“Every time I’ve hit rock bottom I’ve met a disowned or abandoned aspect of my inner child and we’ve walked out of the darkness together.”
If you think inner-child healing is just for hippies or lost souls, try having Christmas day with your family and then get back to me.
Yup … you know what I’m talking about … you just finished house renovations and got that promotion at work, life is going along OK … and then BAM it’s Christmas day, all the family have gathered and suddenly you’re feeling (and behaving) like a 7 year old. Uh oh!
Any other day of the year you might have it ‘together’ enough to suppress any weird feelings or emotions bubbling up… but for some reason your adult siblings are being extra annoying, which would be tolerable if your mum or step dad wasn’t doing “that thing they ALWAYS do! “ So here you are AGAIN, quietly crying into the gravy or worse, throwing a full blown tantrum. Oopsie! …Bloody hell - you thought for sure THIS year would be different. Right?
… Christmas day/ family gatherings (and for that matter any transitional time or big life event) are perfect occasions to highlight the inner-child parts of ourselves that still need healing … I want to take a moment to acknowledge that for some, these occasions can take months (even years) to “recover” from. I’d also like to add that there’s a whole heap of grace in what rises to the surface, especially if you’re a brave heart who is willing to take the inner-child journey.
Thing is we ALL have an inner child inside us. Actually we have more than one … We’re kinda’ like babushka dolls (you know those wooden dolls that decrease in size and fit inside each other?) Ideally we want all our dolls comfortably resting inside one another … What we don’t want is the smaller dolls running the show while the larger dolls are broken open and spread all over the floor … but hey it happens (and when it does it offers us yet another opportunity for healing.) Yay for messy life!
Speaking of which… Every time I’ve hit rock bottom I’ve met a disowned or abandoned aspect of my inner-child and we’ve walked out of the darkness together. And … Every time I’ve created something from my soul it’s because I’ve re-claimed an aspect of my inner-child. In my humble opinion, breaking OPEN (‘dem Babushka dolls) is a necessary part of the journey if we’re to meet all of ourselves and become whole human beings.
In my personal opinion, the inner-child journey is well worth exploring, sure it can be confronting but it’s also fun! I mean aside from becoming more self-aware, more grounded and more whole … The more we reclaim and reconnect with our abandoned and disowned parts, the more joy, creativity and spontaneity we’re able to access. Yup the irony is as we become more responsible for parenting our own inner-child/ren, the more child-like and free we become. Life in general, becomes more simple and fun! Yay for simplicity & fun!
I’ve sat with lots of clients as they’ve re-connected with their inner-child. Every time is an honour! I’ll always remember a particular client - a ‘country bloke’ in his mid 50’s who had grown up in a traditional, farming family. This client had finally reached a point where he REAL-eyes-ed that despite living his entire life by his Dad’s philosophy of “suck it up, she’ll be right mate” things didn’t always FEEL “right.” As he took the inner-child journey he got to go back and reclaim all the aspects of himself that he’d “sucked up” despite his intuition telling him to do otherwise. He uncovered layers upon layers of anger and then fear before he finally broke down and cried like a baby … (He’d exposed his deeply hidden babushka doll) … He stayed with this part of himself for a while before suddenly, as if touched by grace … he began to laugh hysterically … this hard working farmer, had just done the toughest work of his life and in doing so, got to lighten up (for REAL) for the first time since he was a little boy.
I have lots of stories like that one (same, same but different) as well as a whole heap of my own experiences with inner child exploration. …In fact, I designed an inner-child journal because I REAL-eyes how powerful the journey has been for me over the years and I want to be able to share it with more people. I use the journal myself any time I feel a bit stuck with a layer and want to access some deeper awareness … each time I come out feeling more grounded and whole and a helluva’ lot lighter! … I also usually feel more loving and compassionate so that’s a bonus!
I’d love to hear from anyone who feels drawn to inner-child exploration as a part of their journey towards wholeness. I have some brave hearts trialing a draft copy of my journal at the moment, I also offer 1:1 Inner Child Theta Healings and am feeling the pull to offer an online inner-child exploration group.
I invite you (& your inner child) to reach out and connect via email if you’d like to share the next step in your journey.
BIG LOVE brave hearts!
xo Em