October 24, 2025 • 12 mins
In this episode Theresa Cesare explores the transformative power of the heart and the subconscious mind. She discusses how affirmations can reprogram our thoughts and behaviors, emphasizing the importance of heart coherence and emotional connection in this process. The episode provides actionable steps for listeners to engage in heart-powered reprogramming, ultimately inviting them to become living proof of change.
Takeaways
- Real transformation starts with the heart.
- Your heart is a powerful energy system.
- 95% of daily actions come from the subconscious.
- You can reprogram your subconscious through affirmations.
- Breathing love amplifies the neurochemical response.
- Your personality is not fixed; it can change.
- You can choose peace and confidence over anxiety.
- Every thought strengthens a neural pathway in your brain.
- Use theta moments for effective reprogramming.
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Theresa Cesare (00:06):
Hey guys.
Welcome to Heart to Talk thepodcast.
I am the host and creatorTheresa Cesare My intention for
this podcast is to deliver toyou wisdom, inspiration, and
consciousness.
Through solo episodes andconversations amongst insightful
people.
It is my greatest honor to bringto you talks that come from the.
Speaker (00:33):
Hey, loves.
Welcome back to another episodewith me, your girl, Theresa
Cesare I'm so excited to dive ininto a powerful short and sweet
episode, and I wanna just remindyou that.
Everything I share here, myaffirmations, my guidance, the
conversations I have with othersthat come on the show, it all
comes from the heart.
(00:53):
I mean, that's why I call thispodcast Heart 2 Talk'cause I
believe that real powertransformation and impact
doesn't just start in your mind.
It starts with the heart.
And I also believe that theheart is the most powerful and
intelligent energy system.
Your body science actuallyconfirms this.
(01:14):
Your heart has its own brain,its own rhythm, and it actually
sends out more signals to yourbrain than your brain sends to
it.
And it radiates even moreelectromagnetic power and energy
than the brain.
Now, that's power, and that'swhy everything that I do comes
from a heart-centered place.
In today's episode, we'reactually gonna be talking about
(01:35):
the neuroscience behindreprogramming your subconscious
and how your heart and yourthoughts literally shape who you
become.
And of course, my favoriteaffirmations.
Affirmations aren't being fake,or pretending it's actually
programming.
And we're gonna talk about why.
So let's start with thesubconscious.
(01:57):
Here's the thing.
95% of what you think, say, anddo every day comes from your
subconscious.
That's the part of you that runson autopilot.
All your habits, reactions,beliefs, stories, they're all
stored in that subconscious filecabinet.
And most of it, you programmedyourself before age seven when
(02:20):
your brain lived mostly inwhat's called a theta wave
state.
But here's the good news, you'renot stuck there.
Through neuroplasticity, yourbrain and heart are constantly
changing, reshaping around thethoughts and emotions that
you're repeating.
The Heart Math Institute callsthis heart coherence.
(02:41):
That's when your heart and brainsink, and that's when you become
the most magnetic, creative,balanced, powerful self.
Now we're gonna jump into.
One of my most favorite topics,and that is reprogramming
yourself.
We're gonna get a little bitsciencey here for a minute.
Every thought you repeatstrengthens a neural pathway,
(03:04):
like carving grooves in yourmind.
So when you affirm somethinglike, I'm safe, I choose peace.
I love when I'm becoming, you'renot pretending you're
programming.
And that's what affirmations do.
That repetition builds newconnections.
The more emotion and focus youbring, the faster the rewiring
happens.
This is also where the heartcomes in, that heart power.
(03:28):
When you breathe in love orgratitude while affirming
actually amplifies theneurochemical response and makes
you so magnetic.
Neuroscientists like Dr.
Joe Dispenza, who I love somuch, I'm actually currently
reading one of his books calledYou are the Placebo, making Your
Mind Matter.
So powerful.
I recommend this book if you areloving this content.
(03:50):
I'll actually drop this in theshow notes, and I'm also
listening to the audio book ofJoe Dispenza's, breaking the
Habit of Being Yourself, wherehe goes really deep into this
and also guides you on how toreprogram.
So along with my stuff, myaffirmations, my content, and
Joe Dispenza, you willliterally.
Become the most powerful creatorof your life in reality.
(04:12):
Anyways, so pivoting back intothe episode, the other
neuroscientists that talk aboutthis is Dr.
James Doty and Dr.
Tara Schwart show that combiningemotion, attention, and
repetition reprograms yoursubconscious habits and
emotional responses permanently.
So that brings me to the nextthing, personality.
(04:35):
Isn't permanent.
I want you to remember this.
Your personality isn't fixed,and Dr.
Cho Dispenza says it best.
If you wanna change yourreality, you've gotta change
your personality.
I mean, how powerful is that?
It's not who you are, it's justwho you've been practicing
being.
Psychology proves that when youchange your focus behaviors in
(04:56):
emotional states, yourpersonality begins to shift too.
So think about an actor in amovie.
Your favorite actor, you lovethem because they're so good at
making you believe in thecharacter that they're
portraying in that movie.
They actually use these things.
They reprogram theirsubconscious, and because
they're using heart power andcoherence, they're able to
(05:20):
literally, and.
Body, this character, whoever,that they're playing in this
movie.
So much so that oftentimes whenthey're done with the movie,
it's hard for them to actuallybreak a character because they
literally have become thischaracter permanently.
But again, we know that noteverything can be permanent.
We can actually use thesepractices to rewire and undo.
(05:43):
Right.
Break the habit of beingyourself like Joe Dispenza says,
and just begin a new program.
So.
If you lived in anxiety, doubt,or self-criticism, that's just
an old pattern.
You can choose peace, you couldchoose confidence, and you can
choose presence.
You can literally build newwiring for the energy, the
(06:06):
character, and the mindset youwant to embody.
That's the power you hold inevery moment.
So now let's talk action steps.
Heart powered reprogramming iswhat I like to call it.
So you ask, well, how do I startcreating lasting change?
I'm gonna just give you somevery simple, hard aligned steps.
The first one, catch yourautopilot.
(06:27):
Notice the reoccurring thoughtsand patterns.
And realize, oh wow, those arejust old programming.
So if you don't like what you'reexperiencing, think about what
you're saying.
What are you doing automaticallyevery day, especially first
thing in the morning and beforegoing to bed?
So that leads me to the nextstep.
Use the power of a theta moment.
(06:48):
Now theta moments are the fewminutes before sleep or right
after waking up.
This is when your subconsciousis most open.
It's also the perfect time toreach for a journal and write
down the things that you'regrateful for.
Or if you're not much of awriter, you can just sit in your
bed and you know, say Thank you.
(07:11):
Like, if the, the only prayeryou ever said was, thank you,
that would be enough.
I forget who said that.
I don't wanna say Meister, butalso Oprah says that.
So anyways, I always like togive credit where credit's due.
So again, that's when you know,instead of reaching for your
phone and reaching for., Youremail and text messages or the
(07:34):
news reach for in those times,your theta state, something
powerful something thatactivates love, or gratitude.
And it's the perfect time tograb your affirmation
empowerment deck If you don'talready have one, every listener
gets 15% off.
If you use promo code podcast atcheckout, again, my affirmation
(07:57):
deck has over 45.
Affirmations, so powerful.
I have created them with heartpower.
These are the affirmations thatI created five years ago for
myself and that I repeated, andI used them to reprogram my
subconscious so that I embodiedthem and then became all those
affirmations, and I still usethem.
So again, you wake up firstthing, you pull a card, read
(08:20):
that affirmation aloud, and youfeel it in your heart as truth.
Again, it's like one part of thepower is the mind, which we know
is so powerful, but include theenergy of your heart.
So step three, just what I justsaid, you pair your affirmation.
With emotion, you pair yourgratitude with emotion.
(08:40):
You pair whatever it is thatyou're saying.
Or declaring with emotion.
If you have a vision ofsomething that you want in your
life, a house, a car, a job, adifferent reality, write it,
think it, but feel it.
And then when you add sensory,like the five senses, like what
does it smell like, tastes like,it is so powerful.
(09:02):
Your heart's energy superchargesthe signal to your brain.
Step four.
This is where the real power is.
Again, it's making it a dailything.
Anchor it daily.
This is how you build theversion of yourself.
You truly wanna become oneaffirmation, one emotion, and
one heart beat at a time.
(09:24):
So as I wrap up, if you everhear anyone say, people don't
change.
Smile quietly to yourself.
'cause I'm living proof that youcan change and I invite you to
be the living proof that you canchange, that.
You can literally change yourpersonality, so you can change
your personal reality.
Your brain and your heart arewired to support the version of
(09:45):
you that you desire, that youconsciously choose.
If you don't like what you'reexperiencing right now, if you
don't like who you are rightnow, from the physical, from the
internal, start with anaffirmation.
I also do have a free source.
I'll drop in the notes.
It's my everyday affirmations bycategory.
So like if you want abundance,if you want confidence, if you
(10:05):
want, you know, whatever it is,I have'em by category.
That's another tool that is freefor you.
I just wanna support you on thisjourney because I know the power
of it's like magic at yourfingertips, and that's why I
literally am on this journeywhere I've made my passion.
Go from a passion project toliterally like my life's work to
(10:26):
a business, but it's more thanthat.
It's a movement where I love,love, love teaching what I know
to be true because I literallyam the example.
You know, everything that Iteach, I have done and
experienced myself, and I'mstill, I'm still in this, I'm
still rebuilding, rewiring,limited beliefs that I didn't
(10:47):
even realize I had becausethey're subconscious.
They're tucked away, they'rehidden in that file cabinet.
If you wanna go deeper with mein a very easy, fun way, I also
have some powerful livemasterclasses that I'm doing.
Virtual masterclasses becomemagnetic right now.
I have a special offer, it's$22,and that includes my digital
(11:08):
affirmation deck plus thereplay.
If you can't make it live, alllinks for everything will be in
the show notes.
And I just wanna close with.
Have the courage to be thatexample of someone who can
change their personality andtheir personnel reality.
You're not pretending you'rereprogramming.
When your heart and brain sink,that is your superpower.
(11:32):
Thank you so much for being hereand for leading with your heart
and having the courage to dothis transformational work with
me.
Until next time, love you.
Theresa Cesare (11:46):
Thank you so much for tuning into this
episode.
Please download, rate,subscribe, and share this
podcast.
Also, be sure to visit mytheresacesare.com to check out
my inspirational merch, connectto my social accounts, and much
more may you continue to befilled with wisdom, inspiration,
and consciousness.
(12:07):
Otherwise, friends, I will beback for another episode of
Heart 2 Talk
Hey guys.
Welcome to Heart to Talk thepodcast.
I am the host and creatorTheresa Cesare My intention for
this podcast is to deliver toyou wisdom, inspiration, and
consciousness.
Through solo episodes andconversations amongst insightful
people.
It is my greatest honor to bringto you talks that come from the.
Speaker (00:33):
Hey, loves.
Welcome back to another episodewith me, your girl, Theresa
Cesare I'm so excited to dive ininto a powerful short and sweet
episode, and I wanna just remindyou that.
Everything I share here, myaffirmations, my guidance, the
conversations I have with othersthat come on the show, it all
comes from the heart.
(00:53):
I mean, that's why I call thispodcast Heart 2 Talk'cause I
believe that real powertransformation and impact
doesn't just start in your mind.
It starts with the heart.
And I also believe that theheart is the most powerful and
intelligent energy system.
Your body science actuallyconfirms this.
(01:14):
Your heart has its own brain,its own rhythm, and it actually
sends out more signals to yourbrain than your brain sends to
it.
And it radiates even moreelectromagnetic power and energy
than the brain.
Now, that's power, and that'swhy everything that I do comes
from a heart-centered place.
In today's episode, we'reactually gonna be talking about
(01:35):
the neuroscience behindreprogramming your subconscious
and how your heart and yourthoughts literally shape who you
become.
And of course, my favoriteaffirmations.
Affirmations aren't being fake,or pretending it's actually
programming.
And we're gonna talk about why.
So let's start with thesubconscious.
(01:57):
Here's the thing.
95% of what you think, say, anddo every day comes from your
subconscious.
That's the part of you that runson autopilot.
All your habits, reactions,beliefs, stories, they're all
stored in that subconscious filecabinet.
And most of it, you programmedyourself before age seven when
(02:20):
your brain lived mostly inwhat's called a theta wave
state.
But here's the good news, you'renot stuck there.
Through neuroplasticity, yourbrain and heart are constantly
changing, reshaping around thethoughts and emotions that
you're repeating.
The Heart Math Institute callsthis heart coherence.
(02:41):
That's when your heart and brainsink, and that's when you become
the most magnetic, creative,balanced, powerful self.
Now we're gonna jump into.
One of my most favorite topics,and that is reprogramming
yourself.
We're gonna get a little bitsciencey here for a minute.
Every thought you repeatstrengthens a neural pathway,
(03:04):
like carving grooves in yourmind.
So when you affirm somethinglike, I'm safe, I choose peace.
I love when I'm becoming, you'renot pretending you're
programming.
And that's what affirmations do.
That repetition builds newconnections.
The more emotion and focus youbring, the faster the rewiring
happens.
This is also where the heartcomes in, that heart power.
(03:28):
When you breathe in love orgratitude while affirming
actually amplifies theneurochemical response and makes
you so magnetic.
Neuroscientists like Dr.
Joe Dispenza, who I love somuch, I'm actually currently
reading one of his books calledYou are the Placebo, making Your
Mind Matter.
So powerful.
I recommend this book if you areloving this content.
(03:50):
I'll actually drop this in theshow notes, and I'm also
listening to the audio book ofJoe Dispenza's, breaking the
Habit of Being Yourself, wherehe goes really deep into this
and also guides you on how toreprogram.
So along with my stuff, myaffirmations, my content, and
Joe Dispenza, you willliterally.
Become the most powerful creatorof your life in reality.
(04:12):
Anyways, so pivoting back intothe episode, the other
neuroscientists that talk aboutthis is Dr.
James Doty and Dr.
Tara Schwart show that combiningemotion, attention, and
repetition reprograms yoursubconscious habits and
emotional responses permanently.
So that brings me to the nextthing, personality.
(04:35):
Isn't permanent.
I want you to remember this.
Your personality isn't fixed,and Dr.
Cho Dispenza says it best.
If you wanna change yourreality, you've gotta change
your personality.
I mean, how powerful is that?
It's not who you are, it's justwho you've been practicing
being.
Psychology proves that when youchange your focus behaviors in
(04:56):
emotional states, yourpersonality begins to shift too.
So think about an actor in amovie.
Your favorite actor, you lovethem because they're so good at
making you believe in thecharacter that they're
portraying in that movie.
They actually use these things.
They reprogram theirsubconscious, and because
they're using heart power andcoherence, they're able to
(05:20):
literally, and.
Body, this character, whoever,that they're playing in this
movie.
So much so that oftentimes whenthey're done with the movie,
it's hard for them to actuallybreak a character because they
literally have become thischaracter permanently.
But again, we know that noteverything can be permanent.
We can actually use thesepractices to rewire and undo.
(05:43):
Right.
Break the habit of beingyourself like Joe Dispenza says,
and just begin a new program.
So.
If you lived in anxiety, doubt,or self-criticism, that's just
an old pattern.
You can choose peace, you couldchoose confidence, and you can
choose presence.
You can literally build newwiring for the energy, the
(06:06):
character, and the mindset youwant to embody.
That's the power you hold inevery moment.
So now let's talk action steps.
Heart powered reprogramming iswhat I like to call it.
So you ask, well, how do I startcreating lasting change?
I'm gonna just give you somevery simple, hard aligned steps.
The first one, catch yourautopilot.
(06:27):
Notice the reoccurring thoughtsand patterns.
And realize, oh wow, those arejust old programming.
So if you don't like what you'reexperiencing, think about what
you're saying.
What are you doing automaticallyevery day, especially first
thing in the morning and beforegoing to bed?
So that leads me to the nextstep.
Use the power of a theta moment.
(06:48):
Now theta moments are the fewminutes before sleep or right
after waking up.
This is when your subconsciousis most open.
It's also the perfect time toreach for a journal and write
down the things that you'regrateful for.
Or if you're not much of awriter, you can just sit in your
bed and you know, say Thank you.
(07:11):
Like, if the, the only prayeryou ever said was, thank you,
that would be enough.
I forget who said that.
I don't wanna say Meister, butalso Oprah says that.
So anyways, I always like togive credit where credit's due.
So again, that's when you know,instead of reaching for your
phone and reaching for., Youremail and text messages or the
(07:34):
news reach for in those times,your theta state, something
powerful something thatactivates love, or gratitude.
And it's the perfect time tograb your affirmation
empowerment deck If you don'talready have one, every listener
gets 15% off.
If you use promo code podcast atcheckout, again, my affirmation
(07:57):
deck has over 45.
Affirmations, so powerful.
I have created them with heartpower.
These are the affirmations thatI created five years ago for
myself and that I repeated, andI used them to reprogram my
subconscious so that I embodiedthem and then became all those
affirmations, and I still usethem.
So again, you wake up firstthing, you pull a card, read
(08:20):
that affirmation aloud, and youfeel it in your heart as truth.
Again, it's like one part of thepower is the mind, which we know
is so powerful, but include theenergy of your heart.
So step three, just what I justsaid, you pair your affirmation.
With emotion, you pair yourgratitude with emotion.
(08:40):
You pair whatever it is thatyou're saying.
Or declaring with emotion.
If you have a vision ofsomething that you want in your
life, a house, a car, a job, adifferent reality, write it,
think it, but feel it.
And then when you add sensory,like the five senses, like what
does it smell like, tastes like,it is so powerful.
(09:02):
Your heart's energy superchargesthe signal to your brain.
Step four.
This is where the real power is.
Again, it's making it a dailything.
Anchor it daily.
This is how you build theversion of yourself.
You truly wanna become oneaffirmation, one emotion, and
one heart beat at a time.
(09:24):
So as I wrap up, if you everhear anyone say, people don't
change.
Smile quietly to yourself.
'cause I'm living proof that youcan change and I invite you to
be the living proof that you canchange, that.
You can literally change yourpersonality, so you can change
your personal reality.
Your brain and your heart arewired to support the version of
(09:45):
you that you desire, that youconsciously choose.
If you don't like what you'reexperiencing right now, if you
don't like who you are rightnow, from the physical, from the
internal, start with anaffirmation.
I also do have a free source.
I'll drop in the notes.
It's my everyday affirmations bycategory.
So like if you want abundance,if you want confidence, if you
(10:05):
want, you know, whatever it is,I have'em by category.
That's another tool that is freefor you.
I just wanna support you on thisjourney because I know the power
of it's like magic at yourfingertips, and that's why I
literally am on this journeywhere I've made my passion.
Go from a passion project toliterally like my life's work to
(10:26):
a business, but it's more thanthat.
It's a movement where I love,love, love teaching what I know
to be true because I literallyam the example.
You know, everything that Iteach, I have done and
experienced myself, and I'mstill, I'm still in this, I'm
still rebuilding, rewiring,limited beliefs that I didn't
(10:47):
even realize I had becausethey're subconscious.
They're tucked away, they'rehidden in that file cabinet.
If you wanna go deeper with mein a very easy, fun way, I also
have some powerful livemasterclasses that I'm doing.
Virtual masterclasses becomemagnetic right now.
I have a special offer, it's$22,and that includes my digital
(11:08):
affirmation deck plus thereplay.
If you can't make it live, alllinks for everything will be in
the show notes.
And I just wanna close with.
Have the courage to be thatexample of someone who can
change their personality andtheir personnel reality.
You're not pretending you'rereprogramming.
When your heart and brain sink,that is your superpower.
(11:32):
Thank you so much for being hereand for leading with your heart
and having the courage to dothis transformational work with
me.
Until next time, love you.
Theresa Cesare (11:46):
Thank you so much for tuning into this
episode.
Please download, rate,subscribe, and share this
podcast.
Also, be sure to visit mytheresacesare.com to check out
my inspirational merch, connectto my social accounts, and much
more may you continue to befilled with wisdom, inspiration,
and consciousness.
(12:07):
Otherwise, friends, I will beback for another episode of
Heart 2 Talk
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