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Hello friend,

We have all heard it. "I have a bad temper, just like my dad." "Heart disease runs in the family." "I'm just naturally anxious."

We treat our genes like a life sentence. We act as if we are doomed to repeat the history of our ancestors. But this is the old science. This is the Newtonian world where everything is fixed and solid.

Welcome to the world of Epigenetics.

Think of your genes not as a command from a dictator, but as a library. Your DNA is a vast library filled with books. There are books on health, books on disease, books on joy, and books on depression.

Just because the book is in the library doesn't mean you have to check it out and read it.

The Signal is the Key

So, what pulls the book off the shelf? What signals the gene?

It is the environment. But not just the weather outside. It is your internal environment. It is your emotions.

The signal that regulates your genes is your emotional state. If you live in fear, anger, and stress, you are signaling the genes of disease and breakdown. You are checking out the tragedy section of the library every single day.

But here is the beauty of it: You can change the signal.

Studies show that by changing your internal state—by feeling gratitude, joy, or love—you can up-regulate genes for health and down-regulate genes for disease. You can turn on the immune system and turn off the stress response in a matter of days.

You are not a victim of your genes. You are their boss.

The Parts List

Your DNA is just a parts list of possibilities. It is waiting for you to give it instructions. When you combine a clear intention (what you want) with an elevated emotion (how it feels), you are sending a new signal. You are telling your body, "We are not in the past anymore. We are in a new future."

As you read these emails, you are setting yourself up for more success because you are learning to take control of the biological dashboard.

Be grateful you clicked this link, because knowing this means you never have to say "it's just who I am" ever again. You can be whoever you decide to be.

Now, we have talked about the brain and the body. But how does this actually bring you the new job, the relationship, or the money? How does the inside affect the outside world?

Tomorrow, we enter the Quantum. Put on your seatbelt.

Question for you: If your body was a radio, what station have you been broadcasting lately? (The Blues? Heavy Metal? Easy Listening?)

Reply and tell me.

Best,

Bradley Woods

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