Way of thinking helping the body to heal. Anyone had luck with this?

I've heard recently from my ND and a lady who has just done a lot of research, that the body can heal itself and keeping positive can help your body heal. And that there are blocks in our minds, of trauma for instance, that prevent healing from happening. As in on a literal cellular level. Also this lady sees a Healer. It's a very naturopathic outlook.

This is hard for me to do. Do any of you have instances where this way of thinking has helped you? And how you got in that mind state? Have you seen a Healer? Certain pain (nerve especially) can get me so anxious and freaked out and even just calming down is hard. Much less being in a positive state.

I started reading Dr. Caroline Leaf, a neuroscientist who works with the power of thinking in changing (and healing) your brain and body. She comes at it from a Christian perspective, so if you're religion-averse, you might not find help in it. But there are others who promote the power of positive thinking as well.

To be super basic, it takes 21 days to create a habit. So spend time every single day focusing on one of your negative thoughts (like, "i'm never going to heal") and change it to a positive one ("I am healing; progress takes time; I'm closer to healing than I was yesterday"). Every day for 21 days. Work hard to persevere through the 4-5 day slump. After 21 days, continue to nurture the positive thought, but you can also start to tackle a new one for 21 days. 3 cycles of this to change the brain activity.

I haven't been able to commit to any program yet (brain fog and flare like whoa) but I have started to catch myself thinking negatively and immediately spin it. Every day, just catching the bad thoughts and saying, "oh no, you don't, I'm gonna keep looking up." I fail miserably, but the practice is becoming faster and easier.

I have also found a very compassionate chinese medicine acupuncturist who is very reassuring and positive with me. She constantly puts me on the right track and encourages me that I am on it. She's aware that every body is different and needs a personalized approach, and is confident we will find all the right cofactors for me. I am feeling MUCH HAPPIER AND MORE CONFIDENT now, as opposed to my allopathic LLMD, who threw a ton of pills at me, dismissed all my concerns about gut health and toxicity, told me to stop reading the internet, and just take the pills. Only saw him every 6-8 weeks and in between I was an absolute mess. For the same price, I can see my DOM twice a week, get acupuncture to ease the symptoms, and get constant reassurance and positive reinforcement.

Makes a ton of difference.

I have seriously thought about this program:


/retrainingthebrain.com


I wonder sometimes if some issues are from the brain being “stuck”