Healing Isn’t Something You Achieve: It’s Something You Remember with Dr. Lara May
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What if the reason you're still searching for healing isn't that you haven't found the right answer, but because you've been looking at healing as something you have to achieve?
For many of us, the healing journey begins with a problem.
A diagnosis.
Burnout.
Chronic symptoms.
A relationship ending.
A health scare.
Exhaustion.
Or simply the quiet realization that somewhere along the way, we stopped feeling like ourselves.
And once we begin searching for answers, it can become easy to fall into an endless cycle of trying to find the next thing that will finally make everything better.
The next supplement.
The next practitioner.
The next protocol.
The next peptide.
The next meditation.
The next book.
The next course.
The next breakthrough.
In this Wellness Illuminated episode of Light Body Radio, Dr. Lara May invites listeners to step outside of that cycle and explore a much deeper question:
Why do you want to heal?
Not simply, "What symptom do I want to get rid of?"
Not, "What diagnosis do I want to overcome?"
But what is underneath all of that?
If you woke up tomorrow feeling completely healthy, whole, energized, peaceful, and connected to yourself, what would actually be different about your life?
Would you trust yourself again?
Would you feel lighter?
Would you stop worrying about your body?
Would you finally have the energy to pursue the things you've been putting off?
Or would you discover that the person you've been searching for has been there underneath the surface all along?
When Healing Becomes Another Achievement
Dr. Lara shares a powerful realization from her own journey: even when we're doing things that are genuinely supportive of our health, we can unintentionally turn healing into another form of achievement.
We live in a culture that teaches us to strive.
Work harder.
Accomplish more.
Optimize.
Improve.
Become better.
And sometimes we bring that same mindset into healing.
We approach our health as another project that needs to be perfected.
But healing isn't necessarily about becoming a better version of yourself.
It can be about coming home to yourself.
Through functional medicine, self-coaching, meditation, spirituality, and quantum healing hypnosis work, Dr. Lara explores how her understanding of healing has evolved from something she once believed she needed to "achieve" into something much more expansive.
What If Healing Means Letting Go?
One of the central ideas in this episode is that healing doesn't always require adding something else.
Sometimes it requires removing what was never truly yours.
Letting go of the conditioning you inherited.
Letting go of the stories you've been repeating.
Letting go of people-pleasing.
Letting go of perfectionism.
Letting go of comparison.
Letting go of shame.
Letting go of scarcity.
Letting go of the identities you created simply to survive.
Because underneath all those layers may be something much more authentic.
Something quieter.
Something more connected.
Something that doesn't need to be earned.
This episode is an invitation to approach your healing journey differently—not as another destination you have to reach, but as a process of remembering who you are beneath everything you've been taught to be.
In This Episode, Dr. Lara Explores:
Why we often approach healing as something we need to achieve
The deeper question behind the desire to heal
How wellness can become another form of striving
Why searching for the "perfect" protocol can keep us externally focused
The relationship between healing, identity, and conditioning
Why letting go can sometimes be more transformative than adding more
How self-coaching and meditation support deeper awareness
The role of spirituality in understanding health and suffering
What it means to reconnect with your authentic self
Why healing may be less about becoming someone new and more about remembering who you've always been
Whether you're just beginning your healing journey or you've spent years exploring every possible path, this episode offers an opportunity to pause and ask yourself a different set of questions.
What are you still searching for?
What are you hoping healing will finally give you?
And perhaps most importantly:
What would happen if you stopped trying to become whole and started remembering that you already are?
Healing doesn't always ask us to do more.
Sometimes it asks us to listen.
Sometimes it asks us to surrender.
Sometimes it asks us to release.
And sometimes, the deepest healing begins when we finally remember who we are underneath it all.
Disclaimer: This episode is for educational purposes only and is not intended to diagnose, treat, or cure any condition. Always consult with a qualified healthcare provider before starting any new supplement or therapy.
About Dr. Lara May:
DR. LARA MAY
is an Advanced Practice Clinical Pharmacist who specializes in getting to the root cause of disease via functional medicine. Due to her struggle with her own health, Lara started studying & practicing functional medicine in 2017.
Dr. Lara’s passion & mission is to empower patients to take an active role in their health, so that they can create their health on their terms. It was during the COVID pandemic that Lara decided to focus on helping type 2 diabetics understand and reverse their disease, after she witnessed the increased death rates as a consequence of diabetes as a comorbidity.
Type 2 diabetes is completely preventable and reversible, yet its numbers are growing every year.
Dr. Lara believes that if patients are given the tools and knowledge they will make the right decisions for their health.
Contact Dr. Lara:
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