All 60+ Alternative Healing Modalities I Tried

Organized by category with my hot takes, tips, and a rating scale so to help you prioritize and stop the guesswork

This list has been compiling in my head rent free for years now.

There were about 5 years in my life where I was so desperate for answers and to feel better, that I literally tried everything under the sun.

Even though I do love trying new things and exploring different modalities, I am now in a different chapter that isn’t focused on ‘healing.’ I have more trust in my body and my own discernment, I’m not actively seeking to add to this list, which is quite freeing.

The Main Lesson

Of course, we are each so unique and have different preferences and experiences. What didn’t work for me might be someone else’s miracle, and vice versa. I have this in mind while I share my own unique perspective, but I’ll also mention what I believe could benefit most people — especially if you’re on a healing journey.

After many, many years of conventional/western medicine approaches + all of these alternative approaches, I took away one thing:

We are our own medicine. You are the medicine. No one else.

Our bodies are so intelligent. They are always trying to return to homeostasis — we just have to learn how to support them.

I believe that this is where the right teachers, guides, and tools come in, not to replace your intuition, but to help you return to it and your inner wisdom.

No one can hand you the map, but the right people and practices can help lead you back to your wisdom and intuition.

Healing includes the physical, emotional, energetic, and subconscious. When one lags behind, the others can only rise so far. They are deeply intertwined — and you are only as strong as your weakest part (shoutout to Leo Max for this mic drop wisdom.)

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I wrote this for those of you who so deeply want to care for yourself but feel overwhelmed with all of the options and don’t know where to start.

My intention and hope is that this can help you skip some of the trial-and-error I went through, and potentially find something that you haven’t tried or maybe didn’t know about. I always say, trust your intuition. Take what resonates and leave the rest.

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