When gut symptoms don’t make sense - when the same food causes pain one day and no reaction the next - it’s easy to feel confused, broken, or dismissed. This piece explores why digestion can’t be separated from nervous system safety, and how gut symptoms often make sense when we widen the lens beyond food alone.

“I feel so betrayed by my body. Why is it so broken?”

This question arrives often in my clinic - usually from women whose bodies have been carrying pain, vigilance, and exhaustion for a long time. What if the body isn’t broken at all, but responding exactly as it was shaped to?