117. How your GI Issues are Created by your Nervous System

117. How your GI Issues are Created by your Nervous System

March 24, 2026 · 40 min · Season 1 · Episode 117

About this episode

Grace Secker discusses the gut-brain connection and how the nervous system affects GI issues with Dr. Jennifer Franklin.

If you've been diagnosed with IBS, chronic constipation, cyclic vomiting, or another functional GI issue and your doctor can't find anything structurally wrong — that's actually good news. In this episode, Grace sits down with Dr. Jennifer Franklin, one of the first gastropsychologists in the US, to break down the gut-brain connection in a way that's simple, clear, and genuinely hopeful. They explore how the autonomic nervous system controls both stress and digestion, why lifelong...

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