How to Build a Body That Doesn’t Break When Illness Strikes
If you’ve ever felt like one stressful week, one sleepless night, or one little virus completely knocks you out, you are not alone. So many women in midlife feel like their bodies are more fragile than they used to be. But here’s the good news:
Resilience can be built.
And it starts long before illness shows up.
For the past two decades, I’ve used them inside my own home with my five kids. What I’ve seen—over and over—is that when you nourish your body, support your nervous system, and give your cells what they need, your body becomes stronger, steadier, and far more capable.
Let’s walk through the basics.
1. Food First: Is Your Diet Medicine or Poison?
Hippocrates said it best: “Let food be thy medicine.”
Every time you eat, you are either giving your body information that heals… or information that inflames.
A simple rule of thumb:
God-made = healing
Man-made = confusing or inflammatory
There are exceptions—some God-made foods still cause inflammation depending on your personal biochemistry. This is where functional labs come in, which is why I run GI-MAP and DUTCH hormone testing on my clients. But as a starting point, choose simple, whole, nourishing foods that help your body feel safe.
2. Build a Resilient Life
Resilience isn’t about pushing harder.
It’s about creating rhythms that support your hormones, immune system, and nervous system.
A few foundations:
Aim for 7–9 hours of sleep
Walk daily and move your body
Practice deep breathing to shift out of stress mode
Drink half your bodyweight in water
Limit the noise—social media, news, constant negativity
Surround yourself with people who make your body feel safe, not stressed
Keep simple morning and evening rhythms
These small, consistent practices lower inflammation and increase your capacity to handle life—and illness—when it hits.
3. Stock a Simple, Natural Medicine Cabinet
You don’t want to begin supporting your body when you’re already sick—you want to start at the first sign of feeling off: fatigue, brain fog, tension in the chest, or that familiar “something’s coming.”
Here’s what I keep on hand year-round:
Vitamin D, Vitamin C, Zinc, Probiotic
B Propolis throat spray
Activated charcoal for stomach upset
doTERRA On Guard, Breathe, Oregano, Peppermint, Lavender
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If you want to learn these steps in a simple, encouraging way, make sure you listen to this week’s podcast episode. And if this blog helped you, share it with a friend who is ready to feel strong, steady, and resilient again.
