Healing Journey Quotes

“The contemplative clinking and methodical chewing are a little weird, but it is proof that souls are housed
inside the physical body.”
― Tom Hillman, Digging for God

“Then again, he supposed the healing process, in contrast to trauma, was gentle and slow... The soft closing of a door, rather than a slam.- John”
― J.R. Ward, Lover Reborn

“There is a moment in our healing journey when our denial crumbles; we realize our experience and it's continued effects on us won't "just go away". That's our breakthrough moment. It's the sun coming out to warm the seeds of hope so they can grow our personal garden of empowerment.”
― Jeanne McElvaney, Healing Insights: Effects of Abuse for Adults Abused as Children

“Talk about receiving blessings even through hardship! I once heard a quote that broken crayons still color.”
― Octavia Yvonne Webb, Mixed Bloodline: The story of a young biracial boy overcoming racism growing up in the South doing the 1930's Jim Crow Era

“Intensity-seeking is an enslavement of our own perpetuation. When we step out of the delirium of always seeking someone new, and meet the same old sad and lonely child within, our healing journey begins. Exhausting ourselves with novelty is a defense against our deepest pain, one that we cannot outrun. But once we stop and feel our losses, we can begin our healing journey and be the authentic, joyous person we were born to be.”
― Alexandra Katehakis, Mirror of Intimacy: Daily Reflections on Emotional and Erotic Intelligence

“The damage and invisible scars of emotional abuse are very difficult to heal, because memories are imprinted on our minds and hearts and it takes time to be restored. Imprints of past traumas do not mean a person cannot change their future beliefs and behaviors. as people, we do not easily forget. However, as we heal, grieve, and let go, we become clear-minded and focused to live restore and emotionally healthy.”
― Dee Brown, Breaking Passive-Aggressive Cycles

“Healing trauma involves tears. The tears release our pain. The tears are part of our recovery. My friend, please let your tears flow.”
― Dana Arcuri, Soul Cry: Releasing & Healing the Wounds of Trauma

“Healing is like an onion. As you process through one layer of trauma to release the pain and heal, a new layer will surface. One layer after another layer will bring up new issues to focus on. Pace yourself. Only focus on one layer at a time.”
― Dana Arcuri, Soul Cry: Releasing & Healing the Wounds of Trauma

“Healing is a life purpose.”
― Eboni Ivory Green, Journey Beyond the Yellow Brick Road: Finding Your Emotional Home as a Caregiver

“it requires great courage
to hold the wounded
parts of yourself
that are longing
for your loving attention”
― Melinda Quesenberry, May You Know Peace: An Invitation to Embrace Your Life, As It Is

“You never ask. You never ask for life. You always ask for the smallest portion. Ask for your return, girl. Claim your life for once. Do not bargain with it, the inevitable end of it always in mind. Ask for the whole of it. It breaks your goddess’s heart to watch you see it as worthless, as nothing but fodder for sacrifice.”
― Kara Voorhees Reynolds, Priestess

“This is not the sad tale of a failed marriage, or the tragic saga of a helicopter that fell out of the sky and stole precious people away. It’s the story of how I came to be. How I was able to love and forgive and heal from the inside out to create a wild and beautiful life where I am free. The process of revisiting and reconciling has been terrifying and transformative, rage-inducing and revolutionary. Through it all, the truth has been laid bare to honor the moments where I was reborn. Once I ventured into the Elysian Fields of my own truth and power, there was no returning to a world so small that it no longer contained my expansion. This wasn’t just any journey, it was the journey, the most important one I could ever take.”
― Sarah May, She Journeys: A Memoir of Heartbreak and Homecoming

“I believe Cerridwen’s story is the truth the faeries have forgotten. They have forgotten how to turn themselves inside out and let suffering grow them into who they were created to be.”
― Samantha Curran

“Healing isn’t about having it figured out. It’s about finding your way back to yourself, one feeling at a time.”
― Paul Strydom

“Tell the story often of how you healed. Your journey will be someone's road map.”
― Peri Q. Arden, Dandelion Ch;ld: An Autistic Life Shattered and Reforged

“The moon doesn’t rush... it doesn’t compare... it doesn’t apologize. It simply follows its path and shines when it’s time.
There’s wisdom in that. Too often we measure our worth against timelines, comparisons, or opinions that have nothing to do with our truth.
The moon reminds us that light doesn’t need validation... it only needs space to shine.
So let yourself breathe... trust your timing... and honor your path. Like the moon, your light will always find a way through the night.”
― Steve Maraboli

“Healing doesn’t come from arriving at a destination. It comes from having the courage to keep showing up in the middle of it all, with your tears, your questions, your trembling voice, and saying, I’m still here.”
― Christina Stiverson, I Carry You: From Unimaginable Loss to Rewritten Grief, Find the Life Waiting for You

“In the darkest moments of our lives, we lose our faith. and in the same darkness... we find it”
― Carla J. Brooks, 7 Cups of Coffee

“Your new beginning is not behind you.
It is waiting—
just beyond the place
where you finally stop running.”
― Carla J. Brooks, 7 Cups of Coffee

“What’s rare—what’s holy—is remembering who you really are…
and choosing to live from that place.”

— Carla J. Brooks, 7 Cups of Coffee (Chapter 11)”
― Carla J. Brooks, 7 Cups of Coffee

“Real love redeems you — not by fixing what’s broken in another,
but by calling you back to yourself.”
― Carla J. Brooks, 7 Cups of Coffee

“Grief is haunting —
but sometimes, it’s also a guiding.”
― Carla J. Brooks

“I finally understood — the past belongs in the past.
What we hold onto as fantasy doesn’t always survive reality.”
― Carla J Brooks

“maybe survival’s just learning how to breathe again under strange skies, and calling it another night made beautiful by accident, the kind where the silence hums like memory,
and you realize the miracle isn’t that you lived — t’s that you kept loving the world anyway.”
― Jonathan Harnisch, Living Colorful Beauty

“Patterns don’t repeat because we’re weak. They repeat because they once felt familiar enough to feel like home.”
― Louise Fields, Stop Dating the Wrong Letters: A Playful-but-True Guide to Finding Love That Fits (Alphabetically Speaking)

“Hmm… if yelling at me makes you feel okay… then we can continue. I can even make some more tea for the second round.”
― Sam P. Grace, YOU DON’T WANT TO DIE: Life Renews in the Depths of Despair

“We've all got wounds that slice deep. It's your choice if you cauterize them and move on after you heal or pick at them for the rest of your life.”
― Emma Slate, Lavender Lake

“Sometimes the collapse isn’t the end of your story—it’s the page where you finally start telling the truth.”
― Dr. Siidarth Bhattacharya, The Fire That Remakes You

“Life carried me on its waves—from love into hate, and from hate into a love painfully reborn.”
― Angelika Regossi, Love in Communism: A Young Woman's Adult Story

“Most of your healing journey
will be about unlearning
the patterns of self-protection
that once kept you safe.”
― Vironika Wilde, Love and Gaslight