Inner Child Therapy

Did I already talk about my conversation with an inner child therapist? I don’t think I did, but I apologize if this is redundant! 

The basic idea is that we all have these hurt inner children in us, and an important part of healing and growing is to acknowledge the hurt children, to try and understand the hurt, and to soothe it. 

My childhood could have been way worse, but there were things that caused me hurt: I never met my father; he didn’t want anything to do with me after my mother got pregnant. We moved from city to city and I never got to spend very much time at the same school. There’s a lot of judgment in my family–the feeling that you can’t do anything right. 

The conversation with the therapist was really helpful. It illuminated how important it is to explicitly

connect with our inner children. I find it very calming and productive. 

The therapist also recommended that I read this book. My aunt and I decided to do a book club together. We are keeping it as low-stress as possible (see yesterday’s post!) by only reading one short chapter a week.