Handedness

Handedness is determined at the beginning of cell division of the embryo. Whether you are right or left-handed affects the location of illnesses based in mesodermic and ectodermic tissue — and understanding this is one of the first steps in identifying the emotional conflict behind a physical symptom.

When working with patients, determining whether they are right or left-handed is one of the first questions asked. This information helps focus on and identify the root cause of disease.

For right-handed people, the right side of the body relates to conflicts involving the mother-child relationship, and the left side relates to partner, sibling, and colleague relationships. For left-handed people, these associations are reversed.

Ear infections illustrate this well. In a right-handed person, an infection in the right ear is triggered by a conflict of something you wanted to hear but did not — good news that never came, or words of approval withheld. An infection in the left ear, by contrast, is driven by something you did not want to hear — unwelcome news or hurtful words. Both are healing-phase conditions; the conflict has already resolved, and the body is in repair.

The same principle applies to the eyes. A right-handed person with a conflict involving their child or mother — "I can't bear to look at this" — may develop symptoms on the right side. A conflict with a partner would affect the left. Eye conditions driven by "I don't want to see this" differ in location from those driven by "I want to see what I'm missing."

Breast conditions follow similar logic. In right-handed women, the right breast relates to conflicts involving a child or someone in a nurturing role; the left breast relates to a partner. A mother who is deeply distressed about a child's illness may develop a growth in the right breast during the conflict-active phase; a woman in conflict with her husband may develop one on the left.

Shoulder and arm conditions are also side-dependent. Pain or stiffness on the dominant side often traces back to conflicts involving protection, holding on, or being pushed away in a close relationship — rather than a purely physical cause.

Left-handedness or right-handedness does not affect any endodermic tissue. This includes:

• Brain stem
• Gastrointestinal tract
• Liver
• Pancreas
• Uterus
• Prostate
• Salivary glands
• Kidney collecting tubules

Understanding the relationship between handedness and the location of symptoms is one of the most practical tools in holistic medicine. When I work with a patient, knowing which side is affected — and what that side represents emotionally — immediately narrows the field of possible conflicts to explore. It turns a vague search into a focused one.

Inner Influencing® can help identify and resolve the specific emotional conflict behind a physical condition, using handedness as one of several diagnostic keys.