What Your Palpitations Are Really Trying to Tell You

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By Jenny Peterson

If your heart has ever raced, fluttered, skipped beats, or pounded out of nowhere — and it sent you into a spiral of fear — you’re not alone. I’ve been there. But I want you to know this:

Palpitations aren’t random. They’re not dangerous in most chronic cases. And they’re definitely not proof your body is broken.

They are communication. And when you finally understand what your body is saying? You take your power back.

Palpitations Aren’t a Mystery — They’re a Message

Before we dive in, let me be clear: If you’ve never experienced palpitations before, it’s smart to get checked out to rule out anything urgent. Most of the time, you’ll be told it’s stress or anxiety. You’ll probably be offered meds. I was.

But what you won’t be given is the actual reason it’s happening in the first place.

Doctors told me I had one of the healthiest hearts they’d seen — and that it was probably anxiety. But what they didn’t tell me was how my subconscious patterns were triggering the alarm.

I had no answers — just fear — until I discovered the real root: subconscious overwhelm.

The Biological Truth Behind Palpitations

Your body is hardwired to survive. When your subconscious perceives overwhelm — not just stress, but actual pressure your system deems unsafe — it activates your sympathetic nervous system.

Palpitations are a biological adaptation. They exist to:

• Support oxygen delivery

• Ensure proper blood transport

• Keep your system going under perceived threat

This isn’t failure. It’s your body adjusting.

Yes, low iron or other deficiencies can play a role. But when everything looks “fine” on paper and palpitations persist, you’re not dealing with a physical issue — you’re looking at chronic subconscious overwhelm.

It's Not Your To-Do List. It’s What’s Beneath It.

Most palpitations don’t come from a busy calendar. They come from pressure — from people or situations that feel suffocating.

This could be:

• A parent

• Your child

• Your partner

• A boss

• Yourself

For me, it was a perfect storm — a cross-country move, a realtor breathing down my neck, my husband gone for work — and then a business mentor yelling at me over the phone. I broke. That night, I had my first panic attack. Palpitations started and didn’t stop for two years.

That experience didn’t cause palpitations in everyone. But it did in me — because of my perception.

That’s the key. It’s not the situation. It’s how your subconscious interprets the situation.

When Palpitations Become Chronic

Just because the external situation resolves doesn’t mean the symptom vanishes.

If palpitations stick around, it’s because your body is still getting the signal: "I'm under pressure. I’m not safe."

So the body keeps adapting — until the root pattern changes.

Let’s break down the most common subconscious patterns behind palpitations:

4 Subconscious Patterns Driving Chronic Overwhelm

1. Perfectionism

• You believe you’re only safe or worthy if everything is done right

• You fear failure or disappointing others

• You hold yourself to impossible standards

2. Overachiever Identity

• Your worth is tied to what you produce

• Resting feels lazy or unsafe

• You push yourself past your limits every day

3. Lack of Boundaries

• You say yes when your body is screaming no

• You avoid setting limits with others to keep the peace

• You carry everyone else’s emotional weight

4. Fear of Asking for Help

• You equate asking for help with being weak

• You don’t want to appear incapable

• You feel like everything is on your shoulders — always

When these patterns run the show, your nervous system stays stuck in survival mode. And palpitations? That’s the alarm saying “I can’t keep this up.”

These Patterns Didn’t Start Yesterday

You weren’t born this way. These patterns started in childhood.

You learned to:

• Overachieve to feel enough

• Hold it together to be accepted

• Prove yourself to feel safe

Later in life — especially in motherhood — those patterns intensify.

I believed everything was on me. I couldn’t rest. Couldn’t ask for help. Couldn’t stop proving. And when I ignored that, my body got louder — with palpitations, panic, and eventually full-blown health anxiety.

"But My Palpitations Came Out of Nowhere…"

I hear this all the time. But here’s the truth:

The symptom may be new. But the pattern? It’s been running for years. Sometimes decades.

Palpitations are your body’s way of saying, “These old survival strategies? They’re not working anymore.”

So… How Do You Actually Heal?

Here’s where we stop managing symptoms and start doing the real work.

1. Normalize the Symptom

Once you’ve ruled out a serious condition, it’s time to stop fearing palpitations. They are not random. They are not dangerous. They are a biological response to perceived overwhelm.

And fear only adds more adrenaline to the fire.

2. Identify the Patterns

Ask yourself:

• Where am I chasing perfection?

• Where am I proving my worth through action?

• Where do I ignore my limits and say yes anyway?

• Where am I afraid to ask for help?

These aren’t conscious choices — they’re subconscious defaults. And until you become aware of them, the overwhelm will stay stuck.

3. Rewire the Subconscious

This is the work. The real work.

You must teach your system — over time, through repetition and action — that it’s safe to rest, slow down, receive support, and live differently.

It’s not about thinking new thoughts. It’s about embodying a new way of being.

Let’s Wrap This Up

Here’s what I want you to walk away with:

• Your palpitations are a biological adaptation, not a malfunction

• Deep subconscious patterns from childhood are often the real trigger

• Healing happens when you rewire those patterns — not when you fear or fight the symptom

And I’ll be blunt — listening to this podcast alone isn’t enough to stop your symptoms. But now you’ve got the missing piece. Awareness.

If you’re ready to actually do the work to rewire the subconscious patterns behind your symptoms — that’s where my programs come in.

👉 If you have 1–2 chronic symptoms, ALIGNED will walk you through that process with daily structure.

👉 If you’re facing 3+ chronic symptoms and want deeper transformation, EVOLVE is where we go all in.

The work isn’t easy. But it is powerful. And it works.

You’re not broken. Your body isn’t failing. It’s just time for a different way.

You’ve got this, Rebellious Healer.

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Jenny Peterson is a Chronic Illness Expert, the Founder of MBR (Mind Body Rewire), and the host of The Rebellious Healer Podcast. She helps those struggling with multiple chronic symptoms reclaim their health and freedom—without diets, detoxes, or pills.

For 10 years, Jenny worked as a holistic practitioner, relying on supplements, diet, and detox protocols to support healing. But when she faced her own chronic health struggles, those methods failed her.

When Jenny was on her healing journey, she struggled to find a protocol that provided the structure needed to rewire the subconscious. So she created her own process to heal—and that process became the foundation of the Heal & Thrive Framework, a structured, step-by-step method that helps clients identify the subconscious patterns behind their symptoms and rewire them for lasting relief.

Using this exact process, Jenny fully resolved Lyme disease, digestive issues, panic attacks, skin conditions, cystitis, and more. Her own transformation ignited a mission: to help others break free from chronic symptoms and take back control of their health.

At Mind Body Rewire, we have an unwavering belief that healing chronic health issues doesn’t have to be complicated when the focus is on the root cause: the subconscious. We believe every person is fully capable of creating the health and life they desire when they unlock the subconscious programs influencing it.

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