What is Mindful Healing?

Mindful healing is a conscious way of healing that promotes lasting change, helping the client to feel empowered in their ability to navigate life’s ups, and more confident in their own skin. A key part of healing is engaging in mindfulness practices, this article speaks to the science behind mindfulness, multitude of research studies, and the numerous health benefits. I like to think of healing as a journey, and as we progress in our healing new doors and possibilities open for us, and we can start to see the next steps along the path. For some their healing may involve investing more in areas of their life, having better boundaries, valuing yourself, saying no, reducing the self-doubt, transforming the after effects of trauma, or finding ways to get off the loop of feeling broken or anxious. I believe mindful healing has the best outcomes with a collaborative approach, with the client motivated and invested in exploring different possibilities including integration of various approaches and professional expertise. Below are four invitations to support mindful healing:

1. It is not linear. Part of the process of mindful healing involves understanding that recovery and/or healing is not a linear process, but one that evolves and transforms overtime. Sometimes we take 2 steps forward and one step back, the importance is each step you make contributes to the healing process.
2. Awareness is key. Bringing the unconscious or subconscious to conscious awareness is where the shifts and healing can unfold. Awareness is one of the first steps to then be open to other possibilities of seeing a situation.
3. Connect with your intuition. I found in my own experience this has been key in knowing what the next step was in my healing meaning I trusted my intuition and felt sense above what my mind was telling me.
4. Support mind-body Balance. This is another layer to the above suggestion, and my blog article on this can provide more insight.

If you need additional support reach out to me, I am Nicole Levy and I would be happy to help. Book your initial consult  https://oab.owlpractice.ca/mindfulhealingjourney/booking