Our childhood is such an important part of our story.
It is where we learn to make sense of the world and how we navigate through it. Childhood experiences are where we learn how we see ourselves in the world and how we view other people in the world.
All humans endure and experience hardship (it comes with the gig of being human) and these
experiences are impactful. Sometimes, the things that we endure leave a wound and become a
part of our personality that we carry. These wounds often carry burdens and really impacts how
we see ourselves. It’s like part of our personality carries feelings, beliefs, and unmet needs from
our early experiences–this is our “inner child”.
We end up navigating through the world in a protective place and this can feel so draining on
our nervous system. Usually this pain is stored in our body and is so taxing on the nervous
system. Our inner child deserves a place to be seen and have the pain processed and tended
to.
Inner child work can feel intense but it is so incredibly freeing and healing. This work is not blameful and not pointing the finger at family…but rather a place for parts of yourself to be healed and understood so you can start moving through the world from your true authentic self.
I want to help people understand and heal the parts of themselves that feel stuck. For example,
people pleasing likely stems from feeling like love had to be earned. Withdrawing from
connection may be because it didn’t feel safe to be open and vulnerable.
The thing with inner child work is that I don’t just want you to understand these connections, but
rather really come face to face with your younger self and deeply tend to the parts that need
tending to.
Not only will this be helpful for you, but also helpful for your relationships! I truly believe the
greatest gift we can give ourselves and the people we love is to work on ourselves and free
ourselves of the burdens we carry around.
HERE ARE SOME SIGNS THAT YOU MIGHT BENEFIT FROM INNER CHILD WORK:
- Fear of abandonment or rejection
- Difficulty setting boundaries
- Chronic self critsicism
- People pleasing
- Avoiding
- Feeling stuck in certain patterns