Healing is not neat.
It’s not linear.
And it rarely looks the way we expect it to.
In Healing Is Messy AF, psychotherapist and award-winning author Kaitlyn Kenealy breaks through the polished narratives often attached to growth and recovery. With honesty, compassion, and clinical insight, this book speaks to the raw middle of healing—the season where grief is loud, progress feels inconsistent, and showing up at all is an act of courage.
Blending personal reflection with trauma-informed education, Healing Is Messy AF normalizes the reality that healing can be chaotic, uncomfortable, and deeply human. It validates the experience of those who are doing the work while still feeling unsure, exhausted, or undone.
Inside, readers will explore:
Why healing doesn’t follow a straight line
How trauma lives in the body, not just the mind
The coexistence of pain and growth
Permission to move at your own pace
Compassionate reframes for shame, self-judgment, and comparison
This book is for anyone who has felt behind in their healing, frustrated with themselves, or exhausted by the expectation to “be better by now.” Healing Is Messy AF doesn’t promise quick fixes—it offers truth, validation, and the reminder that healing doesn’t require perfection to be real.
Sometimes, surviving is enough.
Sometimes, staying is the bravest thing you do.