Healing the Healer – When You’re So Busy Helping Others, You Forget Yourself
You hold space for others. You offer care, comfort, guidance, and healing. Whether you're a spiritual practitioner, a mama, a nurse, or the friend everyone leans on—you're a giver. A vessel of support. A source of strength.
But here’s the truth:
Even the healer needs healing.
And in all the giving, it’s easy to forget that you deserve that same love and care. We end up running on empty—spiritually drained, emotionally depleted, physically exhausted. Sound familiar? Like the old comparison to the oxygen mask on the airlines, put your oxygen mask on first before helping others. If you are not taking care of yourself, it diminishes your ability to help others.
Why Healers Forget Themselves
When helping is your calling, it's easy to push through fatigue, ignore signs from your body, or put your own needs last. You convince yourself, “I'll rest after this,” or “They need me more.”
But here’s the sacred reminder:
You can't pour from an empty cup.
If your energy is unbalanced, your gifts won’t flow the way they should. Burnout isn’t noble—it’s a warning. One that says, “Come home to yourself.”
How to Begin Healing Yourself
? Create Sacred Space Just for You
Light a candle. Brew a tea. Say a prayer. Make time every week for ritual—not for others, but for your own restoration.
? Take a Spiritual Bath
Use herbs like lavender, rosemary, or hyssop to release energy, grief, fatigue, and attachments. Pour the water from your shoulders down and let it carry away what no longer belongs. Cleansing baths also remove heavy energies you may have picked up from others.
☕ Use the Products You Make (or Buy) For Others
Drink the tea you package. Burn the candles you bless. Speak affirmations over your own bath. Your medicine is for you, too.
? Ask Yourself: What Do I Need Right Now?
Then give yourself permission to honor the answer.
You Are Worthy of Your Own Medicine
You are not just a channel—you are a soul. And your healing matters.
Let the herbs hold you. Let Spirit refill you. Let your next bath or cup of tea be for your own healing—not just someone else's.
Because you can’t lead others to the light if your own flame has gone out.
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