Your Body Is Telling You Something – Are You Listening?
- Sam J Shelley
- 4 days ago
- 2 min read
Updated: 55 minutes ago
Your Body Is Telling You Something – Powerful Signs to Notice Now
The body's warning system works exactly like your car's check engine light.
First it flickers on and you think "eh, I'll deal with it later." Then it starts blinking faster and you're like "okay okay, I see you." Then BOOM. You're stranded on the side of the road wondering why you didn't just listen in the first place.
Your pain works the same way. That little twinge you've been ignoring? It's not actually coming from where you think it is. Your back pain isn't really about your back. Your headache isn't just a headache. The pain you feel is just your body screaming through the only exit door it can find.
Here's the wild part. Most doctors will hand you a prescription before they even know what's causing your pain. They're not healing you. They're just numbing the alarm bells. And when you numb those nerve endings, you're basically unplugging your body's entire communication system.
Pain and stress are best friends. You can't have one without the other. Something stressful happens outside your body, you internalize it, and now it's trapped inside looking for a way out. That outlet becomes your pain.
The real magic happens when you stop asking "how do I make this stop hurting" and start asking "what is my body trying to tell me."
I just dropped a powerful new episode with Njideka Olatunde on The
Conversations podcast. She's a pain and stress relief specialist who breaks down the entire pain-stress connection and teaches you how to actually listen to what your body is saying.
Plus she shares some wild reflexology techniques you can use right at home.
This one's a game changer if you're tired of band-aid solutions.
Go give it a listen.








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