Ep 160 Healing Isn’t What You Think: The Story Your Body Is Responding To

The Stories We Tell Ourselves: How Your Subconscious Shapes Your Health

Discover how your childhood "life filters" shape your physical health in the second part of this trilogy with myself, Sarah Dawkins.

Learn how the subconscious mind stores early experiences as truth, triggering the nervous system and creating physical symptoms as a survival strategy.

Explore why your body isn’t "broken," but rather responding perfectly to the stories you believe.

Key Takeaways

00:15: Introduction: The Healing Trilogy Sarah introduces part two of her series, shifting the focus from identifying "stories" to understanding how they manifest physically and mentally.

00:51: The Formation of "Life Filters" A breakdown of how childhood experiences (between the ages of 0 and 7) and the opinions of others are stored in the subconscious as absolute truths.

01:42: Seeing the World Through Lenses Sarah introduces the metaphor of "life glasses"—how our subconscious beliefs act as filters that shape our entire perception of reality.

02:26: The Body as a Protector A look at the biological side of belief: how the body prepares for "threats" based on what the mind perceives as true, even if that threat is an old memory.

03:35: Why We Respond to Meaning, Not Reality An explanation of why triggers make us angry or sad. We aren't responding to the event itself, but to the meaning we’ve assigned to it through our past experiences.

04:40 Survival Strategies & Self-Sabotage The subconscious mind’s primary goal is belonging and safety. Sarah discusses how behaviors like perfectionism and "not speaking out" are actually learned safety mechanisms.

05:44: Symptoms as Self-Preservation A powerful shift in perspective: physical symptoms are not "faults" but strategies the body uses to stay vigilant and alert.

06:25 Softening the Story The takeaway: nothing needs "fixing." Simply becoming conscious of the story allows the nervous system to soften, relax, and breathe.

06:51 Closing Thoughts Sarah asks the final, provocative question: "What if your body has been responding perfectly to what it believed was true?"

Who am I?

Sarah Dawkins is a passionate Holistic Health and Healing Coach, international speaker and author of Heal Yourself. She’s also a multi-award-winning entrepreneur and the award-winning host of the uplifting podcast Mind Body Medicine for Self Healers with Sarah Dawkins.

With over 20 years’ experience as a Registered Nurse, Sarah combines her deep understanding of conventional medicine with her own powerful self-healing journey to create a truly integrative approach. Having overcome multiple chronic health challenges herself, she now supports others in uncovering and addressing the root causes of their symptoms, helping them restore balance, reclaim their energy and create lasting, vibrant wellness.

www.sarahdawkins.com

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