19- You Don’t Have to Be Fully Healed to Be a Healer: Releasing Perfectionism on the Healing Path

One of the most quietly painful blocks aspiring healers carry is this: “I still have so much to heal—how can I help others?” If you’ve felt that weight, you’re not alone. But you might be asking the wrong question.

The truth is: healing and being a healer are not sequential. They are simultaneous.

The Myth of “Fully Healed”

There is no such thing as being “fully healed.” Perfection does not exist in human form. Healing is not a finish line—it’s a continuous, sacred relationship with life. When you hold off stepping into your healer’s path until you feel perfectly whole, you’re actually delaying the very journey that catalyzes deeper healing.

And often, this waiting is fueled by something sneakier: perfectionism masquerading as integrity.

Of course, it’s beautiful that you care enough to want to do this work with reverence. But integrity doesn’t mean having no wounds. It means being responsible with your wounds. It means being conscious, committed, and willing to meet your own edges honestly, so that you don’t project them onto the people you support.

Integrity > Perfection

You become a healer through healing—not before it.

When you begin to hold space for others, you’ll find that the universe hands you the exact reflections, triggers, and teachings you need to evolve. This is how the healer is initiated. It’s not about having all the answers. It’s about walking the path—eyes open, heart willing.

A student in our Healer Awakened program exemplified this beautifully. She came in knowing she was a healer at her core, but wanted to learn how to hold her energy, set boundaries, and stop harming herself in the process of helping others. She resisted stepping into the “healer” role until she was “more ready”—but it was the stepping in that gave her the clarity and transformation she was craving.

The Path of the Healer Is a Way of Life

Being a healer is not a destination. It’s a relational stance. It’s about how you move through the world, how you listen, how you care, how you communicate, how you take responsibility for your energy, and how you call your soul home—again and again.

And the good news? Every conversation, relationship, and self-healing session becomes practice. The posture of the healer is learned through walking.

So if the path is humming under your feet, start now. Not when you’re “ready.” Not when you’re “perfect.” Start now—with reverence, with responsibility, and with your whole becoming heart.