Sharon shares her incredible 10-year journey of transformation from the most extreme physical, mental and spiritual dark night to vibrant health and living her best life. One person after another close to Sharon died in quick succession, including both her parents and her husband who committed suicide. This just scratches the surface of the amount of trauma and change this incredible woman had to endure. Her bodies response was to take her into deep PTSD, depression, suicidation and major health issues including extreme weight loss, leaky gut and adrenal burnout . But Sharon dug deep and decided she had to pull herself out of this physical, mental and spiritual darkness. She knew that in order to do this she would need to heal from the inside out. She embarked on a self - healing journey that has brought her to a point in her life now where she is physically, mentally and spiritually in balance and is thriving. Sharon shares not only her story but all the details of the kind of help she sought, the tools it provided and how she used them to get through and out the other side better. This story will not only inspire, it will give you deep insight and also hope that no matter how hard or bad your life is right now there is the possibility to not only move through it and heal, but also for true transformation and awakening to live your best life. If you would like to be in touch with Sharon  : [email protected] Please join our Facebook podcast group : https://www.facebook.com/groups/www.lightwithin.co.za To contact us  : Loretta Ferrucci Website:  www.lorettaferrucci.co.za Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/the.healerisyou?igsh=NmZzeGNlNjVlOTZo&utm_source=qr  Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61558102534248  Email:  [email protected]  Antoinette McInnes Website :  www.lightwithin.co.za You Tube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5cVM4He__AWtnfSz-Nuw6w Lightwithin Facebook group : https://www.facebook.com/groups/lightwithinn Instagram :  https://www.instagram.com/antoinettemcinnes_lightwithin/ Email : [email protected] Please email me if you would like to receive an inspirational Thought for the Day If you like what you have heard please share so we can get this information to more people. Thank you for listening !

The impact of fear on the immune system cannot be underestimated. In fact, it is most probably the greatest obstacle to healing and the single most overlooked factor in mind-immune conditions.  Either for its direct effects (increasing levels of cortisol or adrenaline ) or for its indirect effects (causing people to give up, feel hopelessness, apathy, depression, failure to seek support and many other consequences). It is also at the root of all the various issues you will need to deal with to heal including stress, expressing what you feel, and finding a sense of passion and purpose for the future Experiments have clearly demonstrated the dramatic immunological benefits of confronting fear. In this Episode we cover the following : ·      Overview of why fear is the greatest obstacle to healing. ·       Types of fear - There is a wide range of emotions – mild to strong – that fall into the general category of fear. ·       Why fear such a powerful force in our lives. ·       Techniques that work wonderfully for the “thinking” brain simply do not work for the “primitive brain”. ·       How to work with fear, to feel it, but not to stay stuck in it. We also discuss these 7 fear principles  : Fear can – and will – override more sophisticated thoughts and feelings Believing you are in danger feels exactly the same as the real thing Unresolved fear will keep your unconscious mind activated 24 hours a day.  There are two and only two things to do with a F.E.A.R : F.E.A.R.  =  Forget everything and run (avoid and deny). F.E.A.R.  =  Face everything and recover (deal with it).  Fear is nothing more and nothing less than the unanswered question ”What                        if … “ The sole purpose of confronting fear (including death ) is to increase feeling                       alive.                When dealing with feared possibilities, put as much energy into desired                              possibilities. Fear and dealing with it in relation to physical illness and healing is such a huge topic that we could only scratch the surface of it in this Episode. So, we have decided to offer a 1.5-hour online Master Class at the end of October focused on bringing more information and helpful tools to those who are sick and struggling with fear. The cost will be $27 (or R450.00 for South Africans), we hope that makes it affordable enough for all. Please email either of us to find out more information : [email protected]   or [email protected] Please join our Facebook podcast group : https://www.facebook.com/groups/www.lightwithin.co.za Loretta Ferrucci Website:  www.lorettaferrucci.co.za Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/the.healerisyou?igsh=NmZzeGNlNjVlOTZo&utm_source=qr  Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61558102534248 Email:  [email protected] Antoinette McInnes Website :  www.lightwithin.co.za You Tube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5cVM4He__AWtnfSz-Nuw6w Lightwithin Facebook group : https://www.facebook.com/groups/lightwithinn Instagram :  https://www.instagram.com/antoinettemcinnes_lightwithin/ Email : [email protected] Please email me if you would like to receive an inspirational Thought for the Day If you like what you have heard please write us a review, this really helps our ratings, and please share so we can get this information to more people. Thank you for listening !      

If we want to help our bodies heal, we have to work on our mind and emotions. Working on our mind and emotions means bringing the unconscious into conscious awareness.   The unconscious is where we unknowingly store limiting beliefs and the consequent coping mechanisms which have a negative impact on our physical and mental health. (Refer to Ep4 & Ep7). We cannot change what we don’t know, and neuroscience shows that once we bring into the conscious mind unconscious stuff, it is possible to work with it. Once recalled into the conscious mind, emotional memories become vulnerable and susceptible to change. This is not only the path to physical and mental health, but also the path to becoming a Divine Embodied Human Being. The starting point of this journey is to cultivate self-awareness. To take a witness position and bring awareness to every aspect of yourself. Become aware of what you are thinking, what your triggers are and what your patterns and coping mechanisms are. Start seeing and working with the ego. The aim is to stop functioning in patterns that you have not consciously chosen and that were chosen for you. This work is a new opportunity to choose to let go of the blockages. It is also the path to mental mastery and physical health. This Episode offers insights and tools to start this journey. We will be building on this. Please email me if you would like to receive a free resource with the insight and tools covered in this Episode. [email protected]. Please join our Facebook podcast group : https://www.facebook.com/groups/www.lightwithin.co.za Loretta Ferrucci Website:  www.lorettaferrucci.co.za Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/the.healerisyou?igsh=NmZzeGNlNjVlOTZo&utm_source=qr  Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61558102534248  Email:  [email protected]  Antoinette McInnes Website :  www.lightwithin.co.za You Tube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5cVM4He__AWtnfSz-Nuw6w Lightwithin Facebook group : https://www.facebook.com/groups/lightwithinn Instagram :  https://www.instagram.com/antoinettemcinnes_lightwithin/ Email : [email protected] Please email me if you would like to receive an inspirational Thought for the Day If you like what you have heard please write us a review, this really helps our ratings, and please share so we can get this information to more people. Thank you for listening !

Loretta takes us through a short, simple, but very effective tool, to help us access thoughts and feelings and to process them. We woud love to get your feedback or answer any questions you may have. You can email us or leave a comment on You Tube. If you like what you heard please share so that we can reach more people. Please join our Facebook podcast group : https://www.facebook.com/groups/www.lightwithin.co.za Our information : Loretta Ferrucci Website:  www.lorettaferrucci.co.za Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/the.healerisyou?igsh=NmZzeGNlNjVlOTZo&utm_source=qr Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61558102534248  Email:  [email protected]  Antoinette McInnes Website :  www.lightwithin.co.za You Tube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5cVM4He__AWtnfSz-Nuw6w Lightwithin Facebook group : https://www.facebook.com/groups/lightwithinn Instagram :  https://www.instagram.com/antoinettemcinnes_lightwithin/ Email : [email protected] Please email me if you would like to receive an inspirational Thought for the Day If you like what you have heard please write us a review, this really helps our ratings, and please share so we can get this information to more people. Thank you for listening !  

This could possibly be the BIGGEST MISSING LINK in your healing. In Episode 7 on Limiting Beliefs we briefly mentioned the role of emotions in health. In this Episode we deep dive into this topic. Loretta talks us through the physiological response in our bodies if we don’t feel ALL our feelings. It might shock you……………... We all have negative and positive feelings, but we have not been encouraged to feel all our feelings, in fact, quite the opposite.   As children we are often shown and taught that negative or strong emotions are wrong. For example, parents disapprove of children expressing emotions. The focus on the power of positive thinking has many of us believing that it is not okay to have a bad mood or a negative thought or feeling. In general, we have been socialised and conditioned to not feel what are perceived as “negative” feelings, so when they come up, we tend to block them out, change them or push them down. Loretta explains that when these emotions get pushed down it is like storing garbage in our bodies and if you have garbage in your body day after day, and year after year, your body will break down over time. Feeling your feelings will not kill you, but if they stay trapped in the body in the long term, they may. AND - False positivity and pretend joy can have negative effects on our health. We cannot shoot for only one side of the emotional spectrum and ignore the other if we want to be well (physically and mentally). The more we feel our feelings, the less anxiety and therefore the less fight and flight response in the body. Feeling ALL our emotions activates the parasympathetic (rest and digest) nervous system. In order to keep our immune system strong, we need to feel our feelings. We discuss how we use all kinds of strategies to avoid feeling our feelings, but sooner or later they show up in our bodies as signs and symptoms. These signs and symptoms show us the possibility that we are suppressing emotions. Loretta talks us trough a tool to surf the waves of emotion. It takes time and practice to be able to work with emotions, but it has a hugely positive pay off on our physical and mental health. We will be exploring this topic in a lot more depth, so watch out for future Episodes. Please join our Facebook podcast group : https://www.facebook.com/groups/www.lightwithin.co.za Loretta Ferrucci Website:  www.lorettaferrucci.co.za Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/the.healerisyou?igsh=NmZzeGNlNjVlOTZo&utm_source=qr Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61558102534248  Email:  [email protected]  Antoinette McInnes Website :  www.lightwithin.co.za You Tube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5cVM4He__AWtnfSz-Nuw6w Light Within Facebook group : https://www.facebook.com/groups/lightwithinn Instagram :  https://www.instagram.com/antoinettemcinnes_lightwithin/ Email : [email protected] Email me if you would like to receive an inspirational Thought for the Day. If you like what you have heard please write us a review, this really helps our ratings, and please share so we can get this information to more people. Thank you for listening !

Not many people realise the health implications of their limiting beliefs and other psychological states.  The health implications are huge and medical science is showing this. There are many biological pathways connecting psychological processes and immune functioning. Research is clearly showing how a range of long-term psychological states lead to a wide range of immune dysfunctions. Once you understand this you will realise the immense danger to your health of, for example, viewing yourself as a victim, wanting to be in control or perceiving yourself to be under attack or unsafe. Fear and not feeling feelings are the most damaging to our health. In this Episode we talk you through this in detail. We explain how it happens and what you can do about it. This information could be a complete game changer in your healing if you don’t know it. Join our Facebook podcast group : https://www.facebook.com/groups/www.lightwithin.co.za Loretta Ferrucci Website:  www.lorettaferrucci.co.za Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/the.healerisyou?igsh=NmZzeGNlNjVlOTZo&utm_source=qr Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61558102534248 Email:  [email protected] Antoinette McInnes Website :  www.lightwithin.co.za You Tube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5cVM4He__AWtnfSz-Nuw6w Lightwithin Facebook group : https://www.facebook.com/groups/lightwithinn Instagram :  https://www.instagram.com/antoinettemcinnes_lightwithin/ Email : [email protected] Please email me if you would like to receive an inspirational Thought for the Day If you like what you have heard please write us a review, this really helps our ratings, and please share so we can get this information to more people. Thank you for listening !

In this Episode we deep dive into the subject of Limiting Beliefs. What are they, how do they develop and how do they affect our physical and mental health? We talk through some limiting beliefs and how they produce certain coping strategies. It is these coping strategies that can have a negative influence on our health, and our life in general. We give specific examples. The thing to know is this, these limiting beliefs are unknown to us as they are “hidden” in the unconscious. The beliefs develop in childhood and until we bring them into conscious awareness and “work” with them they run our lives without us even being aware of it. These “unknown” beliefs,  because of the way our brains operate, become a self-fulfilling  prophecy. The RAS (Reticular activating system) looks for familiarity to keep us “safe”. This means we “unconsciously” attract and get in life what we believe.  So, it’s important for us  to bring these (limiting) beliefs into conscious awareness. Antoinette and Loretta openly share their own limiting beliefs and coping strategies, how they play out in their lives and how they deal with them. Lorretta offered a really amazing tool in this Episode in response to Antoinette"s very vulnerable share about her core limiting belief. There are a lot of gold nuggets in this Episode. Drop Lorretta an email on Loretta Ferrucci [email protected] and she will send you (at no cost) a list of 12 limiting beliefs and how they may be affecting your life. Email Antoinette on [email protected] to receive a free daily Inspirational Thought on email. Please join our Facebook podcast group : https://www.facebook.com/groups/www.lightwithin.co.za Loretta Ferrucci Website:  www.lorettaferrucci.co.za Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/the.healerisyou?igsh=NmZzeGNlNjVlOTZo&utm_source=qr  Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61558102534248  Email:  [email protected]  Antoinette McInnes Website :  www.lightwithin.co.za You Tube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5cVM4He__AWtnfSz-Nuw6w Lightwithin Facebook group : https://www.facebook.com/groups/lightwithinn Instagram :  https://www.instagram.com/antoinettemcinnes_lightwithin/ Email : [email protected] If you like what you have heard please write us a review, this really helps our ratings, and please share so we can get this information to more people. Thank you for listening !    

In this short clip Loretta explains what happens to our body chemistry and immune system when we experience long term conscious or hidden stress. Uh-oh …. Technical stuff ! At this point you may want to run for cover.  If this is the case, relax. You do not have to understand or memorise any of this information in order for the tools and methods we offer in the podcast to work. In fact, if technical information scares you, skip this Episode until it feels right. Not understanding how these things work is not going to stop you from using the tools we offer to help yourself heal. However, without some basic knowledge, we would be doing nothing more than asking you to trust what we say. This knowledge will lead you to the door, but it cannot do the healing. Healing lies in the area beyond the door of intellect, in the realm of feelings and emotions but it can help you find that door. Info graphics :     Please join our Facebook podcast group : https://www.facebook.com/groups/www.lightwithin.co.za Loretta Ferrucci Website:  www.lorettaferrucci.co.za Instagram:Https://www.instagram.com/the.healerisyou?igsh=NmZzeGNlNjVlOTZo&utm_source=qr Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61558102534248 Email:  [email protected] Antoinette McInnes Website :  www.lightwithin.co.za You Tube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5cVM4He__AWtnfSz-Nuw6w Lightwithin Facebook group : https://www.facebook.com/groups/lightwithinn Instagram :  https://www.instagram.com/antoinettemcinnes_lightwithin/ Email : [email protected] Please email me if you would like to receive an inspirational Thought for the Day If you like what you have heard please write us a review, this really helps our ratings, and please share so we can get this information to more people. Thank you for listening !    

Freud compared the human mind to an iceberg. He said that only about one-tenth of our mind is the tip of the iceberg, the conscious mind, the rest of our mind, 90%, is unconscious, and is submerged beneath the water.  This means that only a fragment of our ideas and feelings are conscious or known to us, while the vast bulk of our mental content is unconscious or "invisible .  Really understanding this is a very important starting point in your journey of becoming your own healer.   Bruce Lipton presented this iceberg model in this way :  By the age of 7 years old we have a programme in place, this programme comes about as a result of our childhood upbringing, socialisation, conditioning and trauma.   This programme is what is referred to above as the unconscious, it is the part below the iceberg , so the 90%. It’s the stuff we are not consciously aware of but is unknowingly running our lives and  because of this programme we develop distorted beliefs, toxic thoughts and unhealthy coping mechanisms, as well as unknown stress responses.  It houses deeply ingrained limiting beliefs and emotions that can manifest as physical symptoms. The programme will run the show until it is reprogrammed, and this doesn’t just happen from thoughts or knowledge alone. It takes time, commitment and tools. We hope to walk you through this journey, so stay tuned. Why you may be asking  is this important information in relation to you helping yourself physically heal your body? Our thoughts, feelings, and experiences can create physiological responses in the body, affecting our body chemistry, immune system, hormone levels, and overall well-being.  Unconscious (unknown) anxiety and hidden stress may present as physical and mental health symptoms that we don’t notice. Medical scientific research is showing that in the long run this causes illnesses, especially cancer, autoimmune, diabetes and heart disease. Beliefs are translated in chemistry that will not support our health and vitality. The unconscious mind plays out on our body, as the body/mind believes that they're living in the same unhappy experience that was in the past and therefore keep producing cascades of stress responses in that same cycle. We will be digging deeper into this and looking at specific diseases.  For now, just to say that, physical symptoms of unconscious anxiety include muscle tension, headaches, fatigue, sweating, gastrointestinal disruptions, or changes in sleep patterns.  These physical symptoms occur without a clear cause or trigger but will persist because of underlying unknown stress and over time can lead to some serious health issues such as cancer or diabetes. We humans sadly have become so used the living like this and as such unfortunately do not pay attention to these symptoms or we medicate them away. Please join our Facebook podcast group : https://www.facebook.com/groups/www.lightwithin.co.za Loretta Ferrucci Website:  www.lorettaferrucci.co.za Instagram:Https://www.instagram.com/the.healerisyou?igsh=NmZzeGNlNjVlOTZo&utm_source=qr Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61558102534248 Email:  [email protected] Antoinette McInnes Website :  www.lightwithin.co.za You Tube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5cVM4He__AWtnfSz-Nuw6w Lightwithin Facebook group : https://www.facebook.com/groups/lightwithinn Instagram :  https://www.instagram.com/antoinettemcinnes_lightwithin/ Email : [email protected] Please email me if you would like to receive an inspirational Thought for the Day. If you like what you have heard please write us a review, this really helps our ratings, and please share so we can get this information to more people. Thank you for listening !  

In this short clip I discuss how hidden, unknown stress can make us sick. Research is showing clearly that the following can, and do affect our health :       Not feeling your feelings. Suppressed anger in particular.          Anxiety & depression          Loneliness and absence of social support  emotionally deficient relationships      Fear      Negative thinking      Denial        Coping mechanisms :       Avoidance, denial, addiction, people pleasing, co-dependency          Wanting to be in control of everything        Toughing it out all the time and keeping it together no matter what       Needing to look good and be liked           Low self-worth       Not being able to say no       Not being able to draw boundaries           Threatened loss of love            Insomnia Research has also shown that the following experiences, among many others, in a person’s past, especially up to age of 7 years old, can affect health or trigger disease:      Abuse          Abandonment          Learning not to express feelings as a child         Considering others above ourselves all the time         Incapable or can’t say no in childhood and as an adult develop excessive dutifulness         If we become our mother’s protector as children         A child's humiliation, impotence and bottled rage   Diseases being shown to be related       Cancer          Autoimmune           Chronic fatigue           Rheumatoid arthritis           Lupus         Inflammatory bowel disorders         Rheumatoid arthritis           MS          Diabetes We will be discussing all of the above more in longer Episodes. (Paraphrased from When The body says no : Gabore Mate) Please join our Facebook podcast group : https://www.facebook.com/groups/www.lightwithin.co.za Loretta Ferrucci Website:  www.lorettaferrucci.co.za Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/the.healerisyou?igsh=NmZzeGNlNjVlOTZo&utm_source=qr  Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61558102534248  Email:  [email protected] Antoinette McInnes Website :  www.lightwithin.co.za You Tube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5cVM4He__AWtnfSz-Nuw6w Lightwithin Facebook group : https://www.facebook.com/groups/lightwithinn Instagram :  https://www.instagram.com/antoinettemcinnes_lightwithin/ Email : [email protected] Please email me if you would like to receive an inspirational Thought for the Day If you like what you have heard please write us a review, this really helps our ratings, and please share so we can get this information to more people. Thank you for listening !