You Are The Medicine

Taking Our Health Back Into Our Own Hands

I live in the Midwest.

Here, it’s common to grow up on fried food, sweet tea, and casseroles held together by cream-of-something soup.

We celebrate with food. We mourn with food. We numb with food.

And I get it — it’s culture. It’s comfort. It’s connection.

But it’s also killing us.

I’ve worked in hospitals. I’ve seen the prayers, the panic, the tears when someone’s health finally breaks down.

And often, behind closed curtains, there’s this deep sense of confusion: “How did this happen?”

But we know how it happened.

We ignored the body’s early whispers.

We gave convenience more power than commitment.

We trusted pills more than plants.

We outsourced our health and called it faith.

Faith Doesn’t Work Without Action

Praying for healing while living a lifestyle that creates disease isn’t faith — it’s avoidance.

And to be clear: this isn’t about blame.

This is about empowerment.

You have more control than you’ve been told.

Your body wants to heal.

But healing requires participation — not just prescriptions.

Your Health Is Your Responsibility

We talk about healthcare rights all the time (and we should).

But what we don’t talk about enough?

Healthcare responsibilities.

You have the right to see a doctor — and the responsibility to listen to your body between visits.

You have the right to medication — and the responsibility to examine the habits that led to the imbalance.

You have the right to healing — but healing doesn’t come in a drive-thru.

We’ve Forgotten How to Be Well

Modern life is built for instant gratification.

Fast food. Fast fixes. Quick results.

We want to feel better right now, without having to change much.

We want the pill that melts fat without touching a treadmill.

We want the energy boost without sleeping more.

But wellness doesn’t work like that.

Wellness is a lifestyle, not a hack.

It’s uncomfortable at first.

It asks for patience, consistency, and self-awareness.

But it gives you something no quick fix ever will: sovereignty.

You Are the First Line of Defense

You are not helpless.

You are not broken.

You are not a victim of your body.

You are its caretaker.

You are the gatekeeper.

You are the medicine.

It’s time to take our health into our own hands — not as punishment, but as an act of self-respect.

This is what it means to be responsible for your healing.

And the beauty is, once you start?

The body responds. Every time.