I didn’t start making sourdough because I love baking.And I’m definitely not a “from scratch everything” kind of person.I started because something didn’t feel right.
Foods that used to feel fine… didn’t anymore.
Energy dips didn’t make sense.
And it felt like my body was reacting in ways I couldn’t quite explain.
Energy dips didn’t make sense.
And it felt like my body was reacting in ways I couldn’t quite explain.
At the same time, my husband was navigating diabetes.
And like a lot of people, we weren’t ready to give up bread completely.
And like a lot of people, we weren’t ready to give up bread completely.
Somewhere in that process, I began to see food differently.
Not just as something we eat…
but as something the body responds to.
but as something the body responds to.
So I started asking a different question:
What if it’s not just what I’m eating… but how my body is processing it?
Why Sourdough Caught My Attention
Somewhere along the way, I kept hearing the same thing:
That sourdough might be different.
Not in a trendy way.
Not in a “this fixes everything” way.
Not in a “this fixes everything” way.
But in a way that had to do with how it’s made.
The long fermentation process…
The way it interacts with the body…
The way people described feeling after eating it.
The way it interacts with the body…
The way people described feeling after eating it.
It made me curious.
So I tried it.
What I Expected vs. What I Noticed
I didn’t go into this expecting anything dramatic.
But I started noticing small things.
Subtle things.
The kind of things you might miss if you weren’t paying attention.
- Feeling more satisfied after eating
- Less of that “what else do I need?” feeling
- More steady energy
- Small differences in digestion
Nothing overnight.
Nothing extreme.
Nothing extreme.
But enough to make me pause.
This Is Where Things Shifted for Me
Because the realization wasn’t really about sourdough.
It was this:
The body isn’t random. It’s responsive.
And for the first time, I started paying attention in a different way.
Not just:
👉 What am I eating?
👉 What am I eating?
But:
👉 How does this feel after I eat it?
👉 How does this feel after I eat it?
This Isn’t About Bread
It might look like it.
But it’s not.
This is about learning how to notice what your body has been trying to tell you all along.
Most of us were never taught to do that.
We’re taught:
- follow the plan
- eat the “right” foods
- fix the symptoms
But not:
👉 observe the response
👉 observe the response
If You’re Curious About This Too…
You don’t need to overhaul everything.
You don’t need to get it perfect.
You can just start by noticing.
That’s actually where everything begins.
A Simple Place to Start
If this resonates with you, I put together a simple space where you can explore this a little more.
Nothing complicated.
Just:
- what I started noticing
- how I actually use sourdough in real life
- and a few of the recipes I keep coming back to (including the English muffins many of you already love)
Your Symptoms May Not Mean What You Think They Mean
There’s often more happening beneath the surface than we realize.
Inside my monthly Zoom series, Hidden Conversations Inside the Body, we explore how different systems communicate—and why symptoms don’t always mean what we think they do.
This work is less about chasing symptoms…
and more about understanding the patterns underneath them.
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