Your Symptoms Are Not Random: The Truth About Endometriosis, Infertility and the Power of Root-Cause Healing
When we think about women’s health, many of us have been conditioned to believe that pain, fatigue, bloating and hormonal chaos are simply “part of being a woman.” In this episode of Glow Social Hour, we explore a story that pushes back against that narrative and opens the door to a different possibility.
This is the story of Alyssa Chavez, once an endometriosis and infertility warrior, now a functional nutritionist, life coach and soon-to-be mother.
When Your Body Begins to Whisper and Then Starts to Scream
Alyssa came off birth control nearly ten years ago, ready to start a family with her husband. Instead, she found herself unraveling:
extreme fatigue that made functioning through the day feel impossible
gut disturbances and unpredictable digestion
irregular, heavy and painful cycles
period pain so intense it left her immobilized
Doctors offered one thing: birth control, again.
Friends and family said, “Yeah… welcome to being a woman.”
But her intuition said something else:
This isn’t normal. Something deeper is happening.
Eventually, she received the diagnosis: endometriosis.
But what many women know is that diagnosis doesn’t equal solution. It often becomes a label and sometimes an identity, a life sentence.
Flipping the Script: From “I’m Broken” to “My Body Can Heal”
One of the most transformative parts of Alyssa’s journey wasn’t just the physical healing. It was the shift in her belief about her own body.
Many women internalize the diagnosis as identity:
“I have endo, therefore I am someone who will always be in pain.”
“I have infertility, therefore my body doesn’t work.”
But when Alyssa shifted from a restrictive label to an empowering question,
“How can I support my body’s ability to heal?”, everything changed.
She began to explore health from the inside out:
food as communication
functional testing for real answers
gut and hormone connection
nutrient repletion
reducing toxic load
emotional release
nervous system regulation
Healing wasn’t linear. It wasn’t one supplement. It wasn’t overnight.
But over time, her body transformed.
Fatigue disappeared.
Digestive issues resolved.
Cycles regulated.
Period pain disappeared.
She didn’t just manage symptoms. She changed the internal environment that caused them.
The Fertility Shift: When the Body Finally Feels Safe
After multiple rounds of IVF and a heartbreaking miscarriage, Alyssa took a pause.
She worked not only on the biological aspects of healing, but also the emotional ones:
meditation
breath work
yoga
EFT tapping
NLP techniques
She noticed something powerful:
Her body couldn’t conceive while living in a state of internal threat.
When she finally began feeling safe, grounded, emotionally supported, her biology followed.
At 36 years old, she conceived naturally and is now expecting a baby girl.
This wasn’t coincidence. It was alignment.
What This Means for Women Everywhere
Maybe you’re someone who has:
been dismissed by doctors
been told “this is just how women are”
lived with symptoms that derail your life
questioned your own experience
Maybe you’ve felt unseen.
Maybe you’ve internalized “normal” when it was anything but.
Here’s the truth:
Your symptoms aren’t random. They are readable. They are meaningful. They are communication.
Painful periods are not “just part of being a woman.”
Chronic fatigue is not laziness.
Bloating is not something to “just live with.”
Your body is sending signals.
And when you listen, you start healing.
You Don’t Have to Do It Alone
We’re here to support women on their own healing journeys through functional and emotional health work, reminding them of what their bodies already know:
You were built to heal.
You were built to restore.
You were built to thrive.
👉 Click here to listen to Episode 27 of Glow Social Hour