The Conscious Gut

05/19/2026

Every culture has something to teach you. Greece teaches you to slow down, sit longer, and stop apologizing for taking a lunch break. The US teaches you drive, ambition, and how to build something. Neither one is perfect but both have something the other needs. The more I travel the more I realize the way you grew up is just one way of doing things. Not the only way.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

05/17/2026

Nobody is more traumatized by pebble poops than the person who has dedicated her entire career to preventing them🤭

05/16/2026

You can talk to something all day long and still be completely, physiologically alone, and that is the part nobody is talking about. Loneliness raises your cortisol, disrupts your sleep, tanks your immune function, and increases your risk of early death by the equivalent of smoking 15 ci******es a day, and AI cannot change that no matter how available, how patient, or how nonjudgmental it is, because what your nervous system is actually craving isn’t conversation, it’s co-regulation, the thing that happens when someone who truly knows you looks you in the eye and you feel seen. I’m not here to shame anyone for leaning on AI, I get it, modern life is isolating and it feels easier, but I am here to ask you one thing: who in your life can you reach out to today? Because that one real, messy, imperfect human conversation is doing something for your health that no technology can replicate.​​​​​​​​​​

05/14/2026

05/14/2026

I can’t tell you how many people come to me convinced they “have parasites” because they’re bloated, tired, constipated, or reacting to foods, and they’ve already done multiple parasite cleanses without ever actually being tested. Bloating and gut symptoms are not automatically parasites. And these cleanses are not harmless. Depending on what you’re taking, they can impact the gut microbiome, alter bacterial diversity, irritate the gut lining, and sometimes make people feel even worse. Please don’t just throw random parasite protocols at your body because someone on TikTok told you to. Test first. Figure out what’s actually going on. Your gut deserves more than guesswork🤍

05/13/2026

SIBO doesn’t just happen out of nowhere.
Your small intestine is actually really smart. It has mechanisms specifically designed to keep bacteria from overgrowing there. So when SIBO shows up, it’s usually a sign that one of those protective systems broke down. The most common culprits are low stomach acid, insufficient digestive enzymes, or poor motility, meaning food and bacteria aren’t moving through fast enough. SIBO is a symptom. Something upstream caused it. And until you address that root cause, you’re just chasing the same problem in circles.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​🤍

05/13/2026

When my son was 3 years old and dealing with autism and severe gut issues, we had no idea SIBO even existed. This was over 20 years ago, and nobody was really talking about the gut-brain connection the way they are now. We were just trying to survive every day while watching him struggle and trying desperately to figure out what was wrong. I remember thinking maybe gluten-free was the answer, and even that felt overwhelming back then. But things got so much harder before they got better. The bloating, the discomfort, the behaviors, the sleepless nights, the fear, the constant trial and error, the feeling of helplessness as a mother watching your child suffer and not having clear answers... it was heartbreaking. That experience is a huge part of why I understand my clients so deeply when they feel scared, emotional, overwhelmed, or exhausted by chronic gut issues. Because I remember what it feels like to sit there terrified, knowing something is wrong with your child, while feeling like nobody is connecting the dots.
SIBO can be incredibly complex and sneaky, and living through that journey changed me forever💛