Embrace and Reparent Our Sensitive Inner Child
“The relationship we have with our inner child and with how we have grown up and been conditioned according to the way that our inner child was kind of interacted with, and the self talk that is a result of that…We can really start to embrace the needs of our inner child and understand that so much of our joy and meaning is based in that relationship.” - Willow McIntosh
“Learning how to give yourself what you needed as a child can be a powerful healing practice that can transform your life.” – Julie Bjelland
This audio is an excerpt from the HSP Podcast “Episode 67: Reparent Your Sensitive Inner Child with Julie Bjelland and Willow McIntosh.”
From the Show Notes for the original episode:
Discussions in this episode:
Let’s explore the concept of caring for your inner child
Getting to know and connecting with your inner child. We share our stories too.
What did you need that you didn’t get?
Learning to listen to your inner child’s needs: validation, nurturing, honoring, healing.
Is your self-talk truly yours or is it the voice of your parents, society, or culture?
Does your self-talk soothe you or stress you?
Practicing intentional reprogramming & changing the pattern.
Growing more self-love: We can be loved at the level we love ourselves.
We share some powerful practices that can support you.
Here are what some of you said you needed as a child…
Acceptance as myself as I was and encouragement, not being pushed to be like others
Reassurance that everything was ok or would be.
Asking me: how are you? What is your opinion? How do you feel?
I needed encouragement, special attention, apart from the attention my siblings were getting.
I needed soothing.
That it was ok to have big feelings. It’s ok to be different than others I needed to be allowed to cry when I felt sad and hurt.
I needed nurturing.
I needed compassion and understanding about my sensitivity to noise. Instead, I was either ignored or told I was wrong and bad.
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See article for longer audio excerpt, transcript and more:
How Can We Embrace and Reparent Our Sensitive Inner Child?
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