Dear all,

To best explain why you have the power to override your DNA, let's start with mice.

Just like humans, not all mice are born normal. Some are born with genetic predispositions to various maladies and syndromes. One such mouse is now popularly known as the 'agouti' mouse.

This mouse carries a mutant form of the agouti gene, which is responsible for fur color. In its most lethal form, this gene mutation causes--in your typical brown mouse--a yellow coat, diabetes, obesity and tumors. And this mutation is 100% hereditary. All baby mice born to a mouse with this gene mutation will also have the mutation.

Scientists recently discovered that just by changing the diet of the mother mouse, her babies are born normal. They have brown fur, and are perfectly healthy. The babies still have the mutation of the agouti gene, but it's turned off. In other words, the environment the baby mice experience while in their mother's womb overcomes their genes.

Through these studies, scientists are proving that there is a higher order than the genetic code, and they call it epigenetics. It turns out that both your internal and external environments have a huge impact on your success.

Your own behavior and thought processes create the environment that your body's cells live in every day. The times you choose to scare yourself, stress yourself out, worry and so on, create an environment that has a negative effect on your body and brain. That's probably no surprise. But it also has a negative effect on your ability to access possibility.

When you're operating from fear, your body directs resources away from higher order thinking, and into the survival mechanisms of your brain. Your focus becomes acute, but only on the thing you're scared of. And keeping your body in a constant state of fear (worry/stress/panic) causes memory loss, decreased ability to learn, and even depression. Under these conditions, it's easy to understand why you would only see a narrow selection of the possibilities before you.

How can you take back control? Here's one suggestion: be kind to yourself. By being kind to yourself, you can actually improve your focus, concentration and productivity. You can develop your brain, improve your health, and overcome bad thought patterns. You can increase the span of your memory and imagination, and thereby access more possibility.

Achieving your goals and creating your dreams doesn't have to be stressful. Approach the creation of your dreams with joy, think of the process as easy and fun, and you will create the optimum internal environment to support your beliefs.

Wishing you every possibility!

Kim