HEAL WHAT HURTS COURSES
The Heal What Hurts group courses teach a body-based method for working with emotional pain, nervous system patterns, and energetic constriction. Group work is the primary way this work is offered, providing structure, shared presence, and time for real community.
Foundations (6 Weeks)
This 6-week group course introduces the core principles and practices of Heal What Hurts, with a primary focus on how emotional pain and nervous system patterns show up in relationships.
Participants learn how to notice bodily contractions linked to emotional triggers and how to meet them with presence rather than reactivity. The course offers a structured, supportive introduction to the work and is the recommended starting point for those new to Heal What Hurts.
Integration (12 Weeks)
This 12-week group course is designed for those who want to take the Heal What Hurts approach beyond relationships and apply it across all areas of life.
Using the chakra system as a practical organizing framework, the course methodically explores where emotional and energetic constriction shows up in areas such as work, creativity, purpose, money, voice, and vision. The emphasis is on long-term integration and developing a sustainable, embodied practice.
WHAT participation looks like
In a group setting, we create a shared field of presence that supports each person in noticing and meeting areas of contraction in the body.
Working in community often makes this process easier. You’ll learn that there is no shame in having emotional triggers or physical tension — these responses are human. The work is not about eliminating them, but about learning how to meet them with awareness and care.
Participation does not require sharing personal stories. You’re invited to engage at your own pace, practicing presence and listening to your body in a way that feels manageable and respectful.
Which Course Should I Take?
Choose the 6-week Foundations course if you:
are new to Heal What Hurts
want the fundamental principles and practices
notice most constriction in relationships
Choose the 12-week Integration course if you:
already understand the basics
want to apply the work across your whole life
feel constriction in areas like work, money, creativity, voice, or vision
Private Coaching
Private coaching is available for those seeking additional one-on-one support, but is not required to benefit deeply from the group courses. Those enrolled in group courses receive reduced rates.
If you’re unsure where to begin, the 6-week Foundations course is the best place to start.
“The foundation I didn’t even know I needed, didn’t even fully realize that I was missing. That is what I was able to begin exploring and working on. That is how I would sum up the absolutely invaluable experience I had with the Heal What Hurts Book and Class”
— Michelle, Philadelphia
THE BOOK
Heal What Hurts
How to Heal Emotional Triggers
Published by Lewellyn Worldwide September 2025
The Heal What Hurts book shares the heart of this process through personal stories, spiritual reflections, and body-based practices. Each chapter includes experiential exercises, guided meditations, and journaling prompts designed to help you reconnect with your inner knowing.
This book will meet you where you are and guide you gently inward.
FAQs
-
Healing isn’t a destination—it’s a way of life. The deeper truth is that this process is a journey of reunion: with your own soul, your own heart, and the Divine within. Over time, you become your own best friend in your hour of need. You’ll no longer search for emotional rescue outside yourself, because you’ll know how to walk with God through your pain. That is the freedom—the peace—that no one can take from you.
-
Sometimes they are. The Heal What Hurts process isn’t about spiritual bypassing or blaming yourself for someone else’s harmful behavior. But it is about understanding: Why were you drawn into that dynamic? What wound or story made it feel familiar—or even necessary? If you don’t bring consciousness to that pattern, it’s easy to end up in a new version of the same painful spiral. This process helps you see clearly, so you can choose differently—and ultimately walk away, not from anger, but from alignment.
-
Yes—and your willingness to even ask this question is a beautiful place to start. The Heal What Hurts process is rooted in awareness, especially embodied awareness. It’s about learning to gently locate where old knots of pain live in your body—the places you’ve tucked away grief, fear, heartbreak, and shame. Numbing agents—whether it’s food, scrolling, alcohol, or overworking—make it harder to feel those places, which makes them harder to heal. But here’s the grace: you don’t have to be perfect. You just have to be honest. Even if you’re still using something to cope, the process will meet you where you are. Over time, as you build trust with your inner world, the need to numb naturally begins to loosen its grip. You realize that what you were trying to avoid is actually the doorway to your freedom.
-
Item descAffirmations can be beautiful—but if you’re layering them on top of unresolved pain, they can become spiritual wallpaper. The Heal What Hurts process doesn’t ask you to override your pain with positive thinking. It invites you to meet your pain with presence, listen to its message, and bring it into the light of Divine love. From that place of embodied healing, your thoughts begin to shift naturally—because your truth has shifted, not just your words.ription
-
Not at all. But many people find that as they engage with the process, a deeper sense of connection—whether to God, Source, Love, or their own soul—begins to emerge. This isn’t about dogma. It’s about learning to trust the quiet wisdom inside you, and to feel held by something greater as you navigate the terrain of your own healing. In that way, it often becomes a spiritual path, even if it didn’t start out that way.