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Trusting God While Learning to Trust Your Body

Healing is not linear.


It doesn't move neatly from broken to restored, from pain to peace, from struggling to whole. Healing breathes and unfolds in seasons, sometimes with momentum and sometimes with long pauses that feel confusing or discouraging.


There are days when healing feels like flow.

There are also days when it feels like you stuck in the same cycle you thought you had already surrendered to God.


Both can exist at the same time.


Healing Begins With Being Held


Before healing ever becomes something we work toward, it is something we receive.


God meets us in the middle of the ache, not once we have figured it out, fixed it, or grown stronger from it. There is sacred safety in being held by Him first. Healing does not begin with striving but by rest.


When a woman feels held spiritually, emotionally, and physically, her body responds. Her breathing slows. Her nervous system softens. Her body begins to move out of survival mode and into restoration.


Being held is not passive.

It is the foundation for real healing.


The Female Body Heals in Rhythms, Not Timelines


Women's bodies are designed to work in rhythm through cycles, seasons, and feedback loops rather than rigid timelines. Hormones, menstrual cycles, fertility, pregnancy, postpartum recovery, and stress responses are deeply connected to a woman's environment and sense of safety.


Healing often requires slowing down long enough to listen.


Sometimes healing looks less like fixing and more like preparing. This includes nourishing your body, supporting your hormones, honoring rest, and creating space for regulation before expecting endurance.


Flow States and Stuck Cycles


There are seasons where healing feels fluid. You feel aligned, emotionally grounded, spiritually connected, and physically supported. Your body feels cooperative, responsive, and at ease.


There are also seasons where you feel stuck. Symptoms resurface. Patterns repeat. Old wounds feel louder again. It is tempting to assume you have failed healing.


But stuck does not mean broken.


Often a stuck cycle is an invitation rather than a punishment. It may be your body asking for more safety, your soul asking for more honesty, or your healing needing a slower pace than you expected. God is not rushed in these moments.. He is attentive.


Healing is Partnership, Not Performance


Healing is not about proving your faith or pushing your body past its limits.


It is a partnership between faith and wisdom, surrender and preparation, and trust and action.


You can pray deeply and still learn how your hormones function.

You can trust God fully and still care for your body intentionally.

You can release control and still make thoughtful choices that support healing.


Faith does not replace care. It informs it.


You Are Not Behind


If healing feels slow or unfinished, you are not failing. You are becoming more aware. You are learning how your body speaks. You are growing in discernment rather than delay.


Healing does not mean pain will never revisit your story. It means pain no longer defines it.


There is grace in the process. There is purpose in the pause. There is healing happening even when it does not feel linear.


You are not forgotten in this season.

You are being held while healing unfolds.

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