The emphasis on humanities has swung like a pendulum through the years, particularly in the world of higher education. Many perceive it as a discipline of the elite that attempts to connect us to distant places from times long ago that are mythical, historical or hypothetical, and somehow more important than today. Simply stated, humanities has the connotative power to scare people away from it. What's not always obvious is that humanities is a shortened way to say "the human experience." By accident, it seems the term humanities has helped marginalize the human experience itself. It's packaged in ways that often result in a one-dimensional forced indulgence of quasi-appreciation. In this article, the author describes ways to reframe the humanities by shifting to a more creative mindset and being more practical about promoting healing.