The Lymph and Emotions
Do you wonder if there is an emotional cause behind your lymph challenge?
Then you are waaaay ahead of me.
Back in 2014, I woke up one day with a row of lymph nodes on the right side of my neck blown up to five times their normal size. Add in chronic pain, fatigue, and some other weird symptoms, and I was officially living in “What the hell is happening to my body?” land.
It was the turning point of my life… just not in the way I expected.
I saw doctors. Got bloodwork. Ultrasounds. Nothing explained it. For the next 2½ years, I played health roulette: acupuncture, massage, heavy metal detoxes, restrictive diets, expensive supplements. Sometimes I got a flicker of relief, but nothing stuck.
By 2016, I’d hit a wall — exhausted, frustrated, and frankly, fed up.
Then, with a lot of stubborn curiosity and the help of my incredible wife, Anne, I stumbled on something that changed everything. Three weeks later, the swelling in my lymph nodes that had been my constant companion for years… was gone.
Who Am I?
👋 I’m a real human, not just a website — latté in hand, crossword on the table, probably humming along to bossa nova. I live in Wisconsin (cheese!) but lucky enough to work with people world-wide (thanks, Wi-Fi!)
I’m Steve — I’ve healed myself from a myriad of symptoms through the psyche-body connection, and now, I help others heal that way too.
In my work, I get to walk alongside humans of every kind — the thinkers, the deep feelers, the doers, the dreamers, the rebellious spirits — following their bodies’ signals to genuine, refreshing relief.
I’m glad you found your way here.
Lymph and Emotions
Your emotional health does not exist in isolation. It is woven with your whole health. We cannot separate them.
All fluids in the body, including the lymph, are connected to emotions. (Anne wrote an article about this in regards to the bladder too).
Emotions are meant to be felt and expressed so they can flow.
Imagine your lymph as a river. It’s intelligently designed to flow and nourish the body.
Now…imagine throwing some boulders into the river.
Add some more.
Little by little, they create rapids…creating more turbulence.
Photo by Andrew Bertram
Now, keeping adding more and more boulders. What happens?
Eventually they dam up the flow.
These boulders are suppressed emotional energies.
If the lymph isn’t flowing, it indicates that the emotional side is a bit backed up.
How Emotions Impact Your Health
Here’s what I’ve discovered in my own journey and in guiding this healing work:
Your spirit is also known as your psyche.
Your psyche is where your mind, emotions, beliefs, and consciousness meet — and it’s the foundation of your health.
When something gets stuck there, your body will amplify it through symptoms. In my experience, every illness is inherently spiritual because it’s rooted in the psyche (spirit). Emotions are representative of our ability to express. Expression is movement and release of energy.
Think about phrases we use all the time:
“Her spirit is broken.”
“My job is soul-crushing.”
“He’s in low spirits.”
We instinctively know the psyche and body are connected. Yet most approaches only focus on the surface—medications, massages, supplements. Sure, they might help temporarily, but they eventually wear off because they don’t reach the real source of the issue.
We THINK that it’s just a body problem. But in reality, your body is responding to your psyche saying, “We aren’t safe. Shield’s up!”
When we are disconnected from our emotional side, it creates tension, stress, and resistance that your body will let you know about!
The missing piece most people overlook? Lasting relief for lymph issues comes from within your psyche.
What I Discovered About Healing Lymph Issues
Here’s the truth: whenever we suppress our emotions, hold ourselves back, or silence our true feelings… the tension doesn’t disappear. It gets stored.
If that pattern doesn’t change, the energy compounds, building up deep tension. Like a soda bottle shaken over and over.
And the body eventually speaks on behalf of the psyche. Your psyche, or spirit, wants you to feel greater freedom. And the body gets your attention.
Me and my wife, Anne. She’s my rock and she’s brilliant at this work too. If you feel drawn to her energy, you’re in great hands. While we both help with all sorts of health challenges, Anne has a real knack for supporting folks with chronic acne and bladder issues.
When I addressed my emotional side, the swelling in my lymph nodes cleared in less than 3 weeks.
I felt a sense of freedom and empowerment I had never experienced before. Healing became enjoyable and meaningful for my personal growth.
It led me to my calling—helping other people heal too.
For me, swollen lymph nodes weren’t a random glitch or just an enzyme imbalance. They were my psyche’s way of saying: this tension has been building. It needs expression. It needs resolution.
Once I worked with that layer, the swelling in my lymph nodes dissolved in about 2 weeks. This is what I now help others do too by guiding mind-body healing:
Symptoms live in the environment of your psyche. (where your emotions, mind, beliefs, behaviors, and character all intersect.)
Change that environment, and bingo—the body follows and the symptoms dissolve naturally.
Swollen lymph nodes taught me something I’ve seen again and again in my work: Your body isn’t broken or malfunctioning. It’s on your team.
And when you give your psyche and nervous system what they need, your body naturally finds its way back to balance and calm.
If you’re body is texting you in ALL CAPS right now, you don’t have to stay stuck in the cycle of fear and frustration. Relief is possible when you stop fighting your body and start partnering with it. ↓
I truly believe your body can find lasting relief.
That’s the heart of this work — freedom that comes from listening to your body and psyche together.
If this speaks to you, would you like to explore it in a first session together?
This is a special session at $98 for newcomers who want to get a taste for this kind of healing.
Please fill out the form below to sign up. ↓ Afterwards, you will arrive at my calendar to choose a time to meet. I look forward to connecting with you! ~Steve
Always rooting for you,
~Steve
