The Healer’s Journey: Holding Space While Seeking Space

 The Healer’s Journey: Holding Space While Seeking Space

We are all, on our own unique way, healers. Whether through words, art, movement, or simply by being present for others, healing is an unspoken thread that connects us all. Some are called to this path more deeply - energy workers, therapists, wellness practioners, artists and teachers - those who dedicate their time to guiding other back to their realization of wholeness. But in that devotion there is a truth often unspoken: healers , too, feel the weight of exhaustion, pressure of world or daily life surrounding us.

A healer’s mission often merges from personal wounds. It is through our own journey of breaking and mending that we find the wisdom to support others. The work of holding space, of listening, being of service to the world, of pouring into another’s cup can leave our own cup empty. And so, an essential question arises: Who holds space for the healer? How do you care for yourself as a healer?

It can be a quiet struggle, the expectation - sometimes external, often internal - that because we know the tools of self-care, we feel should never falter. But knowing and embodying are two different things. The ones who inspire self-care in others must also learn to grant themselves the same permission to rest, to feel, to ask for help.

The Strength in Seeking Support

Too often, those who hold others forget how to be held. But the truth is, we all need support systems. Healing does not thrive in isolation. It is okay to feel exhausted, to admit that sometimes the light dims, even in those who shine their light for those who feel stuck in the dark. It is necessary to seek nourishment from a community that understands.

Self-care for the healer is a responsibility. Just as we encourage others to fill their well, we must tend to our own. Whether through trusted friendships, mentorship, therapy, or sacred solitude, finding spaces where we, too, can soften is an act of honoring our path. 

So let this be a reminder: if you are someone who holds space for others, make sure there are hands ready to hold space for you. If you are someone who gives, allow yourself te receive. This is in fact part of the law of the universe, the law of giving an receiving, a continuous exchange, a rhythm of giving and resting, pouring out and refilling. 

You are not alone in this.