Healing The Source Of The Inner Critic: The Wounded Child

The inner critic is essentially the voice of our unhealed hurts. For as angry, damaging, and in control as our inner critic might seem, beneath the harsh narrative is a child waiting for us to show up with love and kindness for them. In this meditation, we move through the illusion of a powerful inner critic, to the powerless child beneath. In offering our child selves compassion, we diminish the fuel for our critical self-narratives, learning to be more loving of our present day self in the process.

Reviews

Surprisingly effective in such a short meditation. Healing, warm, gentle and deeply restorative.

Beautiful and very supportive of my Inner child, thank you!

This was just what I needed today for someone I am working with.
Thank you.

thank you, i was able to heal some pain from my teenage years

Thank you that was beautiful and very helpful to me

That was a powerful session. It’s hard to believe it was only 10 minutes.

I don’t know how she did it but each step was timed perfectly to anticipate each new wave of emotion, and they were all very helpful and incredibly revealing. I will absolutely be returning to this meditation.

Excellent meditation. Really provided a respite from that inner critic.

Very powerful. Tears came. Thank you for this insight.

This meditation was pretty heavy for me and liberating as well ❤️ Thank you Dr. Candice, forever grateful to you 💖

Very healing , thank you for your kindness and compassion for us all who struggle with low self esteem!

Brought me to tears & helped me understand the source of my pain a little better. I learned a lot about myself! Thank you! 🙏

Wow…this was a powerful exercise for me. Thank you.

Very helpful to get to what the critic has been saying to my inner child.that has been hurtful to her. Thank you.

"you are enough as you are" , such a beautiful message. Thank you !

Bawled my eyes out, it was much needed and helped immensely. Thank you 🙏🏼

This meditation made it very easy to see that young child of the past and tell her that it is ok. Thank you so much!

Beautiful use of IFS strategies to get in touch with the parts of ourselves that are triggering the inner critic. The suggestion to have a photo of yourself as a child on hand is very novel and deepens the experience.

Really moving and made me realise how much love I need to give back to myself.
Thank you 😊

I did this looking at a picture of myself as a kid before trauma, then a picture after trauma. It brought up a lot that I think will be really important for me to grow now. Thank you, thank you