You found real things on your labs. The protocol made sense. For a few months you had energy, your gut settled, and you slept. Then a symptom you thought was behind you came back, then another, and now there is a longer supplement list, a longer list of foods to avoid, and a quiet fear that your body is broken.

In this episode, Rachel explains why that happens so often, and what the testing alone could not reach.

What you'll hear:

• What functional testing and protocols do well, and why the relief you felt was real
• The loop many women end up in: a new test, a new supplement, more restriction, and a body that gets more reactive instead of less
• The bucket and the hose: why a nervous system stuck in fight or flight keeps refilling the bucket, and why regulation alone cannot turn off something physically running i ...