From rectal bleeding and food fear to marathon training and street tacos. After five years of “this is lifelong” and nothing working, Narjit entered Root Cause Revolution with sky-high inflammation and a life built around bathrooms. One year later? Normal bowels, strength, freedom, and joy. An IBD story rewritten — without fear as the main character.

It means that IBS is not one disease. It’s a pattern. And patterns can change. I’m Dr. Tricia Thompson, a board-certified physician, former ER doc of 20+ years, and now CEO of Root Cause Doc, where my team and I work with high-responsibility humans who’ve been told “your labs are normal” while their bodies are clearly not okay. IBS is one of the biggest recurring themes. Let me show you what “cure” really looks like in real life.

The Importance of Morning Rituals If you’re the person everyone leans on, mornings usually aren’t peaceful. They’re a sprint. You wake up already carrying three responsibilities and half a dozen decisions. Totally normal, right? But here’s what almost nobody realizes: your brain is doing its most important rebuilding before you even check your phone. Right in the middle of your brain sits the hippocampus—the tiny structure that runs memory, mood, learning, navigation, and whe