Healing your inner child.
What is the inner child?
It's the little you,
Tender and emotional.
Your inner child is the innocent part of you,
All about feelings and your primal needs.
Your inner child is vulnerable and innocent,
Deep feeling and full of sensitivity.
Curious,
Creative and playful.
Craves love,
Recognition and validation.
Desires connection and safety.
Is open-minded and total in expression.
Be that anger,
Sadness or joy.
Where did the term inner child originate from?
Well,
Carl Jung is reported to have originated the term and he connected the inner child with the divine child archetype.
It's used as a concept to explore our challenges growing up and developing our personalities.
In this sense,
The inner child stays within us,
Forming a part of our consciousness as images.
This has an impact on how we interact with the outside world.
Jung was a renowned psychology expert who founded many theories about personality,
Identity and analytical psychology.
His work has been studied the world over and today many of his theories and suggestions for improving one's life are still used widely.
By connecting with our inner child we gain access to new information about our unhealed wounds and the needs that may have not been met when we were actually children.
In each of us there is a young suffering child.
We have all had times of difficulty as children and many of us have experienced trauma.
To protect and defend ourselves against future suffering we often try to forget those painful times.
It may be that we haven't dared to face this child for many decades but just because we have ignored the child doesn't mean she or he isn't there.
The wounded child is always there trying to get our attention.
The child says I'm here,
I'm here,
You can't avoid me,
You can't run away from me.
We want to end our suffering by sending the child to a deep place inside and staying as far away as possible but running away doesn't end our suffering it only prolongs it.
The wounded child asks for care and love but we usually do the opposite.
How to recognize if you have a wounded inner child.
You may feel that there is something wrong with you in the deepest parts of yourself.
You may experience anxiety when going out of your comfort zone.
You may find that you're a people pleaser.
You may not have a strong sense of identity.
You may deliberately like being in conflict with people around you.
You might be a hoarder of things,
Emotions,
People and have a hard time letting go.
You may feel inadequate.
You may constantly criticize yourself for your supposed inadequacy.
You may be unforgiving to yourself,
Rigid and a perfectionist.
You may have a hard time committing and trusting.
You may have deep abandonment issues and cling to relationships even when they're toxic.
So how do we heal this inner child within?
The following three steps will help you to navigate this inner child.
Step number one,
Stop and become aware of the child within.
When we recognize the wounded child for the first time all we need to do is be aware of him or her and say hello.
That's all.
Step two,
Use your triggers as a guide.
When you are triggered this can be a sure sign that the inner child has been activated.
Noticing patterns or cycles of behavior where you are not operating in alignment with your higher self will help to guide you.
Step three,
Soothe and nurture your inner child.
By holding this child gently we can soothe difficult emotions and begin to feel at ease.
We'll know where our suffering has come from and when we see the roots of things our suffering will lessen.
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Thank you for listening.
