25/11/2025
Your body hears everything your mind whispers.
Fear tightens it.
Kindness heals it.
And no, this isn’t “woo-woo.”
It’s neuroscience.
The tone of your self-talk literally affects inflammation, cortisol, digestion, immunity, and how your nervous system repairs itself.
A recent study from Harvard Medical School explored something unusual:
Volunteers were instructed to speak directly to their bodies.
Soft phrases like:
“You’re safe.”
“You’re healing.”
“You did well today.”
After two weeks?
Scans showed a significant reduction in inflammation markers.
Not magic.... feedback loops.
When your words reduce fear:
• cortisol drops
• blood flow improves
• muscles release
• the immune system finally gets to repair
Your body listens to tone before it listens to logic.
One participant with chronic pain said:
“For the first time, I told my body thank you instead of sorry.”
Within days, her muscle tension was cut in half.
Why?
She stopped fighting her body…
and her body stopped fighting back.
Researchers call it affective signalling:
Your nervous system responds to your inner voice as if someone else is speaking to you.
That means every criticism, even silent, lands chemically.
And every moment of self-kindness becomes medicine.
The lead researcher ended with one sentence that stayed with everyone:
“Your body hears everything your mind says.”
So…
What was the last thing you told your body — complaint or comfort?
If you’re ready to shift your nervous system, support your healing, and learn how to speak to your body in a way that rewires your health…
Comment NURTURE to book.
