10/08/2026
I talked with a woman recently who has spent tens of thousands of dollars trying to lose weight. She has tried just about every diet out there, and she followed each one faithfully. The weight comes off, and then within a few weeks it comes right back on.
Can you imagine doing all that work and then watching it come back? You could hear the desperation in her voice, and I understand why it was there.
I asked her two questions nobody had ever asked her. The first was whether she had been exposed to mold. She said yes, and that she has been living with it for years.
The second question was what stresses, conflicts and losses she has been through. She shared several with me, and each one has stayed with her.
When we carry that much for that long, the body can get stuck in fight or flight, and it doesn't feel safe enough to let anything go. Add mold on top of that and it gets hard to think clearly. So she gets stressed, she eats for comfort, and a new diet doesn't reach any of that.
I'm not the perfect doctor, and I don't get it right every time. But I believe the work starts with sitting down, listening, and asking why someone showed up in the first place.
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