Written by Sarah Conte (Naturopath)

Our HEART houses our emotions or Shen in Chinese Medicine and has a huge influence on our MIND and GUT connection - as the saying goes “Follow Your 💜” - but what if you have a deep seeded pain that always makes you question yourself or sabotages progression? And yes this could be because of your gut health but going even deeper into this. What if your heart and mind connection is the first place to start when it comes to your health & wellbeing?
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In 1991, a scientist discovered that our heart has 40,000 brain-like cells called sensory neurites that are arranged in a sensory network in our 💜 & works independently to the other parts of your heart, but in harmony with your brain! It can sense the world, feel emotions & instruct the body on how to deal with what the heart is feeling from a chemical level - be it a threat or a happy moment!
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Now stand back & think about this for a second - what happens if our heart is hurt by an event that really unbalanced your heart and you keep repeating the memory & how it made you feel 🧐
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What is your heart instructing our mind to do daily about this if you keep reliving its story daily? It doesn't understand specifics but it does understand this -
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Hurt heart = Stress = Stress hormones needed to survive = Shut down all of your resources that are not necessary to survive like relaxation, digestion, sleep, a calm mind, intuition = Wear and tear of your body / inflammation
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And here is only one reason why you need to not ignore your emotions, top this one deep seeded emotion with today's problems, lockdowns, poor diets, social media, financial stress, all your relationships, over or under eating, over or under exercising, sleep deprivation the list goes on…….
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In a nutshell - no supplement or magic diet can help you if your resistance to your health is because of a aching heart that feels unsafe but is looking for safety, it is a scientific nobel prize proven theory - your health truly starts within your heart centre!

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