Health | Listen to your body - The warning signs we often ignore
August 12, 2026
by Keisha Hill/Senior Gleaner Writer
Health | Listen to your body - The warning signs we often ignore
Sometimes the body whispers. Sometimes it speaks loudly. The challenge is learning to listen before a whisper becomes a crisis. For many people, busy schedules, work, family responsibilities and everyday stress make it easy to dismiss changes in how they feel. A headache becomes “just stress”. Exhaustion becomes something to push through. A racing heart is blamed on too much coffee. A nagging pain is tolerated because there simply isn’t time to stop.