Rooted Clinical Wellness

WHAT YOUR BODY HAS BEEN TRYING TO TELL YOU|Stress Lives in the Body

We talk about stress like it’s just an emotion. But stress affects the body too.

It can show up as:
🌿 Tight shoulders or a clenched jaw
🌿 Headaches
🌿 Poor sleep
🌿 Digestive changes
🌿 Fatigue and brain fog
🌿 Changes in appetite or weight
🌿 Increased hair shedding

Your stress response is designed to protect you. But when stress becomes chronic and your body rarely gets a chance to recover, you may start noticing the effects.
And this conversation is for women AND men.

Sometimes the first sign of stress isn’t saying, “I feel stressed.”
Sometimes it’s realizing:
“I don’t feel like myself anymore.”
God designed the body to be resilient but resilience still requires recovery. 🙏🏾
Where does stress show up in YOUR body? 👇🏾

Be Rooted, y’all. 🌿

🌿 SUNDAY MOTIVATION | PURPOSE

For years, I kept asking God, “What is my purpose?”

I love healthcare. I love caring for people, and I know that’s part of my calling but I still felt like something was missing.

Then a few weeks ago, it hit me: I’ve been walking in my purpose all along.

My purpose is mentoring. 💛

If you have ever worked with me or for me during my Navy career, then you already know that mentoring has always been a passion of mine. Pouring into people, encouraging them, helping them grow, and pushing them to see something greater in themselves has always come naturally to me.

And even though I’m no longer in the Navy, I’m still mentoring people right now. The uniform changed, but the assignment didn’t. 🙌🏽

Then came even more confirmation. One of the schools I graduated from recently reached out about becoming an adjunct professor and also asked me to be part of their mentoring program. I was absolutely ELATED. Then I received a message from a previous sailor also.

That’s when it really clicked: I had been searching for something tangible to call my “purpose,” when God had already placed me in it.

Sometimes your purpose isn’t something you have to find. Sometimes you just have to recognize what God has already been using you to do.

“For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” Ephesians 2:10 🙏🏽

Look within today. You may already be walking in the very purpose you’ve been praying to find.

Have a beautiful Sunday. 💛

September is Alopecia Areata Awareness Month 💙💛

Alopecia areata is more than hair loss it’s an autoimmune condition that can affect people of all ages and backgrounds. This month, we’re raising awareness, encouraging compassion, and reminding those experiencing hair loss that you are more than your hair.

At Rooted Clinical Wellness, we’re here to help you better understand your scalp, your hair loss, and your next steps. 🌿

Understand. Support. Treat.Empower.

Be Rooted. 💙

WHAT YOUR BODY HAS BEEN TRYING TO TELL YOU 🌿

Same Body Signal. Different Story.
Your body has been talking. Have you been listening? 👀

💙 September is Su***de Prevention Awareness Month. 💛

Sometimes the people who seem the strongest are carrying things we cannot see. Check in. Listen without judgment. Remind someone that they matter.
There is hope. There is help. And no one has to face the hard moments alone.
If you or someone you know needs immediate support, call or text 988 to reach the Su***de & Crisis Lifeline.

Be Rooted. 🌿💙

***dePreventionMonth

🚨 DR. CONSTANCE’S “I KNOW Y’ALL KNOW BETTER” HEALTH ANNOUNCEMENT 😂🦠

Listen‼️

The germs are OUTSIDE‼️

Strep. COVID. Respiratory infections. Everybody has apparently decided to have a little reunion. 😩

So before we start swapping germs like friendship bracelets, I need everybody to remember a few things:

🧼 WASH. YOUR. D*** HANDS.‼️

Soap. Water. SCRUB.

Running your fingertips under the faucet for 2.5 seconds does NOT count. 👀

🤧 COVER. YOUR. D*** mouth when youvCOUGH.‼️

Your cough does not need to be shared with the entire room.

And PLEASE stop coughing into your hand and then touching the door handle‼️

Now we ALL got it. 😒

🏠 IF YOU ARE SICK, STAY YOUR A** HOME.‼️

Nobody at work needs your dedication THAT bad.

We will survive without you.

What we DON’T need is you coming in coughing, sneezing, sweating, talking about:

“It’s just my allergies.”

Baby… GO HOME. 😭😂

🧪 COVID is still a thing‼️

💊 Antibiotics do NOT treat viruses‼️

And that random amoxicillin you found in the back of the medicine cabinet from 2020

PUT. IT. DOWN. 😂

If you have a persistent or severe sore throat, significant fever, trouble breathing or swallowing, dehydration, or symptoms that are getting WORSE, go see your doctor.

And parents… if Lil’ Pookie wakes up sick, please don’t give him Tylenol, wait for the fever to come down, and send him to school like nothing happened. 😭

Teachers everywhere are BEGGING you. Especially my child. 😂

Bottom line:

Wash your d***hands.
Cover your d*** cough.
Keep your d*** germs to yourself.

Because why do we have these same conversations??

With love AND boundaries,

Dr. Constance 💛🌿

HELLO, SEPTEMBER. 🌿

New month.
New brand.
New conversations.
Same commitment to helping women & men better understand their bodies.
Rooted Clinical Wellness has officially entered a new chapter and tomorrow, we're starting our first wellness series under the new brand.

SEPTEMBER SERIES

What Your Body Has Been Trying to Tell You
Because sometimes the symptoms we keep brushing off are the very things we need to start paying attention to.

Tomorrow we start listening. 💛

Be Rooted, y'all.

Midlife, Not Crisis | The Recap 💛

Okay Rooted Fam… 💛

Whew… we talked about some THINGS this month. 😂

Hormones. Cortisol. Hair. Skin. Sleep. Our changing bodies. And those moments when you look at yourself and think, Now what in the world is going on?! 😩😂

But somewhere along the way, the conversation changed.

We stopped just talking about symptoms and started understanding our bodies, asking better questions, and learning how to care for the women we are NOW.

And y’all showed up. In the comments. In my DMs. Sharing your stories. Making appointments you’d been putting off. Sending these posts to your daughters, sisters, and girlfriends.

THAT is why I started this series. 💛

And because we covered A LOT, I put together an August Clinical Recap for you. 👆🏾

Save the flyer. Screenshot it. Share it. Come back to it. It has the key things we talked about this month all in one place—because I want you to have something you can actually USE.

Midlife isn’t the end of anything.

Baby, we are still learning.
Still growing.
Still glowing.
And definitely still outside. 😂✨

This is Midlife. Not Crisis.

Be Rooted, y’all. 💛🌿