Sometimes a health concern can teach us something that goes far beyond the physical symptoms. I’ve been going through my own throat issue recently, and while I was waiting to get answers, I found myself turning inward. I wasn’t just thinking about what might be happening physically; I was thinking about how I was treating myself emotionally, mentally, and spiritually.
As someone who is spiritual and has practiced energy healing for years, I naturally turned toward some of the practices that bring me peace. But I also did something equally important: I went to an ENT and got a second medical opinion. That combination ended up teaching me something I think is worth sharing.
Self-healing and modern medicine don’t have to be opposing ideas. We can take care of our physical bodies while also taking care of our thoughts, emotions, energy, and spirit.
When Your Body Gets Your Attention
When something feels different in your body, it’s easy for your mind to start filling in the blanks. You notice a symptom, wonder what it means, search for answers, and then imagine all of the possibilities you don’t want to think about. I’ve experienced that myself.
My throat had become something I was paying close attention to, and eventually I decided I needed to get another professional opinion. Seeing an ENT gave me an opportunity to have someone qualified examine what was happening rather than simply relying on what I thought might be going on.
That was important to me. I’m very open to spiritual and holistic approaches to wellness, but being spiritually minded doesn’t mean ignoring the physical body. Our bodies deserve attention, too, and sometimes the most grounded thing we can do is say, “I don’t know what’s going on, so I’m going to find out.”
What I Did While I Was Waiting
While I was waiting for my appointment, I became very intentional about the environment I created around myself. I decided that if I was going to spend the week thinking about my health, I didn’t want every thought to be centered around fear. I wanted to focus on healing.
That didn’t mean pretending nothing was happening. It meant choosing where I put my attention. I started listening to healing frequencies on YouTube and music that I genuinely enjoy, including rock music, because music has always been important to me.
I was intentional about choosing music without negative or disturbing lyrics. I wanted what I was listening to and watching to support a positive state of mind. I also thought about color and intentionally incorporated blue into my environment because blue has traditionally been associated with the throat chakra.
I wore blue, looked at blue, and used the color during my visualization. None of this was about creating some perfect spiritual formula. It was about creating an environment that felt supportive to me.
And there was something else that became even more important: self-love.
The Power of Thinking About Yourself With Love
During that week, I kept coming back to a very simple thought: I love myself. Not because everything was perfect, not because I had all the answers, and not because I knew exactly what was happening with my throat. I simply reminded myself that I could love myself through uncertainty.
I thought about loving myself unconditionally. That phrase really stayed with me. We often talk about unconditional love when we’re talking about other people — our children, partners, families, and friends — but how often do we offer that same unconditional love to ourselves?
What happens when you’re worried? Do you become frustrated with yourself? Do you criticize your body? Do you immediately assume something is wrong? Do you become impatient because your body isn’t doing what you want it to do?
I realized that I didn’t want to do that to myself. My body wasn’t my enemy, and my throat wasn’t my enemy. This was simply something my body was experiencing, and I could respond with compassion rather than fear.
So I practiced thinking about myself with love. I visualized myself feeling well, pictured my healing as complete, and imagined what it would feel like to wake up and simply feel good without thinking about my throat. I focused on the feeling of being okay and let myself sit in that feeling.
Visualization as a Form of Self-Care
Visualization has always been interesting to me because it gives our minds somewhere positive to go. When we’re worried about something physical, our imagination can easily go in the opposite direction. We imagine the worst, picture procedures, imagine bad news, replay symptoms, and search the internet.
I didn’t want to spend that week doing that. Instead, I visualized healing. I pictured myself healthy, imagined my throat feeling comfortable, and pictured myself moving through my day without thinking about the problem.
Did I know that visualization would physically change the condition of my throat? No. And I wouldn’t tell anyone that visualization can replace medical treatment. That’s not what I’m saying.
For me, visualization was a way of directing my thoughts toward hope instead of fear. Sometimes self-care isn’t about fixing something immediately; sometimes it’s about changing how we experience the uncertainty while we’re waiting for answers.
Then Came the ENT Appointment
Eventually, it was time to see the ENT. Honestly, I was relieved to get another professional opinion. One of the biggest pieces of reassurance I received was learning that I did not need surgery to have my tonsils removed.
That was a huge relief. When you’re worried about your health, even the possibility of surgery can feel overwhelming. So hearing that surgery wasn’t necessary gave me peace of mind.
And it also made me reflect on the entire week before the appointment. I had spent that time listening to healing frequencies, listening to positive music, using visualization, focusing on unconditional love and self-love, incorporating blue into my environment, and intentionally directing my thoughts toward healing.
Then I went and got the medical information I needed. And that felt like an important lesson: I didn’t have to choose.
Spirituality and Modern Medicine Can Coexist
There is sometimes an assumption that if you believe in energy healing, spirituality, meditation, visualization, or other holistic practices, you shouldn’t rely on conventional medicine. I don’t believe that. I think that’s an unnecessary either-or choice.
You can meditate and see a doctor. You can practice energy work and have medical testing. You can pray and take prescribed medication when appropriate. You can visualize healing and get a second opinion.
You can listen to your intuition and still listen to a qualified medical professional. There is room for both. In fact, I think there’s something very empowering about taking responsibility for both sides of the equation.
Take care of your body. Take care of your mind. Take care of your spirit. For me, that is a much more balanced approach.
I Can’t Tell You Exactly What Caused What
I also want to be honest about something. I can’t tell you that listening to healing frequencies caused my throat issue to resolve. I can’t tell you that wearing blue changed something physically, and I can’t tell you that visualization alone healed anything.
And I wouldn’t want to make that claim. What I can tell you is what those practices did for me. They helped me stay focused on love instead of fear, gave me something positive to concentrate on, and helped me feel connected to myself while I was waiting for answers.
The medical appointment gave me another kind of reassurance — the reassurance that comes from having a qualified professional evaluate what’s happening. For me, those things could exist together, and that’s the part of the experience that mattered most.
What Would Happen If We Spoke to Ourselves Differently?
This experience also made me think about how we speak to ourselves when something is wrong. Imagine if, instead of immediately thinking, “What’s wrong with me?” we sometimes asked, “How can I support myself right now?”
That’s a very different question. It doesn’t ignore the problem and it doesn’t deny reality. It simply changes our relationship with the moment we’re in.
Maybe supporting yourself means making the doctor’s appointment. Maybe it means resting, turning off the internet for a while, listening to music, meditating, praying, taking a walk, or simply sitting quietly and placing your hands over your heart.
Maybe it means telling yourself: “I love you. We’re going to get through this.” There is something incredibly powerful about becoming your own source of compassion.
Your Body Is Worth Listening To
One of the biggest lessons I’ve taken from this experience is that we should listen to our bodies without immediately becoming afraid of them. There is a difference between awareness and obsession.
Awareness says, “Something feels different. I’m going to pay attention.” Fear says, “Something feels different, so something terrible must be happening.” Those are not the same thing.
Learning to notice that difference can be incredibly valuable. For me, getting the ENT appointment was part of listening to my body, while the self-love and visualization were another part of listening to myself. I didn’t have to dismiss either one.
Maybe Healing Doesn’t Look Like One Thing
We sometimes want healing to have one clear explanation. We want to know exactly what worked. Was it the treatment? Was it the medication? Was it the meditation, the diet, the supplement, the energy work, or simply time?
Sometimes we simply don’t know. The human body is complicated, our emotional and mental states are complicated, and our spiritual experiences are deeply personal.
I think we can leave room for that mystery without making claims that we can’t support. For me, this experience wasn’t about proving that one particular healing method worked.
It was about discovering that I could support myself in many different ways while still getting the medical information I needed. And that’s a lesson I’m carrying forward.
Self-Love Is Part of the Healing Conversation
Maybe the biggest takeaway wasn’t actually about my throat. Maybe it was about how I treated myself while I was uncertain. I chose love, positive thoughts, music that lifted me up, visualization, healing frequencies, and the decision to picture myself well.
And I chose to get medical answers. Most importantly, I chose not to turn against myself.
We don’t have to wait until we’re perfectly healthy, perfectly confident, or completely certain about the future before we practice self-love. We can love ourselves while we’re figuring things out, while we’re waiting for answers, and even when we’re scared.
We can love ourselves when our bodies don’t feel the way we want them to. Perhaps that’s one of the most important forms of healing we can give ourselves.
A Final Thought
If you’re going through your own health concern right now, I hope you’ll take care of yourself from every angle. Listen to your body, get the medical information you need, ask questions, and get a second opinion if you feel you need one.
But also pay attention to your inner world. What are you telling yourself? What are you listening to? What are you watching? Are you surrounding yourself with things that create more fear, or things that help you feel peaceful and hopeful?
And most importantly, are you treating yourself with the same unconditional love you would give someone you care deeply about?
You don’t have to choose between being grounded and being spiritual. You can be both. You can seek modern medical care while creating your own practices of self-love, visualization, meditation, prayer, energy work, music, and positive intention.
For me, that’s what this experience became. Not a story about choosing one form of healing over another, but a story about learning how to care for myself while I waited for answers.
And sometimes, that may be where healing begins.
🎙️ Want to Hear the Full Story?
I talk more about my throat experience, my week of self-healing, visualization, healing frequencies, self-love, and getting a second ENT opinion in Episode 210 of the 8th Level Podcast: “My Throat Issue: Self-Healing Meets Modern Medicine.”
Listen to the episode and hear the story in my own words.
