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How Your Subconscious Mind Affects Physical Healing

April 30, 20255 min read

The Mind Body Connection

Your body hears everything your mind says.

Let’s talk about how that’s either helping—or hurting—your healing.

You’re eating better. Taking the supplements. Getting the sleep. Maybe even doing the workouts. But your body still doesn’t feel like it’s thriving.

You feel stuck—like healing is happening in slow motion… or not at all.

If that’s you, I want you to hear this with love:

It’s not just what you’re doing that matters. It’s what you’re believing. Your subconscious mind might be holding the missing key to your healing.

How Subconscious Mind Affects Physical Healing

🧠 What Is the Subconscious Mind?


Your subconscious is like your body's auto-pilot system. It stores every belief, fear, habit, memory, and emotional pattern you’ve ever been exposed to—especially from childhood.

And here’s the kicker: It controls 95% of your daily thoughts and behaviors.

That means most of what drives your body’s stress responses, inflammation, tension, and even immune function… is happening under the surface.

You can be eating kale and still be stressed to the bone. You can be stretching daily and still holding trauma in your tissues.

And you can be checking every physical healing box—and still be sabotaged by subconscious beliefs like:

“I’m not safe.”

“I always get sick.”

“My body is broken.”

“I don’t deserve to feel good.”

Sound familiar? You’re not broken. But something deeper might be asking for your attention.

💥 How Subconscious Beliefs Affect Your Body


Let’s break it down:

Your subconscious beliefs create your thoughts. Your thoughts create your emotions. Your emotions trigger your nervous system. And your nervous system controls… your entire body.

When your subconscious is stuck in fear, shame, or unworthiness, your body can’t fully relax into repair mode. It stays in survival mode—where digestion slows, immune function drops, hormones get chaotic, and healing takes a backseat.

This is why you can “do everything right” and still not feel right.

🧘‍♀️ Examples from Real Life (Maybe Even Your Life…)

You stretch daily but your shoulders stay locked because deep down, you feel unsafe in your environment.

You eat clean but your gut still flares up every time you're around a certain person because your body associates them with past trauma.

You’re trying to lose weight but self-sabotage kicks in because your subconscious believes being smaller = less protection.

Or even worse, you say there's no point anyway, it's not going to help! So, you don't attempt anything!

Your subconscious isn’t your enemy—it’s trying to keep you safe. It just doesn’t always know what’s actually helping anymore.


💫 The Healing Shift: Working With Your Subconscious

So how do you shift this?

Healing your subconscious isn’t about force. It’s about safety and repetition.

Here are daily rituals that help reprogram your mind so your body can finally exhale and heal:

1. Affirmation + Emotion = Rewiring

Say things you want to believe while feeling them in your body.

Examples:

“I am safe in my body.”

“My body knows how to heal.”

“I deserve to feel good.”

Say them with breath. With hand on heart. With tears if needed.

2. Visualization

See yourself strong, joyful, energized—even before it happens.

Your brain starts to make that image your new normal.

3. Body Check-Ins

Gently ask your body, “What are you holding right now?”

Stretch or breathe into tightness. Acknowledge emotions without judgment.

This builds trust between your body and mind.

4. Replace the Thought

Catch yourself thinking:

“Why can’t I just get better?”

Pause and reframe: “My body is healing in ways I can’t always see.”

This tells your subconscious: healing is happening.

5. Stillness & Scripture

Whatever spiritual practice grounds you—use it. For me, it’s reading the Bible and letting truth wash over the noise. That’s not just soul care—it’s subconscious detox

💤 Bonus Sign You’re Healing Subconsciously?

You sleep deeper. You dream again. You don’t dread the day the moment you wake up.

These might seem small, but they’re actually HUGE signs your body feels safe enough to do the deeper healing work.

💬 Final Thoughts: Your Mind Is Medicine

If you’ve been working so hard to heal but still feel stuck… this is your reminder:

Healing isn’t just what you eat, apply, or track.

It’s what you believe, repeat, and allow.

Your subconscious is always listening. And when it starts to hear love instead of fear—your body listens too.

Copy your healing checklist below:


🌿 Subconscious Healing Daily Checklist

Morning Intention Setting

  • Take 3 deep breaths before getting out of bed.

  • Say one healing affirmation out loud:
    "I am safe. I am healing. I am enough."

Affirmation + Emotion Practice

  • Speak 1–3 positive affirmations with feeling (hand on heart helps!).

  • Example: "My body knows how to heal itself."

Visualization Moment

  • Spend 2 minutes imagining yourself energized, joyful, strong.

  • Feel it like it’s real, even if it isn’t… yet.

Body Check-In (Midday Pause)

  • Gently ask: “What am I feeling in my body right now?”

  • Stretch, breathe into any tension, or offer comfort (like you would to a child).

Thought Catch & Reframe

  • When a negative or fearful thought pops up:
    → Pause.
    → Replace it with a healing truth.
    → Example:
    Negative: “I’ll never get better.”
    Reframe: “My body is healing at its own perfect pace.”

Stillness and Soul Nourishment

  • Spend 5 minutes (or more) in spiritual practice:

    • Prayer

    • Meditation

    • Scripture reading

    • Gratitude journaling

Evening Reflection

  • Ask yourself:
    "How did I show up for my healing today?"

  • Celebrate even the smallest win (because your subconscious needs proof you are healing!).

Rest with Intention

  • As you fall asleep, repeat gently in your mind:
    “I am safe. I am healing. I am loved.”


🧠 Remember:

  • Healing happens when your mind and body feel safe.

  • You don't have to be perfect—you just have to show up with love.

  • Small shifts, repeated daily, create powerful transformations over time.

Want to go even deeper into subconscious healing and holistic wellness?


👉 Join my Facebook group, The Healing Space, and let's build your healing foundation together.


👉 Download my Free 3-Step Guide to Finding Yourself Again — because rediscovering YOU is the real start of lasting healing.

💛 You are healing. You are enough. And you’re doing better than you think. 💛

Love Always,

Tammy Collins

Tammy Kinchen Collins is more than an empowerment coach—she’s a chronic illness warrior, cycle-breaker, and guide for women ready to rise beyond their pain. After years of navigating fibromyalgia, chronic pain, and deep personal loss, Tammy reclaimed her life—and now she helps other women do the same.
Through mindset healing, subconscious rewiring, and soul-led support, she teaches women how to break free from survival mode and finally feel safe, seen, and strong in their story.
Tammy is on a mission to show women they are more than a diagnosis—and it’s never too late to rewrite your life.
📍Follow Tammy for real talk, healing tools, and the unfiltered journey to living fully again.

Tammy Collins

Tammy Kinchen Collins is more than an empowerment coach—she’s a chronic illness warrior, cycle-breaker, and guide for women ready to rise beyond their pain. After years of navigating fibromyalgia, chronic pain, and deep personal loss, Tammy reclaimed her life—and now she helps other women do the same. Through mindset healing, subconscious rewiring, and soul-led support, she teaches women how to break free from survival mode and finally feel safe, seen, and strong in their story. Tammy is on a mission to show women they are more than a diagnosis—and it’s never too late to rewrite your life. 📍Follow Tammy for real talk, healing tools, and the unfiltered journey to living fully again.

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