What the Mind Sees, The Body Creates Leah Marmulla

This episode is a discussion between David Gilks, author of From Knowing Better to Doing Better and the creator of The I AM Programs

Our discussions by casual design encompassed the chapters of the book What the Mind Sees, the Body Feels, Creates and Attracts, on which this podcast is based.

Another interesting aspect is David and Leah mirror each other's philosophy and ideas on Neuroscience and Spirituality

Affirmations are powerful, yet, if our core beliefs are incongruent, or not in alignment with our affirming, mayhem is likely. This episode explores the problem with affirmations, without doing the deeper healing work that drives our vibe, and therefore what we project into the world. 

Unexplored, healed and transformed limiting beliefs create mayhem and pain in our life.  How can they not?  They are by design limiting to keep us safe, and protected. They are there because sometime in our early life we decided to be adventurous, curious, playful, connected with others wasn't a good thing.  Or we figured is our parents, bugger brothers and sisters, teachers or society said "We can't, shouldn't, mustn't, or not for us" Then they must be right.  "After all, they are older, meant to be wiser and can certainly cause harm if we don't comply."



Affirmations are simply statements of belief.  Even our negative I am statements are affirmations. I can't,  I am not ..... I am ..... in the negative, conservative etc are affirming a belief of what we believe is not for us.  Therefore, to create and make the most of affirmations is to address the limiting, fear-based ones that are holding us back and uncreate the story and emotional entanglement/attachment we have given to the ideas. 

Previous episodes referenced during this one include: 


Wheel of Life - what is missing and what do you desire?
Questions to ask yourself - what is important to you and what do you want?  
Value of Questions 
Challenge of change and growth 
How our beliefs dictate and rule our life
Jung's Journey Quest into our psyche depths
Subconscious mind - its role in creating our reality





If this episode triggers you, reach out to your local mental health service. The information provided in this podcast is not intended as therapy but offers ideas to explore your beliefs and why you do what you do.  Working with a trained therapist is highly recommended to help you address the deeply rooted issues.

Fears, those feelings, and thoughts triggered that remind us of unpleasant and painful experiences.  The times when we felt embarrassed, scared, ashamed, guilty, not enough or not belonging etc.  These feelings, memories and thoughts show up so we don't feel or experience the same or familiar.  After all, who wants to feel less than, scared, inadequate etc.?  Yet, when we employ curiosity and are open to hearing the messages behind the feelings. The story was given as a way to protect ourselves.  When we learn 


who gave us these impressions, to begin with
why we chose to believe it to be true (family, culture, heritage, social norms etc.)
explore the story and consider its message and its relevance to the now, the current situations, experiences and people.

Being curious, and emotionally detached as possible, we can see things in a different light. We can make different choices and test newer ways of living based on the character we choose to become.



Previous episodes mentioned and encouraged you to relisten to include: 


Wheel of life - to explore if you believe you need to sacrifice a part of life to acquire something different or more.  Example love vs career, relaxation/easier life = poverty vs passive income etc. 
Questions you can ask to help identify your limiting fears and beliefs. 
Growing pains are felt when we start to face our fears and limiting beliefs.  Quality questions to help you navigate what you would like to be doing, prompting your fears and cautions to arise. 
Psychosocial Development theorists explored how our early life experiences shape and form our beliefs and fears about ourselves and what we believe is a suitable life for us.  Jung and his Journey Quest; Attachment Styles; Erikson

If this episode triggers you, reach out to your local mental health service. The information provided in this podcast is not intended as therapy but offers ideas to explore your beliefs and why you do what you do.  Working with a trained therapist is highly recommended to help you address the deeply rooted issues.

In this episode, the concept of self-care is considered.  Self, is how you treat, regard and interpret your experiences in line with your truth. 

Using life as a mirror, and engaging a curious mind to explore how you do or do not self-care in uplifting ways.

Self-care includes, but not limited to:


 choosing what makes you feel good and happy.
eating, drinking, exercise and rest that nurtures a healthy mind and body
relationships that are enhancing, encouraging and supportive
healthy boundaries that honour your love, gifts, talents and protect them from abuse, being taken advantage of etc. 
speaking your truth and honoring the person you choose to live from 
celebrating your strengths, wins and growths.
taking the steps to become who you choose to become and the courage to unlearn, learn and practice the path to grow into this. 

Other episodes to revisit to support your self-reflection include 


Wheel of life - what is working well and not in your life 
Attachment styles - the way you see yourself and relate with others to feel safe and familiar
Amphitheatre Activity 

Ideas of how to self-care and celebrate yourself can be downloaded here 



If this episode triggers you, reach out to your local mental health service. The information provided in this podcast is not intended as therapy but offers ideas to explore your beliefs and why you do what you do.  Working with a trained therapist is highly recommended to help you address the deeply rooted issues.

I love doing this activity, even though at times it also feels a bit tongue in cheek.  I love that it opens up possibilities, can stretch the boundaries, expose limiting beliefs and enables permission.  Re-wiring of the brain can start as the seed is planted in a different direction of 

What if xyz does happen, what if I succeed, and if I can evolve and become what I chose!

The challenge in this activity is to give yourself permission to daydream and even consider, ever so slightly, something else is possible for you.  

It is a great activity to combine with the Wheel of Life, and the information gathered in this activity is used in future episodes. An excellent activity to create a dream /vision board or even brainstorm your upgrades and changes you would like to create in the future. 





If this episode triggers you, reach out to your local mental health service. The information provided in this podcast is not intended as therapy but offers ideas to explore your beliefs and why you do what you do.  Working with a trained therapist is highly recommended to help you address the deeply rooted issues. 

This episode is to create a baseline awareness of how you see your life at the moment. As you label the roles or parts you have in your life, you also start to evaluate the meaning these have in your life and why.

Common segments include: health and wellbeing, adventure, friendships, family relationships, finances and investments, relaxation and self-care.  You can label the segments as you choose, as this is your life. 



Exploring the segments, exploring if you are living them from your conscious choices, they are of value according to your or others' values, or life scripts enables you to make empowered choices from here on.  Ultimately the questions raised filter if you are living your life on your or other's terms, explore whose expectations are you striving to meet and why.  With this information, you may choose to make changes subtle or profound to align your choices with your values and the character you want to become during your life. 



If this episode triggers you, reach out to your local mental health service. The information provided in this podcast is not intended as therapy but offers ideas to explore your beliefs and why you do what you do.  Working with a trained therapist is highly recommended to help you address the deeply rooted issues.