Candace Pert Quotes

Your mind is in every cell of your body.

Most psychologists treat the mind as disembodied, a phenomenon with little or no connection to the physical body. Conversely, physicians treat the body with no regard to the mind or the emotions. But the body and mind are not separate, and we cannot treat one without the other.

My research has shown me that when emotions are expressed-which is to say that the biochemicals that are the substrate of emotion are flowing freely-all systems are united and made whole. When emotions are repressed, denied, not allowed to be whatever they may be, our network pathways get blocked, stopping the flow of the vital feel-good, unifying chemicals that run both our biology and our behavior.

The chemicals that are running our body and our brain are the same chemicals that are involved in emotion. And that says to me that . . . wed better pay more attention to emotions with respect to health.

Your body is your subconscious mind and you can’t heal it by talk alone.

Simply bringing awareness to the process of breathing initiates the release of peptide molecules from the hindbrain to regulate breathing while unifying all systems.

The way our brain is wired, we only see what we believe is possible. We match patterns that already exist within ourselves through conditioning.

Love often leads to healing, while fear and isolation breed illness. And our biggest fear is abandonment.

Creativity comes from the spiritual realm, the collective consciousness. And the mind is in a different realm than the molecules of the brain. The brain is a receiver, not a source.

Emotions are the glue that holds the cells of the organism together.

Part of being a helathy person is being well integrated and at peace.

The way our brain is wired up we only see what we believe is possible.

One extremely important purpose of emotions from an evolutionary perspective is to help us decide what to remember and what to forget. The cavewoman who could remember which cave had the gentle guy who gave her food is more likely to be our foremother than the cave woman who confused it with the cave that held the killer bear. The emotion of love (or something resembling it) and the emotion of fear would help secure her memories.

I always say it was great for God to send his only son, but I'm waiting for him to send his only daughter. Then things will really be great.

When we are playing [games], we are stretching our emotional expressive ranges, loosening up our biochemical flow of information, getting unstuck, and healing our feelings.

The body isn't there simply to carry the head.

EFT is destined to be a top healing tool for the 21st Century.

Network Spinal Analysis represents the epitome of body work; it is at the leading of body/mind/spirit integration. This work will transform the planet.

I'm a scientist. We don't talk about the spirit. Soul is a four letter word in our tradition.

EFT is at the forefront of the new healing movement.