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“To heal is to touch with love that which we previously touched with fear.”

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The Healing Project Blog shares real, body-based insights for life after abuse—focusing on the wisdom of the body, holistic healing, and the many layered paths to recovery. It’s here to support and empower your journey back to yourself.

Science of the Body & Healing

Your body holds great wisdom with an innate capacity to heal itself.

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Abusive Relationships

Validation and insights for navigating and healing from abuse.

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Wellness & Self-Care

Gentle ways to care for and reconnect with yourself.

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Spiritual Connection

Consciously expand your mind and elevate your spirit

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By Gretchen Wood Lakshmi June 1, 2026
When vigilance becomes our normal state, we might lose touch with what safety actually feels like.
By Gretchen Wood Lakshmi May 17, 2026
Using yoga and chakra wisdom as a framework for understanding trauma, healing, and self-awareness.
By Gretchen Wood Lakshmi May 10, 2026
This is dedicated to mothers who are also survivors. You carry more than most realize. I see you.
By Gretchen Wood Lakshmi May 3, 2026
Healing doesn’t always look like effort. Sometimes, it looks like softness, space, and a life that finally feels safe to be in.
By Gretchen Wood Lakshmi April 26, 2026
Why more of us are craving real, tangible experiences in a digital world.
By Gretchen Wood Lakshmi April 19, 2026
When narcissistic patterns don't affect you anymore, they escalate. Louder, more chaotic, more confusing. Staying steady is exactly what shifts the dynamic for good.
By Gretchen Wood Lakshmi January 4, 2026
Some relationships don’t end because we stop caring, they end because our nervous system can’t carry the weight anymore.
By Gretchen Wood Lakshmi December 28, 2025
January asks us to push, change, and become “new.” But winter was never meant for reinvention.
By Gretchen Wood Lakshmi December 14, 2025
Not everyone feels safe and warm during the holidays... for some, it's the most abusive time of the year.
By Gretchen Wood Lakshmi December 7, 2025
It can feel like abusers move on without consequences. But the truth is far more complex.
By Gretchen Wood Lakshmi November 30, 2025
This isn’t about political sides or gender wars. It’s about understanding the systems of power that shape the world.
By Gretchen Wood November 23, 2025
What happens to a society when it decides certain girls don’t matter?
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