What Self-Improvement Narratives Miss About Healing

Sometimes the deepest healing is about abdication — not accountability

Laura Rosell
The Virago
Published in
6 min readMar 19, 2024

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On the night that I visited a medium for the first time, I received a wild potpourri of messages from a playful spirit whom she identified as my guide. Some of his messages made me grin, some made me chuckle, and some made the hair on my arms stand up. Believe…

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Laura Rosell
The Virago

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