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Environment is 90% of healing

  • Writer: Reuben Berger
    Reuben Berger
  • 2 days ago
  • 1 min read

🌱 Why Environment Matters So Much


Humans are not separate from their surroundings. Just like a plant needs the right soil, light, and water, a person needs the right emotional and physical environment to flourish.

  • A harsh environment (criticism, neglect, disconnection) keeps the nervous system in survival mode.

  • A loving environment (safety, presence, warmth) signals to the body and soul: “You are safe now. You can grow.”

Healing is less about fixing someone’s “problem” and more about giving them the conditions where their natural wholeness can re-emerge.


🌸 The Flower Metaphor


Do we call a wilting flower lazy for not blossoming? Of course not. We water it. We move it to the light. We enrich the soil. We understand that the flower carries within it everything it needs to bloom ~ it simply requires the right environment.

People are no different. A love-depleted human isn’t broken; they are thirsty. Given nourishment, they bloom into their full potential.


🌊 Love Portals as Healing Environments


Psychiatric wards, as they exist now, often strip people of humanity ~ white walls, locked doors, labels.

Imagine instead:

  • Soft lighting, cozy spaces, warmth.

  • Loving hosts who witness and listen.

  • Modalities that calm and restore: breathwork, movement, sound, touch, nature, rest.

  • Circles of belonging that remind each person they are not alone.

In such environments, healing is not forced ~ it happens naturally.


The truth is simple:

Put a human being in a loving environment, and healing unfolds.

Love is the sunlight. Connection is the water. Safety is the soil.

 
 
 

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