What Is Inner Child Healing?

Hi there.

What is inner child healing?

That is exactly the question I'm here to answer today.

But first,

My name is Jessica Amos.

I'm a mindfulness meditation teacher here on Insight Timer.

I actually have a seven day course called Reparent and Heal Your Inner Child.

So if you hear this talk and you want to go check out the course,

I encourage you to do that.

I have to say first and foremost that inner child healing is one of the most loving,

Joy-filled,

Compassionate,

Kind,

And tender healing modalities that you could choose for yourself.

The shortest explanation possible,

Inner child healing is basically reintegrating the parts of yourself that you have rejected that you have left out in the cold,

The parts of yourself that you have abandoned in order to be whoever it is you've thought you've needed to be in this life.

And a lot of times it's as children that in order to survive or to cope or to just like get through,

We very naturally have this resiliency and this ability to just compartmentalize to get through.

But as adults,

We find that maybe we feel kind of disconnected,

Disconnected from ourselves,

Disconnected in our relationships.

Maybe you're looking outside of yourself constantly for who you should be and how you should be.

Maybe the people in your life,

It always feels like your needs aren't being met or there's just emotional turmoil there.

The reason we do inner child healing is so that we don't have to look outside of yourself constantly for who you should be and how you should be.

You get to actually look inward.

You get to go back.

And you get to take your inner child,

Your youngest parts of yourself by the hand and you get to receive yourself back into your own heart.

Because the truth is no one besides you can ever know exactly what it was like to be you and to have all the experiences that you have had in your life.

You have been there for every single experience.

You have been there as the greatest witness to your life.

So who better than you to step inward and to go inward and to embrace yourself with love,

With compassion,

With understanding,

Because you are the greatest witness to all of it.

And you'll find that your inner child,

Just as all children are,

Is so forgiving.

Your inner child is going to be just so glad that you came.

And there might be some sadness there and there might be some grief that you have to face,

But you get to come in and you get to be the loving parent,

Loving caretaker,

The loving adult that you always wanted.

You get to act in ways that maybe your caretakers,

Your parents didn't act.

You get to give to yourself.

In ways that nobody can because you are your greatest friend and ally.

And who better to give back to yourself than you?

And through this process,

You're going to start integrating all these parts of yourself back into yourself.

And you're going to feel whole and complete and alive and bigger.

You're going to have more to give and more love to give.

Instead of feeling cut off and disconnected,

You're going to start to feel more connected and more alive.

And this is genuine.

So healing and so good.

It's such beautiful work.

So if you want support with it,

I encourage you go check out my seven-day course for reparenting and healing your inner child and reach out if you have any questions.

Just wishing you and your inner child so much love on this journey.

Until next time,

May you stay with yourself today and always.

Bye.