15/07/2026
The Number One Thing I’ve Learnt That Changed My Health And Wellbeing For The Better!!!!
When I was in my early 20s, I had no idea that the emotional stress I was dealing with directly impacted my physical well-being and I’m not even talking about the more obvious stuff, like emotionally eating a tub of ice cream 🍦to momentarily feel better or drinking a 6 pack🍺 to avoid things that I didn’t want to feel.
I’m talking about the negative thoughts that constantly looped in my mind 🧠 like time on a clock that keeps going around and around and around, never changing direction. Since then, the number one thing that I’ve learnt that has changed my health and wellbeing for the better is that our thoughts have a direct impact on how we feel and therefore how we function.
When we're stressed, anxious or just or caught in repetitive negative thinking, our nervous system can remain on high alert. Which impacts your physical wellbeing, your muscles may stay tense, your breathing can become shallower, and your body has less opportunity to rest, repair, and be well.
Have you ever noticed that when life feels overwhelming, your body seems to feel it too? Maybe this has been going on for years, perhaps you’ve tried talking with someone about your challenges, though things don’t seem to really change.
Maybe your shoulders feel tight like a rock, headaches keep appearing like dishes in the sink due for washing or old aches and pains seem to just flare up out of nowhere. While pain can have many different causes, our emotional wellbeing and physical wellbeing are deeply connected. It's difficult for one to thrive when the other is under constant strain.
Dr. Joe Dispenza often shares the phrase, "neurons that fire together, wire together." In simple terms, the thoughts we repeatedly think help strengthen certain patterns in the brain (I call this the Mind Body Energy Loop). Over time, those patterns influence how we feel emotionally and physically. So if you are stuck in a negative emotional state and you’re also not feeling 100% in your body, they are feeding off each other.
The encouraging news is that this works both ways.
While changing your thoughts can influence how you feel, experts in the field of human optimisation share that changing your physical state first is the more powerful way to change the 🔄 Mind Body Energy Loop. It can be done by doing some intense exercise or by doing something relaxing, like a meditative breathwork session or even a Bowen Therapy treatment.
I love seeing the state of calm and ease on my clients' faces once they’ve just finished a Bowen Therapy treatment or when they come back for their follow-up session and tell me how much more relaxed they have been during the week. Because Bowen therapy is working on gently stimulating the nervous system to shift into a relaxed state, tension and pain can be released, which creates the space for a clearer and calmer mind to think better thoughts and change the Mind Body Energy Loop.
That feeling of calm, like watching a sunset over the ocean, is the most valuable place to make real positive changes.
Because when you notice your thoughts rather than be swept away by them, there is enough space to choose a different perspective, a kinder thought, or a more hopeful outlook.
While Bowen Therapy isn't a replacement for mental health care when it's needed, it can be a beautiful way to support your overall wellbeing by caring for the physical body while creating the conditions for emotional balance.
Our minds and bodies are constantly communicating with one another. By nurturing your body, you are simultaneously supporting the mind.
If life has been feeling a little heavy lately, or your body has been asking for some attention, it's time to give yourself permission to treat the body and give it some TLC.
A thousand miles start with one step! So take one step and click the link below to book in for the TCL that you deserve.
Your mind will thank you for it :)
https://www.halaxy.com/book/appointment/r-nicole/other/1785361/508841
