What If “Healing” Isn’t Supposed to Be Fast?

I hate to break it to you: There are no heal fast or heal quick schemes.

I’ve noticed the self-help industry is saturated with quick fixes—promises of instant healing, immediate peace, or even the ability to “activate your sexual chakra” to attract a “high caliber” man/woman, etc.

While they maybe offering some useful tips, real transformation takes some space and time, and can be quite challenging (as I’ve pointed out in my previous posts). In terms of how long, the length of time, I don’t know. It depends, varies on the person. It may take longer for some or shorter for some.

Healing requires you to see things within yourself that you so don’t want to see and face yourself and strip away the old and all the conditioning that don’t serve you.

Now, that’s healing.

It can be chaotic.

It can be messy.

Some days are easier than others.

Some days it may feel miraculous.

Other days it may feel like a drudgery where you feel like you’re in the same place or dealing with the same problem over and over again no matter how hard you try.

Even the most potent modalities—like plant medicine, when guided by a seasoned, ethical practitioner—require time and space to embody. The real work is in living out the insights, not just receiving them. True embodiment takes space.

It also takes dedication to continually revisit these insights through a daily practice—be it meditation, yoga, or another grounding ritual.

I should note that the immediate euphoria following a retreat or intensive modality can be misleading, often fueled by a temporary high or “afterglow” effect.

But the real measure of progress is found not in the immediate aftermath, but in the weeks and months that follow.

You have to track your trajectory—are you truly ascending, or have you begun a subtle (or not so subtle) decline? In some cases, people do not start to feel “off” or spiral downward until much later.

And, back to the main point of this post, there are no quick fixes in healing. In my opinion, transformation takes space and some time, and it requires discernment, commitment, courage, patience.

Anyone who tells you otherwise may just be trying to get rich off you. No right or wrong, just an observation.

If you want to learn more about what “healing” actually entails, stay tuned.