08/03/2026
๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ข๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐๐ค๐ ๐ฆ๐ ๐ฌ๐ก๐๐ค๐ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ก๐๐๐.
โ๐๐ต'๐ด ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐บ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด, ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ฑ๐ช๐ด๐ต ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ข๐ฏ๐ต?โ๐คจ
โ๐๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐บ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ด...โ ๐
โ๐๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถโ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต?โ๐คฆโโ๏ธ
*๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ข ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ.โ๐คฌ
At the time, I wasn't looking for sympathy. I was looking for answers.
But after hearing versions of these comments over and over, I started wondering if everyone else was right.
Maybe this really ๐ธ๐ข๐ด just something I had to live with.
Maybe I ๐ธ๐ข๐ด overreacting.
Looking back, that was one of the hardest parts of my gut journey. Not just the bloating, the constipation, or wondering whether I'd regret eating something. It was slowly losing confidence in what I knew my body was trying to tell me.
Years later, after becoming a Registered Dietitian and specializing as a gut health coach, I still see this happen all the time.
Women come to me feeling frustrated because they've been told everything looks "normal," yet they still don't feel well. They're eating healthily, trying supplements, avoiding foods, and doing everything they can think of, but instead of getting answers, they often end up questioning themselves.
If there's one thing I wish every woman knew, it's this:
๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ฏ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ ๐ญ๐๐ค๐๐ง ๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ฒ.
They may not always have one simple explanation, but that doesn't mean they're imaginary or something you just have to accept because you're in your 40s or 50s.
That's a big part of why I do this work today. I don't want women to spend years doubting themselves the way I did.
I'm curious, what's the most unhelpful thing someone has ever said to you about your gut symptoms?