(menu) - Healing with Words .com

1️⃣ One-Page Sitemap (for your own reference)

You can print this or keep it beside you as the site’s “map.”

WordsHealMe.com — Free Healing Library

Home

Gentle welcome
Orientation to the library
Links to Start Here / Practices / Library

Start Here

Understanding & Gentling the Freeze Response
Thawing the Freeze (Pure Mind + Jesus)
Awakening the Frozen Body
Morning Despair Support

Practices

Practices Hub (overview)
- Pure Mind Practices
  - Pure Mind Presence
  - Pure Mind Healing Audio Series
  - Pure Phrases (7-Day)
  - Pure Mind Purification (28-Day)
- IFS & Somatic Practices
  - IFS & Somatic Therapy
  - Subpersonalities (Parts)
  - Meeting the Critic (7-Day)
  - IFS-Integrated Meditation

Library

Library Hub (overview)
- Healing with Words
  - Why Words Heal
  - Mind–Word Connection
  - The Voice in Your Head…
- Healing Topics
  - Despair & the Vagus Nerve
  - Trauma-Sensitive Forgiveness
  - Fear, Shame, Freeze (future)
- Wisdom Sources
  - Jesus-Centered Teachings
    - Welcoming Prayer
    - Pure Forgiveness
  - Buddhist Teachings
    - Anapanasati & Pure Mind
    - Working with Body & Thoughts
    - Thought Substitution

Work With Me

Invitation page only (no pressure)

About

Why this site exists
Gentle disclaimer (not therapy, free offering)

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Contact
Privacy
Accessibility

2️⃣ WordPress Menu Structure (Exactly How to Build It)

In WordPress → Appearance → Menus, create ONE main menu.

Main Menu (Top Navigation)

Sub-menus (Recommended)

START HERE

Understanding the Freeze Response
Thawing the Freeze
Awakening the Frozen Body
Morning Despair Support

PRACTICES

Practices Hub
Pure Mind Practices
IFS & Somatic Practices

LIBRARY

Library Hub
Healing with Words
Healing Topics
Wisdom Sources

💡 Tip:
Do not put every page in the menu.
Use hub pages to keep things calm and uncluttered.

Home, Start Here, Practices, Library, Work With Me, About

Practices

Welcome. This is a quiet place for gentle, free practices you can return to anytime.
Nothing here needs to be done perfectly. Let what helps stay. Let the rest rest.

Pure Mind Practices

IFS & Somatic Practices

You are welcome to move slowly.
You are welcome to return as often as needed.

Library

This library holds reflections, teachings, and gentle explanations meant to support
healing through understanding, kindness, and careful attention to words.

Healing with Words

Healing Topics

Wisdom Sources

Jesus-Centered Teachings
- The Welcoming Prayer
- Pure Forgiveness
Buddhist Teachings

This is a free offering.
Nothing here is meant to replace care — only to accompany you gently.

How to add these in WordPress (quick steps)

A) Add “How to Use This Site”

Pages → Add New
Title: How to Use This Site
Switch to Classic Editor → Text (or Custom HTML block)
Paste the contents of the HTML file
Publish
Add it to Start Here (recommended) or About

B) Add the “You Are Here” sidebar navigation

Use one of these:

Appearance → Widgets → Sidebar → Custom HTML
or Customizer → Widgets (depending on theme)

Paste the widget HTML snippet.

C) Printable PDF

Keep it for you (admin reference), or optionally add it as a download link on a private admin page like Site Notes.

Absolutely — here’s a compact “You Are Here” sidebar widget that auto-highlights the current section based on the URL path.

Paste this into Appearance → Widgets → Sidebar → Custom HTML (or a Custom HTML block in your sidebar area).

You Are Here

If you feel overwhelmed, start with Start Here.

Quick customization (optional)

If your URLs are different, edit the slugMap matches (the "/start-here/", "/practices/", "/library/" pieces).
If you want no highlight on unknown pages, leave the fallback commented out.
If you want unknown pages to default to Library, uncomment the fallback line.

If you tell me your actual hub slugs (the exact URLs for Start Here / Practices / Library), I’ll tailor the matching rules so the highlight is perfectly accurate across your current pages.