Inner Child Healing

We all have an inner child who at one point or another faced a painful experience and wasn't able to process the big emotions so a protective part had to step in so that we wouldn't become overwhelmed. These protective parts mean well and have served us, sometimes saved us from fully experiencing the pain and trauma we were experiencing by helping us disassociate from the pain. Unfortunately these protective parts often come in the shape of an inner critic, avoidance, anger, binging, depression, anxiety, people pleasing, constant scrolling on your phone and so much more. These protective parts do what ever they need to, to keep us from feeling our feelings because they probably don't think it's safe. Why? They are often stuck in the past and still think you are much younger and still unable to cope with the painful feelings you once had. I will let you in on a secret, you are so much stronger than you think.

The funny thing is, that constantly pushing down the feelings is actually much more painful that sitting down for an hour or two and really being present with that hurt little child. Once your inner hurt child feels completely herd, seen, protected and loved by you, the emotional pain just starts to disappear.  This process usually won't happen in our first sessions because we need to let your heart build up trust in your ability to be present and loving. This is why I recommend committing to weekly sessions for 2-4 months. 

Once you learn to connect with love to your inner child, you will have this connection forever! When new challenges come up you will now have the tools to regulate yourself and connect with your inner wisdom.