What Dr. Candace Pert Discovered About Emotions and Health

Send us Fan MailIn this solo session, host Gwen Mitchell explores the groundbreaking science of Dr. Candace Pert and her landmark work on Molecules of Emotion— and what it means for Black and African American women navigating health, healing, and cancer.What You'll LearnWhat peptides are and why they matter for your healthThe story of Dr. Candace Pert and her discovery of the opiate receptor in the 1970sHow emotions create real chemical messengers in the body — and travel to every cellWhat happens when emotions get chronically blocked and how it can affect the immune systemWhy releasing emotions (tears, laughter, honest conversation) supports the body's capacity to healThe concept of the BodyMind — one integrated system, not two separate thingsThree practical steps you can take right now to begin supporting your emotional and physical healthThree Places to Start1.     Give yourself permission to feel — fear, grief, anger, exhaustion, hope. Journal, allow tears, use prayer and creative expression to move emotion through the body rather than storing it.2.     Change the conversation with your body — notice how you speak to yourself. Begin to introduce something softer: gratitude, gentleness, love. Your body hears every word.Come into community — human connection changes our chemistry. You are not meant to walk this road alone.Featured WorkMolecules of Emotion by Dr. Candace PertAbout the Sponsor This episode is sponsored by Moyo Institute, Inc., a nonprofit offering heart-centered educational experiences, and the Lloyd Symington Foundation, which supports visionary grassroots cancer programs.ConnectWebsite: moyoinstitute.orgFollow on social media & subscribe so you don't miss an episodeHave a topic you'd like discussed? Let them know!Love Letters 2 Our Bodies is sponsored by Moyo Institute, Inc and the Lloyd Symington FoundationGwendolyn Mitchell on LinkedInMOYO Institute, Incinstagram.com/moyoinstitute