Tag: personal development

How Being Kind to Yourself Helps Heal Trauma+A Self-Kindness Ritual for Healing Trauma

On By Zeenat Merchant Syal-Counseling Psychologist|Spiritual CounselorIn Emotions, healing, Mind, Mind-Mental Health, spiritual healing6 Comments

“You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.”~Buddha

Trauma leaves imprints not only on the mind and body, but also on the spirit. When we’ve been hurt, neglected, or overwhelmed, our nervous system often learns to live in survival mode: hypervigilant, self-critical, and disconnected. In this state, we may find it difficult to trust ourselves, our bodies, or even the goodness of life.

Self-kindness becomes a medicine for these wounds. Here’s how:

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14 Subtle Signs Your Body Is Starting to Heal from Trauma (And Why They Matter)

On By Zeenat Merchant Syal-Counseling Psychologist|Spiritual CounselorIn Emotions, healing, Mind, Mind-Mental Health, Positive Self Reflection, Readers Q&A, spiritual healing3 Comments

“You have the power to heal yourself, and you need to know that. We think so often that we are helpless, but we’re not. We always have the power of our minds. Claim and consciously use your power.” ~ Louise Hay

Your body doesn’t heal in one dramatic moment of clarity. Healing doesn’t arrive like a thunderclap or a single breakthrough or happen overnight. It unfolds gently, often invisibly through small, surprising shifts.

My own healing journey has been in progress daily since 1999 in the most surprising ways.

It shows up in the quiet, fragmented moments. It’s in those moments that my nervous system finally started to feel safe… safe enough to let go.

And that safety doesn’t come from logic—it comes from felt experience.

It showed up like this for me:

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You Are Not Broken: Healing Anxiety from the Inside Out

On By Zeenat Merchant Syal-Counseling Psychologist|Spiritual CounselorIn Mind, Mind, Heart& Soul-Motivation&Inspiration, Mind-Mental Health, Positive Self Reflection, spiritual healing5 Comments

“Our anxiety does not come from thinking about the future, but from wanting to control it.” — Kahlil Gibran

Anxiety is not a life sentence. It is not a sign that you are broken or that your spirit is lost in chaos. Anxiety often feels like something invading you, like an unseen force gripping your body and clouding your mind, but I want you to know: you are not powerless. Healing is possible. Profound healing.

And it begins when you reclaim your agency and release the identity of being the victim. Healing doesn’t arise from fear. It arises from presence, self-compassion, and truth.

Let me share with you three soul-deep understandings that transformed my own journey through anxiety—and that have guided many others home to peace.

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