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The Well (1 of 3): Digging. Why Your Healing Begins with You
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- Project I Am
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- Jun 29, 2026
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- 2445
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Summary
Why your healing begins with you. Before we can become a safe place for someone else, we have to learn how to become a safe place for ourselves. In Part One of this three-part series, Dr. David Schlosz explores one of the most important and often overlooked truths of healing: the work we avoid in ourselves inevitably shapes the way we show up in our relationships. Using the metaphor of a well, David reflects on why personal growth isn't separate from helping others, it is the foundation of it. Whether you're a counselor, parent, teacher, leader, or simply someone longing for deeper relationships, this episode is an invitation to stop performing, stop abandoning yourself, and begin the courageous work of digging beneath the surface. Together, we'll explore: Why healing is expansion, not erasure How childhood adaptations become adult patterns The difference between surviving and truly living Why your greatest gift to others is your willingness to keep doing your own work Because every difficult conversation... Every honest therapy session... Every boundary... Every tear... Every moment you choose yourself instead of abandoning yourself... You're digging the well. And one day, someone else's hope may come from the depth you've been willing to create. "Every place you've learned to stay with yourself becomes another place you can stay with someone else."