How well do you really 'Trust Your Gut'?

Quiz Questions

• 1.
  When did you gut health change?

  • A.
    I can point to almost the exact moment, e.g. a move, a loss, a job change, becoming a mum.
  • B.
    Gut symptoms crept in gradually over a stressful period and now they just don't leave.
  • C.
    I've stopped trying to find the when and why. I've had this so long the trigger feels irrelevant now.
• 2.
  Think about the list of foods you actually eat without hesitation. Compared to two years ago, that list is:

  • A.
    Basically the same. I haven't cut much, I just feel bad more often.
  • B.
    Smaller. I've quietly dropped things without really deciding to.
  • C.
    So small I've stopped noticing what's missing. Meals are just safe, and beige, and the same six things.
• 3.
  When you have a bad flare, what actually gets you back to normal?

  • A.
    A day or two of being careful and it settles on its own.
  • B.
    I have a rough method: I eat certain foods, rest, cut things out. But the flare still lasts most of a week.
  • C.
    Honestly, nothing reliable. It resolves when it resolves, and I spend the whole time waiting for it to.
• 4.
  Describe your last conversation with a doctor about this.

  • A.
    I haven't brought it up. It doesn't feel serious enough to take up their time.
  • B.
    I brought it up, got a test or a leaflet, and left with no plan.
  • C.
    I've been several different times, been told nothing's wrong, and now I don't bother going back.
• 5.
  Which sentence sounds most like something you'd actually think?

  • A.
    I'm probably just being sensitive about this.
  • B.
    I have to plan my life around my gut now, it's just part of how I live.
  • C.
    I feel like an alien in the room. I don't know this body anymore.
• 6.
  What's the situation you quietly dread the most?

  • A.
    Being asked "are you okay?" and not knowing how to answer honestly.
  • B.
    A meal out where I can't control the menu.
  • C.
    Committing to anything, e.g. a trip, an event, a dinner, more than a few days out.
• 7.
  What "solutions" do you have at this point?

  • A.
    I haven't really tried anything formal, I've just been quietly adjusting on my own.
  • B.
    I've tried an elimination diet or a supplement stack. It helped a bit, then stopped, then I gave up.
  • C.
    I've tried most things, diets, supplements, various practitioners, and I've mostly stopped expecting anything to actually work long-term.

Quiz Outcomes

• 1.
  You're still giving your gut the benefit of the doubt

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  Hey, Kaitlin here!I see that you might not have restricted much of your diet, and that's exactly why you don't think you qualify for help. You're blaming yourself and still telling yourself "I'm probably just being sensitive", rather than trusting that your body is actually reacting to something.You can maybe name the moment things changed, but this could also be coincidence. And you haven't brought it up with a doctor yet because you're all up in your head about the fact this isn't serious enough to earn an appointment.Here's what I'd love you to try...For the next week, every time you have a symptom, write down what was happening in your life or body in the hour before, not what you ate. I'm sure you've spent months tracking your food intake, but never stress or emotions.The reality...You don't need convincing that something's wrong. You need someone to confirm that what happened to your gut when your life changed wasn't random, and wasn't your fault.That's the entire first phase of my online programme 'Trust Your Gut'. Before any dietary change happens at all, you learn exactly why a nervous system under pressure changes digestion, so the self-blame can change direction.Doors are open, and I'd love for you to join the founders group.
• 2.
  You've put your gut on a short leash

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  Hey, Kaitlin here!I can see that you're just about managing, but holding on tight. Your food list has somehow narrowed without a deliberate decision behind it. You didn't sit down and choose to cut things, they just quietly dropped off over time. You have a rough system for managing your flare-ups, but it costs you most of a week every time. You've already been to a doctor once, walked out with a label and no real plan, and filed the whole thing under "just something I deal with now."Here's what I'd love you to try...Pick one food you've dropped in the last year without a real diagnosis behind it. Not something you've had a formal reaction to, just something you quietly stopped trusting. Reintroduce it in a small, low-stakes way this week and notice what actually happens, rather than what you assumed would happen.The reality...The shrinking list of foods is the big giveaway here. It means you've been managing symptoms one removal at a time, without a system that ever adds anything back.My new online programme, 'Trust Your Gut' is built the opposite way: nervous system regulation first, then a rebuild that adds foods back in, so your list of foods can finally start growing, not shrinking. And for the flare that currently costs you a week, you'll build your own protocol, one you understand and trust, so it becomes something you move through in 48 hours.Doors are open, and I'd love for you to join the founders group.
• 3.
  You and your gut aren't on speaking terms anymore

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  Hey, Kaitlin here!I can see you've tried almost everything, from diets, supplements, multiple doctors, maybe even a gut cleanse or two. You've stopped expecting any of it to work. Your meals are reduced to a small, beige rotation of foods you barely notice anymore. You don't commit to plans more than a few days out because you can't trust your own body to cooperate. You've been dismissed by conventional healthcare enough times that you've stopped going back.Here's what I'd love you to try...I know you're not short on information about gut health, but perhaps you're short on trust in others giving you the information. So, before your next flare, write down the three questions you most want answered about it. You've been the person implementing someone else's plan for a long time now, and none of them have worked.The reality...That's not a personal failure, it's what happens when a plan is handed to you instead of built with you. By writing down these questions, you can start to become an advocate for your own body again. My new online programme 'Trust Your Gut' isn't another protocol to follow; it's twelve weeks of becoming the person who can read your own body's signals well enough to walk into a doctor's office and advocate for yourself, instead of leaving with another label and no plan.Doors are open, and I'd love for you to join the founders group.