Let’s Call It What It Is: A System Built on Band-Aids

By Dr. Stacie Stephenson

You tell your doctor you’re exhausted all the time?
They suggest an antidepressant.
You say you’re bloated after everything you eat?
They tell you to take a probiotic or try cutting gluten… maybe.

You say your periods are wrecking your life?
They throw birth control at it and move on.

No one’s asking why.
Why is your body fighting back?
Why is your energy tanking?
Why are your hormones out of sync?

The system isn’t set up to heal you.
It’s set up to manage your symptoms just enough to keep you functioning—but never thriving.

Here’s What You’re Not Being Told

Most chronic symptoms don’t “just happen.” They’re messengers.
They show up because something is off at the root level—usually with your hormones, gut, liver, or nervous system.

And yet… most advice skips right past that.

You don’t need to chase every symptom.
You need to ask better questions.

● What’s causing the inflammation in the first place?
● Why is your blood sugar all over the place?
● What’s disrupting your sleep at a cellular level?
● What toxic load has your liver been quietly managing?

These questions don’t get asked nearly enough. But they’re where the real healing begins.

Why I Don’t Believe in Surface-Level Solutions

I’ve worked with women who’ve spent years on protocols that gave them nothing but frustration and credit card debt.

● Countless supplements, no results.
● Clean eating, still bloated.
● “Healthy lifestyle,” still exhausted.

It’s not because they didn’t try hard enough.
It’s because they were treating surface-level symptoms, not the root cause.

You deserve better.
You deserve a practitioner who sees your full picture—and helps you decode what your body is really saying.

What It Looks Like to Actually Heal

When you stop slapping band-aids on symptoms and start doing the real work, here’s what can happen:
● Your energy stabilizes—for the first time in years.
● Your digestion improves without 15 supplements.
● Your mood, sleep, and cycles regulate—because your hormones feel safe again.
● You trust your body again.

Healing isn’t always linear.
It’s not always sexy.
But it is possible—and it always starts with truth-telling.

If You’re Tired of Being Told “You’re Fine” When You Know You’re Not…

Start asking:
What’s the root?
And how do I remove what’s standing in the way of my body’s natural ability to heal?

That’s not a woo-woo idea.
That’s science. That’s biology. That’s your design.

If you’re reading this, you’ve probably tried all the things. You’ve been dismissed, handed pills, and maybe even told your symptoms are “in your head.”

But I see you.

You’re not crazy.
You’re not lazy.
And your symptoms aren’t something you have to live with forever.

Let’s get to the root—because that’s where your real health lives.