3 Reasons Your Healing Journey Feels Like a Never-Ending Roller Coaster Ride
3 Reasons Your Healing Journey Feels Like a Never-Ending Roller Coaster Ride...and what to do instead so you can finally feel grounded and at peace.
You’ve been doing the work. The journaling. The therapy. The affirmations. The breathwork. You’ve read every self-help book with a hopeful heart, thinking, “This time, maybe something will finally shift.”
But instead of feeling lighter, more confident, or more in control, it feels like you’re constantly being thrown around on an emotional roller coaster. One day you’re feeling on top of your healing game—and the next, you’re spiraling, triggered, and wondering if you’ve actually made any progress at all.
If this feels painfully familiar, you’re not alone. And more importantly—you’re not doing it wrong.
Let’s unpack why this keeps happening and what you can do to finally create lasting emotional stability on your healing journey.
A Compassionate Guide to Authentic Healing to Finally Break Free from the Self-Help Hamster Wheel
Have you ever wondered how our childhood experiences shape our need for perfection? Perfectionism is a huge issue in our society, and more people struggle with it than we realize. We push ourselves to be flawless and meet these impossible standards. Have you ever really stopped to think about why there is such a strong desire to be perfect? Is it because we live in a high-achieving culture, or is there something more at play?
I've met countless people who are perpetual high achievers. They're always pushing themselves to be better, faster, stronger–just like that Daft Punk song– and I was one of those people.
Recognizing why we're perfectionists is the first step. The next step is to embark on the journey of healing and personal growth. It means acknowledging the wounds of our past, working through buried emotions, and developing a more loving and accepting relationship with ourselves. It's not easy—I've been there, done that—but it's necessary if we want to be free from the shackles of perfectionism.
What Healing Looks Like When You Ditch the Self-Help Overload
You started your healing journey because you wanted to feel better. Lighter. More at peace. You wanted to break free from the patterns that have kept you stuck for years. But somewhere along the way, healing became another full-time job.
Your bookshelf is overflowing with personal development books. Your podcast queue is stacked with mindset hacks. Your morning routine takes three hours because you’re journaling, meditating, EFT tapping, and pulling oracle cards.
And despite all of this, you’re still exhausted.
If this sounds familiar, you might be experiencing self-help burnout—a sneaky form of self-sabotage where healing becomes another way to prove your worth, control your emotions, or avoid the uncomfortable reality that healing isn’t a straight line.