Trying out a new format — raw and unedited thoughts👆
A more distilled summary👇
Pain is a potent portal for healing, growth, and alignment—when we allow it to be.
We’ve been conditioned to believe that pain is bad—something to fear, avoid, ignore, suppress, or numb. (Hello, opioid epidemic.)
We’re told pain is just an inevitable part of aging.
But what if that’s not actually true?
What if pain has a purpose?
My own healing journey has taught me exactly that.
Pain reveals where we’re out of alignment with our authentic selves—physically, emotionally, or spiritually.
When we label it as “bad,” we amplify our suffering.
We become victims to it—and that keeps us stuck, disempowered, and disconnected from its deeper message.
But when we reframe pain as neutral—as a messenger—it opens the door to curiosity. To awareness. To change.
Avoiding or suppressing pain doesn’t address the root cause.
It just pushes it deeper, where it often resurfaces as new symptoms… or gets louder and louder until we finally choose to listen.
(Speaking from experience here—my pain brought me to rock bottom before I was finally willing to pay attention!)
We actually suffer less when we allow ourselves to feel our pain.
When we get curious about it.
When we listen.
And when we take aligned action in response to what it’s trying to tell us.
Bypassing pain—through avoidance, denial, or distraction—means missing out on one of the greatest opportunities for growth.
When we identify as victims of our pain, we stay stuck and powerless.
But when we have the courage to face it—to explore it with curiosity and compassion—we begin a journey of deep healing and self-discovery.
And that journey is totally worth it.
You may even find yourself grateful for your pain.
Grateful for how it shaped you.
Grateful for the clarity, alignment, and authenticity it called you into.
From that place, forgiveness becomes possible—toward others, and toward yourself.
And life begins to feel lighter.
More whole.
More free.
state_shift Rx:
Your body is wise. Your pain has purpose. What might it be trying to tell you?
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