Courage to Heal

Something I don’t think is talked about enough and that I have certainly experienced in my healing journey, is being afraid to heal or afraid of what may come as a result of healing.

Healing takes courage.

When I first started addressing the painful experiences that were starting to have a negative impact on various aspects of my life, I realized there was a huge resistance that I had to it. There was a part of me that did not want to explore those traumatic memories.

On the surface it looked like I was getting in the way of my own progress, but consciously I really wanted to heal it.

Until I started asking myself, “what am I afraid will happen if I heal from this?”, that I discovered:

• I was afraid people would expect me to behave as if the painful experience never happened in the first place.

• I was afraid of letting go of the ways of being that I felt were keeping me safe but in reality were stopping me from progressing in life.

• I had an image in my mind of what this healed version of me was supposed to look like, and it did not feel authentic or even possible.

What I learned after having a massive breakthrough in my healing from that certain area, was that the results were better than I could have ever imagined.

So I ask you…

What are you afraid will happen if you healed from that painful experience?

What if the results are better than you could ever imagine?