When Your Body Keeps Score But You're Not Listening

The Alli Worthington Show

Alli Worthington

Education, Self-improvement, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.9 • 646 Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2026

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Join the Uplift Community App TODAY! You know those symptoms you keep brushing off? The reflux you treat with Tums. The neck tension you blame on sleeping wrong. The brain fog you chalk up to a busy season. What if none of it is what you think it is? In this episode, Alli shares the story of 2017, when her body started sounding alarms she refused to hear, and what shifted when she finally paid attention. She walks through ten low-grade symptoms high-achieving women normalize, explains the science behind why stress shows up physically, and gives you practical tools to start asking better questions about what your body is trying to say. What You’ll Learn in This Episode Why high-achieving women are the most likely to ignore their body’s warning signs and the identity trap underneath it. The difference between common and normal, and why that distinction matters more than you think Ten symptoms grouped by the stories we tell ourselves to explain them away The gut-brain axis and why your digestive issues might not be a stomach problem at all How to do a body audit and ask the one question that changes how you respond to symptoms When to see a doctor, and why normal test results might still be pointing you toward something important Timestamps: (0:11) - The season Alli's body was screaming, and she wasn't listening (2:50) - What happened when she finally made the decision her body had been asking for (3:19) - Why disciplined women are the most likely to ignore their symptoms (3:57) - Common vs. normal: the distinction that reframes everything (4:52) - Introduction to the 10 symptoms we dismiss (5:21) - The "I'm just busy" symptoms: sleep disruption, brain fog, getting sick constantly (6:21) - The "I'm just getting older" symptoms: neck tension, hair loss, cycle changes (7:59) - The "I just have a sensitive system" symptoms: gut issues, headaches, jaw tension, heart palpitations (10:15) - The biology behind why stress shows up in the body (12:13) - What to do with all of this: practical next steps (12:50) - How to do a body audit (14:44) - When to see a doctor vs. when to sit with what you already know (14:58) - The one question to sit with this week (15:57) - Recommendation of the week: treadmill laptop stand Links to great things we discussed: Alli’s Product Recommendation - Treadmill Laptop Stand Dr. Gundry’s Episode Dr. Lee Warren’s Episode Function Health Take the Secret Superpower Quiz Join the Uplift Community Follow Alli on Instagram Don’t forget to watch Alli Worthington on YouTube! I hope you loved this episode! 🎉 Don't forget to hit that subscribe button on Apple Podcasts and Spotify so you’re always in the loop. And hey, while you're at it, why not pop over to our YouTube channel and check us out? If you're feeling the love, leave a review and sprinkle some stars. Your support truly means the world to me! Take care, and keep shining bright! xo, Alli

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0:00.0	on PPI's from 2017 to 2025.
0:03.8	I talk about that when I talk about having osteopenia,
0:06.9	because that's probably what gave me osteopenia using those.
0:10.2	So I treated it like that, kept going,
0:12.5	and then came the cough, weeks of the cough.
0:15.3	I lost my voice.
0:16.6	I was sick constantly, catching everything that went around.
0:19.7	And through all of it, I never once connected that these symptoms were part of the decision that I was refusing to make.
0:27.2	When I finally left Repel in 2018, well, within weeks, everything started clearing up.
0:32.3	The reflux was clearing up.
0:34.0	The cough, the constant sickness.
0:36.0	It was gone.
0:44.1	Music clearing up, the cough, the constant sickness, it was gone. Welcome back. I want to share something with you that I've never fully unpacked on the show yet.
0:49.8	It's about a season when my body was screaming at me and I had no idea my body was trying to tell me something. It was 2017. I was C-O-O-O of Propel Women. I had shut my company down to be able to build that ministry with Chris Kane. And I wasn't struggling. I was excelling, if I can say so myself. The work was meaningful. The team was
1:15.1	incredible. And every measure that mattered on paper, I was exactly where I should be, except I wasn't.
1:22.5	God had told me to leave, to walk away and rebuild my company from the ground up, and I did not want to do that.
1:30.6	Per Bell looked like from the outside the best role. I was, you know, traveling and meeting
1:37.4	amazing people and doing great work. It had great health insurance. Any solo entrepreneur
1:43.6	and business owner knows that buying your own insurance stinks.
1:47.7	I got a letter, I remember last December from Blue Cross Blue Shield that was saying that my
1:54.8	marketplace insurance program was going up from $3,800 a month to $ 6,200 a month. Like, this is my little rant
2:04.0	against buying your own insurance as an entrepreneur, but regardless, had great health insurance.
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