The Truth About Healing

Poem #2 from Sacred Human

I think many of us begin the healing journey hoping it will bring relief. And while I do believe healing leads us toward greater freedom, I’ve come to understand that we arrive there differently than we expect. Healing often asks us to walk toward the very things we’ve spent years trying to avoid. It invites us to feel what we’ve numbed, grieve what we’ve lost, and gently uncover the parts of ourselves we’ve hidden beneath fear, shame, or self-protection. It isn’t punishment. It’s a return.

Today’s poem, The Truth About Healing, is part of the first section of my poetry collection, Sacred Human, called “Descent”. This opening section explores the parts of being human we often spend the most energy trying to avoid: grief, fear, pain, uncertainty. It’s the place where we begin to recognize that if we truly want to come home to ourselves, to our truth, and to our capacity for joy, we have to be willing to step into those places with honesty and compassion.

For paid subscribers, I’ve also recorded the poem in my own voice, along with a short reflection about where it came from and why it became one of the foundational pieces of Sacred Human. I hope both offer a quiet place to return to whenever you need them.