Are you on the Hamsterwheel of Healing?

Jan Normanton • September 11, 2025

Does it feel like a hustle being on your healing journey?

Listen to this article

click to watch this article
If you are stressed, consider somatic massage or somatic coaching and know that your body has a whole set of inbuilt ways to help you manage your inner states.

I think there’s a danger we can end up feeling that way sometimes and feeling as if we need to be fixed. And certainly social media will have it so that there are quick fixes everywhere abound, and if we just sign up for this course, that course, this modality .. we can pretty much get healed and fixed very quickly.


However healing doesn’t work that way. It’s a lifetime’s journey. I’ve been on my journey for almost 30 years now and I still get triggered. I still can feel like an imposter. I can get upset, over tired, distressed, feel I’m not good enough.


And I have to take myself by the hand and apply my own medicine at times like that.


I think there’s a danger that we think we can be fixed and we’re seeking some form of perfection, when healing isn’t that way.


It’s stripping back the lays of conditioning. it’s finding ourselves amidst all the chaos - out there and within, and really getting into grips with who we are and coming to terms with who we are; meeting ourselves, having the dark nights of the soul, and without all the razzmatazz, without all the modalities, the podcasts, the books, the courses, the retreats etcetera -  just making peace with who we are and that we're very human in the end.


And the invitation is to be human;  that’s the idea behind healing, for me anyway.


So invite you to remember when you’re on that hamsterwheel of healing, feeling it’s like a hustle... to just slow down, breathe and drop into who you are and make peace with that and enjoy yourself!

By janetnormanton January 15, 2026
Explore what it means to be an embodied therapist and why presence, not technique, is the key to truly transformative bodywork. Learn how The SOMA Massage Method™ helps therapists connect with themselves and their clients for deeper healing.
Emotional Healing Starts with Safety
By janetnormanton January 9, 2026
Discover why true emotional healing starts with feeling safe in your body. Learn how chronic stress affects your nervous system and how practices like Soma Massage can support deep, body-based healing and recovery.
The Massage That Moves More Than Muscles
By janetnormanton December 31, 2025
Trauma and stress aren't matter in the muscles; it’s physiology imprinted in the nervous system.
Soma massage - a powerful antidote to the hurriedness of life.
By Jan Normanton December 10, 2025
SOMA Massage is a powerful antidote to the hurriedness of life. It offers a space where anxiety, stress, and overwhelm can dissolve, where you can simply be yourself, free from expectations
Understanding the Nervous System: Beyond Rest and Digest
By Jan Normanton October 26, 2025
A resilient, robust nervous system is key to healing and wellbeing, allowing you to manage life's challenges effectively while enjoying periods of deep relaxation.
Safety is the cornerstone of healing.
By Jan Normanton September 14, 2025
Creating a safe environment is essential to reduce anxiety and stress, and encourage a sense of control and agency in clients
Connection is key to a contented life
By Jan Normanton August 31, 2025
Connection to self, others, life itself offers safety and can provide the cornerstone of contentment and love. Whilst disconnection to self, others, life poses threat and so can cause the opposites – unhappiness and fear
Change can be challenging to a nervous system that seeks safety
By Jan Normanton May 25, 2025
Leaning into a change process that feels safer, planned, paced, can offer a smoother journey into what we do want, whilst tempering and taming the fears, doubts and sense of regression that may present themselves along the way
Why consider a bottom up approach to healing rather than a top down one
By Jan Normanton May 7, 2025
Whilst talking therapies have a significant role in healing in their own right, we can end up inadvertently holding up our healing process by getting invested in talking ABOUT our issues rather than dealing directly WITH our issues via the body – the place of trauma
Pay attention to where you place your attention to remain connected and grounded within
By Jan Normanton May 4, 2025
Distraction is everywhere! If we allow ourselves to engage like a kid in a candy shop, taking it all in with gusto, we can end up frazzled and fragmented, feeling less than safe and sound within
Show More