01/13/2026
Constantly learning, even while waiting at the car service station for my car’s “wellness check.”
The emphasis on the autonomic nervous system: sympathetic (fight or flight mode) vs parasympathetic (rest and digest mode) has been eye opening, and makes absolute sense now. STRESS is the common denominator to all diseases. Something our bodies try to communicate with us through different means: bloating, fatigue, aches and pains, sleeplessness, etc, but we often shrug off. We, as a society, are in constant fight or flight mode due to our jobs, families, finances, to name a few. We don’t allow ourselves to rest and recover from the daily grind. Meanwhile, our organs slow down or stop producing hormones required to heal, focusing instead on hormones for survival. We turn to supplements, and the current trends in “health and wellness” like hormone therapy. We forget our bodies are equipped to heal itself… if we allow it to. Let’s try to listen to our bodies!