. It\u2019s the ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences). Be sure to tune-in to bring a deeper understanding to your patient care in the coming year!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/fxna\/15minutematrix\/resources\/15MM-056-Matrix-Mapping-ACEs-with-Niki-Gratrix.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fxnutrition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/15MM-download-matrix-button-v9-768x612-1-300x239.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"239\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-21096\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/fxna\/15minutematrix\/resources\/15MM-056-Matrix-Mapping-ACEs-with-Niki-Gratrix.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/fxna\/15minutematrix\/resources\/15MM-056-Matrix-Mapping-ACEs-with-Niki-Gratrix.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to download the completed Matrix from this week\u2019s episode<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nikigratrix.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">To learn more about Niki\u2019s work head over to her website!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Resources and studies mentioned in this episode include:<\/p>\n<p>&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acesconnection.com\/g\/resource-center\/blog\/resource-list-extended-aces-surveys\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Go to the ACE Connection Resource Center to access the original ACE study, questionnaires, and evolution of the survey over time<\/a><\/p>\n<p>There are several great articles on The Orchid Theory, here are a couple:<\/p>\n<p>&gt;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/magazine\/archive\/2009\/12\/the-science-of-success\/307761\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2018The Science of Success\u2019<\/a><br \/>\n&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/hsperson.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Highly Sensitive Person website<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.enneagraminstitute.com\/type-descriptions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Learn more about the Enneagram Types here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Plus I have some additional resources for you!<\/p>\n<p>&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/fxnutrition.com\/nutritionmastery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Niki speaks into Epigenetics &#8212; If you don\u2019t already have my \u20183 Tiers to Epigenetic Mastery\u2019, be sure to get your hands on that now<\/a><br \/>\n&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/functionalnutritionlab.com\/blog\/how-to-make-empathy-an-asset-instead-of-a-liability-in-your-practice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">I also speak into Functional EMPATHY toward the end of the episode. Learn what I mean in this blog post. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1846,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","categories":[307],"tags":[],"podcast_category":[264,273],"podcast_tag":[245,272],"class_list":["post-18560","podcast","type-podcast","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-podcast","podcast_category-epigenetics","podcast_category-triggers","podcast_tag-environmental-inputs","podcast_tag-triggering-events"],"_yoast_wpseo_sitemap-include":null,"_yoast_wpseo_canonical":null,"_yoast_wpseo_redirect":null,"_yoast_wpseo_opengraph-description":null,"_yoast_wpseo_opengraph-title":null,"_yoast_wpseo_focuskeywords":"[]","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":null,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":null,"_yoast_wpseo_title":null,"_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"Discover how Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) impact chronic illness in this insightful podcast episode featuring Niki Gratrix. 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