You're Not Broken - What chronic pain and fatigue are trying to tell you

If you’ve been living with chronic pain, fatigue, migraines, gut issues, hormone symptoms, or a constant feeling that something just isn’t right, it’s easy to start believing that your body is failing you.

So many women that I work with and speak to quietly carry this belief.

That their body is broken or that they’re doing something wrong.

That they just haven’t found the right diagnosis, supplement, or protocol yet.

But what if none of that is true?

What if your body isn’t broken at all and is actually doing exactly what it’s designed to do?

Symptoms Are Not the Enemy

We’ve been taught to see symptoms as problems to eliminate.

Something to suppress, override, or push through so we can keep functioning.

But symptoms are not random, and they’re not betrayals.

They are communication.

Pain, fatigue, inflammation, and brain fog are often signs that the body is under-resourced, overwhelmed, or stuck in a prolonged stress response. They show up when the body can no longer compensate quietly.

That doesn’t mean you failed. It means your body is asking for help.

How Chronic Pain and Fatigue Develop

Chronic symptoms rarely come from a single cause.

They build slowly over time.

Years of stress, under-eating or restrictive dieting, pushing past exhaustion, emotional load, inflammation, and nervous system dysregulation.

Most women I work with didn’t wake up one day with chronic symptoms.

They were “high functioning” for a long time... that is, until their body couldn’t keep up anymore.

And yet, most approaches still try to isolate one thing to fix:

• One supplement

• One diagnosis

• One diet

• One label

  
  

The truth is that NOTHING in the body works in isolation.. and healing doesn't either.

Suppression Is Not Healing

One of the biggest misunderstandings in wellness is the belief that if symptoms quiet down, healing is happening.

I want to make one thing clear... suppression is not the same thing as healing.

You can silence symptoms temporarily while the underlying imbalance continues to build.

This is why so many women feel stuck in cycles of “better, then worse” or why symptoms simply shift locations over time.

True healing happens when the body feels safe enough to come out of survival mode.

Safety it isn't just psychological; it's physical and biological

The Body Doesn’t Need More Pressure

When you’re already exhausted, inflamed, or depleted, more discipline is rarely the answer.

Your body doesn’t need:

• More restriction

• More extreme protocols

• More biohacking

• More forcing

What it needs is support.

Support looks like nourishment instead of deprivation.

Regulation instead of constant stimulation.

Consistency instead of urgency.

This is why I don’t believe in forcing the body into health.

The body heals when it’s resourced, not when it’s punished.

A Different Question Changes Everything

Instead of asking, “What’s wrong with me?”Try asking, “What is my body asking for?”

That shift alone changes the entire healing process.

When we support the foundations of nutrition, digestion, mineral balance, liver function, nervous system regulation, and mindset.. things finally begin to fall into place.

The body starts responding not because it’s being controlled, but because it finally has what it needs.

You Are Not Broken

If you’re dealing with chronic pain or fatigue, there is nothing inherently wrong with you.

Your body is intelligent.

It’s adaptive.

and it's always working in your favor (even when it doesn’t feel that way).

Symptoms are not proof that your body is failing.

They’re proof that it’s trying to communicate after carrying too much for too long.

The good news?

Bodies heal when they’re given the right support.

Not all at once. Not perfectly. But steadily, gently, and sustainably.

You are not broken.

You are responding exactly as a body does when it has been under-resourced and overwhelmed.

And healing is possible.

With love and vitality,

Courtney

Legal Disclaimer: This content is meant to educate and empower, not replace medical care. It is not intended as medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Please work with your healthcare provider when making decisions about your health and wellness, especially if you have a medical condition or are taking medications.