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Alchemy Is Not Aesthetic: The Myth of Pretty Healing
We have been taught—through images, language, and expectation—to associate healing with comfort and visual harmony. If it looks serene, if it feels gentle, if it can be captured and shared, then it must be working.
This belief confuses appearance with truth.
Real healing is not a performance. It does not arrive curated. It often begins in discomfort, confusion, or a sense of disorientation as old patterns loosen their grip.
Julie Jewels Smoot
Jan 43 min read
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