🌸 The Hidden Link Between Negativity and Your Health
- Cashmeira Henderson
- Sep 21
- 2 min read
Have you ever noticed how heavy emotions seem to sit in your body? That knot in your stomach. The tension in your shoulders. The headache that won’t go away.
It’s not just in your head.🧠 Science and 📖 Scripture both confirm that holding on to negativity—like bitterness, stress, or resentment—can actually affect your physical health.
🧠 What Science Shows
Research reveals that unprocessed negative emotions increase inflammation, weaken the immune system, and heighten your risk for heart disease.
Chronic anger = higher blood pressure
Ongoing bitterness = more fatigue and tension
Stress = weakened immunity and poor sleep
Your nervous system wasn’t designed to hold these emotions forever. It’s constantly scanning for danger, and when it holds onto unresolved negativity, it burns energy as if you’re still in battle.
📖 What Scripture Says
God’s Word spoke this truth long before modern psychology caught up.
“A heart at peace gives life to the body, but envy rots the bones.”— Proverbs 14:30
Peace and release bring life. Negativity eats away at the soul—and the body.
🌿 How to Begin Letting Go
The good news? Letting go doesn’t require perfection. It starts with one small step of surrender.
Pause — Notice where you feel tension or weight in your body.
Name — Speak the emotion out loud: “Lord, I feel bitterness” or “I feel anger.”
Release — Whisper: “Lord, I release this into Your hands.”
This simple practice calms your nervous system, lowers stress hormones, and makes room for the Spirit’s peace.
💜 A Gentle Reminder
Sister, you weren’t created to carry the weight of negativity. God never asked you to hold it all. He asks you to lay it down.
Every time you pause, name, and release, you are teaching your body and soul what safety in Him feels like.
Your healing begins the moment you let go.
✨ Ready to take this deeper? That’s why I created Releasing Expectations: A Picture Book for Your Soul — a gentle, illustrated guide that helps you practice laying burdens down with God and finding peace in His presence.
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