There's a part of You that you may not be aware of - here's how to make it work for you

INTRO: HOW DOES YOUR BODY WORK SO WELL?

Hey there! This is Kez. I hope you’re having a great day! I’m so excited about today’s episode – this stuff is my bread and butter, the beautiful intersection between science and spirituality that we can actually harness for our own personal evolution. Today, we’re talking about that part of you that you may not be aware exists but I can tell you right now, it does, and we’re going to be discussing how you can actually make it work for you in achieving your dreams and goals. Sound good?

Well, let me first ask you a question… What is it exactly that keeps your heart beating and your body functioning without your conscious control? Have you ever really thought about this? As a qualified physiologist, this is something that I used to think about all the time. I know what the underlying mechanisms are, right down to a molecular level, but what’s directing these molecules? This is not something I was taught at university!

When I learnt about the placebo effect, I thought I might’ve found my answer. We discussed the placebo effect in more detail back in Episode 3 – the idea that our beliefs and expectations alone are enough to create an effect in our body that we wouldn’t otherwise see. When someone takes a sugar pill but BELIEVES that it’s actually a drug that will create an effect, we often see that effect actually occurs, despite sugar alone being incapable of producing such an effect. So, what is it that actually makes the placebo effect work?

This is fascinating stuff because the average human does not have the knowledge about how drugs work at a physiological or molecular level. The human cannot be creating the effect through thought alone for this reason. So, what DOES know and what IS using our thoughts to create this effect?

Every second of every minute of every hour of every day of your life, your body works perfectly without your input. Your heart muscles contract in perfect rhythm, your digestive system releases the correct enzymes in the perfect quantity for the food you’ve just eaten and your neurons know which neurotransmitters to release to immediately protect you from harm. Without these unconscious processes, you wouldn’t be alive. You just wouldn’t have sufficient attentive capacity or energy to keep thousands of these processes going at every moment. So, who or what does it for you? Your mind? Your consciousness? Spirit? If it’s not you, then it’s likely not physical – so, what IS it and where does it come from?

YOUR HIGHER SELF IS YOUR LIFE-FORCE

Your Higher or True Self (some call this part of you your Soul) is a non-physical, energetic part of you, pure consciousness connected to the Universe. They are the mediator between you and the multitude of energy frequencies of the Universe. The energies of the Universe create matter in your physical world, including you and your reality. All matter is essentially energy whose frequency has been slowed right down so that you are able to see it and touch it. The atoms that make up matter are made of subatomic particles which are mostly what seem like empty space, but are actually pure energy. Therefore, you and your body are condensed energy in the form of matter. And because you’re energy, you are affected by energy around you and vice versa.

Your Higher Self uses energy to create your body and your physical reality. They take the focus of your thoughts & beliefs, which create a particular energy frequency, and connects them to the energies of the Universe, selecting from this field and attracting to you similar energy frequencies to create a reality that aligns with your thoughts and beliefs. So, this is how the placebo effectively works. It’s the mechanism that keeps your body functioning in every moment to keep you alive. Your Higher Self is your own inner resource that is completely aware, all-knowing and omnipresent. They connect you to a constant stream of positive energy from the Universe, and this is the energy of well-being. It is constantly flowing to you, unless you block it by doing things that are not aligned with your well-being, your best self and your desires your future.

How do you know if the stream is flowing to you and that you are allowing it in? Well, we all have a sense of intuition – physical feelings that we feel in our bodies like when we know we’re on the right track or when we feel that something bad might happen. This is the energy of protection from your Higher Self, using your body to guide you to what’s best for you – and this includes optimal health and well-being, as well as the future you most want to experience.

We’re going to discuss some ways in which you can let go and just allow your Higher Self to do their thing after this short break…

HOW TO HELP YOUR HIGHER SELF HELP YOU

Every cell in your body is under the control of your Higher Self. Even with significant change either outside of you or inside of you, your True Self guides the processes that maintain homeostasis and balance to keep you alive without any input from you. This is why you don’t start melting on a hot day! Your body is guided at all times by this non-physical, infinitely intelligent conscious awareness that is an integral part of you. But if you try to interfere with the connection between your body and its Source, it stops working naturally & effectively. So, how do we get in the way and interfere?

1. Indulging in negative emotion

Scientific research shows us that energy impacts cellular functioning directly just like chemicals do. Cells need to be connected to the positive energy of well-being through Higher Self to function optimally without your input. Positive emotion is a sign of alignment with Higher Self, health and well-being, a sign that your Higher Self is attracting that stream of well-being from the Universe to you. This positive energy then positively impacts every one of your cells to function optimally so you have well-being.

How do you achieve this more often then? By feeling good and assisting your Higher Self to align to positive energy from the universal field! Now, I’m the first to acknowledge that it’s not possible to feel good all of the time but it is possible to feel BETTER any time. So, how do you do this?

*Be aware of how you’re feeling

*What thoughts are creating that feeling?

*How do you want to feel instead?

*What different thought can you have, different thing can you focus on or action can you take to feel even a little bit better?

*Focus on this alternate option and the better feeling emotion that will likely result

*Imagine this more positive energy nourishing every cell & promoting their optimal functioning.

How much better would your body feel if you consciously brought it more positive energy like this through your Higher Self, just by feeling a little bit better?

2. Choosing to eat foods you believe are bad for you (this is the nocebo effect)

We discussed the nocebo effect back in Episode 3 – the belief that something potentially harmful to us will cause an adverse effect on our body.

Despite enjoying certain foods and experiencing positive emotion, the positive emotion is short-lived because there’s sometimes an underlying belief that the food is also bad for us (think chips and chocolate) and will harm us in some way (cause heart disease, for example). There’s a misalignment of the current thought (yum) and existing belief (argh but this is bad for me).

Your Higher Self only wants well-being for you and will tell you if you are not aligned for good health and subsequently block well-being through guilty feelings or feeling sick (negative emotion). Your Higher Self always uses the focus of your thoughts & beliefs to attract like energy to you. Just as with the placebo effect, it’s also the mechanism behind the nocebo effect and will prevent the positive energy of well-being from reaching your cells. So, how do you limit the nocebo effect?

In order of difficulty:

*Cut or reduce foods you believe are ‘bad’ for you

*Find healthy alternatives to these foods

*When tempted, pause and consider the long-term consequences of eating these foods – and give yourself time to choose something healthier

*Change your beliefs around the foods you really want to eat & focus your thoughts on your cells actually being nourished by them

How incredible would it be if you truly believed that no food could harm your body in any way by redirecting your thoughts and beliefs about them, and so you would never have to worry about what you ate again? Yup, difficult but possible!

3. Consuming toxic substances

Continuing with the theme of the nocebo effect… You DO believe these substances are bad for you and so your Higher Self blocks positive energy in alignment with these beliefs. Eating ‘bad’ food is blocking of positive energy leading to adverse consequences for your body, such as insulin resistance, AND you’ll feel bad for being misaligned with your Higher Self and the stream of well-being. This is NOT what you ultimately want for yourself and your Higher Self is making sure you know it! So,

*Completely eliminate cigarettes and drugs of any description (apart from caffeine, maybe! And your important prescription meds (for the time being))

*Look for natural remedies rather than relying on medication and take good care of your health by being proactive

*Cut down on your alcohol consumption

*Consider your environment and whether you may be exposed to substances from external sources, such as car fumes and other environmental pollutants

*If you haven’t already, go back and listen to Episode 3 where I give you more ideas of how to use the placebo and nocebo effects to your advantage

Imagine how happy your cells would be without the constant interference of both toxic substances and your toxic beliefs??

4. Not moving your body regularly or moving it too much

Endorphins released during gentle to moderate exercise make you feel really good, creating positive energy and attracting more well-being… OR going hard-core in the gym releases harmful quantities of cortisol in the body, making you feel stressed – this is negative energy which blocks well-being. Your body was made to move – it creates energy for cellular processes, as well as strength & stamina but there has to be a balance, and pushing it too hard can have the opposite effects to what you intended. So,

*Commit to at least 30 minutes of light to moderate movement every day

*Choose activities you really enjoy that don’t stress the body

*Find active hobbies or catch-ups with friends

*Engage in incidental exercise wherever possible

*Get out in nature – hike, swim or paddle

*If you haven’t already, go back and listen to Episode 5 where I discuss the importance of exercise for your well-being and what type and how much you might consider doing each day

Imagine how good you’d feel if you started every day with just 15 or 30 minutes of feel-good movement?

5. Not getting sufficient sleep

Sleep deprivation is the worst form of torture. You know that when you haven’t had enough shut-eye, you feel cranky and indulge in negative thoughts, which create negative emotion and energy – not good for your body (on top of the adverse physical effects of sleep deprivation!).

During sleep, you generally don’t engage in conscious thinking and negative emotion, so it’s actually the perfect time to allow the stream of well-being to flow. A lack of sleep means there’s insufficient time of no resistance to the stream of well-being, and so you interfere with your cells’ connection to your Higher Self. So,

*Engage in a few of the multitude of sleep hygiene practices available to you

*Get 7-8 hours of quality sleep every night if possible

*Prioritise sleep over media and socialising

*Deal with sleep disorders pronto

How much more alert, energetic and motivated would you feel if you got good-quality sleep every single night? I highly recommend listening to Episode 6 and accessing our Sleep Hygiene Checklist in the show notes.

FUTURE PACE

There you have it – five simple ways to get out of your Higher Self and body’s way and let them do their thing – looking after you and keeping you healthy, well, feeling your best and moving towards your desired future through the power of that incredible non-physical part of you, your Higher Self. How will you now harness the power of your own True Self to help you optimise your health and well-being?

How amazing would you feel and how much easier would it be for you to achieve optimal health and well-being if you just allowed your Higher Self to access the powerful energies of the stream of well-being to get your cells working at their very best for you? You don’t need to be the one doing all the work! You don’t even need to be doing the majority of the work! Now that sounds like a great deal, doesn’t it?!