Therapy vs Self-Healing

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Once we acknowledge that we need help and healing the next step is to decide how that looks for us. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy has been receiving more praise and has become an open topic for discussion among my peers. We are seeing more individuals searching for licensed therapists for talk therapy sessions as a way to improve their mental health.

After being on my own personal journey for over a decade, in May 2019 I decided to start seeing a therapist. It wasn’t because I had any recent terrible experiences I needed to cope with. It was more about me needing to learn how to deal with challenges I faced in processing my day -to- day living. Ultimately, my sessions lead to me facing some internal issues that I was unconsciously holding in my mind.

Using therapy to deal with my high anxiety and overthinking among other things started to become so fulfilling. Outside of therapy I had already adopted a practice that was helping me evolve and unpack some of the things I had dealt with. I read so many self-helps books it should be a crime. Overtime I started to take meditation seriously, I continued journaling, and reading anything on self-development. All of these tools helped tremendously, but none really sparked my true inner work that was unknowingly needed.

Talk therapy was one of the best decisions I made and I stayed in therapy for a year and a half before God had other plans for me. I attempted to re-enter therapy but was lead to take a new approach and dive into self-healing. I feel I have all the tools I need along with my spiritual practice in assisting me on this new path. On this path, I have connected with and learned from all the healers, lightworkers, and spiritual advisors. I have even tapped into my own healing abilities to assist me in moving forward on my journey.

This next level of healing requires extreme intention and has been fueled by my own personal power. My growth has excelled tenfold from combining the tools I learned in talk therapy with the inner work I have been doing with my spiritual awakening. Self-awareness and understanding my triggers without external influence has been one of many keys to success on my self-healing journey.