Heal the Child Within
Learning to connect with and heal your inner child can be a transformational way of healing emotional wounds. Inner child work is the process of connecting with the younger part of you that still influences how you think, feel and act as an adult. It can help you uncover and process painful childhood experiences, trauma or unknown events that continue to shape life in the present.
When you are disconnected from your inner child, strong feelings from childhood can still be causing you to be triggered as an adult and you may react in a way that doesn’t feel like your true adult nature. For example, you may have an outburst that is similar to a temper tantrum or get very upset over something seemingly small. Your inner child can be behind many of your emotions and it is important to connect with and try to heal those wounds.
What is an Inner Child Wound?
Inner child wounds refer to emotional injuries that stem from adverse childhood experiences. These wounds when left unhealed can cause significant issues in behavior, relationship, self esteem and more for the adult. They often arise from neglect, abuse or unmet emotional needs during early childhood.
When you experience an inner child trigger, it can be something that feels bigger than it should be and also something that comes up often for you. I have found that when clients have a certain emotion come up again and again, its origins tie back to an event or time when they were kids.
Inner Child Work
The inner child work I do takes you on a journey back to an event or time when strong emotions and beliefs originated. I combine this with some energy work to ease the process of moving the difficult emotions that come up. I have done this work myself and uncovered deep wounds that I didn’t realize were there as well as heal many difficult emotional wounds and triggers. I have seen clients make huge shifts from this work, like releasing anxiety that they didn’t realize was always running in the background and causing them to always be on the go and not relax. If anything here resonates for you, consider an Inner Child Session.
Connect
You can start to connect to your inner child now before trying a session and it doesn’t have to be about the hard stuff. You can think of a time that was very joyful and journal about what brought you joy then. Or think back to how you liked to play– maybe there are some games to try again or go get some art supplies and paint like a kid again– not worrying about perfection but just pure fun.
