Unlocking Emotional Healing: The Power of Felt Sense

Imagine you’re living your life like the scariest thing that ever happened to you is still happening, over and over again. That’s what trauma does. It freezes your body and mind in the past, making every new experience feel like it’s tangled up in old fear.

Now, your body—this marvelous, self-healing thing—knows how to recover from wounds, like a scraped knee or a broken arm. But when it comes to big emotional hurts, like trauma, we often forget that the body has its own wisdom. Instead, we try to solve everything with our minds—analyzing, explaining, and avoiding—but it doesn’t really work, does it?

So here’s the secret: healing isn’t about overthinking. It’s about feeling. You’ve got this amazing inner compass, called the felt sense. It’s the part of you that notices when your stomach feels tight with worry or your chest feels light with joy. It’s like your body’s way of speaking to you, saying, ‘Hey, something’s going on here—pay attention!’

The problem is, most of us ignore it. We distract ourselves or pretend those feelings don’t exist because they might feel too big or scary. But when we do that, it’s like trying to swim upstream against a river. Instead, what if you let yourself float with the current? What if you trusted your body to do what it’s designed to do—heal?

When a deer escapes a predator, it doesn’t sit there replaying the chase in its head. It shakes off the stress and moves on. Humans, though, we get stuck. We avoid feeling the scary stuff, and that keeps the fear alive inside us. The key to healing is letting those stuck feelings move through us, little by little, like pixels on a screen coming together to form a clear picture.

So how do you start? It’s simple but not always easy. Tune into your body. Notice the little sensations—a flutter in your stomach, a tightness in your shoulders, a warmth in your hands. These small feelings are like breadcrumbs leading you back to yourself.

Healing isn’t about rushing or fixing everything at once. It’s about being curious, patient, and kind with yourself. Your body knows how to heal; your job is to listen and let it do its work. You’re not just a mind in a body—you’re an amazing, interconnected being, designed for resilience and renewal.

Are you ready to listen to the wisdom of your body and let it guide you back to wholeness?