You changed your diet.
You followed the protocols.
You regulated, detoxed, supplemented, rested, and tried again.

So why are the symptoms still here?

In this episode of Connecting with the Thom’s, we open the 2026 season with a foundational truth that reframes the entire healing journey:

Symptoms are not the problem. They’re the strategy.

When symptoms persist despite “doing the work,” it’s often not because you’re failing—it’s because the body is responding intelligently to an internal environment that isn’t ready for change yet.

This conversation explores why symptom-focused healing so often keeps people stuck, and what shifts when we stop asking how to make symptoms go away—and start asking what the body is actually asking for.

• Why symptoms persist even with clean diets, supplements, and protocols

• The difference between symptom management and internal terrain healing

• How the body uses symptoms as protective and adaptive responses

• Why doing more can sometimes slow healing down

• What capacity, safety, and readiness have to do with recovery

• How listening changes outcomes more than controlling

This episode isn’t about fixing yourself.
It’s about understanding yourself.

If you’ve ever wondered:

• “Why am I not getting better?”

• “What am I missing?”

• “Is my body broken?”

This conversation will give you a new lens—and likely a sense of relief.

Because when you understand the why behind symptoms, healing stops feeling like a battle and starts becoming a collaboration.

• Learn more about terrain-based healing and drainage:
  https://www.biomed-drainage.org

• Become certified as a Biological Medicine Practitioner:
  https://biomed.thinkific.com/

💛 If this episode resonates, share it with someone who feels stuck in their healing journey.
Subscribe, leave a review, and join us as we begin a new season focused on listening—not chasing.

— The Thom’s

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