“Triggers are teachers. What feels like fire is often forging something sacred.” 🌟 INTRO: RELATIONSHIPS ARE SACRED CRUCIBLES We often think love should be easy, smooth, and conflict-free. But if we only feel safe in the absence of triggers, we miss the gold buried in discomfort. Real love doesn’t avoid fire — it learns to […]
“Unconditional love doesn’t mean unconditional tolerance of harm.” 🌟 PART I: WHAT IS SPIRITUAL BYPASSING, REALLY? Spiritual bypassing was first coined by psychologist John Welwood, who defined it as: “The tendency to use spiritual ideas and practices to sidestep or avoid facing unresolved emotional issues, psychological wounds, and unfinished developmental tasks.” Source: Toward a Psychology […]
A liberating message in a world obsessed with fixing, healing, and becoming. 🔍 Quick Summary 🧠 SECTION 1: Why the “Fix Yourself” Culture Isn’t Always Healing The self-help and personal development industry — now worth $43.7 billion globally (Statista, 2024) — often operates on an unspoken assumption: you’re not enough as you are. While helpful […]
“You do not need to be fixed. You need to be seen, felt, and remembered.” Introduction: The Trap of Always Needing to Heal In a culture obsessed with self-optimization, it’s easy to internalize the belief that something must be wrong with you. You scroll past productivity hacks, trauma checklists, and affirmations that subtly imply: if […]
