Your Emotions & Your Gut

Your gut is more than a digestive organ. It is a storage space for unfinished emotions, old stress, and protective responses your body has not had time to process. When life moves fast, the body holds onto what the mind has not yet resolved. The Gut as Emotional Storage Clients often tell me that colon…

When something feels wrong, we say we feel it in our gut. That is not a metaphor. It is biology. The enteric nervous system operates like a second brain. It processes intuitive information, emotional responses, and energetic shifts long before your conscious mind catches up. The Gut as a Second Brain This is why stomach…

Your colon holds far more than waste. It holds emotion. It holds fear. It holds memory. It holds the things you pushed down instead of processing because life did not give you a moment to breathe. The Emotional Body Lives in the Gut People often tell me that during their session they remember something from…

Stress does not just live in your mind. It lives in your gut. When you are stressed, your breathing becomes shallow. Oxygen levels drop. Adrenaline spikes. Digestion slows. Your body is trying to protect you, but the digestive system pays the price. How Stress Physically Affects Digestion Stress can interrupt the muscular contractions of the…

We talk a lot about digestion, bloating, and elimination, but we do not talk enough about mood. The gut produces seventy to ninety percent of your serotonin. That means your emotional baseline is deeply connected to your colon. The Gut–Mood Connection When your gut is inflamed, congested, or slowed, serotonin production drops. That is why…