The healing power of being witnessed

The healing power of being witnessed

I got a beautiful question about the healing power of being witnessed: where does that comes from?

I think we've probably all noticed the difference it can make when we are going through something, and someone can hold space for us and we are just allowed to share what is going on, without immediately being drawn into a conversation of how to make it better, how to fix it.

But why is that? In our dominant culture we rush towards making the uncomfortable go away, and we were taught that taking action is THE thing that’s needed to make things better.

That there would be healing power in ‘just’ being witnessed goes against all that.

So in this episode, I'm going to dive into why being witnessed is such an incredibly nourishing, life affirming, healing experience.

I touch on the social layer, the therapeutic layer and the ancient spiritual wisdom found in the eldest Goddess myth preserved for us: Inanna's Descent about transformation and initiation.

If you would like another reminder of why doing less often leads to a whole lot more of deep transformation, this episode is for you.