Gut Feelings: The Emotional Link Between Your Gut & Your Mood
- Jamie-Lynn Hazzard
- Dec 29, 2025
- 3 min read
We’ve all felt it, that flutter in your stomach before a big moment, the pit that drops when you get bad news, or the deep, warm calm that settles when you’re relaxed and well fed. These “gut feelings” are more than just metaphors. Science is catching up to what natural health practitioners have long known: your gut and your brain are deeply connected, and your mood is often rooted in your microbiome.
In fact, your gut is so powerful it’s often called the “second brain.”
Let’s explore how your digestive system could be influencing your emotions, energy, and even your outlook on life, and what you can do to restore balance.
The Gut-Brain Axis: A Two Way Conversation
The gut-brain axis is the communication superhighway between your central nervous system and your enteric nervous system (a vast network of neurons lining your gut). This means your brain and your digestive system are in constant dialogue, sending signals back and forth all day long.
Here’s the twist: up to 90% of your serotonin, your “feel good” neurotransmitter is produced in the gut, not the brain.
When your gut is inflamed, imbalanced, or overrun with harmful bacteria, your ability to produce and regulate mood related chemicals plummets. That’s why poor digestion doesn’t just cause bloating or sluggishness, it can lead to anxiety, depression, brain fog, and a general feeling of being “off.”
Signs Your Gut Might Be Messing With Your Mood
Many people don’t realize that emotional symptoms often start in the digestive tract. If any of these feel familiar, your gut could be calling for attention:
You feel overwhelmed for no clear reason
You wake up tired, even after a full night’s sleep
You’re struggling with anxiety, irritability, or low mood
You’ve lost motivation or mental clarity
You crave sugar, caffeine, or salty snacks
Your digestion feels unpredictable or uncomfortable
Sound like you? You’re not broken , but your gut may be inflamed or out of sync.
Stress, Inflammation & the Spark Within
When your gut is inflamed, it triggers your immune system and nervous system, sending out alarms that you’re under threat. Even low grade inflammation can elevate your cortisol levels, disturb your sleep, hijack your blood sugar, and leave you stuck in a cycle of stress and fatigue.
That’s why your “inner spark” can feel so dim when your gut is out of balance. But here’s the good news: healing your gut can be the turning point for your emotional health!
How to Reignite Your Spark (From the Inside Out)
This January, we’re guiding our community through a gentle but powerful Gut Reset in our free Skool group, focused on eliminating common inflammatory triggers and giving your digestive system the support it needs to heal.
Your Gut Reflects Your Life
Your gut is always responding to your environment, not just what you eat, but how you live, think, feel, and rest.
When you support your gut, you’re not just improving digestion, you’re restoring your connection to joy, vitality, and clarity!
It’s not about being perfect. It’s about getting back in touch with your intuition, your spark, and letting your body and mind work together again.
Ready to feel like yourself again?
Join our January Gut Reset inside the Skool community and begin your journey back to balance. Your spark is still in there, let’s help you light it back up.
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