When the Way Isn’t Clear in a Journey

Not every medicine journey comes with clarity, insight, or a neat takeaway. Sometimes the way isn’t clear at all. There may be confusion, restlessness, numbness, or a sense of being lost inside the experience. This can feel disappointing, especially when there’s an expectation that something should happen—that healing should arrive in a recognizable form. But not-knowing is also a legitimate state of the journey, and often a meaningful one.

When clarity doesn’t come, the work may be about staying rather than understanding. About allowing the uncertainty, the discomfort, or the emptiness to exist without trying to push it somewhere else. In these moments, the medicine isn’t pointing toward an answer—it’s inviting patience, trust, and relationship with what is unfolding slowly. Integration becomes a practice of staying in the unknown, learning to tolerate discomfort, and seeing these journeys as mirrors for the uncertain and unclear moments of life.