08/09/2025
Speak Kindly: Your Brain Is Listening
We often talk about the importance of compassion toward others—but what about the way we speak to ourselves?
Your inner dialogue isn’t just background noise. It’s a powerful force that shapes your beliefs, behaviours, and even your biology. And here’s the science behind it: deep in your brain lies the Reticular Activating System (RAS)—a tiny but mighty network that acts like a filter for your reality.
🧠 What is the RAS?
The RAS processes millions of bits of sensory data every second, but only lets through what it thinks is important. How does it decide? Based on what you consistently focus on. If you’re constantly telling yourself “I’m not good enough,” your RAS will spotlight evidence to confirm that. But if you shift your self-talk to “I’m learning, I’m growing, I’m worthy,” your brain starts scanning for proof of that instead A.
This is where NLP and hypnotherapy come in.
• NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) helps rewire the language patterns that shape your thoughts. It teaches you to consciously choose empowering phrases and visualisations that redirect your RAS toward possibility and growth B.
• Hypnotherapy works with the subconscious—the part of the mind the RAS feeds into. Through guided relaxation and suggestion, you can gently install new beliefs that support healing, confidence, and self-compassion.
Kindness isn’t fluffy—it’s neurological.
Every time you speak to yourself with gentleness, you’re training your brain to see the world differently. You’re building new neural pathways. You’re choosing a lens of hope over fear.
So next time you catch that inner critic whispering, pause. Reframe. Speak to yourself like someone you love.
Because your brain is listening—and it wants to believe in you.
