Creating Our Reality is just like making Bread

by Deborah Maragopoulos FNP | Sep 27, 2019 | Blog, Mind/Body | 0 comments

Sometimes it seems like life just happens to you. Yet quantum physics has proven that You happen to Life. What do I mean?

Well, everything you think, what you believe, even that which is in your subconscious, affects your world. You’ve seen this happen. When you’re in hurry to get somewhere and you see something is out of place and you think “I should take care of that” but you don’t… like picking up the shoes so the new puppy doesn’t chew them…and then return to find the shoes chewed up.

Every idea you have is like a seed.

Sometimes it sprouts right away, sometimes it takes time to manifest. The ideas you focus on are more likely to thrive whether you want them to or not. Like when you worry about something and then it happens. Like my young patient who worried so much about getting breast cancer like her aunt, that six months later she had a tumor in her breast. She was only fifteen. And her aunt was not even a blood relative. She had no medical risk factors…but she believed she would get breast cancer. That’s how powerful your mind is.

Creating our reality is more like baking bread.

You start with a seed idea. You grind that seed into flour by focusing on your idea, thinking about the pros, the cons, the possibilities. But it’s not bread yet, just flour. Not fully manifested…still an idea, an intention, a dream.

Let’s say you’re really good at something and you have a promising idea – wouldn’t it be great to teach others how to do what you do? What would that look like? Would you teach them in person or online? How would you be a able to transmit what you know so they can be successful too? You go over and over the possibilities. Grinding your seed idea into fine flour.

It takes a catalyst like yeast to bring life to flour to create bread. It takes a catalytic event in your life to bring your idea to manifestation. Maybe something traumatic like an accident, or a synchronistic meeting with a significant person, or a great need like losing a job. Something acts as a catalyst, a spark, to get your idea going.

Now back to your idea to teach others. Your idea is well thought out maybe for years now, but it’s not until your company lets you go before you really need to make your idea reality. This is the catalytic event that shifts everything.

Yet flour and yeast aren’t enough. There’s one more ingredient in making bread. Water.

Water is like your passionate emotion that brings your idea into manifestation. Oh, you will manifest. By the emotion in which you water it will your idea become. If you’re fearful, your idea may bring you more to be fearful about. That’s why it’s best to choose love. Try to be positive and optimistic rather than negative and pessimistic.

Now back to your teaching idea. Now you’re scared. Will it really work? Can you make a living at teaching others? You take a deep breath and calm down. Choose love and focus on the positive. Trust that it will work and manifest in ripe timing.

And then the dough formed by the flour, yeast, and water must be kneaded. Just like you have lots of opportunity to work on your idea. The events in your life that force you to experiment with your idea and sometimes make you have to go back to the drawing board are life’s way of kneading your dough. Working the thought or idea with the catalyst and your emotion.

You’re up at night considering everything that goes into teaching others. You mull it over. You may talk to friends. Perhaps you get a mentor. And then you let it rest.

Like waiting for the dough to rise, there is a quiet time when you just let your fledgling idea grow on its own.

You need to put it aside and let it become. For those of us who are impatient, this seemingly still time seems like nothing is happening. But the catalyst is bubbling life energy into every bit of the dough. Like a caterpillar in a cocoon – a butterfly is forming.

Your idea to teach now has a viable plan. You’ve been doing the research and there’s others interested in learning form you. Yes, you had to get another job to pay the bills, but this is your passion. The other job forces you to let it rest for awhile.

Sometimes a great well worked passionate idea does not manifest right away. It seems to take forever to rise. Yet one day, you know it’s time. The dough has risen. It’s time to bake bread. Your idea is ready.

Then one day, you’re approached by a friend of a friend who asks you to please teach them what you know. And you have your first student. Your idea has become a reality. We are creating our reality.

So how can you use this bread making concept to manifest health?

That’s what I teach in the Hormone Healing Circle. How to heal yourself. Just like I’ve been teaching my patients, but in an online group setting. Healing is an art. It takes practice to learn to work with your body and listen to its innate wisdom.

Learn more about the Hormone Healing Circle

Frequently Asked Questions:

Can your hypothalamus cause weight gain?

Yes. The hypothalamus is the master regulator of metabolism, controlling how your body stores and burns energy through its signaling to the thyroid, adrenals, and pancreas. When the hypothalamus becomes dysregulated by chronic stress, poor sleep, inflammation, or blood sugar instability, it defends a higher weight "set point" — causing the body to hold onto fat regardless of diet or exercise. This makes hypothalamic dysfunction an upstream root cause of stubborn weight gain.

What is a weight set point and why won't mine move?

A weight set point is the body weight your hypothalamus works to defend, calibrated over time by stress, sleep, hormones, and inflammation. When you diet, the hypothalamus perceives scarcity and responds by slowing metabolism, increasing hunger hormones, and suppressing satiety signals to return you to that set point. This is why most people regain lost weight within two to five years of conventional dieting — the set point itself was never recalibrated, only temporarily overridden.

Why do I gain weight under stress even when I'm not eating more?

Chronic stress raises cortisol, which disrupts blood sugar regulation, promotes abdominal fat storage, and signals the hypothalamus that the body is under threat. In survival mode, the hypothalamus defends fat stores and slows metabolism — so weight can increase even without any change in calorie intake. The stress chemistry, not the food, is driving the weight gain, which is why stress reduction is essential to any lasting metabolic reset.

Why do I regain weight after stopping GLP-1 medications?

GLP-1 medications work peripherally on appetite and gastric signaling, but they do not address the underlying hypothalamic dysregulation that sets your defended weight. Because the hypothalamic set point is never recalibrated, the body resumes defending its original weight once the medication stops — leading to significant regain. Long-term success requires restoring hypothalamic regulation so the set point itself lowers, rather than relying on appetite suppression alone.

How long does it take to reset your metabolism?

Genuine metabolic recalibration takes a minimum of 90 days, because the hypothalamus needs consistent signals of safety and sufficiency before it will lower its defended set point. This differs from a diet, which produces temporary suppression the body quickly corrects. A 90-day reset typically moves through three phases: stabilizing stress chemistry (days 1–30), rebuilding metabolic efficiency (days 31–60), and lowering the weight set point (days 61–90).

Why does my thyroid feel slow even though my labs are "normal"?

Under chronic stress, the body converts thyroid hormone into reverse T3, which blocks active thyroid receptors and slows metabolism at the cellular level — even when standard lab values appear normal. This means you can experience genuine symptoms of slow metabolism, such as fatigue, cold intolerance, and brain fog, while your thyroid panel looks unremarkable. Addressing the upstream hypothalamic and stress signaling often improves thyroid conversion and symptoms.

Is stubborn weight gain a willpower problem?

No. Stubborn weight gain is a signaling problem, not a willpower problem. The hypothalamus governs weight through survival mechanisms that operate below conscious control — defending its set point by slowing metabolism and increasing hunger when it perceives threat. No amount of discipline can override this system; lasting change comes from restoring hypothalamic regulation through reduced stress, balanced blood sugar, restorative sleep, and targeted nutritional support.

About the Author - Deborah Maragopoulos FNP

Known as the Hormone Queen®️, I’ve made it my mission to help everyone - no matter their age - balance their hormones, and live the energy and joy their DNA and true destiny desires. See more about me my story here...

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