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Louise Amy Spirit's avatar

"You're obsessed with finding what's wrong with you. You're doing nothing but looking for problems to heal. This is the ultimate form of self-punishment in the flesh."

Yesss!!💯 I'm obsessed with shadow work & moving onto the next thing to discover & 'heal' about myself💭

Love this, thankyou for sharing💫

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Sherry Lynn's avatar

I hear that so deeply. It’s wild how easily shadow work becomes a trap door instead of a doorway. I lived there for a long time. Glad this landed. We don’t have to live like that anymore. <3

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BEFRIENDING LIFE's avatar

I loved this! I recently received a message from the God of the East direction at a Solstice Sacred Fire. "What if nothing is wrong?" I can't get it out of my head, and am so happy!

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Sherry Lynn's avatar

Yes! This is profound message you got - often times nothing is wrong - it’s our mind or external influences convincing us it is!

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Corinne's avatar

Dear Sherry,

Your blog truly resonates with me. The self-help industry has, in many ways, created more confusion and pain than most are willing to admit. Too much inward searching can sometimes lead to more wounding than healing. There’s always a new person offering a fresh potion or healing modality that suddenly becomes the thing to try—and we follow, hoping for relief, only to end up with more areas we’re told we must fix.

What has always troubled me is the subtle yet persistent message that the “patient” is to blame: not trying hard enough, not letting go fast enough, not completing yet another list of things to improve. And when nothing shifts, it's chalked up to karma—another invisible burden, another task added to the soul's to-do list.

But what if the answer isn’t in doing more?

What if healing comes from doing less?

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Sherry Lynn's avatar

Karina, yes...this really lands. The karma part especially. I lived inside that for a long time. And you’re right, healing didn’t come from doing it better. It came from stopping. Just... stopping. I still notice how much quieter things are when I’m not scanning for what’s wrong. I really appreciate how clearly you named this.

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Corinne's avatar

I hear you, Sherry. Sometimes there’s just no explanation for why certain things happen to us—cruel, bizarre, and beyond imagination. I’ve walked that path for a long time myself. The truth is, as humans, we naturally try to make sense of our pain, to find meaning in what we go through.

Lately, I’ve been exploring psychogenealogy, especially the work of Alejandro Jodorowsky. It offers a fascinating perspective. There’s no pressure to take it all as absolute truth, but it invites us to keep our minds open and curious.

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Kim Bridge's avatar

We find life in our “being”. We have evolved into Human Doings! 🦋

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Sherry Lynn's avatar

Until we refuse to do….anymore.

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Stephanie Elizabeth's avatar

🩷🩷🩷

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