Finding Home: My Healing Journey Through Therapy and Community

“Sometimes healing isn’t about becoming someone new — it’s about remembering who you’ve always been.”

There was a time when I thought healing meant fixing what was “wrong” with me. I believed that if I could just quiet the noise in my mind, I would finally feel whole. But what I’ve learned is that healing isn’t about fixing; it’s about remembering. It’s about learning to feel again, to soften into vulnerability, and to trust the wisdom of your own body and heart.

This is the story of how I found my way home to myself — through therapy, somatic work, and a community that taught me what it truly means to heal together.

My Healing Journey: A Path of Rediscovery

Healing isn’t linear. It’s messy, beautiful, uncomfortable, and sacred all at once. For me, it’s been a journey of learning how to feel again — how to cry, how to trust, and how to come home to myself.

There was a time when I lived mostly in my head. I was analyzing, overthinking, and trying to make sense of everything. I wanted peace, but I didn’t know how to reach it. Slowly, step by step, I began to find my way through therapy, somatic work, and the loving support of an incredible community that helped me remember who I am.

Weekly Therapy: Learning My Mind and Building Trust

My healing began in weekly therapy with my compassionate social worker, Randy. He has been with me for six years now. Those sessions became a safe space where I could finally unravel what was going on inside me. Together, we explored my thoughts, patterns, and fears — the quiet voices that shaped how I saw myself and the world around me.

Randy’s integrity and authenticity made all the difference. He never rushed me or judged me. His groundedness helped me build trust — not just with him, but with myself. Therapy gave me the tools to understand my mind, but it also showed me that healing goes deeper than thoughts. Something inside me still needed to be felt, released, and acknowledged.

Discovering Somatic Work: Coming Home to My Body

That’s when I began monthly somatic sessions with Micah, who has been a guiding presence in my journey ever since. Somatic work completely changed the way I understood healing. Instead of trying to think my way through pain, I learned to feel it in my body — to notice tension, sensations, and emotions that had been buried for years.

At first, it was uncomfortable. My instinct was to pull away from feelings that scared me. But with gentle guidance, I learned to breathe into them, to stay present, and to listen.

Somatic work helped me become vulnerable. I learned to cry when I needed to, to let emotions rise and fall, and to hold myself without needing to fix anything. I began to trust my body’s wisdom and realized it had been carrying truths I’d ignored for years.

Through this process, I learned to hold space for myself — to meet my emotions with compassion instead of resistance. Slowly, I began to feel lighter, more grounded, and more connected to my heart.

The Vitalist School of Psychospiritual Transformation

My healing deepened even further when I joined the Vitalist School of Psychospiritual Transformation. That experience was unlike anything I’d ever known.

There were 25 of us in the program — each on our own healing journey — yet we grew into a family. Together, we created a space where vulnerability was welcome, where emotions were honored, and where healing wasn’t just something we did for ourselves, but with one another.

We practiced holding space for each other, using the tools we were learning to support one another through our breakthroughs and breakdowns. There was laughter, tears, silence, and deep presence. It was raw, real, and profoundly beautiful.

I fell in love with the Vitalist community — the facilitators, (Micah included), the somatic workers, and every person who showed up with such courage, curiosity, and heart. Their authenticity and kindness taught me so much about love, empathy, and what it means to truly be seen and loved.

During this time, I continued to work with Randy, my therapist, who helped me process everything I was experiencing between classes. His guidance allowed me to integrate what I was learning in a healthy, grounded way. I’m forever grateful for his care and steadiness through it all.

At Vitalist, I not only healed myself — I also learned to help others heal. By practicing with and supporting others on their journeys, I discovered how to hold space, how to listen deeply, and how to trust the process. That experience changed everything.

Lessons Learned Along the Way

Through therapy, somatic work, and the Vitalist community, I learned how to be with myself — fully. I learned how to cry, how to release, and how to face the emotions I once ran from. I learned that vulnerability isn’t a weakness — it’s where healing begins. I learned how to sit with my shadows and find softness in the places that once felt hard.

Healing taught me that peace doesn’t come from disassociating everything — it comes from trusting yourself enough to feel it all.

Where I Am Now: Living My Healing

I still practice everything I learned — in my breath, in my relationships, and in the way I hold space for my own heart. I continue to work with Micah at The Vital Hive, where I keep uncovering new layers of presence and peace.

Healing is no longer something I chase. It’s something I live — a daily practice of listening, feeling, and returning to love.

If there’s one thing I’ve learned, it’s this: You don’t need to be “fixed.” You just need to come home — to your body, your heart, your truth.

And from there, everything begins to heal.

Written from the heart by Heather Rose, a lifelong student of healing and finding truth.

Thank you, Randy, for your unwavering guidance over the years, and Micah, for your presence, care, and wisdom throughout this journey.