When Healing Looks Like Letting Go
For a long time, “healing” has meant doing more.
More supplements. More testing. More strict routines. More forcing the body to behave.
But what if healing isn’t about doing more at all? What if the most radical thing you can do to support your body… is to slow down?
That was Stacie Webster’s turning point.
After years of dealing with hormone crashes, fatigue, anxiety, and unexplained symptoms, Stacey realized she wasn’t getting better—despite trying everything “right.” She wasn’t lazy or uninformed. In fact, she was overdoing it in an attempt to feel okay.
The real issue wasn’t a lack of protocols.
It was that her nervous system was stuck in overdrive.
Her body had been whispering for years, but she’d learned to ignore it.
And like many high-functioning women, she had been rewarded for her ability to keep pushing—until the day it stopped working.
The Cost of Pushing Through
So many of us have been conditioned to override the body’s signals. To keep performing. To keep pleasing. To keep producing. But the body always keeps score. Eventually, it finds a way to get our attention—whether through burnout, illness, emotional breakdown, or all three.
What Stacey’s story reveals is that real healing often begins not with action, but with awareness.
The moment she slowed down, asked for help, and started listening to her body was the moment things began to change.
The Real Work
Letting go isn’t passive. It’s one of the hardest things you can do when you’ve been trained to grip tightly to everything—especially your health. But it’s also where transformation happens:
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Letting go of perfectionism
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Letting go of toxic environments
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Letting go of fear disguised as control
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Letting go of the need to do it all alone
This isn’t the kind of healing that looks good on a checklist. It’s quiet, often uncomfortable, but deeply honest.
And ultimately, it’s what allowed Stacey to reclaim her health, her energy, and her sense of self.
Want to hear her full story?
We recorded a powerful conversation with Stacey on the Gutsy Health Podcast, where she talks about her journey, what finally worked, and the emotional layers most people overlook when trying to heal.
