Twenty years of field notes.

This is a practical reference — a compact glossary of the key terms used in inner child and wounds work as they apply specifically…

Inner child wounds: Early-formed beliefs about oneself and the nature of relationships, encoded through relational experience with primary caregivers during childhood, that continue to…

The phrase “inner child and wounds” is used frequently in personal development and healing contexts — sometimes with precision, sometimes as a vague gesture…

Two entrepreneurs can have similar external metrics — similar revenue, similar client base, similar offerings — and have very different experiences of what it’s…

There’s a second common misdiagnosis of inner child wound patterns — one that’s particularly prevalent in spiritually-oriented communities: spiritual bypass.

At some point in genuine inner child work, something changes that goes beyond reduced wound activation or improved business outcomes. The wound’s organizing premise…

There are many approaches to inner child work. But beneath the variety of specific modalities, two fundamentally different orientations exist — and they tend…

One of the more practically challenging distinctions in inner child work: the difference between genuine healing engagement — including appropriate pacing and titration —…

The word “wound” implies something to be released or healed. But inner child wound patterns occupy a spectrum — from expressions that are genuinely…

The opposite of the inner child wound is not the absence of difficulty or challenge. It’s something more specific: genuine security — the felt…

The most common misdiagnosis of inner child wound patterns: character traits.