Inner Child Journals

For some of us the idea of becoming your own parent may sound a bit out there at first. But what if inner child work is essential for emotional healing?

You may think of yourself as a grown-up just because you reached that grown age right. The truth is, many adults carry wounded children within themselves. Often, we don’t see it. We cover up childhood trauma by staying busy and dead-serious about everything we do.

Then we became parents and our dead set on not making the same tumaict mistakes our parents made with us.

Meanwhile, your inner child holds the key to endless joy, freedom and creativity. To access these, reparenting yourself may be necessary. Your inner child needs you to acknowledge and process its painful experiences.

Only then will it feel safe enough to come out and play the game of life freely.

The degree of childhood trauma differs from person to person. For some, it may come from severe childhood abuse. Others experience subtler forms of abandonment, parental neglect, or simply struggle to fit in their peer group.

Whatever the source of your trauma, working with your inner child can help you heal it. This work isn’t so much a journey “back in time” as it is a journey within.