Why Healing Feels Slow Even When You're Doing Everything Right

The Advisor with Stacey Chillemi · Jun 2, 2026 · 34m

You're going to therapy. You're doing the work. And some days healing looks like a breakthrough — and some days it looks like crying in your car and calling that enough. Both are real. Both count. Candi Keffeler survived domestic violence and breast cancer and wrote the book on what recovery actually looks like when it's messy, nonlinear, and nothing like what you expected. This episode isn't about surviving. It's about what comes after — the quiet, unglamorous, deeply courageous work of actually healing.

You'll learn:

🌱 Why healing feels messy, not beautiful

🧠 How the nervous system leaves…