How does your subconscious mind work - and how does it influence your daily life?

Let’s start with the basics, shall we? – what’s the difference between your conscious and subconscious mind?

Conscious vs. Subconscious Mind

Imagine your conscious mind as your active decision-maker, the part that’s fully aware of everything happening right now. It’s in control of the thoughts you’re currently thinking, the decisions you are currently actively weighing, and the calculations you are making. The conscious mind is the part that lets you make choices with awareness. This is the part of the mind that you are most aware of.

What is the subconscious mind? It’s the quieter force in the background, always observing, always storing, and never forgetting. Your subconscious remembers everything you’ve ever experienced: every face, emotion, and memory is logged away here – but not just as dry data – it’s stored with the sensory input and with the emotional response. And here’s the kicker – while you’re only using your conscious mind about 5% of the day, your subconscious runs the show for the remaining 95%, guiding your reactions, automatic behaviors, and sometimes even your thoughts. It’s like a huge, invisible memory bank or autopilot, making sure things go on as usual.

Ever get in the car to drive to work and ‘wake up’ twenty minutes later and say how did I get here? That’s your subconscious at work.

How Does Your Subconscious Mind Work?

Your subconscious mind is like a superpowered memory vault, holding onto every single thing you've ever experienced: every face, every emotion, every cringe-worthy or epic memory. But it doesn’t just stash this info away like boring data. Nope! Each memory is stored with the original sensory details – sights, sounds, feelings – plus the emotional reactions you had and the conclusions you drew in that moment. These moments create beliefs that run deep.

And your subconscious doesn’t just hold onto this info – it learns from it, too. It builds up rules and beliefs like:

• What’s safe and what’s not
• What’s worth repeating and what you should avoid
• Who to trust and who to steer clear of

Then, every single day, your subconscious is on high alert, constantly scanning to see if there’s anything happening right now that it recognizes from past experiences. It’s like a full-time bodyguard, checking every new situation against your past to keep you safe (and sometimes stuck) in ways you might not even notice!

So you see that it’s not just your autopilot actions that the subconscious controls. Even the choices you think you’re consciously making are influenced by your subconscious. While you might feel like you’re making decisions based on what’s right in front of you, the subconscious is really the one influencing your decisions. It’s the quiet driver of your life, constantly moving you toward behaviors, responses, and decisions that align with the beliefs it’s learned over the years. 

Why Is Change So Difficult?

Ah, the comfort zone: the space where everything is safe and predictable. The subconscious mind loves it here because it’s evolved to keep you steady and “safe” by encouraging you to repeat what’s familiar. Each time you try to break a habit or create a new routine, you might feel a strong pull back to what you’re used to. It’s your subconscious trying to keep you in familiar territory because, from an evolutionary perspective, familiar = safe.

When you try to change, your subconscious sends you little mental nudges like, “Just skip this new workout” or “You can deal with it later,” even adding physical symptoms like anxiety or agitation. All of this is simply a response from the subconscious saying, “Hold up, this is new!” It’s designed to conserve energy by sticking to routines that don’t require conscious thought. So, that resistance to change isn’t a flaw – it’s your mind’s way of preserving comfort.

Why Change Your Subconscious Programming?

Staying in a subconscious comfort zone isn’t always helpful, though. It’s easy to become “stuck,” repeating the same patterns that keep you from growing. If certain subconscious beliefs and behaviors are holding you back, it might be time to change the programming. Just as your mind can hold on to fears from a past experience, it also holds on to limiting beliefs that keep you from reaching your full potential. To break free from patterns that no longer serve you – whether it’s a lack of confidence, avoidance, or self-sabotage – updating the subconscious programming is a must.

How to Reprogram Your Subconscious Mind

So, how do you do it? Here’s where the MindConscious Map comes in, and it’s the tool you’ll want in your corner for the reprogramming journey. Changing your subconscious programming involves retraining the mind by consciously engaging with the root of your behaviors. You need to recognize your patterns, pinpoint what triggers them, and consciously choose new responses. And the MindConscious Map breaks this process down, step by step, helping you work through the layers of subconscious programming and establish new habits that serve you.

Think of the MindConscious Map as your personal guide to mastering your inner world – uncovering your triggers, reframing old beliefs, and ultimately feeling more empowered in your choices. For a deeper dive into how it all works, download the MindConscious Map and watch the free three-part video series. This series will walk you through the steps of self-discovery and show you exactly how to reprogram your mind to support the life you want, not just the life you’re used to. Don’t miss out on this chance to create a whole new chapter – one where you are in control, not just the subconscious autopilot.