Subconscious Mind 101

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The subconscious mind plays a much bigger role in our thoughts, emotions, and behaviours than most people realize.

If you’ve ever felt like you repeatedly react in ways that don’t match your intentions (like freezing up, overthinking, people pleasing, or doing the opposite of what you know you want to do), there are specific reasons why this happens.

Once you start to see how these patterns work, it becomes a lot easier to recognize them in your own life and move past them.

Where to start if you’re new to this work

If you’re just starting to explore the basics of working with your subconscious mind, the articles below will help. They build on one another and explore how subconscious patterns can show up in your everyday life, from automatic thoughts and emotional reactions to unwanted behaviours that don’t align with your conscious intentions.

If you want a structured starting point, start with the earliest foundational article and move forward from there. This will allow each piece to add another layer of understanding as you move along.

Start with these articles:

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Article #1

What Subconscious Blocks Look Like (In Real Time)

Have you ever had it where, right when you’re about to take a step forward in life, something inside of you pulls you back and stops…

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Article #2

How Subconscious Beliefs Form (& Why They Stick)

I want to dive into a question I get from clients all the time: “Where do our subconscious beliefs come from, and why do they feel…

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Article #3

When Your Mind Plays Movies: How Attention Fuels Overthinking

I want to talk about something that sits at the very core of the work I do with my clients. It's the missing piece for anyone…

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Article #4

Why You Stay in a Bad Mood All Day (Even When Nothing’s “Wrong”)

Imagine this: You wake up and go to start your day, and almost immediately, without knowing why [...]

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More Subconscious Mind 101 Articles:

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How to Know When a Subconscious Pattern Releases

If you've ever done any kind of inner work, you've probably experienced this before: You get to a point where […]

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Conscious vs Subconscious Mind: What’s the Difference (& Why Does It Matter)?

What if I told you that the part of your mind that you think is in control actually isn’t?  That […]

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How Your Subconscious Mind Shapes Your Everyday Life

Have you ever noticed how you can want to do one thing, but still do the opposite? Kind of like […]

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