The Vital Side Podcast 54. Re-defining Healing (& Our Own Expectations)
What does healing mean to you? This week, we learn to break the typical definition of healing as “being healed” - and re-define it to a definition that makes sense to us. We discuss how healing should be less about “fixing” something and more about reconnecting with your sense of self. We discuss small ways you can anchor into your healing journey, as well as some questions you can ask yourself to recalibrate. In this episode, we talk about the best way to support our brains, bodies, and minds rather than think of ourselves as broken.
Show Notes:
-Healing is a recalibration back to homeostasis - back to our own purposes & missions
-Healing steps - stepping into the sunshine, getting less screen time, or simply tuning into your own body
-An analogy of “healing as a hose” – what setting do you need to put the hose on during this season of your life?
-Focus less on fixing & more on creating a daily practice
-The human experience is full of yin and yang – normalizing the balance that life brings us of having exciting & easy days vs. challenging & more difficult days
-As humans & natural problem solvers, we can have perfectionistic tendencies that can lead to feeling like we are “not enough,” “not doing enough,” or “need to be fixed”
-Asking yourself, “Where am I right now on the pendulum of desire and detachment?” – If the desire/fixing/elevating piece is being experienced too much, then balancing it with detachment can be a gentle way to allow yourself to make mistakes & fail
-If you lean too much into desire, there may be too much masculine energy. You can balance this with more soft, gentle feminine energy to infuse healthy detachment energy into your personal growth process
-Simple tools you can use throughout the day to start to re-define healing: talk to yourself the way you would treat your best friend
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-Lindsay’s Instagram: @myvitalside
-Visit Lindsay’s website
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