Healing is Growth: Giving Yourself Permission to Rest and Rise

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Hello, my valued listeners, and welcome back to another episode of Living in Your Power.
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I'm your host, Dr. Marlene Greenleaf, and I am so glad you're here for the second
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episode in our May series, Rooted in Self-Worth, Healing, Growing, and Rising.
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Now, last week, we opened this journey by honoring the woman who nurtured us
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and reflecting on how we begin to nurture ourselves.
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This week, I want to go a little bit deeper because part of living in your power
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is recognizing this truth.
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Healing is growth. It's not a detour from your purpose, but it's part of your rise.
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And since this is also Mental Health Awareness Month, it's the perfect moment
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to check in with ourselves create space for rest, and recommit to our well-being, mind,
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body, and spirit.
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So today's episode is entitled, Healing is Growth, Giving Yourself Permission to Rest and Rise.
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Now let's take a deep breath.
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And let's begin.
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Now we often think of healing as a pause or a setback But let me tell you Healing
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is growth Healing is not weakness It is not laziness,
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Healing is in fact strength choosing restoration,
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When you choose to heal your heart after a disappointment That's growth when
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you set a boundary to protect your mental peace that's growth,
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when you slow down long enough to grieve rest, pray and breathe you are growing,
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and here's the beautiful thing healing prepares you for the blessings you've
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been praying for it's not time wasted It's time invested.
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One of the biggest obstacles to healing is that we don't give ourselves permission to rest.
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We've been conditioned to believe that if we're not producing, we're failing.
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But in reality, even the soil needs seasons of stillness before the harvest.
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I mean, rest is a divine gift. Rest is an act of fate that says,
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I trust that I am valuable even when I'm not producing.
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And I trust that my worth is not tied to my output.
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And let me be transparent. This is a lesson I'm still learning too.
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That's giving myself grace to pause, unplug, and just be without guilt.
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And I want you to know, you are allowed to do the same.
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Healing isn't a one-time event. It's more of a rhythm.
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It's rest, rise, repeat.
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It's rest, rise, repeat.
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One more time. Rest, rise, repeat.
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Every time you honor your need for healing, whether through prayer,
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therapy, journaling, solitude, you are watering the seeds of your future.
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You are rising stronger each time you choose to rest and recover.
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Don't let the world rush you out of your growth process you have to trust the
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slow work of God in your life,
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now here's your challenge for this week.
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I want you to identify one area where you need to give yourself permission to heal.
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Is it emotional? Physical?
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Spiritual? Relational?
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I want you to write it down, speak it out loud, and honor it.
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And then I want you to schedule one restorative act for yourself this week whether
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that's an early bedtime a quiet prayer walk a digital detox or a moment of gratitude journaling,
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healing isn't selfish healing is your pathway to greater purpose.
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So as we continue on this month's journey together.
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I want you to remember that healing is holy.
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Healing is strength.
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Healing is growth. You don't have to earn your rest.
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You don't have to justify your healing.
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You simply have to receive it with open hands and an open heart.
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So until next time my valued listeners I want you to live boldly in your power
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and if it gets tough just breathe,
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you still have the strength to rise so let's heal,
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grow and rise together in this month of me continue to live in your power.