What if your gallbladder was never the real problem?

In this episode of Beyond Wellness Culture, Dr. Brook Sheehan sits down with Jami McQuivey, host of Gallbladder Gone? Now What?, to talk about what women need to know before and after gallbladder removal.

Jami shares her personal story of being dismissed by doctors, being told her pain was “all in her head,” having her gallbladder removed, and then getting worse instead of better. What followed was a long road of digestive issues, infections, SIBO, H. pylori, chronic E. coli, and a deep desire to understand what her body was trying to tell her.

Through faith, study, and learning how God designed the body to function, Jami found healing and now helps women understand digestion, gallbladder support, hormones, and whole-body health through a faith-rooted lens.

Inside this episode:

• Why gallbladder removal does not automatically fix digestion
• What the gallbladder actually does in the body
• Why bile matters for fat digestion, hormones, and estrogen regulation
• The connection between gallbladder issues, bloating, constipation, and nutrient deficiencies
• Why fat digestion impacts vitamins A, D, E, and K
• How gallbladder removal can create a “silent decline” if the body is not supported
• Why your body may still need digestive support years after surgery
• How bowel movements can reveal clues about fat metabolism
• The difference between common symptoms and normal body function
• Why fear and symptom spiraling can make the body feel louder
• How to build a relationship with your body instead of treating it like a project
• Jami’s four pillars of wisdom: ignorance, knowledge, incorporation, and embodiment
• Why healing is not about hyper-focusing on the body, but learning to walk in health
• How faith, prayer, breath, and rest help bring the body back into peace

Key reminder:

Your gallbladder may be gone, but your body still needs support.

Removing an organ does not remove the need for the job that organ was doing.

Jami explains that when the gallbladder is removed, the body still needs help with bile flow, fat digestion, nutrient absorption, hormone balance, and digestive rhythm.

This episode is especially for the woman who has been told:

“Your labs are normal.”

“It’s just stress.”

“You’re just getting older.”

“Take Pepto-Bismol.”

“You should be fine now that your gallbladder is gone.”

But deep down, you know your body is still speaking.

A better question to ask:

“What was this organ doing, and how can I support my body now?”

Resources mentioned:

Jami McQuivey’s podcast: Gallbladder Gone? Now What?

The 7-Day Digestive Reset Kit for High-Performing Christian Women: healthybydesign4you.com

Your body has been talking to you your whole life.

On July 11, join me live for Body of Wonder and learn how to decode the signals behind your symptoms so you can stop guessing and start understanding.

Save your spot: https://os.drbrooksheehan.com/workshop

✨ Your body has been trying to tell you something.

Find out what it's saying with the free 30-second Body Signal Decoder Assessment. Pick your signal, get your personalized guide straight to your inbox, and finally start making sense of what's going on inside.

Get it here: os.drbrooksheehan.com/decoder

🎧 And if you caught the mention of the Talk to Me, Body affirmation card deck during the episode, here's where to grab yours. 63 scripture-anchored cards to help you trust the body God designed for you.

Get yours here: drbrooksheehan.com/talk-to-me-body/

📱 Come say hi on Instagram: @drbrooksheehan

⭐ If this episode spoke to you, would you take a second to leave a five-star review on Apple or Spotify? It helps more women find this show. And more women learning to listen to their bodies is exactly why I do this.

What if the reason your body still feels loud is not because you need another supplement, routine, or wellness tool?

What if your environment is the missing piece?

In this episode of Beyond Wellness Culture, Dr. Brook talks about the environmental inputs that impact your body more than most people realize.

Your schedule.

Your pace.

Your screen time.

Your relationships.

Your work environment.

Your connection with God.

All of these can shape how your body responds, heals, and communicates.

Inside this episode, you’ll learn:

• Why your environment matters when your body stops responding
• How a pace with no recovery keeps your nervous system stuck
• Why nighttime screen stimulation can affect your ability to rest
• How toxic or tense relationships can show up as body symptoms
• Why your body cannot heal if it is always bracing for the next thing
• How prayer and time with God help ground your system
• Why saying “you are safe” to your body feels different than “my body is safe”
• How to build one small buffer into your day
• Why simple rhythms are more effective than intense protocols

A key reminder:

You can eat the healthy food.
Take the supplements.
Drink the water.
Do the modalities.

But if your environment is loud, rushed, tense, or overstimulating, your body may stay loud too.

Dr. Brook shares how her own past relationship affected her gut and how not using her voice created a physical response in her body. This episode is a reminder that body signals are not always only physical. They can be connected to the physical, spiritual, emotional, and mental pillars.

Simple practices from this episode:

• Spend time in prayer and the Word
• Use daily safety cues with your body
• Reduce nighttime scrolling by five minutes at a time
• Build one recovery buffer into your day
• Take a short walk after a stressful day
• Ask your body what recovery looks like today

Body cue to try:

Place your hand on your chest and say:

“You are safe.
We are okay.
We are going to get through this.
I want to listen to you.
I want to honor you.”

This helps create a two-way conversation with your body instead of speaking about it from a distance.

Final reminder:

Rigidity is not relationship.

Your body needs rhythms.
Your body needs safety.
Your body needs room to settle.

And sometimes the next step is not adding more. It is quieting the input around you.

✨ Your body has been trying to tell you something.

Find out what it's saying with the free 30-second Body Signal Decoder Assessment. Pick your signal, get your personalized guide straight to your inbox, and finally start making sense of what's going on inside.

Get it here: os.drbrooksheehan.com/decoder

🎧 And if you caught the mention of the Talk to Me, Body affirmation card deck during the episode, here's where to grab yours. 63 scripture-anchored cards to help you trust the body God designed for you.

Get yours here: drbrooksheehan.com/talk-to-me-body/

📱 Come say hi on Instagram: @drbrooksheehan

⭐ If this episode spoke to you, would you take a second to leave a five-star review on Apple or Spotify? It helps more women find this show. And more women learning to listen to their bodies is exactly why I do this.

What if your health routine is not creating peace anymore?

What if it has quietly become another place where you feel pressure, fear, and control?

In this episode of Beyond Wellness Culture, Dr. Brook talks about the hidden control patterns that can show up when you are trying to take care of your body.

After spending years moving from disconnection to obsession with her own health, Dr. Brook shares why more information, more protocols, and more tracking do not always lead to more peace.

Sometimes they lead to more fear.

And your body was never designed to function under constant pressure.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• Why wellness can slowly turn into control
• How to tell the difference between your body speaking and your mind spiraling
• Why your body responds better to peace than pressure
• The danger of rigid health rules that ignore body signals
• Why symptoms should invite listening, not fear
• How to use the bodyOS framework: Pause, Connect, Ask, Adjust
• Why body trust is built one small response at a time
• How to swap strict rules for supportive rhythms
• Dr. Brook also shares practical examples, including how rigid diets, workout plans, recovery routines, and symptom checking can make you feel less connected to your body instead of more supported.

The key reminder:

Your body is not something to control.

Your body is something to build a relationship with.

When you begin listening with curiosity instead of fear, you can start to tell the difference between pressure and peace.

A simple practice from this episode:

Ask your body one simple “this or that” question.

Do you want coffee or tea?

Do you want the workout or a walk?

Do you want to push or rest?

Start small. Keep it simple. Let your body teach you how it communicates.

Final reminder:

Health should not feel like a full-time job.

You were designed to live with your body, not fight against it.

If this episode helped you, share it with a friend who is tired of trying to control every part of her health.

✨ Your body has been trying to tell you something.

Find out what it's saying with the free 30-second Body Signal Decoder Assessment. Pick your signal, get your personalized guide straight to your inbox, and finally start making sense of what's going on inside.

Get it here: os.drbrooksheehan.com/decoder

🎧 And if you caught the mention of the Talk to Me, Body affirmation card deck during the episode, here's where to grab yours. 63 scripture-anchored cards to help you trust the body God designed for you.

Get yours here: drbrooksheehan.com/talk-to-me-body/

📱 Come say hi on Instagram: @drbrooksheehan

⭐ If this episode spoke to you, would you take a second to leave a five-star review on Apple or Spotify? It helps more women find this show. And more women learning to listen to their bodies is exactly why I do this.

What if the thing you keep trying to silence is actually the thing your body needs you to hear?

In this episode of Beyond Wellness Culture, Dr. Brook talks about one of the most common patterns in both conventional health and holistic wellness: trying to quiet symptoms without understanding what they may be communicating.

Whether it’s reaching for medication, stacking supplements, adding another protocol, chasing weight loss, or trying to make discomfort disappear on your timeline, the deeper issue is often the same.

We are trying to make the body be quiet.

Dr. Brook shares how easy it is to slip into this pattern, even when you deeply value natural health. She opens up about a recent moment when she started feeling sick and felt the pull to add more, do more, and take control, until her body gently reminded her that it was not asking for more. It was asking for support.

This episode explores the difference between caring for your body and trying to control it.

You’ll hear why symptoms that keep returning may be repeated messages, why fast relief is not always the wisest path, and how to use support tools with more respect and discernment.

Dr. Brook also talks about the emotional weight many women carry around weight loss and body image, and why you will not get the body you dreamed of until you learn to love the body you have.

This conversation is not anti-medicine, anti-support, or anti-relief. It is an invitation to slow down, listen with intent, and ask better questions before assuming your body needs to be shut down, pushed harder, or corrected.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• How both conventional and holistic approaches can fall into the same trap
• Why symptoms are often information, not inconveniences
• What it looks like to use relief as a bridge instead of a muzzle
• Why recurring symptoms may be your body repeating a message
• How to begin asking your body better questions
• Why building a relationship with your body changes the way you care for it
• How faith, discernment, and body listening work together
• Why loving the body you have is part of stewarding it well

If you’ve been doing all the “right” things but still feel stuck, this episode will help you step back from the wellness spiral and start rebuilding trust with the body God designed.

Because true health is not about forcing your body onto your timeline.

It is about learning how to listen, support, and respond with clarity.

✨ Your body has been trying to tell you something.

Find out what it's saying with the free 30-second Body Signal Decoder Assessment. Pick your signal, get your personalized guide straight to your inbox, and finally start making sense of what's going on inside.

Get it here: os.drbrooksheehan.com/decoder

🎧 And if you caught the mention of the Talk to Me, Body affirmation card deck during the episode, here's where to grab yours. 63 scripture-anchored cards to help you trust the body God designed for you.

Get yours here: drbrooksheehan.com/talk-to-me-body/

📱 Come say hi on Instagram: @drbrooksheehan

⭐ If this episode spoke to you, would you take a second to leave a five-star review on Apple or Spotify? It helps more women find this show. And more women learning to listen to their bodies is exactly why I do this.

Welcome to the first official episode of Beyond Wellness Culture.

After 43 episodes as your body speaks, Dr. Brook is stepping into a refreshed direction with the same heart: helping you understand your body, quiet the outside noise, and rebuild trust with the way God designed you.

In this episode, Dr. Brook shares why the podcast rebrand matters and how Beyond Wellness Culture will help you move out of health confusion and into a calmer, more grounded relationship with your body.

This episode is for the woman who feels overwhelmed by wellness advice, stuck between too many health tips, and unsure what her body actually needs next.

Inside this episode:

• Why your body speaks, but wellness noise can make it hard to hear
• Why too much health advice can keep you stuck instead of helping you heal
• The 3 ways health advice creates confusion: Too many starting points, too many changes at one time, outsourcing your next step
• Why more information is not always the answer
• How to find your body’s “antenna” so you can begin tuning into its signals
• Why your next health step should be simple, not overwhelming
• How to choose one body signal to focus on for a week
• Why basic support like water, sleep, protein, and gentle movement can matter more than another protocol
• How to use a simple filter before trying anything new

A key reminder from this episode:

Information is not always direction.

Sometimes more tips, more tabs, more podcasts, more protocols, and more expert opinions only create more static.

Your body needs space to speak.

Dr. Brook also walks you through the idea of finding your body’s “antenna.” Just like old radio antennas had to be adjusted to hear a clear signal, your body may have a place where you sense clarity, peace, resistance, or direction.

For Dr. Brook, that signal often shows up in her chest as peace. For others, it may show up in the gut, low back, shoulder, or another area of the body.

The goal is not to force an answer.

The goal is to begin listening.

Final reminder:

• You do not need to chase every new health tip.
• You do not need to fix everything at once.
• You do not need to outsource every next step.
• You can begin with one signal, one basic support, and one small step toward rebuilding trust with your body.

Friend, let’s close the tabs, exit the apps, and give your body room to do what it already knows how to do.

Your body has been talking to you your whole life.

On July 11, join me live for Body of Wonder and learn how to decode the signals behind your symptoms so you can stop guessing and start understanding.

Save your spot: https://os.drbrooksheehan.com/workshop

✨ Your body has been trying to tell you something.

Find out what it's saying with the free 30-second Body Signal Decoder Assessment. Pick your signal, get your personalized guide straight to your inbox, and finally start making sense of what's going on inside.

Get it here: os.drbrooksheehan.com/decoder

🎧 And if you caught the mention of the Talk to Me, Body affirmation card deck during the episode, here's where to grab yours. 63 scripture-anchored cards to help you trust the body God designed for you.

Get yours here: drbrooksheehan.com/talk-to-me-body/

📱 Come say hi on Instagram: @drbrooksheehan

⭐ If this episode spoke to you, would you take a second to leave a five-star review on Apple or Spotify? It helps more women find this show. And more women learning to listen to their bodies is exactly why I do this.

Trauma does not always look like one massive life-shattering event.

Sometimes it looks like emotional needs not being met.
Sometimes it looks like learning to perform.
Sometimes it looks like codependency, control, numbing, people-pleasing, or living in survival mode for so long that it feels normal.

In this episode, Dr. Brook sits down with Julie Conkle for a powerful conversation about trauma healing, faith, boundaries, equine connection, and what it looks like to become a generational chain breaker.

Julie shares her story of growing up in a faith environment that taught performance more than relationship, walking through addiction and an overdose at 21, and encountering Jesus in a way that changed the direction of her life.

Together, Dr. Brook and Julie talk about what it means to stop identifying with what happened to you and start walking with God toward healing, responsibility, restoration, and freedom.

Inside this episode:

• Why trauma can be more subtle than people think
• How emotional neglect, fear, and unmet needs can shape behavior
• Why codependency often grows from the need to feel safe
• How numbing behaviors can become a response to unprocessed pain
• Why healing requires both God’s power and your participation
• How comparison and regret keep people stuck
• Why community matters when you are trying to heal
• How horses can mirror emotions and create space for peace
• Why boundaries are essential for emotional and spiritual health
• How to take inventory of your relationships, environment, time, and beliefs
• Why setting a boundary is not self-rejection
• How the body can speak through inflammation, fatigue, pain, brain fog, sleep issues, and hormonal changes

A key takeaway from this conversation:

What happened to you may not have been your fault.

But healing does invite you to take responsibility for what comes next.

That does not mean shame.
That does not mean blame.
That does not mean pretending the pain did not happen.

It means taking one honest step with God, with support, and with a willingness to let Him rebuild what was broken.

Julie also shares how horses have played a powerful role in her healing journey. Through equine connection, she has experienced peace, grounding, emotional honesty, and a deeper picture of God’s love.

This episode is a reminder that your story is not wasted.

Your trauma does not get the final word.
Your past does not have to define your identity.
And your body may be showing you where healing is still needed.

Connect with Julie:

Instagram: @jewelseye314

Reach out to Julie on Instagram if you have questions, want to learn more about equine experiences, or are trying to take your next step toward a healthier life.

If this episode encouraged you, share it with someone who is walking through pain, rebuilding after trauma, or learning how to set boundaries without guilt.

Your body has been talking to you your whole life.

On July 11, join me live for Body of Wonder and learn how to decode the signals behind your symptoms so you can stop guessing and start understanding.

Save your spot: https://os.drbrooksheehan.com/workshop

✨ Your body has been trying to tell you something.

Find out what it's saying with the free 30-second Body Signal Decoder Assessment. Pick your signal, get your personalized guide straight to your inbox, and finally start making sense of what's going on inside.

Get it here: os.drbrooksheehan.com/decoder

🎧 And if you caught the mention of the Talk to Me, Body affirmation card deck during the episode, here's where to grab yours. 63 scripture-anchored cards to help you trust the body God designed for you.

Get yours here: drbrooksheehan.com/talk-to-me-body/

📱 Come say hi on Instagram: @drbrooksheehan

⭐ If this episode spoke to you, would you take a second to leave a five-star review on Apple or Spotify? It helps more women find this show. And more women learning to listen to their bodies is exactly why I do this.

Why did it work… until it didn’t?

You try a new supplement, health gadget, or routine and at first it feels amazing. You have more energy. You sleep better. You feel less puffy, less stressed, more hopeful.

And then suddenly, nothing.

In this episode, Dr. Brook breaks down what a wellness plateau really is and why your body may stop responding to something that seemed to be helping at first.

This is not your body failing.
This is your body adapting.

And when you understand that, you can stop panicking, stop stacking more things, and start getting simpler and more specific.

Inside this episode:

• Why health trends can feel effective at first, then stop working
• The real reason your body “plateaus”
• How the body works to maintain balance and homeostasis
• Why one layer may improve while a deeper issue becomes the next limiting factor
• How fancy tools can never outrun shaky basics
• Why adding more can actually create more confusion
• What Dr. Brook’s 7-day simple reset looks like
• How to gather real data from your body without spiraling

A key takeaway from this episode:

If something worked until it didn’t, it is not time to panic.

It is time to pause, simplify, and listen.

Dr. Brook shares a real-life story of a woman who switched melatonin brands after seeing a Facebook ad promising better sleep. It worked for a few days, then stopped. That did not mean her body was broken. It meant her body adapted and a deeper layer needed attention.

You will also hear Dr. Brook’s own story about trying melatonin while traveling to Norway and how her body made it clear that trends do not get the final say, your body does.

The 7-day simple reset:

For one week:

• Do not add anything new
• Keep doing just one trend or support you are already using
• Tighten up one basic: Go to bed at the same time, wake up at the same time, or eat protein at breakfast first
• Track one signal only: Waking in the night, bowel movements, or afternoon energy crash

No stacking.
No guessing.
Just data.

Resources mentioned:

• Body Whispers Journal: A free journal to help you track your body’s signals clearly over time
• Body Signal Decoder: A free tool to help you understand what your body may be trying to communicate

Final reminder:

Your body tells the truth through results.

If something stops working, that is not failure.
That is information.

And information can help you build a better relationship with your body.

If this episode helped you, share it with someone who feels stuck in a cycle of trying more and more but getting fewer results.

✨ Your body has been trying to tell you something.

Find out what it's saying with the free 30-second Body Signal Decoder Assessment. Pick your signal, get your personalized guide straight to your inbox, and finally start making sense of what's going on inside.

Get it here: os.drbrooksheehan.com/decoder

🎧 And if you caught the mention of the Talk to Me, Body affirmation card deck during the episode, here's where to grab yours. 63 scripture-anchored cards to help you trust the body God designed for you.

Get yours here: drbrooksheehan.com/talk-to-me-body/

📱 Come say hi on Instagram: @drbrooksheehan

⭐ If this episode spoke to you, would you take a second to leave a five-star review on Apple or Spotify? It helps more women find this show. And more women learning to listen to their bodies is exactly why I do this.