Mind-Body Power: How Your Thoughts And Emotions Affect Your Health 

By: Francesco Gilio

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Introduction 
People sneezing at plastic flowers, blood flowing to the head after being embarrassed, dummy drugs having an affect on the physical body: These are just a few of many examples that illustrate how our thoughts and emotions are connected to our bodies. An extension of this is that our thoughts and emotions can also have a powerful affect on our health. 

Science Behind The Mind-Body Connection
It has been scientifically proven that every time we have a thought certain chemicals are released through the body which are called Neuro-Peptides (Pert, 1999, Chopra 1989). These Neuro-Peptides are than absorbed in every organ of the body by what are called cell receptors, which are also located in every organ of the body. This means that every organ in our body listens and takes in what you are thinking and feeling and this in turn affects the healthy state of the organ - especially when you keep having the same constant thoughts (be they positive or negative)

Common Examples Of How Our Thoughts And Emotions Affect Our Health:
• People having heart attacks when they are feeling stressed
• People often collapsing when in shock
• Lonely people having more health problems than people who have a good social network
• People who have pets of their own as companions often living longer
• Many people often passing away soon after their life long partner also passes away. 
• A man’s health often deteriorating very quickly after they retire from work – as some of men lose their overall 
meaning to life once they retire.
• People who have a positive outlook to life generally live longer than those who are pessimistic.

My Story
In 1974 I was born with a life threatening genetic skin disorder. The ramifications of the skin disorder were enormous as sufferers develop a range of symptoms that affect the whole body with many sufferers passing away at an early age. At the age of fourteen I was introduced to Mind-Body medicine by a family member to help me deal with the condition. Mind-Body medicine is about using the power of thought and emotion to affect and heal your body. From than on I embarked on a healing journey using mind-body medicine techniques and since then have managed to dramatically improve my condition and remove a host of symptoms using the power of the mind and emotion to heal my body. Now being in healthy state I teach people how to use the power of your mind and body to heal your body (through my motivational keynote presentations). 

What This Mean For You - Be Aware Of What You Think And What You Feel

• Be aware of the beliefs you have about life and try to turn negative ones into positive ones 
• Become an optimist and constantly have optimistic thoughts in your life
• Reduce the mental stress and worry in your life and don’t react to all unpleasant events in life in a negative way
• Feel and express your emotions opening – don’t hold emotions inside 
• Try to deal with and resolve long standing issues in your life as best you can
• Release/resolve toxic emotions from your life (e.g. anger, regret, resentment) 

Techniques You Can Use To Help You Become More In Touch With Your Inner Power - And Use Your Mind/Emotions To Heal Your Body

• Meditation
• Psychotherapy
• Feeling/Expressing Your Emotions 
• Visualisation
• Affimations
• Chiropractic-Kinesiology
• Relaxation Techniques
• Hypnosis
• Biofeedback
• Neuro Linguistic Programming 
• Becoming Part Of Support Groups 

References 
Chopra. D, Quantum Healing, Bantom Books, 1989, Sydney, 
Pert. C, Molecules Of Emotion: The Science Behind Mind/Body Medicine, 1999, Touchstone, New York, 

Contact Details
Francesco Gilio delivers keynote presentations on Mind-Body power to different types of organisations and events. To book Francesco as your next keynote speaker please phone 02 9282 6418 or you can visit his website 
http://www.centralmarketforce.com/speaking/index.html