No one can heal you but you. Period.

Any time anyone refers to me as a “healer” or that I “healed” them, I cringe.

Personally, I don't resonate with this title.

Here's why:

No one else can heal you but yourself.

You are your own healer.

Now, this is not to say that we don't need support because we can heal ourselves. Or that you have to go about this alone.

It's actually quite the opposite…

We need support to heal. We need community to heal.

But we don't heal because someone else has done something.

We heal because we choose to.

Because we're supported to.

Reiki practitioners, mindfulness teachers, meditation facilitators, coaches, mentors, somatic healing practitioners, therapists, trusted friends… they all support you on your journey.

But, the journey starts with you.

Only you can choose to heal and grow.

Remembering that we have the power to heal ourselves and that we get to invite in only the people we resonate with to support us…

Opens us up to so many possibilities.

Here are a few journal prompts to dig a bit deeper:

• How have I supported myself to heal and grow in the past?

• With compassion, how can I tune into my needs right now?

• How can I honour my needs this week?

• Knowing that I don't have to go at this alone, what support do I want on this journey?

And a mantra for this work:

I trust myself. I have the power to heal. I know what I need more than anyone else. The power to heal lies within me.

ps. I've got a meditation that will help you check in with your needs. Listen to A Compassionate Check In with Ourselves to bring awareness to what your needs are on the four levels of your being - physical, mental, emotional and spiritual.

pps. Ready to dive in and have me as a support person, cheerleader, guide, question-answerer, hype person in your life? Book a connection call with me to see if we would be a good fit together (I only work with those who I truly feel like I can support and help, and it feels good for both sides).