Did you know unprocessed childhood trauma is linked to significantly higher chances of chronic illnesses later in life?
That means your digestive issues, recurring infections, unexplained pain, or extreme food sensitivities might not be random health problems at all. In fact, they might be your body’s way of holding onto experiences you went through as a child.
When our client Jane came to us, she was carrying childhood traumas that had been lodged in her body for decades. By the time she reached 39, all that unresolved trauma had turned into a serious chronic illness. She was battling relentless GI issues, extreme food sensitivities, and severe dysbiosis with candida overgrowth and recurring infections. She’d been through multiple rounds of antibiotics, which only made everything worse. And eventually? Her body started reacting to the antibiotics themselves.
But here’s what made her situation so challenging: she had absolutely no idea that her childhood trauma was connected to these symptoms. Since her trauma started at such a young age, “survival mode” became her baseline.
Within 10 months, we were able to resolve the GI issues, extreme food sensitivities, and recurring infections, but her story shows us you can’t heal chronic physical symptoms if you’re only treating the body and ignoring the stored trauma that’s driving them.
Let’s take a look at where Jane started and how our data-driven approach helped her turn her symptoms around without resorting to more rounds of antibiotics that were only making her sicker.
All of us have experienced trauma in one way or another, but Jane’s childhood was especially challenging.
Jane was legally blind from birth, but her parents refused to accept it. Rather than making any accommodations for her needs, they were recklessly neglectful, constantly placing her in situations she had no ability to handle because of her disability. But this wasn’t just occasional carelessness. It was a dangerous, ongoing pattern of disregard for her safety that created truly terrifying, life-threatening moments for her.
But that was just the beginning. Throughout her childhood, Jane endured other forms of trauma that would leave lasting scars. Her father would force her to swallow her food, and if she refused—or if she vomited—he would make her eat her own vomit. The abuse she experienced at home became a pattern that her nervous system would never forget.
These weren’t just difficult memories. They were traumatic experiences that got stored in her body, creating patterns that would affect her for the next 39 years.
By the time Jane found us at 39, her body was literally breaking down under the weight of the trauma she’d been carrying since her childhood.
She was rating almost every single one of her symptoms at a 10 on our tracking charts. Her chronic GI issues were relentless and severe. Her food sensitivities had spiraled so far out of control that she could barely eat anything without triggering a reaction. The dysbiosis in her gut—complete with candida overgrowth and recurring infections—had been treated again and again with antibiotics. But nothing worked. Worse than that, the antibiotics were actually making her sicker, and eventually her body started reacting to those, too.
She was desperate for help, but she wasn’t just looking for another round of treatments that would fail her. She knew we took a completely different approach—one that addresses all the facets of the human condition and investigates every single barrier to healing and health, not just the physical symptoms sitting on the surface.
When Jane started working with us, we knew we couldn’t just slap a band-aid on her digestive symptoms or pile on more supplements for her gut issues. We needed to dig deeper and investigate every single barrier to healing—both the physical ones everyone focuses on and the emotional aspects that many practitioners overlook.
On the physical side, we tested for environmental toxins (such as chemicals and heavy metals), evaluated her dysbiosis, reviewed the medications she was taking, and identified foods that might be triggering her body.
But this is where we do things completely differently. We went after the barriers to healing that conventional medicine rarely even acknowledges. We looked at her unresolved emotions, the traumas that were literally stuck in her body, her thoughts about herself and the world around her, and the belief systems she’d developed over a lifetime. All of these invisible forces were actively sabotaging her recovery, and no amount of antibiotics or supplements was ever going to change that.
When her lab results came back, our suspicions were confirmed. Along with several other contributing factors, we discovered she was carrying high levels of chemical toxins and toxic mold—both notorious for destroying gut health and crippling immune function.
But just as importantly, we knew from her history that Jane was carrying significant emotional trauma that desperately needed addressing. The abuse from her father, the terrifying neglect, growing up legally blind with parents who refused to see her reality. None of this had stayed in the past where it should have. It was still actively living in her body, showing up every single day in the form of chronic pain, digestive chaos, and a nervous system that couldn’t rest—39 years later and still tearing her down from the inside.
Because of all of this, we decided to put her through our comprehensive program, tackling both the physical toxins and the stored trauma at the same time. Because you can’t truly heal one without addressing the other.
After about 10 months of working with us, Jane’s transformation was nothing short of remarkable.
Looking at her symptom tracking sheet, she’d gone from rating almost everything at a 10 down to zeros and twos. The improvement across the board was massive.
Her chronic GI issues? Gone. Those extreme food sensitivities that had dictated every meal, every social gathering, every aspect of her daily life for years? They started melting away. The dysbiosis, the candida overgrowth, the stubborn recurring infections that had laughed in the face of every antibiotic her doctors prescribed—all of it finally began to heal once we tackled not just the physical imbalances, but also the stored trauma that had been holding her body hostage in a constant state of stress and inflammation.
But here’s what might be the most significant part of Jane’s healing: she finally started living in the present moment for the first time in her entire life. She was no longer trapped in her head, endlessly replaying the past. She had awareness now—real awareness. She could actually see how her mind had taken over for all those years, and more importantly, she had the tools to bring herself back to the present whenever she needed to.
1. Unprocessed childhood trauma gets stored in the body and creates chronic physical symptoms
Jane’s chronic GI issues, food sensitivities, and recurring infections weren’t separate from her childhood trauma—they were directly connected to it. Trauma that doesn’t get processed emotionally gets stored in the body, creating patterns of tension, inflammation, and dysfunction that can last for decades. Her body had been holding onto those traumatic experiences since childhood.
2. You can live in your head for so long that you don’t even realize you’re not present
Jane had been living in her mind, trapped in the past, for her entire life. She had no awareness that this was happening because it was all she’d ever known. Many people are walking through life this way—disconnected from the present moment, controlled by old patterns and past experiences—without even realizing it. Awareness is the first step toward change.
3. Physical treatments alone won’t resolve symptoms rooted in trauma
Jane had been treated multiple times with antibiotics for her recurring infections. The treatments made things worse because they were only addressing the physical symptoms, not the root cause. Her body was stuck in a trauma response, and until that trauma was addressed, her physical symptoms would continue, no matter what physical treatments she received.
4. Environmental toxins and stored trauma often work together to keep you sick
We found chemical toxins and toxic mold in Jane’s body alongside the stored trauma. These physical toxins and the emotional trauma were both creating barriers to healing. You can’t just address one and ignore the other. True healing requires looking at all the facets—physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual.
5. An all-encompassing approach addresses barriers on every level
We looked at everything with Jane: the environmental toxins, the chemicals and heavy metals, the dysbiosis, the medications, the foods that were offending her body. But we also looked at her unresolved emotions, her stuck traumas, her thoughts about herself and the world, her belief systems. This comprehensive approach is what allowed her to finally heal after 39 years of suffering.
6. Healing from complex trauma takes time, but the results are worth it
It took about 10 months for Jane to go from 10s across her symptom sheet to zeros and twos. That might sound like a long time, but for someone who had been suffering for 39 years with no improvement—and actually getting worse with conventional treatments—10 months is remarkably fast. Real, deep healing takes time, but it’s absolutely possible.
7. You can break free from patterns that have controlled your entire life
Jane had been living in her head, controlled by past trauma, for her entire life. She didn’t even know there was another way to live. But through addressing both the physical and emotional root causes, she finally broke free. If someone can transform after 39 years of being trapped in trauma patterns, there’s hope for anyone, no matter how long they’ve been suffering.
As you’re reading Jane’s story, you might be recognizing patterns in your own life. You’ve been dealing with chronic digestive issues, food sensitivities, recurring infections, or other physical symptoms that don’t respond to conventional treatment. You keep getting prescribed antibiotics or other medications that either don’t work or make things worse.
Or you might be realizing that you’re living in your head, constantly replaying the past, unable to be fully present in your current life. You’ve been this way for so long that you don’t even realize it’s not normal. You don’t realize there’s another way to live.
You might have childhood experiences—trauma, abuse, neglect, frightening incidents—that you’ve never fully processed. And nobody has ever connected those experiences to your current physical symptoms.
Here’s what Jane’s story proves: childhood trauma doesn’t just affect you emotionally. It gets stored in your body and creates real, measurable physical symptoms that can last for decades. And those symptoms won’t fully resolve until you address both the physical toxins and the stored trauma.
After 39 years of living trapped in her mind and suffering from chronic physical illness, Jane is now present, aware, and physically healed. Her symptoms dropped from 10s to zeros and twos. If that kind of transformation is possible after nearly four decades of suffering, what might be possible for you?
You don’t have to keep living in your head, trapped by the past. You don’t have to keep suffering with chronic physical symptoms that nobody can explain or treat. You can address what’s actually causing both—the stored trauma and the physical barriers—and finally break free.
