Self-esteem comes from honoring your healing journey

My life is not perfect. I make a lot of mistakes. Sometimes, I stumble
and fall. I am a work in progress. And when I remember that simple fact, I
am better for the experience.

It’s easy to start on a path of change and get so busy doing what we
need to do that we forget to stop, breathe, and acknowledge the effort we’ve
already made. We forget to honor our own healing journey.

There are times when I have to be reminded to do for myself what I do
for others. The other day, a friend caught me denigrating the work I put
into a project because it wasn’t done perfectly. When she asked how it was
coming along, I said, “I can’t seem to get it down perfectly. It’s horrible.”

I then spent ten minutes – which was as long as she could tolerate my
ranting- downplaying the work I had put into the project so far. She couldn’t
believe she was listening to me. “You could be one of your own clients,” she
said. And how right she was. I needed to be coached at the moment in time.
And after our conversation, I called my coach.

Healing is hard work. It takes great effort to stay on a path that
leads to purposeful self-discovery. It takes energy – persistent energy – to be
an active participant in the creation of our lives. A healing path
requires having the courage to shine a light or allow a light to shine on parts
of ourselves that we’d rather keep private. It means having the courage to
see the work that still needs to be done. Honoring our healing journey
invites us to appreciate the effort that has been made.
It’s important to heal and to honor the work done.