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The subconscious mind is a vast and powerful component of our brain, influencing our lives in profound ways.

The subconscious mind holds all our memories, often influencing our emotions, thoughts and beliefs.

By understanding and harnessing its potential, we can unlock creativity, emotional intelligence, good health, happiness and

success. Learning some fundamental principles about the subconscious mind can help you identify thought patterns, past

conditioning and behaviours that may be negatively affecting your life experience, it can help you gain insight and awareness

and can accelerate your healing journey.

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The subconscious mind is always listening.

Every time you think, speak, or criticise yourself, your subconscious is paying attention. Make an effort to be mindful of your

thoughts and words, your powerful subconscious mind believes these are commands directly from your conscious mind, the 

subconscious mind then proceeds to create your reality based on this information.

The subconscious mind doesn't have the consciousness to know this is not what you want.

It is given a command it then proceeds to execute it.

When you catch yourself being negative, counteract it with positive affirmations.

This habit will begin to rewire your brain, and you'll observe the negative voice in your mind diminishing.

Remember, your subconscious mind is always listening!

 

The subconscious mind controls your body.

It has been proven that most ailments, sickness, and disease originate in the mind first.

The brain has the ability when overwhelmed, to store trauma, stress, and negative emotions in our body, but this is meant

to be temporary, if we fail to resolve or release these issues, they may become trapped, our body may become overwhelmed,

potentially leading to inflammation, pain, illness, or disease.

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Have you ever encountered someone who constantly complains about their poor health and always seems to be unwell or

dealing with some health problem? It's crucial to recognize that the subconscious mind's role is to turn your thoughts, words

and beliefs into reality.

For instance, if you frequently complain about feeling old, the subconscious mind might manifest this by causing aches and

pain in your body, affecting your eyesight, a heart condition etc.

 

Every thought creates a physiological reaction.

Consider a scenario where you are replaying a time in your mind when your boss criticised you and embarrassed

you in front of your work colleagues. Each time you relive this moment mentally, your mind perceives it as happening again,

triggering your body to react as it did initially. Possibly activating your fight-or-flight response, releasing cortisol, the stress

hormone, into your body, causing your heart to race and your blood pressure to rise.

Thoughts connected with a strong, negative emotional response leaves a mark on the subconscious mind, which governs

bodily functions. Now, imagine replaying a negative memory hundreds of times in your head, think about the impact this has

not only on your mind but also on your body.

Our inability to let go is affecting our health.

If you're struggling to release a situation, try to identify the positives or ask yourself "What can I learn from this event or

why did this happen for me not to me".

By posing the right questions, you can alter your perception of the event, assisting the subconscious mind in letting go

of the situation and the negative emotions connected.

 

The subconscious mind cannot tell the difference between what is real and what is imagined.

Repetition is key, you can convince the subconscious mind you already possess the future you desire, or increase confidence,

intelligence, happiness, or freedom from anxiety, etc, through visualisation, meditation, and hypnosis.

These are incredibly powerful tools for shaping your reality. If you can envision it, you can achieve it. When the subconscious

mind believes you already have or feel a certain way; it will make changes to align you with this new reality.

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The brain functions better without stress, negative emotions and trauma and wants you to heal.

While you are on your healing journey, the subconscious mind will bring up issues that need attention.

Trauma, anxiety, stress, and persistent negative emotions effect the brain's ability to operate at peak performance

so it will bring to the surface what needs to be released for this to happen.

Many of my clients report increased feelings of peace, happiness, strength, power, others have reported increased

emotional intelligence, insightfulness, awareness or a new sense of themselves, the people in their lives and the world

around them.

Every trauma, painful memory, or distressing event holds wisdom, but it's often obscured by the negative emotional charge

of the memory.

When we heal, the brain shows us the event from a different perspective. Details that were initially hidden are now

revealed, altering our perception of the event.

Once your perception shifts, your brain rewires itself to suit the new information, changing you forever.

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Most negative beliefs are created in childhood.

Up to the age of 8, our brain waves are in theta, we learn quicker at this age than any other time in our lives, our minds are

open, a blank slate and we are very sensitive, and any beliefs formed in childhood tend to stay with us for life.

If a teacher called you stupid enough times and as a child and you believed them, since children often believe and trust the

adults in their lives, you may grow up thinking you're stupid.

Remember the belief is created first, then the evidence appears.

Eliminate the belief, and the evidence will disappear.

Can a belief make you act stupid? Yes, because the subconscious mind will drive you to act according to your beliefs. 

What negative beliefs have you brought forward from your childhood?

 

It takes about 30 days to create a new behavior or habit.

It typically takes about 30 days to change a habit and make the new behavior a permanent part of you and for the new behavior

to become automatic. Each time you practice the new behavior the connection in the brain becomes stronger.

This timeframe can vary based on several factors, including:

Complexity of the Habit: Simpler habits may take less time to change compared to more complex ones.

Individual Differences: Personal motivation, willpower, and past experiences can influence how quickly a habit is formed or changed.

Consistency: Repetition and reinforcement of the new behavior can accelerate the habit changing process.

Ultimately, patience, repetition and persistence are key in the process of creating a new habit.

 

You are not defined by your current state of mind.

I encountered a woman who informs me she has "White Coat Syndrome," a fear of doctors.

She was going into hospital for surgery and was terrified. I suggested she overcome her fear; she tells me I can't because

it has always been a part of me. I disagreed, explaining that it wasn't a part of her but a response to a traumatic event from

childhood. Together we discovered a memory, when she was young, while undergoing surgery, a nurse tried to put the gas

mask on her, she panicked, and her nervous system went into overdrive activating her fight/flight mechanism.

They restrained her and forced the mask on her, this embedded the incident within her amygdala, the fear centre of her brain

and her nervous system as something to fear and anything resembling this incident, triggers this fear, hospitals, ambulances,

the doctors' surgery even a medical drama on tv could activate this fear, sending her nervous system into overdrive.

That single incident led to a fear of doctors that had persisted for 50 years!

Any behavior, triggers, patterns or past conditioning you have learned can be undone.

 

What you focus on grows.

When we dwell on negative thoughts or beliefs, the RAS, the reticular activating system, a part of our brain will filter our

sensory experiences to match these thoughts and beliefs.

For example, if someone constantly worries about failure, their RAS will highlight memories, situations and information that

confirms these fears. This can lead to self-sabotage, low self-esteem and a reinforced belief in negative outcomes. 

The reticular activating system can attract both positive and negative experiences based on where we direct our attention

and focus. By understanding its role and consciously managing our thoughts and emotions and focusing on positive stimuli,

we can enhance our ability to manifest desired outcomes and avoid attracting what we don't want.

Simply explained if you focus on the negative, you get more negative!

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Healing the inner child.

The inner child is the child within us, it is who we were as children, a powerful part of us that is always with us no matter how

old we are and influences every part of our lives. 

If as a child you were hurt, ignored, unloved, abandoned, bullied, overly criticised  etc, when a similar situation triggers you,

the emotions from the past may resurface and taint the present. For example, if you were overly criticised by a parent, you may

become very sensitive to criticism, desperately trying to prove yourself, chasing validation from others, you may unconsciously

seek out people or partners who are critical, because and this is mind blowing, your brain is trying to resolve the issue by

recreating the past and get a different outcome, if only they can get the approval they never received as a child, they believe

they will then finally feel worthy. But that rarely happens, most of the time the outcome is you create more pain for yourself,

the belief you are not good enough strengthens its hold on you, destroying your confidence and self-esteem and the pattern

continues.

If you have a childhood wound and you have created a self-destructive behaviour, to either relieve, numb, dissociate or cope,

you are not defective or damaged you have patterns to unlearn, wounds to heal and new habits to create, what happened

to you as a child is not your fault, but as an adult you are responsible for your own healing.

 

​​​​​Linda Mackey

Healing is not an event but a profound and positive process that changes you on all levels, mind, body and spirit.

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