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When Healing Hurts
With Reuben Lowe
This course has a key message: When we turn toward ourselves in the service of growth — we feel more, and within this is an opportunity for us to heal. Not because we’re breaking, but because we’re opening. Spiritual growth — or if you prefer, self-growth — comes hand-in-hand with emotional healing. And this process isn’t always soft or serene. Sometimes it stings. Sometimes it breaks open what we’ve spent years holding down or hiding. But the pain we feel isn’t a sign that we’re going backwards. It’s a sign that something within us is finally ready to be felt — to be met with gentle willingness, rather than buried again. And while it hurts… it’s honest, necessary, and deeply human. It is the tenderness of mindful change. This course is here to honor that part of you — the one where clarity burns, where grief catches you off guard, where old patterns unravel and leave you raw. But through it all, you are not broken. With gentle willingness you are becoming whole. This is a 5-day micro-course. Each day offers: • A brief, heartfelt message from the waves of change • A moment of validating self-talk • And a closing, rhyming affirmation to carry with you Each day explores a facet of this deeper growth: • The clarity that comes after experiencing alignment • The tenderness that returns as the freeze begins to thaw • The healing in grieving what once protected you — and now no longer needs to • The willingness to stay present with your pain • The sensitivity that deepens your spiritual clarity This is a gift — to you, and from you. Thank you for being part of the change.
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5 Days
1.1k students
4.9 stars
7 min / day
Awakening
English
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This course includes 77 community questions and 64 audio replies from Reuben Lowe. The community classroom and teacher audio replies are only available via the app.
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Recent Reviews
Mary
July 18, 2026
I liked this practice. Repeating the statements in each practice resonated with me. Thank you!
Josefina
July 14, 2026
Amazing insights , very profound experience I consider this course beyond extraordinary! This is what the world needs …
alisa
July 7, 2026
Powerful Transformative Healing
Lee
July 6, 2026
Thank you SO much Reuben. I am doing deep inner work on being available for my younger parts and not outsourcing their needs to others. It is painful work and your micro course brought a lot of comfort: thank you!
Alan
July 3, 2026
I love the mantras/spells in each one and will use them going forward!
Erica
June 17, 2026
Very gentle and beautiful. I’ll come back to this again.
Cindy
May 8, 2026
This was very helpful to my healing journey. Blessings of gratitude🙏
Trish
May 3, 2026
Thank you for creating these short sweet days to make this process easier and with such clarity. I woke up from bad dreams from my past and thought I’d grown past it all. This helped tremendously!
Rainy
April 14, 2026
Thank you for this meditation course. It’s exactly what I needed to help me with where I am at at this moment. Namaste 🙏
Beverly
April 6, 2026
Oh how I highly recommend this course! It is exactly what I needed to hear because of years of being a care giver. The emotional supporter it finally took its toll on me! Rueben’s courses are beyond excellent! They are compassionate! I appreciate you Rueben Lowe!
Karen
March 20, 2026
More suited to recovery from addiction or emotional pain rather than physical issues such as mine
Lisa
March 19, 2026
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Laura
March 19, 2026
Thank you for sharing your wisdom. It was helpful and appreciated.
Julia
January 13, 2026
Thank you so much for this deeply healing and insightful course Reuben. I was feeling lost and confused but this has given me clarity and helped me realise I’m exactly where I need to be. 🙏❤️💫
Shari
January 4, 2026
I liked the 5 suggested categories or manifestations that naturally occur when we lean into feeling our stuff. Gentle and affirming
Nancy
December 6, 2025
Really helped me be more steady in this process which is very challenging for me right now. Much appreciated. Have already gone through it twice, I’m sure I’ll listen again. 💖
Erika
December 3, 2025
Thank you! You speak Truth…and it IS healing🙏
cнarloттe
November 14, 2025
This have been the longest 5-days in my life. I am not sure why i struggled so much with this course but i do believe its because its so deep, and maybe just right now im in a place where that deepness was not available for me. Still this course has given me great comfort because everything you say is the truth even if it has been hard for me to accept this part of my healing. I would very much like to try this course again next summer and see how it then feels. Very impactful so thank you Reuben 💖 As always im greatful for everything youve provided for a safe healing journey here on Insight timer💫
Susan
September 30, 2025
I had never thought of my deep sadness was pain. I visited my mother’s grave two days ago. I believe I have closure for the first time , more calm. My marital relationship has lost trust due to too many lies that he always denies. He cannot accept accountability. I am exhausted by this. But that is my judgment of him. Truth for him is what it needs to be.
Laurie
September 15, 2025
Amazing, thank you ♥️. It’s interesting, the coping mechanism that I used to manage my grief and trauma was to continue to love this person and show kindness to this person because I couldn’t handle being anything other than that towards him. This really resonated with me I no longer want to give him my attention in this way, I want to be free. I want to become free. I feel like I am transitioning from being numb to feeling the hurt to them being OK, this was a good start..
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