A Step-by-Step Practice for Inner Child and Wounds
There’s a concept in shadow work that tends to stop people mid-sentence: “What you don’t own, owns you.”
Integrating the parts we’ve hidden, denied, or disowned.
There’s a concept in shadow work that tends to stop people mid-sentence: “What you don’t own, owns you.”
Here is something worth sitting with: what you call “your personality” may be, in significant part, a collection of adapted responses — things you…
You’ve probably had the experience of knowing, intellectually, that a belief isn’t true — and having it run anyway.
You’ve probably identified the wound. Named it, traced it, maybe even processed it in various ways. And there are moments when you feel like…
You’ve done the work. The books, the practices, the inner inquiry. And you probably have some kind of morning routine already — something that…
You’ve done the deep inner work. And somewhere in that work, you’ve probably discovered this: there’s a difference between the pain of a wound…
You’ve done the work. The practices, the inquiry, the healing. You might even have a fairly clear sense of where your inner child wounds…
You’ve done the belief work. The inquiry practices, the journaling, the questioning of your own assumptions. You know how to examine a thought.
You’ve invested in your inner work. You know the theory. You understand how childhood experiences shape the nervous system.
You’ve done the inner work. You know the language. You’ve probably heard about the inner child dialogue — the practice of writing to or…