Ever feel like you're reacting to your partner in ways that don't quite make sense? Or maybe you find yourself repeating old ...

Dia del Niño is a celebration of children. Poet Vianney Harelly shares how she learned how to attend to the needs of our "inner child" through therapy.

Don't try to use inner child work as a way to bond with someone over past traumas, Delboy says. And don't expect your loved one to be able to guide you in the same ways a therapist could.

Children raised in families with critical, controlling, demanding, abusive, or indifferent parents, often tend to develop a harsh inner critic. Essentially, the inner critic acts as an introjected ...

In it, she outlines five main categories of inner-child wounds—worthiness, belonging, prioritization, safety, and trust—and how they ripple into adulthood, as well as how to begin healing.

In fact, inner child wounds can sabotage relationships if they aren't dealt with—and, unfortunately, BandAids and boo-boo bunny ice packs won't help. Dr. Slavens talks to Parade about six common ...

Children begin to understand and mirror blame long before they develop language. New research suggests that early emotional ...

Use the same prompts, but let your inner child respond through drawing or painting—sometimes we can access these younger parts of ourselves better without words, Johnson says. 2.

Whatever happened wasn’t your fault. 2. 'It was unfair that you had to grow up so quickly' Often, our inner child is hurting because they didn’t get the nurture they needed.

Healing your inner child is a journey of self-compassion, reflection, and conscious care. When you nurture that younger version of you, you grow into a more grounded, emotionally healthy adult ...

Most often, when we feel pain from a deep place within, it’s our inner wounded child who’s calling. Forgetting the pain results in more pain.