Healing after the pandemic

by Laurie DeBruin

There has been a lot of talk about learning new skills and being mindful of all the time acquired during self-quarantine. Essentially, we are being asked to better ourselves during a time of mass chaos.

What pressure!

At a minimum, we have been given a great deal of time to think. A few of us have begun to wonder what type of a world will be available to us after all this is over. Some have wondered who they will be when this crisis subsides. Fear upon fear is piling up around us.

Under quarantine we are being asked to look at ourselves, our lives under a microscope. We must keep in mind that we are not being asked to bury ourselves with fear but to realize it. Choose quarantine as a gift. Ask yourself this question today: Am I surviving in life or am I living?

When we choose to live, life becomes full of possibilities. Recall the pressures mentioned regarding learning new skills? Nothing will seem unattainable when we choose to live. Choose to face our fears head-on.

More and more research and much needed attention is finally being directed towards our mental wellbeing. We are understanding that the arts are critical and are more than visual pleasure. Music, dance, art, crafts, literature, to name a few, create an environment for mental and physical growth and nourishment for our soul.

We are understanding that we have alternative choices regarding medicine and surgeries. We have reflexology, body and energy work, nutrition and holistic remedies at our fingertips. Meditation and hypnosis can unlock unknown fears, habits, and phobias.

Delving into the subconscious mind can release fears that have been holding us back. Out of fear, we often choose to keep what we are familiar with simply because it is what we know and understand. Even if this familiarity is what is preventing us from living. At what cost do we continue to let fear, those familiars, drive our choices? No time is better than now and after this pandemic to choose to live. We are being challenged to look at our emotional wellbeing and find our path towards personal healing and the healing of our Earth.

We are in a time of unknown in our world. Choose to heal. Choose to live. You are worth more than just surviving, even in a crisis.

Laurie DeBruin CCH,CRR is the owner of Chrysalis Reflexology Hypnosis & Enrichment Center. Reach her at (517) 648.1980.