Joanne Fearns - Healing out Loud -

Joanne Fearns - Healing out Loud - Trauma Educated Speaker | Educator | Advocate |
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Healing out loud - Raw, real healing

This is for everyone, because *waves wildly around* wft. If all you can do right now is breathe and exist, that’s enough...
02/24/2026

This is for everyone, because *waves wildly around* wft.

If all you can do right now is breathe and exist, that’s enough.

This part is uncomfortable and unfair and exhausting.

But right now, maybe we let ourselves feel that for once? I’m trying not to sound like a jerk when I say this, but sometimes toxic positivity can take over ourselves so much that we forget that not everything is going to feel OK at that time.

You’re allowed to not be OK.
You’re allowed to feel like 💩
….and be tired of putting in the work.

But that’s not where you live. You don’t get to stay there.

It’s just a crappy hotel with sketchy sheets, a T.V with 2 stations, a sticky remote, and a vending machine from 1987. It’s where you’re staying in for a few days until you get back on the road.

If you need resources for help, reach out and send me a DM 🤍

Okay. So here’s the update.I had my post-op with my oncologist and she officially cleared me. The cancer is gone 👏Like… ...
02/18/2026

Okay. So here’s the update.

I had my post-op with my oncologist and she officially cleared me. The cancer is gone 👏

Like… gone.

We are very excited over here. Very grateful. Very aware of how big that sentence is.

Now — because my body loves to keep things interesting — this win triggered a few other health things we’re now sorting through.

Nothing we can’t handle, just another chapter. I’m taking it one day at a time and listening to what my body is asking for (or at least trying really hard to listen)

But here’s the part I’m really excited about…

This whole experience has shifted me. Not just personally — but professionally. The way I see healing. The way I want to show up. What I’m building next.

There are some very aligned, very intentional changes coming to this page and my practice — and I cannot wait to share them with you.

Stay close.

We’re not just getting through this. We’re growing through it. 💛 Thank you for being a part of this with me.

Two things: 1) Huge thank you to Sarnia Public Library for hosting such a genuinely fantastic event. The care, creativit...
02/15/2026

Two things: 1) Huge thank you to Sarnia Public Library for hosting such a genuinely fantastic event. The care, creativity, and effort from the team did not go unnoticed. 10/10 well done!

2) Transparency in what healing looks like:

Since the whole cancer thing, I’ve been trying (very intentionally) to make more time for my friends and the people around me.

And here’s the honest part: I didn’t want to go. At all. I was exhausted. I love the work I do and the impact it has in our community, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t come with a real emotional and physical toll.

My dream scenario was rotting on the couch with my cats, not wearing real pants, and absolutely not being social. I even caught myself thinking, how fast could I leave without it being weird?

Instead, I made myself a deal — give it one hour. If after an hour I still wanted to go home, I could.

Spoiler: I didn’t leave.

I stayed. I laughed. I had a really great time with friends. I made a button and an adorably cheesy Valentine’s card. I obsessed over the “blind date with a book” displays — all individually wrapped, themed, and categorized by romantic vibe (10/10, no notes). It was thoughtful, fun, and honestly kind of magical.

I let myself sit in how uncomfortable I felt — the exhaustion, the social anxiety, the why am I here energy — and by not fighting it, I relaxed. I joked. I enjoyed myself.

I’m not telling you to go out and do things, because I don’t know your life. I am saying that I’m really grateful I stayed, really grateful for my friends, and really grateful to the library for creating such a welcoming space and event.

Sometimes gratitude looks like showing up anyway — and learning how to gently shift your priorities, even when all you want is your couch and your cats 🖤

The cost of being seen is something we don’t talk about enough. When you grow up in chaos or suppressive control, being ...
01/30/2026

The cost of being seen is something we don’t talk about enough. When you grow up in chaos or suppressive control, being visible isn’t safe — it’s risky.

So you learn to do it all yourself.
💔 You learn to shrink.
💔 You learn to ‘make it work’ yourself.
💔 You learn to ‘make do’ instead of asking for more.
💔 You learn to deflect praise.
💔 You learn 1000 skills so that you don’t have to ask for help.
💔 You learn to read rooms like your life depends on it (because once, it did).

And then, one day you’re out of the environment, but the habits come with you. People call them “issues” or “patterns” or “walls.”

They’re not flaws. They’re receipts.

They are proof of what you survived.

But they’re there, whether you can recognize them yet or not. What you went through isn’t your fault, but this, the after? It’s your responsibility- and, no, it’s not fair. It’s not fair that you have to fix what you didn’t break, but you deserve to let people love you, and care for you (and come change your light bulb that has been out for six months because you don’t know how to fix it yourself yet 🤷🏻‍♀️)

Healing isn’t about shaming these parts out of you.
It’s about thanking them… and teaching them that you’re safe now.

As I write this, I need you to know that this message is for me just as much as it is for you. It’s a reminder to myself that those walls are still there and those insecurities still like to show up at the most in opportune time 🫠. As much as it sucks some days - I’m going to keep working on me.

If this hit, you’re not broken — you’re adaptive.
And you don’t have to disappear anymore to be okay.

This is your reminder:Losing people after setting boundaries doesn’t mean you did it wrong.It means the relationship was...
01/29/2026

This is your reminder:

Losing people after setting boundaries doesn’t mean you did it wrong.

It means the relationship was only possible without them.
And that hurts — even when it’s necessary.

I see you.
I’m proud of you.
And I’m sorry it hurts.

01/26/2026

Yes. I am fully aware that sometimes *I am* the problem.

ADHD brains need logic
trauma brains need control
…and hyper-independent black cat energy doesn’t do ‘because I said so.’

Sometimes that’s self-protection… and sometimes I’m the problem that needs to be addressed 🤷🏻‍♀️

I didn’t yell.I was working from home, minding my business, when my cats apparently decided they were powered by jet fue...
01/19/2026

I didn’t yell.

I was working from home, minding my business, when my cats apparently decided they were powered by jet fuel. Full chaos. Zoomies. Tiny furry terrorists with a mission.

Then I heard it.
A crash.
The unmistakable sound of something breaking.

And here’s the thing — I didn’t jump. I didn’t feel that spike of fear. I paused, looked up, and thought, okay… something bad just happened.

I walked over and saw it:
End table knocked over.
Garbage can broken.
Air purifier down.
Bottom half of my bookshelf? Absolutely wrecked.

And I stopped — because I didn’t yell.

I checked the cats first. Were they okay? Yes.
Then I looked at the mess and went, well sh*t… this is annoying.

And I started picking things up. Piece by piece.

I didn’t yell.
I didn’t scream.
I didn’t threaten.
I didn’t react.

I shook my head and thought, wow… this sucks.

And then it hit me.

I responded.

Healing shows up in the most random moments. Sometimes it looks like realizing your response didn’t match the reactions you grew up with or got used to seeing. Sometimes healing is the pause. The regulation. The ability to respond instead of explode.

I didn’t yell.

And that mattered more than the mess. 🤍

01/16/2026

Be proud of all that you’ve done.

Of who you are.

Of everything that you choose to do and be IN SPITE OF those who hurt you.

K, love you, bye 💋

01/10/2026

Welcome to my new series - that does not have a name yet - but will be about us talking about the really crappy things that we’re now unlearning because of not-so-great parents or legal guardians.

- You’re not alone
- It’s okay that you may not fully understand the impact of their actions, it’s not your fault.
- You get to decide what you’re healing looks like and there’s no ‘right’ way to heal.
- You are welcome here.

Shout out to for my favorite mask 💋

Soooo I have this app that sends me little, daily motivations. At first I was defiantly feeling the corny factor  (cause...
01/09/2026

Soooo I have this app that sends me little, daily motivations.

At first I was defiantly feeling the corny factor (cause what’s better to deflect self care than making your supportive actions look/feel small eh??)

Anywho I promised myself I would look at them no matter what, EVERYTIME they popped up on my screen.

Cue like, 3 months later and it’s now a habit that will either bring a smile to my face OR make my pause and go “well, sh*t”

Not sure who might need to see this message today, but I hope it creates a pause in your scrolling and either smile or say “well, sh*t”.

K, love you, bye 💋

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