The Healers Journey

Healers have an important and indispensable role here on the planet right now.

A new paradigm of healing is emerging, shifting the mainstream narrative around what health really looks like and what it takes to heal. This paradigm is ripe with knowledge and wisdom, new and ancient healing techniques and technologies, as well as a holistic understanding of what it means to be human.

We are living in a time of transition, with breakdowns and breakthroughs. The systems and structures we once blindly relied upon to support our health that exist in a more mainstream model are no longer serving or supporting what’s truly needed to thrive.

The passion, skill, and talent healers bring to this particularly transformative time is desired and needed, as is their leadership. How can we foster this? How can we meet the task at hand with our presence, know how, confidence, and clarity?

This is where talking about the healers journey comes into play.

Healers are not only here to birth this new paradigm of healing, facilitate transformation, and awaken self-healing capabilities in others, they are also here to go through their own awakening.

There are 4 distinct stages healers go through in their transformation process. When you understand what stage you’re at, and what level you’re playing in your own healing game, you see everything more clearly — what’s been motivating you, and how you can shift it should you choose to.

Each stage shapes and determines how aligned you feel with your vision, purpose, and mission in the world. It also influences how you show up and share (or whether you do), as well as how much impact you allow yourself to have.

Once you understand what level you’re operating at and how to best work with it, you can then choose to upgrade to the next stage. We’ll cover each stage in a moment, but first, here are some basics to understand…

• Each stage has a glimpse of the other, but the name of each stage is the primary focal point.
• All stages are lifted by one main focus: VISION. The vision you have propels you forward.
• There are certain markers you need to move through in order to get to the next stage.

A key note about having a vision:

When you have a vision, it’s a lifeline to the future. A vision acts as a golden thread, connecting you to potential, possibility, and your unique purpose. Anyone with a vision inherently knows there’s an importance to it. Visions naturally come with a spiritual charge attached to it. One that calls you out of your programming and wounds. A vision implies “You are here for a reason” — one which is shaped by the role you play in bringing the vision forward.

Visions take time, care, attention, collaboration, and roots. When a vision comes to you, it is sacred, a gift, and meant to be shared. A vision, by nature, is designed to get you to collaborate, to embody your greatness and leadership, and to be diligently committed to what could be until it is so.

Visions are powerful and empowering. They really are the guiding light for the healers journey, offering up a different kind of support for each stage of the awakening and transformation process. Keep this in mind as you read through the following stages. Reflect on how your own vision has supported you in moving through these stages.

Stage 1 — The Wounded Healer

(In the suffering but knows there is light)

• Devalues self but deep down knows their value
• Trauma oriented response to life, re-enacts traumas
• Naturally gifted but more set on how they are flawed
• Wants to save everyone, the planet. All or nothing thinking
• Often emotional, unclear with communication & boundaries

Their VISION is the light at the end of a tunnel. It helps them keep moving forward.

Stage 2 — The Healer in Hiding

(Flip flops between wound & mission but knows they need to shift)

• Knows their value but limits or holds self back
• Has fear and confidence issues around being seen, visible
• Fairly solid and gifted in their healing skills when in session
• PTSD response (freeze, excessive talking, questions if they make sense, people pleasing, confrontational) when engaging in a non 1:1 way, doesn’t feel safe with more exposure
• Tends to be a lone wolf, isolates self when doing their healing work; energetically shields themselves when out in the world even though they crave community

Their VISION helps them be more consistent with being seen, instead of flip flopping back to hiding.

Stage 3 — The Healer on a Mission

(Committed to the path but needs foundational tools, the “how to,” which builds clarity, confidence, trust)

• Is more focused, wants support in doing their purpose work as best as they can
• Wounds still get triggered but willing to do the inner & outer work to alchemize
• Has a strong desire to reach more people by teaching their skills, sharing messages
• Now that they feel more “on path” they often get impatient, wanting it all to happen now
• Ready & wanting 1:1 and/or group support, likes having a mentor, accountability, community

Their VISION helps them stay focused and committed to “building,” develop patience, and trust.

Stage 4 — The Healer as Leader

(One with the medicine; in service as a way of being)

• The mission is underway, foundation is solid, inner & outer build in place
• Actively engaged w/purpose work; on path of growth, expansion, & collaboration
• Has a sense of authentic joy, gratitude, and desire to connect as the overall tone
• Gets the sacredness of their gifts, has humility, is in service with integrity
• Feels a sense of having reached a peak, wondering what’s next

Their VISION is held as accomplishment, a satisfactory “I did it.” It opens the door to greater leadership, embodiment, and collaboration.

WHICH STAGE WOULD YOU SAY YOU’RE AT?

Take The Healers Journey Quiz now to find out.

What you’ve just read through is a glimpse into the healers journey. There are many more specific nuances to each stage, including:

• Their main energetic signature
• How they each manifest
• Their 3D-5D connection
• Their biggest desire

… and more! Stay tuned for the upcoming free video that breaks down each of these stages into detail, and how to best maximize your opportunity to heal, collaborate, and impact. To know when it’s out, you can join my weekly energy guidance list here.

Originally published at https://www.vasmith.com/blog/2022/7/14/the-healers-journey

SUPPORT FOR EACH STAGE:

The Wounded Healer — Activations on New Earth, Your True Voice, Money, Vitality. The Power of Trust course.

The Healer in Hiding — RECLAIM. Recalibrate. Sacred Vision Mentorship. Activations + course listed above.

The Healer on a Mission — Sacred Vision Mentorship. Manifest the Mission mastermind. Activations + course listed above.

The Healer as Leader — Leadership Rising Mentorship. New Earth Collab, a collaboration community (coming soon). Activations + course listed above.