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Transforming Wounds: An Alchemical Rite of Passage
When Pain Becomes the Path to Wisdom
A Member of the Walking Wounded
When I sat down to write my first book, Embodying Soul: A Return to Wholeness, I was prepared to share stories I believed I had healed from.
But the more I delved into the stories, the more I realized I was only partially healed. There were angles I’d never considered, wisdom that I’d never mined. I had to admit that I was, in fact, a member of the walking wounded.
I still am.
Aren’t we all?
Don’t we all have stories of betrayal, pain, and hurt that remain within us, unprocessed and undigested? Traumas, losses, failures, and regrets from our past?
When we have not fully transformed our wounds, they talk to us — telling us what we can and cannot do, who we can and cannot be. They shape us, giving us boundaries that become barriers and cautions that become limitations.
The wounds go where we go , becoming a heavy, lead weight on our consciousness, stifling us and preventing us from our freedom — the birthright of every human being.
Over time, we get used to carrying this extra weight around. We don’t remember another way of being in the world — a…
