Why our healing needs a revolution

Dear friends,

Symptom-chasing ≠ healing.

It has become increasingly clear that our approach to healing is fundamentally flawed.

We live in an age of infinite wellness trends, cutting-edge diagnostics, and billion-dollar health systems. Yet chronic illness is rising. Mental health struggles are more common than ever (although it looks like more people are aware of the consequences of bad habits). And millions of people, especially women, are dismissed, misdiagnosed, or sent home with a vague “just stress” label and no deeper answers.

Just as a quick personal example, I called my GP in the UK 1 week ago saying "I need an appointment as my Endometriosis is advancing and I ended up in the emergency room again last month"

Their answer?

"The earliest we can do is probably 6 months. How about I give you hormones until then?"

I believe healing isn’t broken because we don’t have the technology.

It’s broken because we forgot how to listen to our own bodies and started to depend too much on doctors who treat the surface, rather then the root problem.

We’ve disconnected from the full human experience. Our systems separate mind from body, spirit from science, community from care. And it’s costing us - not just in money, but in meaning, vitality, and dignity, really.

This is why our healing approach needs a revolution.

Not more band-aids.

But a return to a more holistic, comprehensive, personalized healing journey.

The problem with conventional healing models

We treat bodies like machines. Something breaks, you fix the part. Aren't we more than that?

But healing isn’t the same as fixing. Healing requires connection, presence, time, intuition, curiosity.

When I was navigating my own health journey - living with endometriosis, burnout, depression and unexplained symptoms - I experienced the medical system’s limits firsthand. I saw incredible doctors. But I also experienced rushed appointments, gaslighting, and an over-reliance on pills with little exploration of why the pain was happening in the first place. Should I mention that the pain keeps me from working, on average, one month a year? :)

I went to a sexual clinic a few weeks ago and asked for some advice regarding my birth control pills (which I dropped in the meantime by the way & restarted my Chinese medicine era). The nurse was so sweet and took a lot of time to explain me what is going on. He showed me a document they have to follow based on what I described. Basically, if she took this pill at this time, give her this; if she forgot this pill but doubled the dose one day later, give her this etc. While I do believe these guidelines are incredibly useful and help structure the discussion, they give almost no flexibility to the doctor to give another advice, try new things (like new drugs which were just researched but they have a higher chance of healing you; in my case, I recently discovered NAC which is supposed to shrink endometriotic cysts like nothing else), recommend alternative treatments, or even go a few steps deeper in understanding your lifestyle.

I keep choosing to turn to something deeper. Over and over again until I heal. Slowly, I began to recover not just my health, but my relationship with my body. I feel so much better in my own body. Strangely, esp. after my break up, when I took my health more seriously than ever, friends kept telling me "Ana, you are really glowing up". I felt that too.

The science behind holistic healing

The science is catching up.

For decades, ancient medicine has taught what science is only beginning to validate:

• The gut-brain axis shows how emotional states impact digestion, immunity, and inflammation.

• Neuroscience confirms that trauma literally rewires the nervous system, altering our health long-term.

• Psychoneuroimmunology reveals the impact of belief, mindset, and community on recovery outcomes.

• Heart Rate Variability (HRV) is now used to track the exact thing energy healers have talked about for centuries: nervous system balance.

What this tells us is simple:

Our soul/ spirit matters.

The context around symptoms matters.

What you feel matters.

We can’t afford to leave the ancient wisdom out of modern healing any longer.

They must come together. This is what Human Institutes is and will be about as it's growing.

Why modern healthcare ignores women's bodies

The feminine has been left out.

For centuries, most systems of care were built by and for a masculine world: linear, clinical, results-first.

But true healing is often cyclical, messy, emotional, intuitive. I experienced this.

And when it comes to women’s health in particular, the cost of this disconnect is enormous:

* Women are 50% more likely to be misdiagnosed after a heart attack.

* Conditions like endometriosis take 7–10 years on average to diagnose. (that's my case too)

* Medical gaslighting is a daily experience for many women, especially those who are neurodivergent, BIPOC, or dealing with invisible illnesses.

We need care that honors the womb, the nervous system, the emotions, and the unseen layers of the body.

We need a healing model that includes ritual, rest, and connection. Includes. Not only.

What the healing revolution looks like

The revolution is already happening and I could have not been more grateful to live in this century. Quietly. Globally. In living rooms, on Substacks, in sessions with acupuncturists, herbalists, therapists, Reiki healers & co. In women remembering their cyclical nature. In men sitting with their grief. In breath. In presence. In prayer. Ah, writing this made my smile.

And here’s what the future of human healing could - and should - look like:

✅ A doctor working side-by-side with an energy healer, respecting both perspectives

✅ Data-driven diagnostics paired with ritual and emotional processing

✅ Clinics where you can book a therapy session, a womb massage, and a breathwork class under one roof

✅ Conversations that center the whole person, not just the bloodwork

✅ Technology (like AI or wearables) that enhances connection - not replaces it

✅ Community spaces where healing isn’t lonely, but collective

Should I mention again that this is the vision of the Human Institutes?

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How you can be part of it

The healing revolution doesn’t belong to one brand or expert. It belongs to all of us. Here’s how you can be part of it:

• Listen to your body - especially when it is not talking very loudly

• Ask more & better questions, not just for diagnosis, but for actually understanding

• Find ways that work for you, not just what’s considered “standard”

• Respect the inner and the outer - the medical and the mystical

• Connect to community, because healing is relational, not just personal. Allowed yourself to be helped too.

Final words

This isn’t anti-doctor. It’s not anti-medicine. I believe it's just the ways it's supposed to be done.

You deserve care that sees you as more than a diagnosis.

You deserve to feel held, not hurried.

You deserve to heal - not just be managed.

The revolution begins when we reclaim what healing really means.

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I will post more on social media about my journey, my discoveries, how people from around the world see health & healing. You can follow me on Instagram, Tiktok & Linkedin.

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Stay healthy & happy, Ana