Once you’ve learned how to listen to your body in a more deliberate way, you can then start to understand the story that your symptoms are telling you. A symptom is a red flag – your body is pleading “hey, pay attention to me!”. It’s time to get to the root cause of the problem, because everything is connected. You can slap on band-aid fixes but another issue can develop down the road if you don’t address why your body is showing you these signs in the first place.

Like many women, I’ve gone through my own battles with digestive health, hormonal issues, and mental health. For years, my body gave me signs that I brushed aside. “It’s no big deal. It’ll go away,” I thought.