The Healing Insight Podcast

What Is Healing?

In this episode, Sarah and Jez discuss what healing is looking at the importance of going inwards to come to a greater understanding of yourself and what makes you think, feel act the way you do. They discuss how we heal in many ways and that many forms of healing have been around for thousands of years. 
They suggest looking at ourselves holistically to come to an understanding of why we experience any symptoms we are experiencing, as symptoms are highlighting to us that something is wrong. They talk about how medicine has its place and how many more medical practitioners are becoming more open to alternative modalities.
They discuss the importance of understanding that we can heal ourselves and that healing is a journey not a quick fix as we are peeling away the layers of what we have pushed down and avoided addressing. They talk about the importance of forgiveness and when new are resentful, angry or upset with others we are actually hurting ourselves the most, and so when we heal we come to understand that we need to be more loving and nurturing of ourselves so that we can be more loving and kind to others.
They explore how healing always starts with yourself and how those people that irritate us the most are our greatest teachers. They remind us that we are not the disease or the symptoms we are experiencing symptoms because we need healing to bring body, mind and spirit back into balance.

Comparisonitis

In this episode, Sarah and Jez discuss how we have a tendency to compare ourselves to others which can lead us into a negative spiral of not feeling good enough. They remind us that we only see what people want us to see and that when we compare ourselves to others, we are essentially comparing the best of the other person with the worst of us. 
They suggest that it can be helpful to have someone/something to aspire to/inspire us as this helps our motivation to develop and progress, but when we compare ourselves to others we are not comparing ‘like for like’. If we aren't careful, we can end up looking for evidence to support the feeling that we aren't good enough. 
They also suggest that if we find ourselves comparing ourselves with others, we need to acknowledge what we are doing and then ask ourselves why we feel the need to do this. We also need to recognise that we always progress at the rate we need to and that we are always exactly where we need to be. 

Actively Listening

In this episode, Sarah and Jez look again at listening and discuss what "actively listening" is and how, when we are focused on the person talking to us, we help them to feel heard, seen and appreciated. 
They explore the importance of allowing people to express their opinion, even if we don't agree with them, and also of expressing how they are feeling, so that they can process information and come to the answers they are looking for themselves. 
They also discuss listening to ourselves and how we need to allow ourselves to be silent and then feel into whether something is correct for us or not. We live such busy lives still and there are lots of distractions, so when you allow yourself to be quiet and let go of the distractions you give yourself space to process and allow the information/answers you are looking for to easily come to you. 
They also remind us of the importance of being open to answers coming to us in different ways and not always at the time when we allow ourselves to be quiet and in the moment. 
They suggest that actively listening is a skill that we can all develop and that it comes from being in the heart so that we are listening from the heart, which then allows us to respond rather than react.

Discussing Ego

In this session, Sarah and Jez discuss ego and how it is there to keep us safe but needs to work in harmony with our hearts. When we are in our heads we are working more with ego, which can lead us to be judgemental, and to believe that our way is the right way no matter what.
They remind us that when we are in our hearts we see things from a place of love and compassion and we are not being driven by ego.  They also suggest that ego can reinforce limiting beliefs as it is part of the mechanism that helps us to integrate experiences.
They look at the importance of relaxing and feeling what we need to do in emotive situations rather than letting ego jump in and so we need to become aware of what is ego and what is heart. They discuss how when we are ego/head led, we can be driven forward in the wrong way, but when we are in our hearts, the innate wisdom and understanding is there for us to see the correct way to deal with the issue that needs to be addressed. Being in your heart creates ease and flow and so makes the path forward much easier. 

Awareness Of The Words We Use

In this episode, Sarah and Jez discuss the importance of having an awareness of the language that we use and how it can help bring what we want in our lives towards us or push it away from us. They discuss how, when we take a step back from an emotive situation/discussion and ensure that we are in our hearts, we respond in a loving heart-felt way rather than react. They also suggest that when we are wanting to manifest something we need to ensure that we don't limit that experience being brought to us by putting a time frame on it, as this way we miss the opportunities that are being brought to us by the universe. They also remind us that we need to embrace the energy of what it is we are looking to experience; i.e. live how it would make us feel to have that experience, item, relationship etc. They suggest that we think too much from a head-centred space and that when we are in our hearts, clarity comes to us and we have a deeper inner knowing of what is right for us. 

Being Worthy Of Love And Respect

In this session, Sarah and Jez suggest that to be able to love and respect others and to receive love and respect we must first truly love and respect ourselves. They remind us of the importance of going inwards to discover if there is something that needs to be addressed and also to look at if there is a values conflict. They remind us that quiet reflection can help us to feel into whether there is something that we need to deal with, and if there is and we don't deal with it, the universe will find ways of bringing the issues to our attention until we do deal with them. 
They look at how giving and receiving go hand and hand and need to flow, and how when they are in flow there is no expectation. They remind us of the importance of healthy boundaries in all areas of our lives as these are a way of showing others that we love and respect ourselves. 
Learning to love ourselves is a journey of self-discovery and so we need to have an awareness first of all, that change is needed. We can then go inward to look at what we need to change but we need to be truly open and honest with ourselves when we do this, looking at ourselves without judgment so that we can identify where the issues lie and what we need to change. 
They remind us that we are always the best version of ourselves in every moment and that we all have our own perspectives and so we all interpret the world around us differently which doesn't make our interpretation wrong.

Doing The Best We Can

In this episode, Sarah and Jez explore doing the best we can and how, when we accept that we are always doing the best we can, it changes our perspective. They discuss how even as babies we want to please our parents and others around us and that we are taught our parent's values and beliefs because that is what they know. They suggest that we need to focus on what we are good at, i.e. where our gifts lie so that we can get the best out of ourselves and from others. 
They look at how it is important to move into the heart and absorb information rather than learn it in a cognitive way, and how we can all go inward to access the universal knowledge which can help us to grow and develop and move forward. 
They remind us how young children show us how to be truly in our hearts and in the moment. They also suggest that if we are unhappy, we need to look at why we are unhappy and what we can change to make us feel happy again. 
They also discuss how our decisions are based on the knowledge we have in that moment, and so they are always the best decisions that we can make in that moment, even if the outcome of the decision is not as we expected/wanted. They also suggest that success is not linked to other people’s ideals and standards, but is about evolving and growing, and doing what makes our hearts sing. 

WhenThe Going Gets Tough

In this episode, Sarah and Jez discuss how we all experience times in our lives that feel ’tough,’ so it is important to make sure that our persistence in working through those times is for the highest good. They remind us that when we are moving through an intense period it’s easy to question things and go into our heads rather than sit with them in our hearts to gain insight into the way forward. 
They explore how resistance is an indication that we need to look at the situation, go inwards, drop into our hearts and see what needs to be addressed, to enable us to make the correct decisions. They remind us that each of us knows what is right for us, and so we need to listen to ourselves but this needs to be done from the heart.
We can become our biggest critic when we are in our heads but this just chips away at our self-confidence. It is important for us to move out of our comfort zone to be able to grow. They also discuss how sometimes we need to put questions out to the universe or have a discussion with someone without needing answers for the insight to be given to us.  We can use how we are feeling as a barometer as to whether we are in our hearts, knowing that when we have a sense of peace and calm we are in our hearts and when we are stressed or agitated we have moved into our heads. 

Moving Out Of Old Habits

In this session, Sarah and Jez look at how habits are often ingrained in us over a period of time, so we need to find the root cause relating to them to heal, to make it easier to create the change that we feel is for our highest good. They discuss how there may be several things that need to be addressed and how when you look at things energetically, it may be layers of energy that need clearing to assist the process of letting go. Changing old habits is not always straightforward and so we need to be kind to ourselves if things slip back, and recognise that we need to see if something else needs addressing for us to be able to move forward again with that change. We need to break the old pathways and ways of thinking so that the change that is needed can be brought in. 
They also look at the desire to change and how if we want to change, feel it's for our highest good and value the change then it will be a lot easier to put the change in place. They remind us of the importance of being in our hearts when looking at change so that we are doing it for the right reasons. They also remind us that change isn't necessarily about walking away from something but taking the time to go inward, to reflect so that you have awareness and then take the action that feels right for you. They remind us of the importance of not judging ourselves in the situation but just being curious so that we can understand what needs to be addressed. 

Complete Trust In Yourself And Your Approach To life

In this episode, Sarah and Jez explore how having complete trust in yourself might change your approach to life. They look at what having complete trust in yourself means to them and remind us that failing just means that you haven't achieved the expected outcome, which might not be the outcome that you need.
They remind us how it is a lot easier to trust ourselves when we are in our hearts and that when the voice of self-doubt is chatting to us it is there to keep us safe but doesn't always serve us as it can such us onto our heads. They remind us that when we see any situation or experience as a learning it allows us to trust ourselves more fully. They look at how young children can remind us of how it is to be in the moment and to be trusting of ourselves and how we lose that childlike curiosity as we move into adulthood.
When we can see that we are all making progress, we can see that we are all successful and so can fully trust ourselves to bring us the experiences that we need for the growth and learning that we want to have.