Gallbladder & Uterus: How They Work & What Changes After Removal - Explained With Science & Somatics - Episode 317

“You don’t need it” is one of the most casually dismissive sentences in modern wellness. Gallbladder removal and uterus removal are common surgeries, yet many people notice real shifts afterward and they’re left trying to understand what changed and why.

In Part 1 of this two‑episode series, I break down what the gallbladder and uterus actually do, how to keep them healthy, what can shift after removal, and how to support your wellness with clarity instead of confusion.

Gallbladder Removal (Cholecystectomy):
• what the gallbladder does: bile timing, fat digestion, fat‑soluble vitamins
• why gallbladders fail: rapid weight loss, low‑fat dieting, estrogen shifts, insulin resistance, genetics, GLP‑1 meds (Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro)
• common symptoms after gallbladder removal: bloating, diarrhea, urgency, fat intolerance
• microbiome changes and nutrient absorption
• myths people hear after surgery
• practical supports: bitter greens, hydration, magnesium, digestive enzymes with lipase + ox bile

Uterus Removal (Hysterectomy):
• why the uterus is far more than a reproductive organ
• pelvic nerves, ovarian blood flow, libido inputs
• hormone shifts after uterus removal
• progesterone myths, estrogen dominance, painful periods that deserve investigation
• emotional and somatic changes some women experience after hysterectomy
• how to advocate for hormone testing, gut support, and nervous system regulation

If you’ve already had gallbladder removal or uterus removal, this episode gives you language, options, and a grounded understanding of what your body may need moving forward.

Next week in Part 2: Appendix and Tonsils - what they do, why they matter, and what can shift when they’re gone.

If this episode helps you, subscribe, share it with a friend, and leave a quick rating and review so more people can find balanced, bias‑free conversations to support our wellness - science + soul.

Transcript

Welcome And Wellness Philosophy

Sandy Kruse 0:02

Hi everyone, it's me, Sandy Kruse. Welcome to Sandy K Nutrition Health and Lifestyle Queen. For many years now, I've been a trusted voice for people in midlife and beyond who want a deeper, more honest conversation about wellness. One that includes the physical, the emotional, the mental, and the esoteric. Most episodes are solo now because I want to bring you thoughtful research, lived experience, and grounded insight without bias. And when I do bring on a guest, it's because their work genuinely adds something meaningful to the conversation. Here we explore the full spectrum of what it means to be well, how the body functions, how the mind heals, how the spirit expands, and how all of these layers shape life lived with clarity and joy. Thanks for being here. And if this show resonates with you, please follow, rate, review, and share it. It truly helps the message reach more people. Hi everyone, welcome to Sandy K Nutrition Health and Lifestyle Queen. Today is a big episode, and I have in over six years never had to record, re-record, try again for as many times as I had to for this episode. I've never done it in guest interviews. And in my own, sometimes I do because I'm like, oh, I don't like how this feels, or there's something I missed and I want to go back and redo this, or sometimes even just my energy behind it. I'll be like, no, I need to redo this. Because now, as most of you know, most of my episodes are solo. And I've done this for a reason, but I am going to first don't leave me. Okay. Stay here because I'm going to talk about five of some of the most commonly removed organs in the body that we're told you don't need them. And I'm going to preface this by saying, stick to uh stick with me through the end. Because I am going to give you options. Like, what if you're like, well, I already don't have a gallbladder. So this is pointless for me to listen to this, or I already don't have a uterus. So what's the point? There are things that you can do to balance the body when that organ is done, gone. Sometimes we have to remove them. So I am going to go back to why I started to do more solo episodes. I found that in this world of podcasting, for over six years I've been here. You have a lot of influences from your guests, whether it's to get and share a coupon code, whether there's bias because the guest strongly believes in their product. Listen, there's nothing wrong with that. However, most of you who follow me and have been following me know that I try and always come from a perspective of balance. And my t-shirt says that it's all about the balance, and I got a scale there and Sandy K Nutrition. I made this t-shirt when I started my podcast. So that's why I do most of it alone. I'm not saying that everybody out there is a scam because that's not true. It's just that you just don't know what is bias anymore, and what is a true objective opinion and what is objective research. So I am a researcher. I am a registered holistic nutritionist with multiple certifications. And I've been in this industry for a long time. Follow me on all of my social media channels. It's Sandy Knutrition Everywhere. I'm most active on Instagram and I've developed some really great relationships with people there. And I thought I, you know, my podcast cover is with me and this red lipstick. And I thought I feel like wearing my red lipstick. I don't know if you guys are like that, but you know, every once in a while you're like, I feel a little more bold today. So I thought this would actually help me to record this podcast once and for all, get it right, make sure it feels right, and get it out there. Today I'm gonna talk about the gallbladder. I'm gonna talk about the uterus, the ovaries. I'm gonna talk about the appendix. How many of you out there have had your appendix removed? And I'm also gonna talk about the tonsils because these are some. I'm not going to include the thyroid. Most of you know I had thyroid cancer. I had my entire thyroid gland removed at age 41. I'm now 56, gone through menopause without a thyroid. And yes, there is a connection, but the thyroid is such a big thing to remove that I think it needs an episode all on its own, especially if you're a woman. And there are reasons for that because there are connections to estrogen and the thyroid gland and going through menopause. Nobody talked to me about any of this stuff. I had to do all my own research and I am certified in functional lab testing as well as endocrinology and hormones. So I learned a lot about the thyroid gland, not just through schooling, but also through experience. And that's why I'm going to get an episode going specifically only on thyroid. But wherever you are watching or listening, please be sure that you hit follow or subscribe. It just helps me to keep going. I'm not a celebrity, I'm not somebody who comes with a massive audience. So if you follow me and you share my podcast, even with one friend, it just helps me to get discovered so that I can help more people from an unbiased, you know, objective point of view in the areas of health and wellness, science and soul, and how to age better, preferably naturally, if we're able to do that. So I'm gonna get into this now because I think you're gonna love this. I'm gonna talk about why they fail, what they do, what changes when they're gone, and how we can live well without them. And I'm gonna tell you right now, nobody has done a podcast like this one. Because I'm gonna get into not only the science, I'm gonna get into some of the myths, some of the things that you hear from doctors, because nobody even told me what a thyroid gland does. And this is like, so this would be going back to 2011 when I had it removed. Nobody said your thyroid gland does this, this, this, and this. This is how some of the things that you might learn. I had to educate myself. And so this is why I'm giving you the breadcrumbs. This is not medical advice. This is not to say you're doom and gloom if you've lost the organ. I'm just giving you some breadcrumbs and things in how to kind of rebalance your health, your wellness, your nutrition, because I am a nutritionist, and also energetically. So I have recorded podcasts with Yvette Rose. She wrote the book Metaphysical Anatomy. You might have heard of it. I'm using some of her work, also Julia Cannon. And then there's a uh he was uh, I think he was a psychiatrist. He has since passed. I have a massive book, Michael J. Lincoln, I believe his uh name is. I have his, it's like an anthology. It's massive. These books are huge, but really, ah, I have it. Hold on one second. This is one of the books, and I'll tell you a story behind this one because I'm so fascinated with the organs in the body, what they mean energetically, what happens, can you like what kind of illnesses can amount from different dysfunctions, different um, let's say, psychological areas, traumas, and how the body responds. I'm a big believer. This is why you can never discount the energetic properties behind any health issues ever. It's this is why I'm all about science and soul, but I'll tell you a little about this book. This is uh Michael J. Uh, I was right, Lincoln, and he was a PhD. And I think his story is he used to work in a psychiatric hospital. And through many, many, many years, he documented his patients' psychological ailments to the physical ailments that they had. And this is called messages from the body. So I was in Sedona, I've been to Sedona twice, and the second time I went, I saw this, and then I'm like, oh, I'll just grab it from home when I when I go home. This was in 2019 when I went last, I think. No, maybe later, 2022, 2022, because my dog died shortly after I got back. So I was there in 2022. I saw this book, and then I was like, oh my god, I could get this from Amazon at home. Couldn't find it anywhere. Maybe now you can find it if you're interested in it. But I lugged this giant book home in my carry-on because I loved it so much. So I have recorded with Yvette Rose about you know the body and the ailments and energetic properties. I've also recorded with Julia Cannon. She is the daughter of I think it's Dor Doreen Cannon? Dorothy, Doreen? It starts with a D. She is passed quite a few years ago, but Julia Cannon carries on with her work. I recorded with them. I've also recorded with Dr. Bradley Nelson on the body code, the emotion code, unlocking your body's ability to heal itself. Some of the energetic stuff comes from these works. And I am gonna give you the science as well because I think it's really important to go over the physiology, the hormones, how these organs affect the nervous system, different energetics, and then there's even the identity. So I'm gonna start with the gallbladder. The gallbladder is an organ of timing, boundaries, then there's anger as an emotion, and decisiveness. And I'm gonna give you the full breakdown of why the gallbladder can fail from a scientific perspective. So maybe you've heard this. If you lose weight too fast, you can start to have gallbladder issues. And there's a really big reason why that happens. So your fat cells actually will shrink when you lose weight, and then they dump the stored cholesterol into your circulation in your body. Then the liver clears it by secreting more cholesterol into bile, then the bile becomes really like think of it as like thick and goopy, and you end up getting crystals and stones. So um, if you have really low fat intake or low caloric intake that is lower on the fat side, your gallbladder isn't contracting. And so you've got this bile sludge and stones, and that's where it can cause problems. So I want you to think about this. You've got your liver, you've got your gallbladder. Your gallbladder is this organ that stores all this excess bile that is made by the liver, and then it comes into play and it times it perfectly on when you need it, because it's what you need to help break down fats. So this is why if you go low fat on your eating, then you're you're it's like your gallbladder's sitting there going, I got no work to do, I got nothing to do. And so it's not doing its little timing thing to break down the food that you're eating because there's no fat in there, or there's not enough fat in there, and there's not enough caloric intake. So this is why this is really important, and this you're gonna find super interesting because there is a connection between GLP1s, so Ozampic, Wagovi, Mongero, and um the the there's data to say in this is 2022 that GLP ones put you at a 37% increased risk of gallbladder or biliary disease. Because listen, what happens is when you're on these, and there is a place for them. I've recorded a podcast all about GLP1s, I forget the doctor's name, it was a great recording, but what happens is that GLP1s can slow that gastric emptying, which slows the gallbladder emptying, and then it can alter those bile acid receptor pathways, and it can also drive that rapid weight loss, which in and of itself can be a risk for gallstones if you're losing weight too quickly. So there's some real data that actually shows that GLP1s can increase gallstones and gallbladder issues. So if you are on a GLP1, knowing this information is critically important. You need to eat enough food, you need to eat enough fat. And this isn't about going high fat. My t-shirt says it's all about the balance. This is what's happened in this world. It's like the the whole world has become so unbalanced. Like everybody goes on GLP ones if you're an extra five, 10 pounds overweight. Come on. You know, we see it all from the real housewives. All of a sudden, you know, they're all a normal weight one season, next season they come back and they're all like very frail. And this is something we don't want, especially as we're aging. We don't want that, okay? And I and you guys are gonna find this funny. I remember as a child, uh, I am Croatian, I'm Canadian Croatian, and I remember going to Croatia, and if you were too thin, the people there thought you were sick. So, you know, keep that in mind. It's always about balance in this life, in this world. Frailty is not beautiful, it's just not, and it's also not healthy. You want to be a good, healthy weight. And I've recorded podcasts about this in the past. Make sure you're subscribing. Uh, low-fat diets, I already mentioned that. So that is in and of itself um why a gallbladder can fail. If you're on there, the gallbladder is rarely emptying. Remember, it's storing all that bile that breaks down the fat, and it's just sitting there. This pouch is just sitting there, not doing what it needs to do. It becomes stagnant. So here's another one estrogen shifts. So pregnancy, hormone replacement therapy, all of these things can actually change the bile and reduce motility. So be aware of these changes, especially if you're a woman, if you've got major shifts in estrogen, estrogen dominance can do this. So, like, be aware of what's going on and what might be a causative factor. Insulin resistance. Well, we know this. This slows gallbladder emptying, it increases the cholesterol saturation, and it can actually alter the bile acid composition. And so that's something to always be aware of. And then there's always going to be genetics. There are genetics. There are there are some that show that if your parents had their gallbladder removed, your chances are higher. So being aware of this is really important because remember, it's a storage organ, it's not useless, it concentrates your bile up to 20 times. And it's like, and it releases it on demand. Okay, so this is what enables you to digest fats. But here's another thing that a lot of people don't talk about, and I can guarantee you you wouldn't hear this from uh many of your physicians, is that it can alter your absorption of the fat-soluble vitamins A, D, E, K. So um, because it can it can affect if your gallbladder isn't there or it's not working function functionally, it can affect whether you're absorbing these nutrients from your food. It's really like it's really gallbladder, it's an important organ. Um, it also helps to clear those estrogen metabolites. So, you know, I've done a lot of podcasts about menopause and hormones, and we never want to recycle estrogen. Estrogen is supposed to clear. So you have to make sure that you know you're pooping every day and all these other factors because that helps to clear that estrogen that we don't need anymore because we want to make new estrogen. So it also can control the microbial balance. Okay, so these things are all very important. I'm gonna now give you some of the myths. I've got five of them. Okay, these are things that you might have heard from your doctor. You don't need it. The reality is this you can certainly survive without it. My mother doesn't have hers for many years. I think she was 20 when she lost it. Uh, my husband doesn't have his either. So you certainly can survive without it, but you lose that bile timing that I was talking about. You also lose the efficiency of fat digestion. It doesn't mean you don't absorb fat at all. It just that the efficiency is gone. Okay, because remember, you had this beautiful little timing organ that would time out that bile whenever some fat came into your body and you don't have it anymore. So it can also affect your vitamin absorption and antimicrobial bile pulses. So these are that's the truth. When a doctor says you don't need it, you can survive without it, but these are factors that you will have to live with. Okay. Myth number two, your liver will take over. Your liver will not take over. Your liver has always made the bile. Okay, the difference is is that it will not take over because the liver can't store that bile like the gallbladder if it did. Okay. So it can't store it and it can't time release it. So the liver will be dripping the bile. Okay, it's there, but you may not be able to digest fat if you actually won't be able to. So I'm gonna get into that. Nothing changes after removal. That's another myth. That's actually untrue because the fat digestion changes. You can also have a shift in your hormones. There can be microbial changes and vagal tone shifts. I'll get into that. Myth number four the gallbladder attacks come out of nowhere. It's like this mysterious attack. And it's like, oh, well, you know, I'm sorry, you just got this attack out of nowhere. We don't know why it happened. But the reality is they come from bile, like static bile. They come from rapid weight loss, estrogen shifts, insulin resistance, GLP1 induced motility changes, and then also there's that factor of genetics, poor lifestyle. So they come from something. Okay. Um, and then myth number five it's just a useless sack. It is not, it is a precision timing organ that helps you to break down all the fat. And when I speak of fat, keep in mind. You know, people always label good fats, bad fats. We're eating fat all the time. It's just a matter of how much the quality of the fats. You know, olive oil is a beautiful quality of fat. So any fat that you eat, depending on how much, will have an effect. If you're gonna go out and get like Chick-fil-A, high, like major fried chicken and French fries and all of that, and you don't have a gallbladder and you're not supporting your body, you might have some issues. Okay. So what happens when it's removed? I've kind of covered this a little bit. The bile drips constantly, so there's no timing. Their fat digestion becomes inconsistent. Sometimes, you know, you might have to run to the bathroom. Vitamins A, D, E, and K can drop. Estrogen detox slows. You have more of a risk of SIBO, small intestinal bacterial overgrowth, which I mentioned, the microbial changes. It's on your right side, just kind of below the rib cage. You can actually have a tightening in your diaphragm and vagal tension, which can mean you can have more anxiety and you're like, I never had this before. Now I'm anxious. That is more the energetic property of the organ. So how to keep it healthy, moderate, daily, healthy fats, avoid chronic low-fat diets, avoid rapid weight loss, um, bitter foods. So I want you to think about this. You know, when you go to a wedding, you know, I'm Eastern European. You go to a wedding and they'll start off with a salad. And that salad might have dandelion and different bitter greens. There's a reason why having a salad before you eat is really good for digestion. It actually starts to stimulate that bile. So it's like it's like a signal for your body because they're bitter greens, that your body's gonna go, oh, okay, there's a meal coming. And it will start to stimulate the bile. It will also start to stimulate those enzymes to help break down the food. It's like a prep stage. So if you know that you have some bile gallbladder issues, it's always great to start with some bitter greens. Yes, we want to support insulin sensitivity, you want to stay hydrated. Hydration is always important, magnesium. Now, people are gonna say, Well, I don't have a gallbladder, so what do I do? So, a very important thing to do is in any kind of fat-containing meal, you want to add oxpile. And there are a number of different digestive enzymes, and they'll it'll be a comprehensive digestive enzyme that will have lipase, which is a pancreatic enzyme to help you to break down fat. So, lipase, it'll have that. It will also have oxpile. So, those are two things to look for in a digestive enzyme. If you're gonna eat a meal that might have a little more fat, you want to enjoy whatever it is that normally makes you run to the bathroom. These are the this is a very important facet. And also, you when you take these enzymes, it will help you absorb the nutrients better. Because remember, I talked about vitamins A, D, E, and K. That might be something that you need to supplement with. I am certified in supplementation nutraceuticals. So, you know, you might need to ensure that you're taking extra fat-soluble vitamins. Speak with your practitioner. I'm not giving you any advice here, but uh, you also want to make sure that you have estrogen detox support, SIBO prevention, and a little bit of diaphragm release. This is the energetic side, which would be, you know, breath work, that sort of thing. Oh, I want to get into a little bit more of the energetics of the gallbladder, which I think you're gonna find really cool. So the gallbladder is a timing organ and it releases the bile. When you take it away, the bile just drips, and it's almost like you lose and energetically that loss of internal timing. So more hesitation. It sits under the diaphragm, and the diaphragm uh can tighten when you're suppressing truth, anger. So there could be issues with boundary suppression. Think of that as boundary suppression, bile suppression. This all comes from mostly Yvette Rose. Anger. So bile equals mobilization, anger equals mobilization, suppressed anger, stagnant bile. Okay, so decisiveness is another energetic property that's tied to the gallbladder. So the bile pulse, the internal go signal signal, when you remove it, there's no longer a surge, and there's a difficulty with initiation. So why does it fail energetically? This is an interesting part of this conversation. Suppressed anger, resentment, fear of confrontation, chronic self-betrayal, ancestral silence. Yvette Rose describes it as swallowed anger, and Julia Cannon describes it as not living your truth. So I found that really interesting. So why removal happens, and this is energetically, there's always the scientific side to every explanation in wellness. The body can't hold unexpressed anger, the refusal to confront truth, removal forces, boundary reconstruction. After removal, loss of internal timing, difficulty assessing clean anger, hesitation, emotional flatness, how to stay balanced. So let's say you had it removed. I explained how to stay balanced nutritionally. How do you stay balanced energetically? You want to ensure that you assert your boundaries and have rituals around that. And remember this because often we hear, like on TikToks and you know, from some of the, I don't know if they're millennials, like they're like 30 years old, and they're like, I'm putting my boundaries up on you. Like, that's not what boundaries mean. And so be careful of what you see and who the advice is from. Boundaries come from inside, boundaries come from here. It's not from the outside in, it's from the inside out. And having some sort of understanding of what is right for you and what isn't is critically important. But I've recorded so many podcasts on unless you get quiet, you're never gonna know what that is. Right rib mobility. And you know, if you work with an osteopath, you can get help with that because osteopaths are pretty interesting in how they work. I have one, I I I love my osteopath. Truth telling and resentment release. These are all more somatic energetic practices if you no longer have the organ or if you know that the gallbladder is dysfunctioning. Okay, let's move on to the uterus. Okay, this is an interesting one because this one is women-centered, obviously. And the uterus really signifies rhythm, identity, feminine polarity, and the creative pulse. And this one is kind of cool because how many times have you heard, and I'm gonna get into the myths, that you know, it's just a baby house. You don't need it when you're older. I'm gonna get into that. So, the reason why some of the main reasons, everybody's maybe got their own individual reason, but fibroids, fibroids, endometriosis, prolapse, cancer, those are the main reasons why a uterus is removed. And what does the uterus do? Well, it builds your cycle, right? And then sheds. It communicates with the ovaries, it anchors the pelvic nerves. So people who have pelvic issues, pelvic floor issues that also connect to the uterus, it supports orgasmic contractions, it stabilizes the pelvis, and it supports immune tolerance. Here's some myths. Now I'm going to get to that whole thing. You won't need progesterone anymore. Progesterone receptors exist throughout the entire body, not just the uterus. So that is a myth, and you'll have to explore that with your hormone doctor, especially around menopause. Number two, your hormones won't change. Uterine removal reduces ovarian blood flow, and ovarian hormone output often drops anyway, even if your ovaries were saved. So, again, this is something to explore with your hormone-specific doctor. Remember that somebody who is qualified in testing your hormones and understands hormones in depth, not a GP, not a general surgeon. No, you need a hormone doctor, no matter where you are, for them to truly dig deep on if this is something that's for you. Number three, your libido won't change. Progesterone plus estrogen plus pelvic nerve feedback, all influence your libido. Not saying you're gonna never want to have sex again. I'm just saying that if libido is an issue for you, again, speak with a hormone doctor. Number four, it's just a baby house. It's a rhythmic organ that's wired into the identity, emotional flow, the pelvic stability, and nervous system regulation. Number five, you'll feel the same emotionally. The reality is the pelvic sensory input changes, and you can experience significant identity shifts. Not saying you will, I'm saying you can, and really you're the only one who could determine that inside out, right? So, what happens when it's removed? Ovarian blood flow drops, progesterone drops, pelvic nerve changes, the pelvic floor can tighten, breath can move upward, and um you can experience a masculine heavy shift. And I'm not saying you turn into a dude. If you want to explore this um at greater length, I want you to look at, and I always love to look at you know, Chinese medicine. There's yin and yang, masculine, feminine, and we all have masculine and feminine within us. And I could tell, like certain energies within me sometimes express more than others. And what the energy speaks about the uterus is that you'll sometimes see women become more assertive, more aggressive, and there's an imbalance. They might just express more of that masculine side than the feminine side. I'm a big believer in balance in everything. So if you feel that that has shifted, you can do certain practices. And that's a big myth. And again, you can speak to your hormone doctor, but people saying you don't need any progesterone ever until you're in menopause or, you know, if you have your uterus removed, you know, you don't need progesterone because your uterus is gone. That's actually very untrue. And if you test it properly and work with a practitioner who gets it, you'll see that progesterone can often be uh something that needs to be supported much sooner, way sooner than estrogen. It's the hormone that declines much quicker than estrogen, way before menopause. I started progesterone in my 40s, way before estrogen. You can't take estrogen, well, you're not supposed to take estrogen unopposed with progesterone, but you can take progesterone without estrogen. And that goes to my next point is that estrogen dominance can be a risk factor for um your uterus, the health of your uterus. And a lot of women, I know I had it in my 40s, I was definitely estrogen dominant for sure. And so that is a risk factor in your uterine health. You want anti-inflammatory nutrition. What's anti-inflammatory nutrition? You want to just have whole real foods, guys. Last night I made the most beautiful bowl. Oh my god, it was just some white rice with I made a gorgeous like feta, tomato, cucumber, balsamic, uh, like a salad. And then I had some chicken that I did, grilled chicken on the barbecue. Like, so simple. Like when people say they don't have time to cook, I'm always like, you just have to think about it and plan ahead. So anti-inflammatory nutrition is always going to be nutrition. You know, try your best to eat whole real foods. Pelvic floor strength, really important. And then if you have really painful periods, you need to treat that seriously. And it's not just about slapping you on a birth control pill. That's what happened to me at age 18. And it didn't serve me at all. That back then, you know, I would have been uh that was in 1988. I'm a 1970 baby. But back then that's what they did, and a lot of doctors still do that now. So see a hormone specialist if you have really painful periods. How to live well without a uterus. So you want to track symptoms, you want to evaluate the hormones, pelvic fluorotherapy. There, I have seen a pelvic fluorotherapist, it's kind of weird, like it's a little invasive. That's all I'm gonna say. Uh, strength training and rebuild your identity consciously. So if you see your nervous system, your energy is really masculine heavy, control, assertive, aggressive. You don't stop, you bulldoze through things. These are all masculine energies. If you've had your uterus removed or you have issues with your uterus, and you see that you're more on this side, that signifies an energetic imbalance. And there are things you can do. I'm gonna explain the rhythm, identity, feminine polarity, and creative pulse around the uterus, okay? The uterus is also a rhythmic organ. Uh, well, actually, the gallbladder is a timing, but everything is timing, rhythm, right? It creates a somatic clock. So when you remove that, it can you can lose that rhythm and you become more linear and more in that masculine go, go, go mode. The uterus is wired into the sacral plexus. So that is your grounding, and it makes sense, right? Your sacrum, your your the bone at the bottom of your butt. That is sensuality, emotional flow. So this all goes to that whole feminine energy. So you kind of lose that grounding. And if you've ever seen that with um, you know, people who have had their uterus removed, or uh, if there are problems with the uterus, they're like flighty, they're all over the place, they don't stop, they're not grounded. I happen to be a very grounded person, I have a lot of earth energy, feminine polarity, the progesterone drops, the softness can drop, tension can rise, and that masculine survival mode. So the creative pulse, which is kind of interesting, is the uterus is the physical generator of cyclical creation. Super interesting. So, you know, in cycles, we, you know, I'm sure you feel that way. You know, when women are menstruating, there's a cycle, and at certain times of the month, you feel a certain way, and that creative surge. Well, when you remove that, that physical generator of cyclical creation is also gone. So the creative energy must be consciously rebuilt. Why it fails energetically? This is always my five favorite part. Chronic self-abandonment. Do you like my pause there? I'm pausing there for a reason because I believe that women self-abandon so much. And I am gonna record a podcast about this. I'm gonna record a podcast about women who choose to stay home to raise their kids and pros and cons. You're gonna love that one. Overgiving, loss of identity. This is why it fails energetically, suppressed creativity, unsafe feminine energy, ancestral trauma. Yvette rose says it's a disconnection from that feminine identity, and Julia Cannon says it's not living your feminine truth. So the removal happens because the body can no longer hold the emotional load. The feminine identity is suppressed. Don't cry. Why are you crying? Why are you this? Why are you so you know, whatever? Too feminine. After removal, more of that masculine heavy shift can happen. And again, this isn't the physical, this is the actions, the way you move through this world. There's a masculine heavy shift, often that occurs with hyperindependence, emotional armoring. You become more armored in how you express your emotions, loss of sensuality, loss of creative rhythm, and a disconnection from the pelvis. So, how do you stay balanced if you've had your uterus removed? Rebuild that feminine energy. I'm sure you could figure it out. Use always use Chinese medicine, right? What can you do that's more feminine, more on that feminine side? I always steer you in that direction. I can't really tell you what to do there. Sensual movement. Something that I love that I think is very light, feminine, and grounding is qigong. And it's not about this, you're gonna lose weight doing chai chi walking. No, not aggressive movement. Aggressive movement is not gonna get you there. Sensual movement that push, I gotta, I gotta work out at the gym. That's masculine energy. You want more feminine, even yoga, when it's that um, I forget which one it is. There's different types of yoga. There's the soft flow yoga, there's more breathwork yoga, there's yoga nidra. Those are all very feminine, light. Hot yoga is not it. Hot yoga is very aggressive, and it's um it tends to be really hard to push through. I've done it like once, and then I'm like the saint for me.

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Part Two Tease And How To Support

Sandy Kruse 44:00

Breath work, creative practices, receiving practices, softening rituals, sacral reconnection, and cyclical rituals. So there you go. I've decided to do a part two. You're gonna have to come back next week to hear about the appendix, the dreaded appendix attacks. To hear about the tonsils. How many times have you heard, you know, you gotta get your kids' tonsils removed? The uterus and the gallbladder were so huge that I think it's gonna be best for retention that you come back next week. And I'm gonna cover off those. But in the interim, I'm gonna ask you to share this. Please share this with a friend. And if you would go to Apple or go to Spotify and give me a rating and a review with a few kind words, and be sure that you're subscribing. Let me know if you like this. If you want to get in touch, you can always email me sandy at sandyknutrition.ca. Thank you guys. Have a great week. I hope you enjoyed this episode. Be sure to share it with someone you know might benefit. And always remember when you rate, review, subscribe, you help to support my content and help me to keep going and bringing these conversations to you each and every week. Join me next week for a new topic, new guest, new exciting conversations to help you live your best life.