01/27/2026
YOUR BODY KNOWS MORE....
This may affect your health more than you realize.
Sometimes it isn’t food, hormones, age, or bad luck that slowly wears the body down. Sometimes it’s people.
Pay attention to what happens in your body around certain individuals. Your shoulders tighten. Your breathing becomes shallow. Your jaw clenches. Your stomach feels unsettled. You leave conversations feeling drained rather than energized. And yet, your mind quickly steps in with excuses: They didn’t mean it. That’s just how they are. I shouldn’t feel this way.
But your body doesn’t respond to intentions or explanations.
It responds to patterns.
Repeated stress.
Repeated disrespect.
Repeated emotional unpredictability.
Each time you brace yourself around someone, your nervous system shifts into defense mode. Stress hormones rise. Inflammation increases. Sleep becomes lighter. Digestion slows. Immune function weakens. The body stays alert, waiting for the next emotional hit.
Over time, this constant state of vigilance shows up physically. Fatigue that doesn’t resolve. Aches and pain with no clear cause. Gut issues. Headaches. Anxiety. Weight changes. People often blame aging, hormones, or stress in general. Sometimes those factors are involved—but sometimes the deeper issue is prolonged exposure to an environment that doesn’t feel safe to your body.
What makes this especially tricky is that the mind is very good at rationalizing. It explains away discomfort. It minimizes patterns. It tells you to be understanding, patient, forgiving—sometimes at the expense of your own well-being.
Your body, however, is honest.
It keeps a quiet record of how it feels around people, places, and situations. It signals safety through relaxation and ease. It signals danger through tension, exhaustion, and shutdown. When those signals are ignored long enough, the body eventually speaks louder—through symptoms.
One of the most powerful health decisions you can make is learning to listen to those signals. Not with fear or judgment, but with curiosity and respect. Asking yourself: Who do I feel at ease with? Who do I feel myself around? And who consistently leaves my body feeling braced or depleted?
Healing doesn’t always start with doing more. Sometimes it starts with recognizing what your body has been warning you about all along—and giving yourself permission to take that wisdom seriously.
Your body is not overreacting.
It’s communicating.
Check in with your body and listen. Contact me for free consultation. 661-238-9154 Rosemary Powell CMS, CHT, NLP