This Is Really Powerful: How To Stop Frequent Urination Naturally
In 2017 Steve and I were in Washington state, about to climb a mountain — I had used the bathroom at the apartment right before we left, I went at the coffee shop where we stopped to pick up our lattes — and I wanted to use the port-a-potty before beginning our multi-hour trek. (Of course, I was carrying toilet paper in my pocket in case I couldn't hold it on the trail.)
I was constantly annoyed because I felt like I would go to the bathroom to relieve my bladder, but it never felt truly empty. It felt like urine was still in there, but I couldn't release it all. There were times where I would sit on the toilet for 10-15 minutes, just letting small streams out at a time, until I felt "empty enough." That worked fine enough at home, but what about in public?
Here’s a photo from 2017 in Washington of Steve, Ferne, and I hiking up the mountain that day…toilet paper in pocket…where my bladder was causing me so much stress.
I needed something to help me speed things up and I remember finding this hip rotation move on YouTube. It went something like, stand up (yep, with your pants down around your ankles, a truly vulnerable feeling) and tilt your pelvis forward, then back, side-to-side, in a circle, and then sit back down and let more out.
So here I am — it's a cold, damp 40 degrees, I'm in a freaking port-a-potty at the base of a mountain, Steve is patiently waiting for me while Ferne just wants to sniff every single plant and rock on our hike — standing there doing hip rolls so I feel empty enough and maybe, just maybe, I can comfortably make it through this hike, all the way up and back down, before I have to pee again.
I tentatively step out, already assessing my bladder, and Steve asks, "ready?"
"I...think so?!" I answer in a high-pitched unsure voice.
That was the day that I decided I was done living like this. I was exhausted from planning my life around my bladder, and I was not about to live the rest of my adult life doing some kind of hip-dance by the toilet every time I went.
I wanted to treat my overactive bladder naturally. I was already on a holistic health path, and I chose to see an acupuncturist. At the time, I believed my body had a problem and needed to be fixed — like taking a car into a repair shop for a leaky hose.
Looking back, I can see how mechanical that mindset was.
Before long, I had rearranged my life around appointments.
I organized my schedule around treatments.
I built part of my budget around keeping symptoms from getting worse.
I told myself it was temporary.
And while acupuncture did help — and I’m still grateful for the care I received — something deeper still felt unresolved.
What I really wanted wasn’t just improvement.
I wanted ease.
Hello and welcome!
I'm Anne and I have healed myself from a myriad of symptoms, including overactive bladder. "Healing" in this place is done differently. Over the years, I’ve had the honor of walking alongside humans from all over the world, tracing the signals of their body to healing and relief that finally sticks.
A Shift I Didn’t Expect
Instead of giving up, I started turning inward.
Since that low point in 2017, my beliefs about the body have changed completely.
What I began to notice was this:
My bladder wasn’t malfunctioning.
It was responding.
I had been treating my body like an obstacle.
And underneath that was something harder to admit — I didn’t feel fully safe inside myself.
There was tension under the surface.
An inner battle I didn’t yet know how to name.
Being hard on myself.
Rehearsing stories about not being enough.
Feeling slightly on-edge even during normal days.
When I look back, it makes sense that my nervous system stayed activated.
Frequent urination is a stress response.
A common “blame” is believing the bladder is weak.
But biologically, the body prepares to mobilize when it doesn’t feel safe.
Needing to urinate frequently is a natural stress reaction, because part of the fight-or-flight response is to eliminate waste as quickly as possible.
Even if nothing dramatic is happening.
What Changed
I stopped trying to dominate my bladder.
I stopped asking, “Why are you doing this to me?”
This is me and my pup, Ferne, hiking through a blueberry field. I love to go for long walks outside, and I’m now able to enjoy a hot coffee with me, no bathroom in sight, and feel calm and at ease in my system.
I started asking, “What are you responding to?”
That subtle shift changed everything.
Instead of fighting my body, I began practicing feeling more at home in myself, which translates to feeling a lot less combative internally.
And over time, my symptoms changed too.
How’s My Bladder These Days?
I am relieved, proud, and over-the-moon excited that I no longer have to do the half-naked hip-dance by the toilet! My bladder no longer limits my lifestyle like it used to.
But more importantly, I have a different relationship with my body.
When urgency shows up now, I don’t interpret it as betrayal.
I see it as information.
I truly believe your bladder can find lasting relief.
If your bladder brought you here, it’s probably asking for more than a pill or procedure.
Here’s my invitation.
Many of the people who find this work are exhausted from trying to manage their bladder, plan around the bathroom, or push their body to behave. If that’s familiar, you don’t have to figure it out alone anymore.
We start with a calm, grounded space to connect. I call it a Welcome Call, and it’s our first step together ($47). Again and again, I see something surprising happen here — when the body realizes it doesn’t have to perform, rush, or be “fixed,” it often starts softening on its own.
In this space, we slow things down together. It’s where deeper listening begins. The kind where your body finally gets to be heard in its own language. We explore what safety might feel like in your body. And we gently sense whether continuing to work together feels supportive and right for you.
If you’re feeling curious, choose a time to connect with me below. ↓
Always rooting for you. ~Anne
