Isn’t This Just Stress?

Maybe you’ve been told your bloating, fatigue, or brain fog are “just stress.” Maybe even you’ve said it to yourself.

Yes, stress plays a role in gut health- but it’s not the whole story. Dismissing your symptoms as “just stress” keeps you stuck.

Here’s what’s really happening: chronic stress weakens motility, lowers stomach acid, and impairs immune defenses. This makes your gut more vulnerable, but SIBO and dysbiosis take root when the microbial environment is imbalanced and gut lining is impaired.

That’s why so many people feel frustrated. They meditate, they breathe, they take adaptogens- but their gut still feels off. Because the gut itself needs attention, too. Stress management without microbiome repair is half the picture.

Healing happens when we address both the nervous system and the gut terrain. Calming your stress response and rebalancing your microbiome is what stops the cycle.

This is exactly what I help my clients do inside my programs- a gut + nervous system reset that works with your body, not against it. Learn more HERE.