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What the Body Remembers
A Memory in Every Cell
There has been a lot of remembering lately.
My daughter, Holli, texted me the other day.
She wrote:
“Did you listen to this song 🎶 and sing it to me when I was little?
Look through my eyes from the movie Brother Bear.”
I texted back,
“All the time… hundreds of times.”
And then she said something that stopped me in my tracks:
“We just watched this movie…
And it hit me like a bullet.
Like it was in my bones…
I couldn’t stop crying.”
I just sat there for a moment… taking it in.
And I wrote back,
“You were two…?”
Because she was.
I used to sing that song to her 🎶 —Look Through My Eyes—over and over again when she was a baby. Rocking her and singing to try to put her to sleep. This song meant something to me. I would hold her close and pour everything I had into those quiet moments.
And somehow… all these years later…
It was still there.
Not just in her mind…
But in her bones.
She said to me,
“Mom, I can feel what you felt when 🎶 you sang it.”
And that’s when the tears really came.
Because what she was remembering wasn’t just a song… it was love. It was a connection. Something deeper than words—something her body had held onto all these years.
Your body remembers what nourishes it… even if you’ve forgotten.
And lately, she’s been remembering more. Not just songs—but the things that nourished her.
Holli has always had kefir —since she was about 10 months old. It was just part of her life. Nothing fancy. Just something her body knew.
But recently, she got married and stepped into a new season. New friends, new experiences, new foods. She tried things she had never eaten before—foods that others loved.
And for a little while, she went along with it. But it didn’t take long before something inside her began to speak.
Her body remembered.
And she found herself coming back… back to the foods that had nourished her from the beginning. Back to what felt right. Back to what her body recognized as home.
And those foods taught her something powerful. Our bodies don’t forget.
They remember what nourishes them.
They remember what brings them life.
They remember what feels like love.
And maybe you didn’t grow up with kefir… or yogurt bubbling on the counter… or jars of cultured vegetables in your fridge.
Maybe no one taught you about fermented foods when you were young. But here’s something that gives me so much hope…Your body still remembers.
Not in the same way Holli remembered a song—but in a deeper, more cellular way. Your body was designed for this kind of nourishment. Your microbiome recognizes it.
The moment you begin to feed your body living foods—foods rich in beneficial bacteria, enzymes, and nutrients—something begins to wake up.
Your body says, “Yes… this is what I’ve been needing.”
And then, because even if it’s new to you, it’s not foreign to your design.
For thousands of years, cultures all over the world consumed fermented foods daily. It’s part of our heritage. Part of how we were made to thrive.
And I’ve seen it over and over again—people who start drinking kefir or eating cultured foods later in life often say the same thing:
“I don’t know why… but I feel better.” That’s not an accident.That’s your body recognizing what it’s been missing. Feeding and loving those microbes that call you home.
These unseen friends… quietly living within you… caring for you in ways you can’t see, but can feel.
They help break down your food so your body can truly receive it.
They help you digest, absorb, and be strengthened.
They stand guard—alerting your immune system, guiding your body to recognize what doesn’t belong.
They help heal and seal your gut lining—protecting that delicate barrier between your inner world and everything outside of it.
They work day and night… restoring, balancing, communicating.
And when you begin to nourish them—when you give them the foods they recognize—something beautiful begins to happen.
They respond. They come alive. And in turn… so do you.
So maybe… you can do what I did.
How To Get Started
Start simple.
Learn how to Make Kefir
Start with kefir—the master of ferments—and just have a sip each day… or a small glass.
Nothing complicated. Just one small step.
Because kefir is something special. Rich in beneficial bacteria and good yeasts, working together in a way that’s hard to find anywhere else.
And then… just watch.
Pay attention.
See what happens.
Sometimes I think about all those microbes within us… and I wonder if they don’t quietly rejoice when we finally give them what they’ve been waiting for.
It felt like that for me, all those years ago.
Like something inside me came alive again. I felt joy and well-being.
It was a revelation—that something so simple could be so deeply healing.
And for the past 24 years, kefir has been part of my life.
It didn’t just change my gut microbiome.
It changed everything.
How I feel.
How I live.
What I understand about the body and the incredible way it was designed to heal.
Sometimes I wonder who I would be without it…
But I don’t stay there long.
Because I know this—
I have been changed for the better.
And if you’re willing to take that first small step…
You can be too.
When you begin to feed your body what it was made for, something inside you wakes up… like it’s finally come home.
Listen To My Podcast
Some memories don’t just live in your mind… they live in your body. In this episode, I share a story about my daughter, a song from her childhood, and how the body remembers what nourishes it—and gently leads us back to what it needs.
References I talked about:
- The song: Look Through My Eyes - Brother Bear
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