On Healing and the Path Inward

“One never heals another, but only provides the means for his own healing.”
– Carl Jung

Jung saw healing not as a technique, but as a process of becoming. Of coming into wholeness. The analyst, he wrote, does not heal the patient—the healing arises from within, as the individual integrates what has been split off, ignored, or buried. The therapist may provide the space, the mirror, the insight—but the journey is always inward.

In Classical Chinese Medicine, the same understanding runs deep. The practitioner does not correct or cure, but listens closely to the movements of Qi, the whispers of the pulse, the shape of imbalance. They do not impose change. They offer support, so that the body, the mind, and the spirit can do what they are already inclined to do: return to harmony.

This way of working—whether from Jung’s Western depth psychology or the Taoist-informed roots of Chinese medicine—requires trust. Trust in the unfolding. Trust in the wisdom already present within each person. Trust that healing is not something given, but something awakened.

It also calls for humility. The one who guides must know they are not the source. At best, they serve as a tuning fork—resonating with what is true, helping the other remember their own natural rhythm.

There is no force here. No fixing. Just presence, attention, and the quiet sense that something essential is already at work.

When you find yourself in need of healing—emotional, physical, or otherwise—consider this: Who helps you feel more like yourself? Who reminds you of your own capacity to mend, to realign, to breathe more deeply into life?

Seek them out. But not to be saved. Go to be seen.
Go to remember what you already carry.

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Welcome to the Practice

I named my coaching practice Cultivate because that’s what growth really is—slow, seasonal, relational. It’s not a race. It’s a rhythm.

This space is an extension of that idea. A journal. A dialogue. A place to breathe.

Thank you for being here.

More soon.
-- Robert Baggett, M. Dip. Ac., CLC
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