Welcome, Healer. We begin this journey with a story. It is one I first heard from renowned healer and writer, Rachel Naomi Remen, and has its origin in Kabbalah, the Jewish mystical tradition. It is an origin story:

Most of us think of ourselves as one person, but the truth is we are multitudes.

I want to take a moment to familiarize you with the rhythm of this course.

We often speak of guides in the religious sense- gods and angels. And guides certainly can take these forms. But I find the presence of guides is far more expansive.

The following journaling exercises are designed to help you begin to reconnect with your guides.

Enjoy this guided meditation, drawing yourself deeper into connection with your guide.

Immediately after the medicine session, take some time to connect with your guide. Here are some ideas:

Just as we all have parts, we also have a self. I call self the wise healer because self has an enduring capacity to heal that cannot be broken or diminished, no matter what we encounter during our lives.

The following journaling exercises are designed to help you reconnect with your wise healer self.

Find a quiet place to enjoy this meditation and connect with your wise healer self.

Immediately after the medicine session, take some time to connect with your wise healer self. Here are some ideas:

Protectors are our liars, thieves, and vandals. Our critics, perfectionists, control freaks, abusers, addicts, and hoarders. We spend a lifetime warring against their impulses. And for good reason- protectors walk a path of destruction. But if we pause, if we release our judgement and turn toward our protectors with genuine curiosity, we find warriors. Warriors, fighting for our lives.

Listen to this brief meditation to reflect upon why you are here on this Healer’s Journey.

The following journaling exercises are designed to help you get to know your protectors.

Find a quiet place to enjoy this meditation and begin to connect with your protector part.

Immediately after the medicine session, take some time to connect with your protector. Here are some ideas:

The natural expressions of exiles are magic. Unburdened exiles are playful, sensitive, loving, and the source of our intuition and attunement.

Find a quiet place to enjoy this meditation and begin to connect with your exile.

Immediately after the medicine session, take some time to connect with your exile. Here are some ideas:

Welcome to shedding season, healer! This is the final chapter of the Healer’s Journey. It’s time to release, open up space inside, and receive the healing gifts you’ve been longing to embody.

Here is some helpful information to guide your way as you prepare to move through the following steps of unburdening during your medicine session:

Find a quiet place to enjoy this meditation and unburden your exile.

The ritual of unburdening is powerful. It is easy to unburden and believe healing is complete. However, integration is essential for healing to take hold.

Wow Healer, am I ever grateful for you!

First and foremost, congratulations!!! What a journey. I invite you to take some time to pause, rest, and celebrate this new healing and all of its gifts.