{"id":701,"date":"2019-07-18T08:00:33","date_gmt":"2019-07-18T00:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jennaward.co\/?p=701"},"modified":"2022-03-09T05:59:43","modified_gmt":"2022-03-08T21:59:43","slug":"need-stop-healing-new-paradigm-authentic-modern-spiritual-woman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jennaward.co\/need-stop-healing-new-paradigm-authentic-modern-spiritual-woman\/","title":{"rendered":"Why we need to stop healing ourselves: A new paradigm for authentic modern spiritual woman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/10204955\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/backward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/d13197\/menu\/no\/\" width=\"100%\" height=\"90\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\" class=\"featurecolor\"><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/au\/podcast\/school-of-embodied-arts-podcast-with-jenna-ward\/id1467718396\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Listen on iTunes<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> | <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/1NNH67at9WPgoIxlZl8Q2i?si=jn3hXZlwQEWs_5qc3gIamg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\" class=\"featurecolor\">Listen on Spotify<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> | <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jennaward.co\/podcast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Subscribe to the Podcast<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span class=\"playfair\">Have you ever felt overwhelmed by the sheer volume of blocks, fears or resistances that arise as you step towards your dreams? <\/span><\/p>\n<p>The reoccurrence of doubt, lack, fear + criticism that you experience within, starts you thinking, <strong>\u201cI\u2019ve just got so much work to do on myself!\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019ve ever felt discouraged by the never-ending cycle of healing that you seem to find yourself in &#8211; realize woman, you are not alone\u2026<\/p>\n<p>This challenge, <strong>that there is so much more work to do on yourself<\/strong> and <strong>so much further to go<\/strong>, is one of the greatest challenges facing spiritual women at this time on our planet.<\/p>\n<p>Yet this challenge is also the exact reason we continue to remain <strong>STUCK<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>In spiritual circles we see\/read\/are sold that\u2026<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Once you heal this chakra, you\u2019ll be able to stand in your power<\/li>\n<li>Once this childhood wound is healed, you\u2019ll connect with your confidence<\/li>\n<li>Once you heal this resistance, you will arrive<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This focus on healing is based on such good intent.<\/p>\n<p>Yet the fact remains that <strong>focus<\/strong> is HEALING.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"playfair\">It\u2019s essential to realize that HEALING is not the essence of an embodied spiritual woman.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>HEALING is not the point of your life.<\/p>\n<p>Because you are not broken, woman.<\/p>\n<p>You do not need to be fixed.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span class=\"playfair\">At this time\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"playfair\">we are experiencing an epidemic of spiritual women who are hiding behind their healing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Collectively, HEALING is a device that many of us use to avoid stepping into our power + our brilliance.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019ve told yourself\u2026<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Once I figure out my purpose, I\u2019ll be happy<\/li>\n<li>Once I lose some weight + tone up, I\u2019ll feel sensual<\/li>\n<li>Once I am more confident, I can share my work with the world<\/li>\n<li>Once I am clear about what my gifts are, I can sell them to the world<\/li>\n<li>Once I realize myself through this biz\/relationship, I will arrive<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u2026then it\u2019s possible that healing is holding you back.<\/p>\n<p>These stories we tell ourselves, that I once told myself, do not serve us.<\/p>\n<p>Because these stories reinforce the belief that as we are, we are not enough.<\/p>\n<p>These stories covertly reinforce that we must heal, in order to become better\/worthier\/more confident\/enough, and that we must heal in order for us to truly arrive.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The modern spiritual woman is being asked to adjust her focus.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"playfair featurecolor\">To acknowledge that yes, healing + moving through resistance is essential. But it is not the point of a spiritual life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The point of a spiritual life is to embody the truth that <strong>you are enough<\/strong>, <strong>that you are worthy of love exactly as you are.<\/strong> Imperfectly, perfect. It\u2019s your time to step up and <strong>be<\/strong> enough.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s time to make choices that reflect your true value.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the time to live, with every cell in your being, in a way that reflects your worth.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s time to focus on EXPANDING into the woman your soul is longing you to be.<\/p>\n<p>The modern spiritual woman is being asked to authentically embody her enoughness. To embrace her imperfections, to love her resistances + to realize that she is whole.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-246 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/jennaward.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/jenna-large.jpg\" alt=\"Jenna Ward\" width=\"2879\" height=\"1008\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"playfair\">When our awareness shifts from the energy of HEALING into the liberation of EXPANDING, a new paradigm opens up.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>A paradigm where:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It is no longer authentic for us to hide behind our healing.<\/li>\n<li>It is no longer aligned for us to stay stuck in disbelief.<\/li>\n<li>It no longer serves us to continue to act as if we are broken.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For many years I lived in a world where healing was my focus. Where \u2018getting to\u2019 the perfect state of health, clarity + confidence was the goal. Because once I \u2018arrived\u2019 there, I would be enough to take the next step.<\/p>\n<p>This paradigm kept me STUCK for many, many years. I was focusing on all the parts of me that were broken. Spending time and energy and money trying to heal using spiritual + holistic tools \u2013 instead of just getting to the truth of the matter.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"playfair\">The truth is, that I wasn\u2019t broken, that I was already enough. I chose to start believing and living this truth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I started making decisions that reflected this truth. When that happened, when I embodied my enoughness, magic happened in every area of my life. My relationships deepened, my work expanded, my bliss doubled. I was enough + I was EXPANDING in the world from that truth (<strong>not<\/strong> from a place of healing).<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span class=\"playfair featurecolor\">Placing the focus on our EXPANSION is the path to liberation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Because expansion acknowledges that yes, resistance\/fear\/doubt\/blocks will come up along the way. This is only natural. You are human.<\/p>\n<p>But the resistance\/fear\/doubt\/blocks don\u2019t make you broken. There is nothing \u2018wrong\u2019 with you. They are simply signs you are expanding into something new. Something that your mind\/ego hasn\u2019t dealt with before + is adjusting to.<\/p>\n<p>An embodied woman learns to embrace + love the tender parts of her that are calling for attention. Those resistances\/fears\/doubts\/blocks just want to be acknowledged + loved, and then you are free to continue in your EXPANSION.<\/p>\n<p>When your focus continues to remain upon EXPANSION, you move through the resistance, with such ease \u2013 because you already know, within your body + soul, that you are enough, that you are perfect \u2013 and that this resistance\/block\/fear is merely part of your human experience, merging into great alignment with your soul.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The medicine that we, as a collective need to embody right now is the medicine of EXPANSION.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"playfair featurecolor\">Where our focus + commitment turns to expand into our full potential.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>When our focus settles on expansion, we acknowledge the inevitability of our brilliance. Because if you believe in you, if you choose to back you, then your success is assured.<\/p>\n<p>Imperfectly perfect, you are enough exactly as you are.<\/p>\n<p>Allowing yourself to EMBODY this truth, is the highest calling of your life.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span>Ready to put this into practice? 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