The Underlying Answers

01/17/2026

What healing path makes you uncomfortable?

That discomfort might be worth exploring. Our reactions to different healing modalities - whether it's therapy, meditation, energy work, or anything deemed 'too woo' or 'not traditional enough' - often say more about what we were taught to fear than what's actually helpful or harmful.

When we notice that tightness, that quick dismissal, that defensive 'that's not safe' response, we can pause and ask: Is this genuine wisdom, or is this inherited fear?

Sometimes the very things we were conditioned to reject hold keys to our healing. Not because we should blindly accept everything, but because examining our automatic responses helps us distinguish between actual good judgment and old programming.

Your healing journey is yours to design. What if you gave yourself permission to be curious about what you've been taught to avoid?

What modality triggers you most? Drop a comment - let's normalize examining our inherited beliefs about healing.

01/16/2026

If you’re new here, welcome. I’m Cindy Costley — speaker, trainer, and creator of EBDT™.

I help bridge what was never meant to be divided: Western science, Eastern practices, Scripture, and Spirituality.

After living with a rare disorder for over 34 years, my body led me on a journey back to wholeness — guided by God and grounded in deep exploration of how healing truly works.

That journey became EBDT™ — not just a technique, but a movement that restores healing to its original design: whole, unified, and divinely guided.

Today, I also provide EBDT™ Certification for spiritual coaches, healers, and intuitive professionals who feel called to expand their gifts, deepen their impact, and bring lasting, body-led transformation to those they serve.

01/13/2026

"Stop normalizing symptoms and start asking: What is my body trying to tell me?"

When we say "I'm just this" or "I'm just that," we stop looking at the WHY behind our symptoms and miss the opportunity for true healing.

Here's what I've discovered: As we heal those layers causing behaviors that don't serve our highest good, our sensitivity transforms.

I'm more sensitive now than before, but in a completely different way:

✨More intuitive
✨ More in touch with my body
✨ Instantly knowing what foods serve me
✨ My body tells me exactly what it needs

This is what I see with my clients too - sensitivity becomes a superpower, not a trigger. It becomes healthy awareness instead of something that holds us back.

Had an incredible conversation with Josh Dippold on Inner Skilled podcast.

Thank you for the space to share this message!

01/12/2026

The Two-Pause Process: Your body's symptoms are messengers, not enemies

Step 1: Purposeful Pause - Don't just notice the symptom. Stop and ask: "What is my body trying to tell me?"

Step 2: Curiosity Pause - Sit with that symptom. Ask: "What do you want me to know? What fear are you showing me? What are you protecting me from?"
Even a simple backache isn't just telling you to stretch - it's inviting you into a deeper conversation with your body's wisdom.

I recently had the most soul-filling conversation with Saima on Healing Horizons Podcast where I talked about how chronic symptoms - including 'allergic reactions' - can be the body's protective messaging tied to stress, trauma, and dysregulation. And so much more!

Thank you .pod for creating space for these important conversations about truly listening to our bodies 🙏

01/10/2026

Restore the design" 🌟 - My philosophy for true cellular healing.
We're designed for homeostasis - for thriving, beautiful, healthy lives.

But those "woo-hoos" (worldly hang-ups!) get stored in our bodies when we don't process them, creating cellular dysregulation in our methylation pathways, cytokines, and hormones.

My journey with mast cell destabilization taught me this: healing happens when we revisit those emotions, release what's trapped, and allow our cells to receive the proper messaging to return to their natural state of balance.

True healing occurs at the cellular level when we address the emotional roots 💫

So grateful to Arukah Well for featuring me on ! Thank you for this beautiful opportunity to share my story.

01/05/2026

Your body didn’t “start acting up.”

It stopped being able to hold what it’s been carrying quietly.

Most people think symptoms arrive suddenly.

But the body doesn’t flip overnight—it adapts. It compensates. It protects.

Until it can’t do it silently anymore.

That moment isn’t failure.

It’s honesty.

A message from your body that says:

I’ve been holding this alone. I need safety. I need support. I need a new way.

You don’t need more discipline.

You need restoration.

01/04/2026

Happy New Year 🤍

May 2026 bring you back to your original design.

May your body find the safety it’s been seeking.

May you remember who you were before survival became your “normal.”

Here’s to restoration, regulation, and returning home to yourself this year.

12/28/2025

The worst advice I ever received?

"This one thing will fix you."

I wanted to believe it. Of course I did.

When you’ve lived with illness, pain, or symptoms for years, the promise of a quick fix feels like hope. So I tried it all—herbs, protocols, plans, answers that claimed to work for everyone.

But healing doesn’t work that way.

The body isn’t broken. It isn’t missing the right supplement. It’s communicating.
Real healing began when I stopped searching for the one thing to fix me—and started listening to what my body was actually asking for.

I talk about this honestly in my conversation with Em Hollis on the podcast 🎙️ The Illness Was the Messenger.

✨ If you’ve been promised a “one-size-fits-all” solution… this episode may shift how you see healing.

Comment “podcast” and I will send you the link.

12/27/2025

For a long time, I thought healing meant managing symptoms.

Finding the right protocol. The right practice. The right fix.

Some things helped—briefly. But nothing truly stabilized until I realized I was placing band-aids on signals instead of listening to what my body was communicating.

I also normalized suffering. I adjusted my life around my symptoms. I coped. I endured. I told myself, “This is just how it is.”

What I didn’t know then was this: Coping keeps you surviving. Listening is what allows healing to begin.

Your body isn’t broken. It’s intelligent. And its signals are invitations—not problems to silence.

💭 Does any part of this feel familiar in your own healing journey?

12/23/2025

The best piece of advice I ever received wasn’t a solution—it was a question.
“Why do you need to know the answer? Why don’t we just heal it?”

That moment shifted everything for me.
We get so caught up in labels and diagnoses, but a label only tells your brain that something exists—not why your body is responding this way.

Healing begins when we stop chasing names and start addressing the reason the body is speaking.

12/22/2025

Every healer knows this truth in their bones.
You can master every modality, get every certification, memorize every protocol... but if your nervous system still carries unresolved trauma, your body will tell on you every time.

Your clients don't just hear your words—they feel your frequency. They sense where you're still protecting yourself. Where you're still afraid to go.

This isn't about perfection. It's about integrity.

When you've walked through your own fire, you can hold space for theirs without burning.

This is why in my EBDT™ Certification Program, your journey begins with YOU.

Whether you're just beginning your healing journey or already serving clients, this training equips you to self-heal first—then extend this profound work to those you are called to serve.

Comment "EBDT" to learn more about this transformative certification program.

12/21/2025