Fibroids, Polyps, Heavy Bleeding & Painful Periods: What Is Your Body Trying to Tell You?

Your Period Is a Report Card

I think of our period as a monthly report card.

Heavy bleeding, large clots, significant pain, cycle changes, mood instability and changes in energy or sleep are all information.

Just as our stool can give us clues about our overall health, so can our cycle.

Think about the warning light on your car.

If that red light comes on, you don't disconnect the light and keep driving.

You look under the hood.

Because the warning light isn't what's broken. It's communicating that something underneath needs attention.

Our symptoms deserve that same curiosity.

I Know Because I've Been That Woman

I wasn't dealing with one small polyp.

I had extremely heavy bleeding, multiple fibroids and multiple polyps.

One of those polyps was growing. It was the one they were particularly concerned about, and surgery was something they wanted to move on fairly quickly.

But instead of only focusing on what was growing, I started asking:

WHY is this happening?

What is happening within my internal terrain that is allowing this to happen?

I didn't want to simply blame estrogen. I wanted to understand why my body might not be communicating efficiently or processing and clearing estrogen the way it needed to.

So I looked deeper.

I used functional labs to understand what was happening in my body, and I made lifestyle changes based on what I learned.

Instead of focusing only on my uterus, I began supporting my whole body.

Not chasing the symptom. Changing the terrain.

Then one day, I went to the bathroom.

I looked down into the toilet.

And there it was.

The growing polyp they had been concerned about had passed from my body.

Later, I went back for another internal ultrasound.

The fibroids were gone too.

This wasn't the moment I suddenly discovered what the human body was capable of.

It was another chapter in a story I've been living for decades.

We Are Not Our Diagnosis

At 21, I survived a devastating plane crash that left my body with extensive injuries.

I was told things about what my future would look like and what my body wouldn't be able to do.

Not one of those things came to pass.

Years later, my neck became another chapter. Again, I was given a picture of what my body would eventually need.

And again, that wasn't the future I lived.

The stories go on.

That's why I believe so deeply:

We are not our diagnosis.

A diagnosis describes what is being seen in the body at that moment.

It doesn't get to become a prophecy about what that body is capable of.

And we need to pay attention to what we speak over ourselves.

“This will only get worse.”
“I'll always have this.”
“My body is failing me.”

Those words matter.

Our thoughts can influence our stress response, our nervous system and the way we experience our bodies. I believe what we continually speak over ourselves becomes part of the internal environment we're asking our bodies to live in.

As our mind goes, our body is listening.

So I choose to speak life over mine.

Our diagnosis is information.

It is not our identity.

What If Your Hormones Aren't the Problem?

Estrogen isn't the enemy.

We need estrogen. She influences our brain, bones, cardiovascular system, skin, metabolism, reproductive tissues and so much more.

She's one of the body's great conductors.

When the hormonal orchestra gets out of balance, I don't want to blame the conductor.

I want to know what disrupted the harmony.

That's where we look at the internal terrain.

Gut health. Liver function and hormone metabolism. Blood sugar and insulin. Inflammation. Nutrient status. Environmental exposures. Sleep. Stress. The nervous system.

And you don't have to have obvious digestive symptoms for gut health to matter. What happens in the gut can influence systems far beyond digestion.

The uterus, ovaries, liver, gut, brain and hormones are all part of the same interconnected body.

That's why I don't chase one isolated symptom.

I connect the dots.

Don't Wait Until the Whispers Become Screams

This conversation isn't only for someone who already has a diagnosis.

It's about prevention too.

Your cycle, stool, energy, sleep, mood, digestion and metabolic health can all give us clues about how your body is functioning.

Pay attention while the body is whispering.

We don't have to wait until those whispers become screams before we start looking under the hood.

And we don't have to settle for spending years simply managing one symptom after another without ever asking what is happening underneath them.

Not Chasing the Symptom. Changing the Terrain.

I believe the body was created with innate intelligence and an extraordinary capacity to regulate, repair and heal from within.

Our job is to create an environment that supports that intelligence.

That's where functional labs can be incredibly valuable.

Instead of guessing, we can get specific about your body.

We can look deeper at the systems involved, connect patterns that may have seemed unrelated, identify areas that need support, provide the nutrients and lifestyle foundations the body needs, and work on reducing the interferences that may be standing in its way.

This is what getting to the root means to me.

And this is the work I do with women every day.

You Have Too Much Life Left to Settle

If you've been living with heavy bleeding, painful periods, fibroids, polyps, endometriosis, mood instability, exhaustion or symptoms you've simply learned to live around, I want you to hear this:

You have too much life left to spend it merely managing how you feel.

Health isn't only about adding years to our lives.

It's about adding life to our years.

Quantity matters.

But so does quality.

Having the energy to be present with the people you love.

Feeling at home in your body.

Waking up and having the capacity to actually live your life rather than constantly managing symptoms.

And believing that your body is capable of more than the story you've been given.

Your body is not something you need to fear.

It is something you need to learn to understand.

That is where I come in.

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