Saira Khan Instagram – Healing Journey: Finding Peace with My Late Father
Part of my healing journey has been to find peace with my late father. I loved my dad; he meant everything to me. But growing up, we had a very challenging relationship. I just wanted him to show me his love, but all he could show me was anger and his expectations. He struggled to express love through words or physical gestures like hugs, which impacted me deeply as a child and shaped my character as I grew.
Now, as a grown-up and a parent myself, I’ve started to reflect on that bond. I realize that there were many things he did for me out of love, which I didn’t appreciate at the time. His sacrifice of leaving his country and coming to the UK as an immigrant provided me with an incredible life. He did the best he could with what he had. I now see that he had his own issues, traumas, and battles that I didn’t understand back then.
His values and love for nice things, plants, natural foods, and spirituality are now my values and have influenced the business I run today. I’ve always spoken about my dad from a place of anger. My healing sessions have given me a new perspective—to accept he wasn’t perfect but to focus on all the things he did right. He raised me in a safe, secure, and confident family dynamic.
From this day forward, I will speak of my dad from a place of love because, at the end of the day, he was a very good human being who was flawed—aren’t we all? I am sharing this in case it resonates with anyone and helps them find peace in difficult relationships. It’s been very comforting for me to get to this place of love and respect for my dad.
As a tribute to my dad, I’ve created a Father’s Day Collection – he always used oils on his skin – coming from Kashmir, he told me stories of the fruits, nuts, plants and herbs – how the women used mortar and pestal to grind and how fruits were dried in the sun …these stories fascinated and ignited my imagination…here I am running my own organic skincare oil business based on the Fruits of Kashmir.
Happy Father’s Day. ❤️
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