I spent about 10 years trying to figure out what was wrong with me. I tried every new diet, detox, and supplement stack I could find. I researched conditions, read books, followed experts, and bounced from practitioner to practitioner. I kept hoping that this one thing would finally be the fix; that it would stop the daily gnawing pain in my body, or the million spinning thoughts in my mind.
But every time something helped a little, it never seemed to last. I still felt like I was managing symptoms, not actually healing.
It took me years to realize:
There was no single fix. No perfect diet, no miracle supplement, no one-size-fits-all protocol.
What actually helped me restore my health wasn’t one thing — it was a culmination of many small, foundational shifts:
- Learning to regulate my nervous system
- Changing how I related to stress
- Supporting my detox pathways
- Nourishing myself consistently
- Creating safety in my body and mind
Healing didn’t come from fighting my body, it came from learning to work with it.
Once I stopped treating my symptoms as enemies and started seeing them as messages, I finally began to create the conditions my body needed to heal.
When we’re struggling with our mental or physical health, we’re often taught to look for a quick fix, a pill, a protocol, a diagnosis. Something to make the discomfort go away fast. However, we’re left with surface-level solutions: suppress the symptom, ignore the root.
But here’s the truth: Symptoms aren’t random. They’re signals.
Your body isn’t broken, it’s communicating.
Root healing is the practice of listening. Instead of asking how do I stop this?, we start asking why is this here in the first place?
What’s out of balance? What’s been ignored, repressed, or overburdened?
This kind of healing isn’t a one-step process. And despite what wellness culture sometimes promises, there’s rarely one magical thing that turns it all around.
The real transformation comes from the culmination of many small shifts, in how you eat, breathe, move, think, rest, and relate to your body.
It’s not about holding yourself together with band-aids.
It’s about learning to listen to and support your body, and giving it the environment it needs to heal.
🛠 Tool: Journal Prompts for Root Awareness
True healing begins with awareness, not just of your symptoms, but of what might be underneath them.
Use these prompts to begin turning inward and gently uncovering the messages your body may be trying to send you. Grab your journal, a warm drink, or a comforting ritual and explore:
- What symptoms or struggles have I been trying to ‘fix’ quickly or ignore lately?
Notice without judgment. This is about awareness, not blame.
- If this symptom had a voice, what would it say to me?
Let yourself be curious. What is your body asking for?
- Where in my life am I putting on band-aids instead of getting to the root?
Think emotionally, physically, energetically, nothing is off limits.
- What might it look like to truly support myself right now?
This could be rest, boundaries, nourishment, connection; whatever feels true.
- What small change could I make this week to begin shifting my inner environment?
Keep it simple. Small shifts create real momentum over time.
You don’t need to figure it all out today.
Awareness is the first root. Let your body know you’re listening.
