
But the truth is, you were never broken. You were never less than complete. Inevitably when you strive to become “complete”—by committing to the process of putting yourself back together again—you will one day arrive at the realization that you were, are, and will always be whole and complete exactly as you are in your perfect state of continual evolution – Teal Swan, The Completion Process
The Completion Process by Teal Swan is a guide that offers a transformative method for healing emotional trauma.
Teal combines her personal experiences of severe abuse with her expertise as a spiritual luminary to present an 18-step process designed to address and heal the root causes of emotional pain.
The book emphasizes facing one’s pain directly rather than avoiding it, providing practical tools to uncover and integrate suppressed memories and emotions. It is divided into three main sections: Attunement, Completion, and Reconciliation.
In the first part, Teal explains the theory behind the process, including how memories and trauma are stored in the subconscious mind. The second part details the step-by-step Completion Process, guiding readers through re-experiencing and altering painful memories to achieve emotional relief. The final section shares testimonials from individuals who have successfully used the process, highlighting its impact on their lives.
The Great Reconciliation
The Completion Process is the doorway to liberation. It’s a way to put yourself back together again so you are no longer inhibited by the past or terrified of the future.
The fundamental aim of the Completion Process is to liberate individuals from their past traumas and fears about the future.
By addressing and reconciling with past hurts, people can move forward with a sense of wholeness.
This reconciliation process allows individuals to live more freely and fully, unburdened by the weight of unresolved issues.
It emphasizes the importance of understanding how past experiences impact present behavior and future outlook.
Through this process, individuals can achieve a state of emotional and psychological liberation.
Digging Up What Was Buried
Your body is your soul projecting itself physically. Your mind is your soul projecting itself mentally. Feelings are how a soul consciously perceives and communicates.
Following this premise, the three pillars of health are: body, mind, and emotion—with emotion as the language of the soul. If you choose to see it this way, then the key to “soul health” is really your “emotional health.”
Teal highlights the holistic approach necessary for healing, emphasizing the interconnectedness of the body, mind, and soul.
True healing requires addressing all aspects of one’s being, not just focusing on one area.
By digging up and addressing buried issues, individuals can achieve comprehensive health.
This approach ensures that emotional and psychological wounds are healed alongside physical ailments.
It underscores the importance of an integrated approach to wellness.
Making the Subconscious Conscious
The best way to begin facilitating your own healing is to consciously take care of the child self that is present within you. You need to provide for yourself today whatever you didn’t receive in the past from others.
This stresses the lasting impact of early childhood emotions and experiences on our subconscious mind.
These formative experiences shape our beliefs and behaviors, often unconsciously dictating our actions.
By making these subconscious influences conscious, we can understand and address the root causes of our behaviors and emotional responses.
This awareness is crucial for breaking free from limiting patterns established in childhood.
The process involves bringing repressed memories and emotions to the surface for healing and integration.
How Body, Emotions, and Time Relate
At your highest level, all is integrated. Your physical, etheric, feeling, thinking, and spiritual bodies are all one.
Teal explains the interconnectedness of different aspects of our being and how they are expressions of the same consciousness.
At a higher level of awareness, these aspects are fully integrated, promoting a sense of unity and wholeness.
Understanding this integration helps individuals navigate their emotions and physical sensations with greater clarity.
It emphasizes that healing requires addressing all these dimensions simultaneously.
Nothing Wrong with You
You cannot do the process incorrectly. There’s no such thing as a correct or an incorrect experience while doing the Completion Process.
Teal wishes us to instill this statement: “Every experience I have while doing the Completion Process is valid, and every experience I have while doing the Completion Process is the right one for me. It’s the exact experience that I need at this time.”
Preparation involves accepting that all experiences during the Completion Process are valid and necessary for healing.
This mindset helps individuals embrace their emotional journey without judgment or resistance.
By validating all feelings and experiences, individuals can more effectively integrate and heal past traumas.
This acceptance fosters a compassionate and open approach to self-healing. It sets the foundation for a successful and transformative Completion Process.
Safe Haven
Our Safe Haven acts as a foundation for the Completion Process, giving us a stable “base camp” from which to do our retrieval work. It’s crucial that we provide this kind of secure place so that the missing aspects of ourselves that we are retrieving from our memories will be able to return safely.
Creating a “Safe Haven” is the first step in the Completion Process, providing a secure emotional environment for accessing and re-experiencing traumatic memories.
This safe space is crucial for allowing individuals to confront and process their traumas without feeling overwhelmed.
By establishing this foundation, individuals can revisit painful memories with a sense of security.
This step ensures that the emotional work can be done in a controlled and supportive environment.
Everything is Valid
The point here is that you must be unconditionally there with the (inner) child, without needing the child to feel different than how they feel. This step is not about feeling better; it’s about being with the child’s feelings.
This step involves waiting for a sense of relief after validating and re-experiencing traumatic memories.
The validation process acknowledges the emotions associated with these memories, allowing them to be fully felt and processed. Relief comes as a natural consequence of this emotional release and validation.
This underscores the importance of patience and allowing emotions to run their course.
It helps individuals understand that relief and healing come after fully acknowledging and experiencing their pain.
Integration to Completion
We need to be present with the way we feel when we come out of the process. It’s crucial that whenever we do the Completion Process, we give our whole being time to adjust and to process what has just occurred.
The final steps of the Completion Process involve returning to a conscious perspective after completing the emotional work.
This step allows individuals to integrate their new understanding and emotional state into their daily lives.
It emphasizes the importance of grounding and reorienting oneself after deep emotional work.
This closure ensures that the insights and healing achieved during the process are incorporated into the individual’s conscious awareness.
It marks the transition from deep emotional work back to everyday life, carrying forward the benefits of the process.
The Collective Impact of Healing
The Completion Process not only creates peace and compassion within our own minds and hearts, but it also creates peace and compassionate love on an interpersonal, worldwide level. Whatever we do to ourselves affects the collective. When we integrate ourselves, we cause integration within the collective. When we become unconditionally loving, we cause the collective to become unconditionally loving. When we find peace within ourselves, we cause peace within the collective.
Teal describes the profound ripple effect that personal healing has on the broader collective.
The Completion Process emphasizes that by healing and integrating our own traumas, we not only foster inner peace and compassion but also contribute to the healing of society as a whole.
Our personal journey of self-love and integration influences the collective consciousness, promoting global compassion and peace.
This interconnectedness suggests that individual efforts to become whole and unconditionally loving have far-reaching impacts, inspiring others to do the same.
It underscores the idea that personal growth and healing are not just individual pursuits but are integral to creating a more harmonious and loving world.
You Are Your Own Healer
You are the one with the power to put yourself back together again; your healing is not dependent on anyone else.
Teal empowers individuals by emphasizing their inherent ability to heal themselves. While external support can be beneficial, true healing comes from within.
This perspective encourages self-reliance and personal responsibility in the healing journey.
It also highlights the role of practitioners in guiding and supporting individuals without taking away their power.
This approach fosters a sense of empowerment and self-efficacy, essential for lasting transformation.
The Completion Process by Teal Swan offers a powerful and effective approach to healing that encourages us to face our pain and traumas head-on.
Through a series of carefully designed steps, the process guides us in creating a safe space for emotional exploration, validating our experiences, and integrating fragmented aspects of our psyche.
The emphasis on self-reliance and the inherent power to heal oneself empowers us to take charge of our healing journey.
While the process can be challenging, the rewards of emotional liberation, increased self-awareness, and a more fulfilling life make it a worthwhile endeavor.
The Completion Process: The Practice of Putting Yourself Back Together Again
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
TEAL SWAN is an internationally recognized spiritual leader and a powerful voice in the field of metaphysics. She was born with a range of extrasensory abilities, including clairvoyance, clairsentience, and clairaudience, and has led an extraordinary life.
Teal survived 13 years of physical, mental, and sexual abuse before escaping her abuser at age 19 and beginning her own process of recovery and transformation.
Today she shares what she has learned with millions of people, teaching them how to find forgiveness, happiness, freedom, and self-love in their own lives.