Parenting Your Inner Child

Embark on a relaxing journey within to connect with your inner child. Through a guided visualisation, you will have the chance to spend some time with them and inquire about what they want. As you go deeper into your heart, you will learn how to parent this version of yourself, meet their needs, and achieve a sense of peace.

Music credit: Dream Protocol

Transcript

You're here in this sacred space,

Safe.

Close your eyes and place a hand on your heart.

Take a deep breath,

Hold and exhale.

Another deep breath,

Hold and exhale.

Once more,

Deep breath and exhale.

Breathe normally now.

Feel the surface beneath you,

Feel your body resting against it.

Keep the focus on your breath and let your mind dissolve.

Observe the thoughts that come and go and come and go and let them float around as they please.

This is the mind's role,

Analysing,

Finding solutions,

Keeping you safe.

Thank your mind for all the work it does for you and feel your attention coming down from your mind towards your eyes,

Your nose,

Your mouth,

Going down your neck,

Towards your chest and finally your heart.

Feel the warmth of your heart,

Feel the steady beats and thank it for keeping you alive beat by beat.

Cut your heart a few times and feel that gratitude.

This place right here in your heart is where your inner child lives.

Your inner child is your essence,

Your purest version and they need your attention.

They need you to be a parent.

They need you to take care of them the way a parent would.

This child within you has lived through so many experiences.

Sometimes they feel lost and confused.

Sometimes they need a warm embrace.

Sometimes they simply need to play,

Have fun,

Be joyful.

Now you can go to them,

Talk to them and give them what they need.

Go now,

Visualise a dark red corridor extending before you.

It feels warm here,

Warm and welcoming like you're coming home.

Go to the end of this corridor until you find a door.

This is your inner child's door.

Notice its details.

What colour is it?

What materials is it made of?

Does it have any decorations?

What's the doorknob like?

Extend your hand and open the door.

It leads to a bedroom and inside this bedroom you find a child version of you.

One that has been growing up with you over the years but whose essence is still that of a child.

Upon seeing you,

They smile and welcome you in.

They've been waiting for you.

They show you their room full of excitement.

Finally you're here.

You look into their eyes.

These eyes have seen so much and yet they look at the world with a kind of fresh innocence that is endearing.

The world needs this innocence.

You need this innocence.

Sit down with your inner child.

Feel love and compassion for them.

Sometimes they carry heavy burdens and they're just a child.

Sometimes they're terrified as they're chased by the ghosts of the past.

You're here for them now.

Give them all your attention,

Love and care.

Take a deep breath and speak.

Ask what do you need from me right now?

And whatever their answer is,

Give them exactly that.

Is it a hug?

Is it kind words?

Is it courage?

Reassurance?

Are they asking you to have more fun,

To find joy in the smallest things?

What is it that they need?

What is it that you need?

Perhaps they don't know what they need right now and that's okay.

We don't always have the answers.

Just be here with them,

Honouring their presence,

Honouring this space.

It's okay to sit together in silence.

It's okay to just be.

Your inner child will always live here inside your heart and every time they feel lonely,

Sad or fearful,

You can come back to this place and say,

I feel your pain,

Your fear,

Your sadness and I want you to know that I'm here for you and I'm going to look after you.

I want you to know you're safe and everything is going to be okay.

Tell them now,

Hug this child who is also you and give them all your love.

Show them love is pure,

Warm,

Generous,

Expansive.

Feel your heart getting warmer and warmer because your inner child is safe and everything is going to be okay.

Breathe deeply and exhale,

Inhale and exhale and one more time,

Inhale and exhale.

Drop your heart three times as if you were rocking a baby that was resting on your chest.

Stay there,

Stay there and when you're ready,

Slowly open your eyes.

Come back to the present moment.

Look around you and observe something different you hadn't noticed before.

Observe your body's sensations and feel proud of being where you are,

Here and now,

Traveling to your deepest self,

Parenting your inner child.

Welcome home.

Reviews

Vicky, profoundly difficult for me to do this but a bit of a breakthrough. Couldn’t stop crying, which I rarely do as an adult, but thank you from the bottom of my heart.
I needed courage, anger and to be able to find my voice to speak up against my CSA - which as an adult shows up as people pleasing. I will remember that it’s her seeking approval and to resolve my past when I seek unhealthy connections.

Thank you for this great meditation. I will meditate on it frequently.

Thank you for this. I thought I would learn a little bit in this short session but wow! Definitely was needed.

Bravo Vicky… you have done it again with your words and comforting voice. That meditation was sublime and subtle and helped me on my journey to self love. I’m working on it; finding it one of the most difficult things to get to. But I know I will. Love really is the only thing that matters now. Feeling like I have moved on to a higher plane in my meditations. It feels more pure. Much less clutter.
Thank you. Once again in gratitude,Peter 🙏❤️

A very helpful, reassuring practice. Thank you.
Blessings 🙌 🙏✨️

Most beautiful! Thank you for this heartfelt meditation ❤️

Very emotional and powerful. Helped me to find serenity. Thank you 🙏

Glad I found you! 🙏 Lovely meditation! Thank you so much. 💖💞💖

Thank you so much. Really helped me connect to my inner child

This was a beautiful way to connect with my inner child, thank you 🤍

I had shed some tears during that, very powerful & I love how you wrapped it up by being back in the present and welcoming us home.

It felt wonderful to hug her and listen to her. Beautiful 🩵

Poignant, and sad to see her in a dormitory, in yet another children’s home. Alone. Grateful to have this time with her. Your final words lifted the sadness a little, when I see how far we have both come together.

Extremely profound! My inner child most definitely benefited from this, as did I! Beautifully executed. I love your work!

So powerful and hauntingly beautiful. However, I struggle to embrace that inner child. I know I should but I despise and resent her. Until I can see her through different eyes, I can never love nor embrace her. Therein lies the challenge and the heart of the hope of recovery.
Thank you. I will try again. I understand the importance of parenting that inner child but can't understand how to achieve that. One day. Perhaps.

This is such a beautiful, affirmative meditation. Thank you 🙏🏻

Blown away by this powerful meditation. Just what I was looking for. Thank you ❤️🙏

Would love just a few moments of silence within the safe container you created to bask with my child. Thank you. Lovely.

Relaxing while stimulating reflection, thank you Vicky.