Healing the Inner Child

The inner child refers to the kid you once were before all those things happened to you. Before your innocence was taken away. Maybe you didn’t have a ‘normal’ childhood, and you became parentified or adultified at a very young age.  It could also be that you didn’t have a father or mother figure who was present or present enough to meet your emotional and/or physical needs. Possibly growing up rapidly fast was your way of coping and surviving. You may not even know or remember what it’s like to feel protected, provided, cared for, or what it’s like to live a carefree life. Maybe that was taken from you.

But what if you go back and connect to the core of that inner child that you do such a great job at silencing. And you give him/her a voice. What if you were to allow that child to speak, to express themselves and be free. 

To cry, to scream, to laugh, to run, to play, to sing. 

Maybe the adult version of you would also feel more free. Less restrained, less pressured, more free. More willing and able to love and enjoy life from the lenses of play. From the lenses of joy. From the lenses of inner peace, purity, and innocence. From the lenses of freedom. 

Maybe the way you parent would be different. Maybe you would be more gracious, understanding, compassionate, and caring. Helping your children receive what you once lacked but yet so desperately still need.

We never outgrow our need for healthy and secure attachment.

The time to play is NOW

Children are supposed to be protected, unconditionally loved, provided for, cherished, and adored. To feel like they are THE most amazing and important being in the world. They are supposed to be celebrated, affirmed, listened to with understanding, kept safe, given proper nutrition, proper rest & sleep, appropriate clothing & shelter, sufficient medical care, and receive abundant appropriate (non-sexual) touch.

But what happens when a child grows up lacking any of these things? 

Have you lacked any of these things? 

If this is you, I’m deeply sorry. 

I want you to know that this was NOT your fault.

Attachment begins in the womb

You are and will always be a child of God.  God wants to invite you on a journey of healing that inner child. He wants to remind you that before he formed you in your mother’s womb, He knew you. That all the days of your life are written in His book. That He has a plan and a purpose for you. A plan to prosper you and not to harm you. Let Him in. 

Just Believe