Healing While Holding Space
Healing While Holding Space If you’re thinking about entering the wellness or healing space - or if you’re already in it - the thought has probably crossed your mind at some point: Who am I to hold space for others when I’m still healing myself? Maybe it comes as a quiet doubt. Maybe it arrives as full blown imposter syndrome. You look at other practitioners and wonder if you’re somehow behind, not ready, not “whole” enough yet to guide anyone else. I know that question intimately. I’ve asked it more times than I can count. There were moments early on where I genuinely wondered who would want to listen to me - someone still in process, still unraveling, still learning how to live inside a body reshaped by grief and loss. I didn’t feel polished. I didn’t feel finished. And I certainly didn’t feel like an “expert.” What I felt was called. Quietly, persistently, unmistakably called to show up anyway. There’s a quiet myth woven through the spiritual world that healers must be fully heale...
