# S5: Episode 69: Emotional Constipation Is Real—And It's Living in Your Stomach

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Podcast: [Mindfully Disruptive](https://stenobird.com/podcast/mindfully-disruptive-7092517)
Published: 2026-04-27T00:11:35+00:00
Episode link: https://mindfullydisruptivethepodcast.transistor.fm/70
Audio file: https://media.transistor.fm/08f09cc6/7e9fedc6.mp3
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## Resource

That knot you feel? That constant tension? It's not random. It's your body holding what you haven't been able to release. Compressed emotion. Compressed stress. Compressed fear that has nowhere else to go. And the more you tolerate it, the more you swallow it, the tighter that knot gets. In this episode, I share what happened when I felt that knot on a morning walk with Leo—and what I learned about what my body was trying to tell me. We talk about: · Why your stomach is your second brain (and what the gut-brain axis actually means) · The difference between passively absorbing the world and swallowing everything whole · What happens when you don't digest your emotions (spoiler: they lodge themselves into your body) · Why suppressing emotions creates exhaustion—and the science behind it · How tolerating what doesn't feel right creates that constant knot in your stomach · Two simple practices to start loosening the knot: awareness and expansion Here's the truth: You're not just digesting food. You're digesting literally everything in your world. Information. Emotions—yours and everyone else's. Energy. Experiences. And when you don't have a way to process what you're absorbing, it all just sits there. In your field. In your energy. In your stomach. That's emotional constipation. And just like being physically constipated, it doesn't feel good. But here's what I want you to understand: Your stomach knows what your mind is trying to ignore. That tension, that knot—it's not your enemy. It's your ally. It's the part of you still trying to protect you, still trying to get your attention, still trying to say: this isn't working, we need to do something differently. So start listening. Start noticing. Start creating space for your body to speak. And if you're ready to go deeper—i…

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