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Told I’d Live With Pain Forever — Then I Found the Real Cause | Dr. Amelia R Cohn
Description
Dr. Amelia Corn is a naturopathic doctor and creator of the SAGE System — an approach that combines functional medicine, nervous system regulation, and energy medicine to help women uncover the root causes behind chronic symptoms that often go unexplained.
In this honest and empowering conversation, Dr. Amelia shares:
• How childhood experiences with recurrent infections and drug ads shaped her skepticism of conventional medicine
• The diagnosis of interstitial cystitis (painful bladder syndrome) and being told she would live with it forever
• Feeling betrayed by her body and dismissed by specialists
• Discovering the real root cause: SIBO (small intestinal bacterial overgrowth)
• Why symptoms don’t always show up in the system where the problem starts
• How the SAGE System helps women dig deeper beyond “normal” lab results
• Learning to trust the body’s signals instead of fighting them
If you’re in your 20s dealing with chronic symptoms that no one can fully explain, feeling dismissed by doctors, or searching for root-cause solutions instead of lifelong management, this episode offers clarity and hope.
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Connect with Dr Amelia
Website: https://ameliarcohnnd.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mynaturopath/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dr_amelia_nd/
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Chapters
0:00 - Intro & Welcome Dr. Amelia Corn
1:40 - Childhood Experiences & Early Skepticism of Medicine
8:15 - Lessons in Trusting the Body and Intuition
15:30 - Diagnosed with Interstitial Cystitis: “You’ll Live With This”
23:10 - Feeling Betrayed by the Body and Dismissed by Doctors
31:45 - Discovering the Real Root Cause: SIBO
40:20 - Why Symptoms Don’t Always Appear Where the Problem Is
48:50 - The SAGE System: Digging Deeper Than Standard Labs
57:15 - Helping Women Move From Management to Root-Cause Healing