We often look for the big experience.

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The magic pill that will cure us.

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Or the silver bullet that will end our pain.

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Yet the quick fix never works.

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Real answers take time.

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And the fast result never lasts.

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Of course we want our pain and anguish to end as soon as possible.

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That's only human of us.

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We've lived with the pain so long and we are so tired of the agony that we just want it to be over.

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So it is understandable that we want to find a way to fix it all in an instant.

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We search for the big experience hoping it will shock us into peace.

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Yet the nervous system doesn't work that way.

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Shocking it only causes more trauma.

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The real answer is to go slow.

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To take baby steps.

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Focusing on the immediate, small actions we can take.

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Not the big, grandiose gestures that do not last.

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It can be hard to accept that kind of approach.

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We are so used to running fast and getting things done, that we treat our healing path the same way.

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Like it is something we need to check off a list of things to accomplish.

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But healing from real trauma takes patience.

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It takes courage, time, and space.

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For every time we rush our nervous system, we only cause more energy to get stuck in it.

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Which gives us more to work on when we heal.

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However, when we decide to take the gentle route everything changes.

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Healing is no longer a race to get to an end but a journey we get to go on.

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Our nervous system starts to unwind and let go of old, stuck energies.

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We begin to take those small steps that may not seem to lead far in the beginning.

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Yet when we look back over time we find that those small steps lead to great changes.

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The incremental changes were not obvious at the time.

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We might even feel that we are not getting any where with our trauma.

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And week after week, month after month, we start to change.

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Forming new habits.

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Making new choices.

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Finding creative ways to deal with difficult situations.

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It might seem counter intuitive, yet it works.

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Slow and steady really does win the race.

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So where in your life are you looking for the big experience?

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How are you rushing your own healing journey?

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~ Sam Liebowitz, The Conscious Consultant

Host of The Conscious Consultant Hour