"Your body knows before your mind does.

When I lost my balance during yoga and felt those dizzy spells, my body was telling me something my mind wasn't ready to hear. Years later, I realized this same principle applies to toxic church environments.

Tight chest before staff meetings? Dread before Sunday service? Insomnia after pastoral conversations? These aren't coincidences—they're your body's alarm system.

Your physical and emotional responses deserve curiosity, not dismissal. Sometimes the most obvious truths are the hardest to see."