Your subconscious controls 95% of your day - here are 5 ways to rewire it
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I wish I had learned sooner that you can change your life when you start to understand neural rewiring. This is because EVERYTHING in our brain and our nervous system drives patterns that repeat, and repeat and repeat because they just keep firing. Often these pathways were set decades ago and so they run our life until WE start to take control of them.
In today’s article, I’m going to share everything I have learned about the subconscious mind, the power it holds, and how you can rewrite your subconscious pathways to better support your big goals, dreams, and visions!
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Talk therapy is good but…
It doesn’t make changes deep in your subconscious.
Working with a conscious talk therapist for over 12 months was the starting point. It was the most revolutionary journey for me, It helped me realize why my childhood shaped my adulthood and particularly how my Father Wound shaped not only my self-esteem but also how dictated the types of people and men that I engaged with and/or dated. It also helped me understand how my anxious attachment style was formed LONG before I was ever aware of it (science says that attachment styles and how we relate to others are often laid in our ‘pre-verbal’ years before we are consciously aware.
When I learned this, it was when I started to look into the subconscious mind. The hard drive of our life that is always running in the background, even when we aren’t aware of it. When I learned that 95% of your day is controlled by your subconscious mind and NOT the conscious mind you think is in control it changed EVERYTHING for me.
It helped me understand why people keep repeating the same cycles over and over again. Whether it is picking the wrong type of person to date, always feeling anxious that they are going to leave or NEVER being able to start a new habit - it’s all connected.
The conscious vs. the subconscious mind
When you are thinking, you are thinking with your conscious mind. Wishes and desires drive this conscious mind - "I want this" or "I wish I had this".
When you are fully immersed in an activity, your conscious mind does not pay attention to what is going on around you and your subconscious mind kicks in (for example, when you’re deep in conversation on the freeway with someone and realize you’re driving without paying attention). When the conscious mind steps back from being in total control, this is when the subconscious mind is in control and it drives you without you realizing.
Scientists believe that 95% of your life comes from the subconscious point of view. I.e., 95% of the time you are being driven by the wiring of your subconscious mind, not the wiring of your conscious mind at all.
What is subconscious programming?
Your subconscious mind starts being programmed in the last trimester of pregnancy until you are around 7. This period is the most intense part of our programming and is why kids are like sponges and pick up everything around them in these years.
As you grow into an adult, your wiring and programming becomes more fixed because we (and our brains) become less malleable. We start to function at a different brain wave state than we did in those first 7 years and this makes it harder for us to absorb as much information and/or be as impacted by it (from a subconscious perspective).
Dr Lipton explains that your adult life becomes a printout and roadmap of your subconscious programming at this point. What he means is that the limiting beliefs that have been wired into us in the first 7 years then start to hold us back in adulthood. Our subconscious mind and its wiring starts to come to the forefront and drive the way we show up in the world, often unconsciously.
So, I’m held back by my subconscious programming.
What are my limiting beliefs?
Some of the beliefs you might be aware of (think ‘I can’t do this, I’m not good enough, I’m going to fail, I’m not attractive enough’ etc.) but there will also be a ton of subconscious beliefs that you might not be consciously aware of.
To work out what your personal limiting beliefs are, Dr. Bruce Lipton says that all you have to do is look at the life you are living. He says that your life is an expression of your own wired programs, and this will show you where your limiting beliefs are.
Can’t get the job or raise you want? Can’t start your own business? Can’t find a deeply loving and satisfying soul mate? Look at your programming. The problems in your life will show you where the gaps and challenges are and what is holding you back. And once you understand what is holding you back by your subconscious wiring, you can then start to move forward into rewiring.
Can I re wire my subconscious?
Yes. 100%! The holistic health world talks a ton about nootropics and neural wiring and working with your brain to make it work for you. Subconscious rewiring is not dissimilar.
The end goal is that you can effectively rewire your subconscious so that all of the thoughts and wishes, and desires in your conscious mind match up to the wiring of your subconscious mind. This means that both your subconscious mind and conscious mind will be working on the same page, and no limiting beliefs from your subconscious will be holding you back.
How do I re wire my subconscious?
You re-wire your subconscious mind using NEUROPLASTICITY.
Neuroplasticity, also known as brain plasticity or neural plasticity, refers to the brain's ability to reorganize itself by forming new neural connections throughout life. It involves the strengthening or weakening of existing neural pathways and the development of new synapses.
This means you can re wire your subconscious by building NEW PATHWAYS that become STRONGER than the old ones.
How can I promote neuroplasticity?
This is the million dollar questios! There are a number of ways that you can promote neuroplasticity. These involve:
Start with understanding the importance of BDNF - Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) is a vital protein for neuroplasticity, acting as a linchpin in the adaptive processes of the brain. It supports facilitating synaptic plasticity through mechanisms like long-term potentiation (LTP), and fostering the formation of new synapses. You can increase your body's BDNF by:
Engage in regular exercise, particularly aerobic activities, to significantly increase BDNF levels and promote neuroplasticity.
Maintain a balanced diet rich in omega-3 fatty acids from sources like fatty fish and flaxseeds to support elevated BDNF production.
Prioritize adequate and quality sleep, as insufficient sleep has been linked to decreased BDNF levels.
Implement stress management techniques, such as mindfulness meditation and relaxation exercises, to positively influence BDNF secretion.
Breathwork and meditation are great options.
Understand the importance of regulating your nervous system - You have to be able to regulate your nervous system in order to build neuroplasticity.t This is because when the body is in a heightened state of stress or arousal (sympathetic dominance), characterized by increased heart rate and elevated cortisol levels, neuroplasticity may be hindered. Breathwork and meditation are an incredible way to do this
Start with understanding the frequencies of your brainwaves - in the first 7 years when children are easily ‘programmable’, they function a great deal in their ‘theta’ brain waves. This ‘theta’ state of brainwaves are around 4 - 8 Hz. This theta stage is a deeper state of mindfulness that, in adults, is associated with creative insight, memory enhancement and feelings of deep connectedness. For children, functioning in these states is why they easily switch between reality and imagination. You can access these brain wave states just as you fall asleep, as you wake up or through breathwork and meditation.
Take this understanding & create a daily practice - now you know when is best to rewire (before you sleep and just when you wake - as well as doing this through your breath), you need to understand how to rewire. Repetition is key here because this is how the subconscious mind gets programmed. Engage in daily breathwork to calm your nervous system, then after doing this listen to the beliefs you want to reprogram and start to repeat them to yourselves. It’s actually as simple as finding programs on YouTube that rewire for your struggling beliefs. If you put earphones on and play a video with the beliefs as you’re going to bed, or just when you’re waking up - and you do this with repetition, you can develop a new element of subconscious wiring over time. It might feel weird, foreign, and strange at first, but with subconscious reprogramming, even if it doesn't feel accurate at the time, it will become real as it becomes downloaded and converted into your subconscious programming. It's the truth of faking it until you make it.
Keep the programming simple - when looking to reprogram, you need to be very accurate with the statement you want to put into your subconscious. It needs to be simple, so Dr. Bruce suggests you should think of something that a five-year-old could understand. It also has to be in the present tense because if it’s in the future tense, it’s conflicting for the subconscious mind to understand and comprehend. So, for example, a belief would be "I am successful" rather than "I am going to be successful". Once the program has been put into the subconscious mind, the function of the body and mind is to do everything in its power to match the statement that it holds as the truth.
Understand that programming is most effective when both hemispheres of the brain are working in harmony together (the right and left). This is known in science as ‘whole brain synchronization’ and when this balance in hemispheres is achieved, the brain experiences additional blood flow. The brain is more likely to work for you at this point. Meditation works to move you towards whole brain synchronization, so consider meditating before listening to your subconscious downloads.
Work with a practitioner to work with muscle testing to truly find out what is limiting you. It’s fascinating to understand that because 90% of the brain is a computer that controls our whole body and movement, it controls our muscle coordination and action. Muscle testing works on the basis that you can make a statement with your conscious mind, and the subconscious mind will hear the ‘data’ you input and will respond either saying yes (because the statement is in harmony with the beliefs) - or no - because there is a weakening and a conflict of the two minds, which causes a weakening of the body’s muscles automatically. This weakening happens so much that you can use this to verify what is going on in your subconscious. Working with a practitioner can help you specifically identify which limiting beliefs you might be experiencing, and that might be holding you back so that you can rewire more effectively.
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