What Is Healing and Why Do We Seek It?

Healing has many different facets, depending on what aspect of ourselves we are focusing on — physical, emotional, spiritual, energetic, ancestral, or inner child. However, at its core, healing is about understanding ourselves and our experiences with honesty, compassion, and authenticity.

From my perspective, healing is about seeing things as they truly were — acknowledging the moments that triggered us, the choices we made, and the ways we responded to life — without excuses or justifications. It’s about being real with ourselves: recognizing that if we acted in a way we later regretted, it was the choice we made in that moment, shaped by our knowledge, emotions, and context at the time. Healing is not about changing the past or rewriting it. It’s about understanding the impact of those experiences on who we are today and giving ourselves space to accept both our light and shadow.

Through healing, we cultivate self-compassion and awareness. By exploring why certain situations affected us, why our “buttons” were pushed, and why we responded the way we did, we release guilt, shame, and judgment. This clarity naturally extends outward: as we understand ourselves more deeply, we gain a greater capacity to understand others’ journeys. We begin to see that people’s actions often reflect their own struggles and limitations, not our worth, allowing us to release judgment and relate to others with empathy and compassion.

Ultimately, healing is a journey of acceptance, self-awareness, and balance. It empowers us to reconnect with our inner wisdom, live authentically, and engage with the world around us in a more understanding and connected way. By giving ourselves this gift, we can experience life fully, free from unnecessary burdens, and cultivate deeper empathy, harmony, and connection with ourselves and others.