If your body has been asking for a lifestyle shift lately… your liver might be holding the answer you need.

There are seasons in healing where you’ve done all the right things. You’re resting. You’re eating well. You’ve cut the caffeine, you’ve stepped off the hamster wheel… and still, something feels stuck.

That’s the season I found myself in recently.

My hormones were telling a story my mind didn’t want to hear. My estrogen and progesterone had dropped significantly, my cortisol was through the roof, and every luteal phase felt like an emotional tidal wave I couldn’t outrun. I was resting. I was doing all the things. And my body was still saying… there’s more here.

So I started listening differently.

Following the body’s breadcrumbs

When I got my Dutch test results back and saw just how depleted my hormone levels were, something shifted in me. I’m 37 years old. I shouldn’t be experiencing post-menopausal symptoms. And while that information could have sent me spiraling, it actually sent me searching.

I started pulling books off the shelf. I binged two or three in a day, laying in bed, just consuming everything I could find about what was happening in my body. The books that spoke to me most were written by women in the traditional Chinese medicine space, and they kept pointing to the same place…

The liver.

In traditional Chinese medicine, the body moves through seasons and elements in a 24-hour rhythm. The liver is associated with the element of wood, the energy of spring, and the regulation of Qi – the flow of life force, emotions, and blood. Spring is the season of creation, of new life, of hormonal vitality. And I could see that pattern within my own body so clearly… this vital organ that governs life force was exactly where I needed to look.

The organ that holds your anger, your courage, and your life force

Here’s what I didn’t expect to discover. In the spiritual body, the liver is considered the seat of anger, courage, and vitality. And what hit me was that anger and courage live in the same organ. Maybe, on some level, they are the same emotion.

When I sat with that, I could see myself so clearly.

Over the past two years, I had filled my schedule to the brim. I was traveling constantly, facilitating ceremony, saying yes to every opportunity, every friend and family member who wanted to see me, every request that came my way. I made the most money I’ve ever made. And I was exhausted in a way that went far deeper than tired.

The anger was there because I had been rejecting myself. Saying yes to everyone else while saying no to my own needs. That creates a very real kind of inner fury… the kind that whispers, what are you doing? This isn’t okay.

The courage was blocked because I had been moving so fast that I missed the lessons the universe was trying to hand me. On the other side of those two years, I could finally see them. And instead of feeling empowered, I was sitting in a quiet self-doubt… wondering if I could trust myself again.

And the life force? My creativity was low. My energy was weak. My inner fire felt like it had been reduced to embers.

All of it was living in my liver. All of it was asking to be released.

Turning a cleanse into ceremony

I want to be really clear here… I am not a medical doctor. I’m a human being having a human experience, sharing openly about my healing path. None of this is medical advice. But I do believe the body is our greatest ally in healing. It communicates with us constantly, and we can use it as both a tool to move energy and a compass to understand what we’re really carrying.

So when I felt the pull to do a liver flush, I honored it.

I found a six-day liver cleanse program from a company called Global Healing, and what I loved about it was the structure. Four days of preparation – eating only fruits and vegetables, taking a liver health tincture with milk thistle and dandelion root, a turmeric supplement, and magnesium capsules at night. Your body starts to soften. Things begin to shift. And then on day five, you go through the actual flush.

I cleared my schedule. I intentionally disconnected from other people’s energies. I made space for this to be more than a physical protocol… I wanted it to be a sacred experience.

And it was.

By the time I drank the Epsom salt and olive oil on day five, my body moved into a deep shamanic process. I was shaking, making sounds, releasing. Not from pain – there were no sharp cramps or anything alarming – but from something much older. Something I had been holding for a long time.

I kept saying to myself in the bathroom that night… this is hard, but it’s here, and it’s temporary. And I let my body do what it needed to do.

The spiritual practice of letting your body release

If you’ve ever sat in ceremony, you know that purging is part of the process. It can look like crying, shaking, sweating, or yes.. going to the bathroom. And when you bring that same reverence to a cleanse at home, the experience deepens in ways that are hard to put into words.

Every time I released something physically during this flush, I was also releasing it energetically. The anger I had been carrying toward myself for not slowing down. The fear that had been masking itself as self-doubt. The grief of realizing how much I had been through without fully letting myself feel it.

I’ve sat in Ayahuasca ceremonies. I’ve done 14-day water fasts. I’ve done coffee enemas and protocols that would probably shock most people. I once stung myself with bees to heal chronic Lyme disease. But this liver flush opened something I wasn’t expecting… a grounded, deeply emotional clearing that felt like finally exhaling after holding my breath for two years.

What shifted on the other side

The morning after the flush, something was different.

I noticed I wasn’t getting triggered by situations that normally would have activated me. My communication was clearer, more grounded, more self-aware. My focus felt sharp. I had a surge of energy and this feeling of happiness that wasn’t manufactured or forced… it was just there, naturally, like it had been waiting underneath everything I had been carrying.

I also noticed something unexpected… I didn’t really care what people thought. I was experiencing this wider range of my personality that felt present and fun and free. Like I was finally getting to be myself again.

And here’s the thing I want you to hear… the cleanse didn’t fix everything overnight. Healing is never just one pill, one protocol, one quick fix. It’s a journey. You’re exploring yourself, paying attention, and building an intimate relationship with your body over time.

Listening to what your body actually needs

One of the biggest things this experience reinforced for me is that the body doesn’t always need what we think it does. Sometimes it needs a cleanse. Sometimes it needs a supplement. Sometimes it needs cranial sacral therapy or breath work. Sometimes it needs a nap. Sometimes it needs to eat more. Sometimes it needs silence.

And sometimes your body doesn’t need breath work. Sometimes it doesn’t need a cold plunge. The practice is in the listening… in being present enough to hear what your body is actually asking for in any given moment.

That’s your birthright. Not just the healing itself, but the belief that you are capable of it, worthy of investing in it, and deserving of the time and energy it takes to actually show up for yourself.

Your body is talking to you

If you’ve been feeling stuck in your healing… if you’ve been doing all the right things and something still feels off… I want to gently encourage you to get curious about what your body might be holding beneath the surface.

Maybe it’s your liver. Maybe it’s something else entirely. But that feeling of being stuck is not a sign that you’re failing. It’s often a sign that there’s a deeper layer asking for your attention.

Trust your process. Love yourself through it. And give yourself permission to explore what feels right for you… even if it looks different from what anyone else is doing.

One day at a time. You are worthy of your own time.

I recorded this episode on the final day of my cleanse, right at the transition into the Year of the Fire Horse. The energy of it felt sacred, intentional, and like a prayer closing at the perfect moment. I hope you feel that medicine when you listen.

It’s now available, you can tune in below.

If you feel called to receive the same kit that I used for this flush through Global Healing, you can access it right here!

xoxo, Lauren

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