Episode

Unexpected Ways Your Body Protects You: Holding Weight, Getting Sick, Chronic Pain, Infertility, and Insomnia

Podcast

You Make Sense

Published

Jun 16, 2026

Duration seconds

2710

Processing state

not_requested

Canonical source

https://you-make-sense.simplecast.com/episodes/unexpected-ways-your-body-protects-you-holding-weight-getting-sick-chronic-pain-infertility-and-insomnia-vcynt28h

Audio

https://cdn.simplecast.com/media/audio/transcoded/bf8e33a0-1a14-43cd-99cc-4a915b69453e/acff3358-03d6-4b4e-8a99-3d748ad5a09d/episodes/audio/group/6b5b6a4c-ee4a-451e-9841-3a442bd553c0/group-item/f391ba94-7dd7-4b72-a740-c34d8716be66/128_default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=n_KXlLu9

JSON

/v1/public/podcasts/you-make-sense-7026380/episodes/unexpected-ways-your-body-protects-you-holding-weight-getting-sick-chronic-pain-infertility-and-insomnia

Markdown

/podcast/you-make-sense-7026380/unexpected-ways-your-body-protects-you-holding-weight-getting-sick-chronic-pain-infertility-and-insomnia.md

Actions

• POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/you-make-sense-7026380/episodes/unexpected-ways-your-body-protects-you-holding-weight-getting-sick-chronic-pain-infertility-and-insomnia/transcription-requests
  Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
• GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/you-make-sense-7026380/unexpected-ways-your-body-protects-you-holding-weight-getting-sick-chronic-pain-infertility-and-insomnia.md
  Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

Summary

Do you ever feel like your body is the enemy? Maybe you’re holding weight despite rigorous workout routines or you always get sick right before an important event. In this episode, you’ll learn how trauma gets stuck and stored in the body and why many of the symptoms you may be experiencing are actually loving forms of self-protection.