Healing is Not a To-Do List

In our productivity-obsessed culture, healing is often treated like a checklist. We imagine there will be a point where we’ve arrived: the anxiety is gone, the trauma has been resolved, our boundaries are impeccable, and our relationships are serene. But healing rarely looks like a clean line from suffering to peace. More often, it's a spiral, a return, a detour, a messy middle.

The messy middle is the part of healing where progress feels invisible. Where old habits resurface. Where insight doesn’t always lead to change right away. And it’s in this uncertain space that some of the most profound work happens.

You are not behind. You are not broken. You are in the heart of the process. Healing is not about mastering your symptoms; it's about deepening your relationship with yourself. It's not about becoming someone new. It's about remembering who you are beneath the coping.

You can pause. You can take the scenic route. You can rest and still be healing.