Healing is not a straight line. Some days feel heavy, some days feel light, and sometimes you’re surprised by what’s possible when you pause long enough to listen.
For so much of my life, I’ve been “the sick one.” The one with hayfever so bad I carried packets of tissues up my sleeve in class. The one who had juvenile asthma so severe I spent nights unable to breathe - until, miraculously, it vanished one day after an attack. The one who felt exhausted for months at a time, only to have bursts of energy where I’d get fit, then crash again.
Those stories became my identity. And when you hear the words “there’s always something with you” enough times, you start to believe it.
But I’ve discovered something else along the way: healing isn’t always about chasing another fix. Sometimes it’s about stillness. About giving your body the space to show you its own power.
There have been moments that left me in awe. Hip pain, which was so severe I couldn't sleep, disappeared in a single breathwork session. As I breathed deeper, a wave of sensation moved through me - from my feet, into my hip - and the pain transmuted into something else entirely. It never returned.
A staph infection that resisted three rounds of antibiotics reappeared months later. I dropped into meditation, and felt a knowing whisper through me: “It’s gone.” Within three days, it was.
I’m not saying I’ve mastered this - I haven’t. Right now, my back is reminding me that there’s more work to do. But these moments have shown me the healing power that already lives inside us.
Healing doesn’t always come from the outside in. Often, it begins from the inside out.
If you could heal one thing instantly, what would it be? I’d love to hear your reflections in the comments below.
