You're Not Broken—You're Just Running the Wrong Program

Written By Amanda Campbell

Imagine starting your day not with frantic emails, but with a simple five-minute visualisation that primes your mind for strength—and ending it with affirmations that sink into your subconscious before sleep.

Right now, you might wake up exhausted, push through the day, collapse at night, and repeat. But that’s not discipline, that’s a well-rehearsed neural pattern.

Your nervous system has learned: stress = survival.

Hustle culture tells you to push harder, but chronic stress doesn’t build resilience. It deepens the pathways of doubt. Here’s what most resilience programs miss: you can’t think your way out of a nervous system pattern. You have to practice your way into a new one.

Check out this month's podcast on bend Like Bamboo with Matt Rowe, a Master Neuro-Plastician, author of Belief to Heal, and a dedicated guide in the field of mind-body transformation.

Five minutes of intentional mindset work in the morning. Three minutes of affirmations midday. Eight minutes before bed. It sounds almost too simple until you realise you’ve been practicing the opposite pattern for years.

As a kinesiologist, I’ve seen this transform clients: flexibility blooms from consistent, gentle rewiring. Healing becomes possible when the body sees evidence that the mind believes in recovery.

Your body is brilliant. It's just following the program you've been running.

The people who reclaim their energy don’t just manage stress; they actively rewire the pathways that once kept them stuck. And once you start running a new program, everything—focus, resilience, vitality—begins to update with it.

Watch the full conversation here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dz7ssolG8Rs&t=29s

Get your free Resilience Toolkit & my Resilience Formula here: https://www.bendlikebamboo.com/thrive-subscribe

The toolkit includes:

  • The Bend Like Bamboo Method overview

  • Nervous system regulation techniques

  • Strategies for separating worth from outcomes

Connect with Matt Rowe

Instagram: @optimalbody_optimalmind

Book: Belief to Heal - Available on Amazon

Website: https://www.mattrowecoaching.com/

Connect with Amanda

Amanda Campbell is a Sports Kinesiologist, Speaker, and Author who helps CEOs and leaders build resilience to thrive through life's challenges. She hosts the Bend Like Bamboo Resilience Podcast and offers programs designed to maximise performance whilst reducing stress and preventing burnout.

You are welcome to book a complimentary discovery call to explore how we can work together: ​https://calendly.com/amanda_campbell_/15min?month=2025-01​

 

Speaking & Events: Amanda delivers wellness workshops and keynotes both in-person and virtually. To book: hello@amandacampbell.com.au | www.amandacampbell.com.au

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