We can distract ourselves for a long time — with work, relationships, routines, social media, or pretending everything is okay. But healing doesn’t begin in the spaces where we’re avoiding our truth. It begins in the moment we pause long enough to feel it.

Running from yourself isn’t failure — it’s protection. At some point in your life, your mind learned that avoiding pain was the safest way to survive. But now, that same instinct might be standing between you and the peace you deserve.

Healing asks something brave:
To turn toward the parts of yourself you’ve been trying to outrun.

It asks you to look at your wounds with honesty…
To listen to your needs with compassion…
To allow space for your feelings without shame…

In relationships, running can look like:
• Pulling away when someone gets close
• Laughing off hurt instead of speaking up
• Pretending you’re fine when you’re overwhelmed
• Accepting less love than you deserve

Stopping doesn’t mean drowning in emotions — it means acknowledging them.

You can move slowly. You can take breaks. You can ask for support. Healing isn’t about confrontation — it’s about connection. It’s about learning to sit with yourself and say:

“I see you.”
“I hear you.”
“You’re allowed to feel this.”
“And we will get through it together.”

When you turn toward your inner world instead of away from it, something shifts. You stop surviving and start recovering. You stop hiding and start becoming.

Healing doesn’t demand perfection — only presence.
You don’t have to have all the answers.
You just have to stop running.

Your heart has been chasing safety for a long time.
Let healing catch up.

@DrYazHeadley