E060 | You’re not broken—you’re just missing the right container for healing

Ever feel like you’ve tried everything—from clean eating to supplements—and your body still isn’t responding?

You’re not alone. And you’re definitely not broken.

The truth is, most women are trying to heal in environments that are too rigid, too scattered, or too shallow to support real healing. Without the right container, your body simply can’t exhale—let alone recover.

But there is another way. And in this episode, I’ll walk you through it.

BY THE TIME YOU FINISH LISTENING TO THIS PODCAST EPISODE, YOU'LL DISCOVER:

• Why your symptoms are signals—not signs that you’ve failed
• What a healing container actually looks like (and why it’s so often missing)
• The 3 essential elements that make healing sustainable: Reconnect, Simplify, Sustain

This episode is your reminder that healing isn’t about doing more—it’s about doing what fits. And it starts by changing the space you’re trying to heal in.

If you’re ready to stop second-guessing your symptoms and start feeling confident in your healing path, join me live on May 15 at 6 p.m. IST for a free masterclass: Decode Your Symptoms—Stop Guessing, Start Healing.

 I’ll walk you through the first step of my Body Wise Reset™ framework and help you understand what your body’s been trying to tell you all along.

 It’s free, it’s live, and it could be the turning point in your healing journey.

Just click the link in the description to save your seat—I’d love to see you there!

 👉 Join the free masterclass “Decode Your Symptoms” on May 15 at 6 p.m. IST

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OTHER LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

👉 Join the free Decode Your Symptoms Masterclass – May 15 at 6 p.m. IST
https://aninditarungta.com/masterclass

👭 Join our free Facebook group: Embrace Your Healing Journey
📚 Book recommendation: To the Women: Words to Live By by Donna Ashworth

💌 Write to me at anindita@aninditarungta.com—I’d love to hear from you!

Chapters

• 0:27 Understanding Healing Containers
• 1:31 Elements of a Supportive Healing Environment
• 2:24 The Importance of Body Acceptance
• 6:50 Recognising Symptoms as Signals
• 8:36 Integration vs. Effort in Healing
• 10:12 Three Key Elements for Sustainable Healing
• 11:50 Practical Steps for Awareness and Healing
• 14:06 Building Trust in Your Body

Transcript

Ladies, remember the first time that you swapped a tight, ill fitting bra for one that actually fit you? Your shoulders probably dropped. You could finally breathe again. And you likely wondered why you tolerated being this uncomfortable for so long. And if anything, like, if you're anything like me, this might have happened to you in your younger years. 

But this is more common than you think, and your body's flare ups are somewhat similar. It's, uh. It's that nothing is wrong with you. It's more likely that your healing container is something, or your healing plan is something that is ill fitting. That is, pinching your lifestyle that is leaving red marks. So let's get you the support that really fits you. 

Welcome to Embrace Your Healing Journey, a podcast for women with autoimmune and other chronic conditions to help them navigate their illness without fear of isolation and uncertainty, and find relief from their symptoms. Your body is your guide and ally in healing. If you are ready to embrace this journey with compassion and awareness, then this show is for you. Tune in weekly as I, a Functional medicine certified health coach, delivered. Tips and insights that demystify the healing process, guiding you towards the relief you deserve so that you can feel healthy and happy once more. 

So if you've been stuck in a cycle of chronic symptoms, pain, fatigue, flare ups, and you've been wondering why nothing is working. Even though you've tried everything, then this episode is for you. Here's the truth that most women never hear. You are not broken and neither is your body. It's just that you've been trying to heal inside the wrong container. A healing container that can be too tight, too rigid, too scattered, too shallow, or even too isolated and can actually keep your body stuck in a chronic survival mode. And no matter how committed you are, your body just cannot heal in that kind of environment. 

So in today's episode, I'm going to share with you what a true healing container will actually look like, one that supports your nervous system, one that fits into your lifestyle, simplifies your choices, and finally allows your body to exhale. And we'll explore the three elements that every woman needs for sustainable healing. What your symptoms are really trying to tell you, and to how you can shift from overwhelmed to one that of clarity and connection. And if you're ready to experience this firsthand, I have a free new masterclass training coming up on the 15th of May, Thursday at 6 p.m. IST. 

It's called Decode your symptoms, stop guessing and start healing. The link is in the show notes and I can't wait to see you there. But before I even get into the meat of this episode, I wanted to share this excerpt from one of my favorite authors, Donna Ashworth. And I know that I've shared some of her other works earlier because I think that the way she writes for women, you know, about their bodies, about aging, about many other emotions, about their relationships, it's such a beautiful container that she actually creates for us. And that's the reason I want it, because I'm talking about a healing container. She creates this beautiful container made of words that makes so much of difference. It sort of protects you. It makes you feel safe. And that's exactly what I hope this episode will help you to understand why it is so important. So this is from the book "To the women words to live by". 

And this is a poem called Wave the White Flag....

She says 

There are many choices available to us women in this life, but when it comes to your body, there are only two accepted. Or don't you see? If you choose to accept your body, you will soon start to love it, admire it, look after it. These things all follow in the wake of your acceptance. Your body, my friends, has but one job to see you safely through this adventure of life, to allow your spirit to reach its potential. That is it. 

If you are on the path of not accepting your body, you are in for a very long battle against an enemy you have no power to defeat. 

Nature, time, biology, fate. 

You don't have the weapons to fight those powers. 

Wave the white flag. Give in. Accept. It is then that your life will truly begin.

 I wanted to share this because I also don't believe that we need to be fighting against our bodies all the time. It's not helping you at all. It's not helping anyone who is living in this kind of environment. When you're constantly waging war with your body, when you're not able to accept it the way it is currently, it's very, very hard to work with it so that you actually reach a stage where you feel safe in your body until your body feels safe and you feel safe in the only hope that you will ever have. You will not find sustainable health improvements. 

 And that's where many, many people, especially women, feel stuck. And actually women are get this message constantly from social media, from other forms of media, from being conditioned by the society that there's something wrong with their bodies. That's how actually companies make a lot of money out of our bodies. I mean, it's really unfortunate. It's really tragic. The magazines, the media, they all play their part in order to make a quick buck. And I think it's really wrong and it's for us to take some of that power back. And in fact, today morning when I was actually checking my Instagram feed, there was and I put it up on my stories, there was something that if you know, something to the effect, that effect of that, if we all actually started accepting our body, many of these companies, including beauty and cosmetic companies, pharmaceutical companies, would actually go out of business if women only started to accept their bodies and started nurturing them and loving them unconditionally. Many of these companies would go out of business. And that's the truth. And that's why they don't want us to do this. And I you know, this is a wake up call for you. 

 it's something that I realized several years ago. And I hope that today, uh, you know, this episode will help you to get a glimpse of what, alternatives that you have, what your future could possibly hold for you. That is not where you are constantly waging a war against your body. 

So you might be feeling like your body is betraying you when really, it's just trying to get your attention. Maybe it's that bone deep fatigue that clings to you. No matter how much you rest, you take. Or maybe it's a bloating and gut discomfort, in spite of having that healthy meal. Or maybe your skin breaks out into rashes for no rhyme or reason. Or maybe it's that anxiety and why that tired feeling that makes you feel like you're never, ever at ease. You know, there's this constant buzz in your head. 

So if any of these feel familiar, you are not alone. And more importantly, you're not broken. It's just been missing the right support system to help your body exhale, to help your body finally start to heal. Now, here's what I want you to hear loud and clear. Your symptoms are not proof that your you are broken or your body is broken. They are signals. They are messages. And it's your body's way of saying something is not working here. I need you to pay attention. 

And most of the time, the real issue is not your willpower or your hormones or the one food that you slipped upon. It's just. It's just that you're trying to heal in an environment that doesn't really support healing. So maybe you've been piecing together bits and pieces of information and advice from Instagram or chasing the next supplement. Or maybe you're following a super strict protocol that leaves you more anxious, more exhausted and stuck. Or maybe have just been trying to figure it out all on your own. Feeling isolated without a safe space to even ask. To even be seen or be heard. 

That's the real problem, not you. The container you've been trying to heal in. And once we shift that, everything starts to change. And that's what this whole episode is about. So you've probably tried quite a few things. You're not. Definitely. You're not starting from zero. You have made lifestyle changes. You've cleaned up your diet. You've done that gut healing, the anti-inflammatory protocols that supplement that therapy. You've tracked symptoms. You've listened to wellness podcasts. So why does it feel like you're still stuck? 

You're still going round and round in circles in that disease. Merry go round that I keep talking about that symptoms go away. Maybe feel even get better for a while. And then again they circle back. Right. So you're stuck in this merry go round. Here's a truth. We don't talk about enough. Healing does not fail because of a lack of effort. It fails because of a lack of integration. So you've been trying to patch these things together, and each piece makes me make sense on its own

 They are. These are useful things, but your body needs the whole picture in order to get well, in order to feel safe enough to ship. It's like saying that, you know, you'll be doing these puzzle puzzles, and I love doing puzzles, by the way, I'm doing currently one right now. But if you don't have all the puzzle pieces in the right place, they will not really fit and they will not really make the whole picture. So most approaches miss that. They give you the tools, but not a structure. They give you information but not insight and without insight, without the structure, just mere information and knowledge is just not enough. And they really offer a space where your body is allowed to exhale. 

And by that I mean where your body feels safe enough, your immune system actually is able to calm down so that your inflammation levels come down, your symptoms start receding, and that's what a healing container should provide. It's not just what you do, it's how you do it and where. And then rare has to feel like a match for your nervous system, your lifestyle and your pace, not someone else's treatment plan. And that's when finally your body starts to feel seen and heard and supported. And that's when the healing finally begins. 

So what if what you've been trying hasn't worked? It's not because you need to push harder. I think you can see that by now. It's because your body is asking for a different kind of support. So it's not about adding more to your plate, following more protocols, more treatment plans. It's actually about shifting the foundation, your healing from one that's rooted in clarity, compassion, and connection, not control, not confusion or constant self-correction, because that is just a recipe for overwhelm. And here is what actually looks like. 

First you reconnect. Instead of chasing symptoms, you learn to listen to them. You start decoding what your body is telling you. So what is really trying to say to you so that you're not stuck reacting, but you respond with clarity. And this is where the noise starts to quieten down. And you can actually listen. You can actually listen to all that your body has been trying to tell you. These are the three elements I'm talking about. 

The second element is that you simplify. You strip away the overwhelm, the clutter, the guesswork, and the endless To-Do list you focus on actually, what works and what is going to work for you will be quite different from what is going to work for someone else. Because healing does not have to be a full time job either. You should be able to fit it into your life, but it's only going to fit in and fit into your life when it's focused and aligned. 

And finally, you sustain. I think a lot of programs just miss out on this third element altogether. It's not just about getting well, it's also about staying well. So you create you create rhythms and rituals that support your healing process. And this has to work in the long term. It's not about the next four weeks, six weeks. It's not about a fat diet. It's not about feeling better for 3 to 6 months. And you basically go back to square one because you're and the reason is because you're not doing it alone. You are part of a supportive space or community. Maybe with the accountability, guidance and encouragement that will keep you on track. That's the container. 

These three elements simplify, reconnect and sustain. Make up the container. And that's the difference between another short term plan and lasting change. Now, before we end, I want to give you a quick win, something that you can try today that will show you just how tuned in your body really is. Here it is. 

Track the very first symptom that shows up when you're nearing overwhelm, or fatigue or exhaustion, or you know, when you know just before there is a full blown flare up, but not the entire flare up, just the whisper just before that. Maybe it's a tightening in your chest, a low grade headache, or maybe it's a bloating after a seemingly safe food. Or maybe that feeling where you just can't sit still because your head is constantly filled with chatter even though you're exhausted. And this might make take several attempts to get this right, but that's okay, right? It's okay to not get it right the first time. So anytime that you just before you feel a, you know, feel something coming up, just pay attention to that. Niggling a sign, right? That one signal down, that's your tell. 

Because when you catch the whisper, you don't have to wait for your body to scream to get your attention. And that one shift, just noticing and naming your signal can actually change the entire trajectory of your day. And when we build on that awareness inside a safe, healing container like the one that I just talked about, that's where the real transformation or the real magic begins. 

Because when you start catching those early, subtle signals before they become a full blown symptom, everything changes. You no longer feel like you're constantly chasing your health, You know, and you can trust your body. Once again, you stop second guessing every bite of food that you put in your mouth, and you stop suddenly spiraling into fear. Any time some symptoms flare up, Because you respond with confidence and you once again trust your body just the way you used to when you were a very small child. And you feel grounded with your body, not at war with it. And that kind of trust, the trust that you develop in this manner. That's what makes healing sustainable. 

So if there's one takeaway that you have from today's episode, this is it, the kind of trust that you develop in your body by approaching it, approaching it in this manner is what makes healing sustainable and is going to give you a life back. Not just symptom relief, but real, lasting freedom. And that's actually why you are here. That's actually why you are listening to my episodes this show, right? Why you probably are following me on Instagram. You you are looking for this kind of freedom. You're not just focusing on reversing some of the symptoms and some of the time. And I believe that each of us can actually work with our bodies to reach this space. Like we can really get far if we stop being at war with our bodies.

 And that's why we don't just treat the symptoms in the body wise reset program. It's a 12 week container that and it's starting on 16th of May. We decode them and you're going to get a chance to actually join that. Because once you learn how to hear this body's whisper, your body's whisper, you don't have to live in fear or when it's going to start screaming at you. And that journey starts in the Decode Your Symptoms Masterclass live on 15th May at 6 p.m. IST. 

This is your invitation to stop guessing and start healing, and to get a chance to join the Body Reset 12 week program and the link is in the show notes, but here's the body wise wrap up. Here's what we covered today. 

Number one, you are not broken. Your symptoms are signals, not failures. And the real issue isn't you, but the container you've been trying to heal in. 

Number two, what you've tried hasn't failed. It was just not integrated because these are all important tools, protocols, diet supplements. But without the right environment, they can't do their job properly.

 Number three, healing happens inside the right container, a space that offers clarity, structure and support. 

Number four that container has three essential elements. Number one is reconnect. Number two is simplify. Number three is sustain. And your first tiny win. Notice and name your body's earliest signal of imbalance. It's a powerful step towards reclaim your reclaiming your energy, clarity and calm. 

And now, if you are ready to take the next step, then join me for the free Decode Your Symptoms Masterclass live on 15th May at 6 p.m. IST. Let's build the healing container your body's been waiting for. The link is in the show notes and I would love to see you there. Your body knows how to heal. Are you ready to support it?