Hello beautiful souls.
I have a question for you.
Do you think the mind-body connection is real?
If you don't,
Or if you're not quite sure,
I invite you to listen to my short story.
Now I'm sharing this because if you can maybe open your mind to understanding that the mind-body connection is not just a woo-woo concept,
But instead a natural and a normal part of being human,
You can start to become your own healer for any symptom or injury that you experience.
Now I'll explain that a little bit more in just a moment.
First,
My story.
So the other day,
I got a random Facebook message from someone that I went to high school with.
Now we haven't spoken since the late 1990s.
They commented on one of my posts,
A post that I did a few years ago actually,
And I still don't know if the words that they commented with were meant to be supportive or sarcastic,
But that's not really the point.
What they said isn't important here.
What is important is my reaction to receiving their message.
Now when I saw their name,
I literally felt my nervous system go into overdrive.
My heart pumped a little faster and my breathing got just a little bit shallower.
Now why did their comment trigger me?
Nope,
It was actually the memory of their silly behavior from back in the day.
What happened was,
Is that this classmate,
I have a very strong recollection of him standing in front of the classroom on more than one occasion and very loudly making fun of the shape of my nose.
He was making fun of my appearance and sometimes he even drew ridiculous pictures of me on the blackboard of my side profile depicting how I supposedly look.
Now I wasn't the only one that he teased about having a nose that is slightly upturned.
Yeah,
Teasing happens to most children and it's unfortunate and it does suck.
And I know that what he said was actually more of a reflection of him than of me.
So why am I sharing this?
It's because simply seeing this person's name triggered a physical reaction in my body.
It revealed stuck energy that is actually still sitting in my cells.
My increased heart rate would not have occurred if my memory of the situation was neutral.
Now this is a clear demonstration of how the mind-body connection works in a very,
Very simplistic form.
What you think,
Feel,
Believe,
Both now and in the past,
Can have a very real impact on your cells and on your health.
And over time,
If you don't clear the stuck energy,
It can build up until the smallest situation triggers an explosion of health issues that seemingly,
In quote,
Appear out of the blue.
Now thankfully,
My nervous system reaction didn't last very long in this situation and now I think it's just very silly.
But my point is,
If a person,
Situation or event still triggers sad,
Angry,
Upset,
Frustrated,
Annoyed or disappointed feelings in you,
Even if it happened long ago,
You need to know that it could be impacting your physical or mental health today.
Finding ways to diffuse this shadow and do the inner work is one of the best medicines available to you.
Now that's because when you look within and you notice your shadow,
Which are the parts of you or your experience that you don't particularly like or love or that make you uncomfortable,
Then you actually begin to naturally diffuse them.
It's ignoring them or hiding from them or pushing them to the back corners of your mind that is a problem.
This will not make your cells forget that something is actually emotionally impacting you.
Your cells are way more intelligent than our human minds can understand.
They know when you're happy and when you're sad and when you're excited and when you're scared.
And as a result,
They change how they behave.
And this is actually a scientific fact,
Okay?
So here's what I mean.
If you live in alignment with your true self,
At least most of the time,
And are willing to acknowledge your shadows so you can move from the dark to the light,
Which is a natural transition,
You are more able to effectively absorb vitamins and minerals,
Heal quickly and completely,
Have a strong immune system,
Produce healthy levels of hormones and neurotransmitters,
Digest your food well,
And you're more able to circulate energy through your trillions of cells.
However,
If you're constantly people-pleasing or striving to live up to society's standards,
Even if they don't feel correct for you,
Well,
I'm sorry,
Then your body is more prone to having a depressed immune system,
Poor gut health,
Your potential to absorb vitamins,
Minerals,
And herbs decreases.
And this is true even if you buy the highest quality organic supplements.
You just cannot get all of the goodness into yourselves if you have those stuck emotions there.
It's kind of like there's these barriers around yourselves and only just like a tiny little amount can go in because of that stuck energy.
You're also more prone to injuries,
Inflammation,
And fatigue.
Now the symptoms and the injuries that you experience,
They'll be dependent upon the emotions and the thoughts that are suppressed in your mind.
This is a very individual and unique thing.
And thankfully,
There are actually ways to map the mind-body connection and which emotions are likely impacting which area of the body.
Now,
As a naturopath,
I like to use human design to reveal which emotions might be stuck in my client's body.
But this is a really complex topic,
So I'll save that for another time.
But my point with all of this is to show you that working with the mind-body connection is how you can eventually become your own healer.
You,
My friends,
Really are the medicine.
And understanding your mind-body connection is the tool that you need to graduate from,
Let's call it the self-healing school.
Now just before I wrap up,
I want to share the end of my story because it does have a happy ending.
So you know how that guy said all those mean things about my beautiful nose?
Well,
The good news is that I actually ended up marrying a man who tells me how much he loves my nose and looking at my side profile.
Sometimes I don't always believe him,
But he's actually been telling me this since before we were dating.
Yeah,
Before we were dating.
He was interested in me for a while,
I can think now,
Before we got together.
Interesting.
So even without knowing my story,
He was saying all these magnificent words that were actually helping to soothe an emotional wound that had impacted my self-esteem for way too long.
And for this,
I am so very grateful.
My hope is that you also connect with other beautiful souls who help to unconsciously soothe the mind-body connection wounds that you also have going on inside of you.
Because let's face it,
We are all human and we all have some stuff to deal with,
And that's okay.
