Mona Sharma explains why women ignore their body's warning signs despite having strong intuition about their health. Digestive problems, skin conditions, low libido, and sleep issues are common but not normal, and dismissing them costs women their wellbeing.
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So, you know, when we think about the things that your body is communicating every single day, I think as women, especially because we do have that intuition, we've almost mastered ignoring the symptoms. Right. So one of the practices that I have whenever I'm speaking to larger audiences is, you know, how many people here by raised, showing their hands, how many people here suffer from digestive issues, heartburn, gas, bloating, constipation, diarrhea, acne on their skin, eczema, low sex drive, lack of concentration, inability to sleep, inability to rest, hypervigilance, worry, you know, every single hand. Yeah, yeah. So these are symptoms, these are modern day symptoms that we're all suffering from and we're identifying with them, but they're certainly not normal.