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Our “inner child” is how we describe the part of us that celebrates awe, wonder, and playfulness in a culture where play and enjoyment of simple pleasures are looked down on in adults. Developing the concept of the inner child allows us to more healthily take care of all our human needs, emotions, and desires in a more socially acceptable way.

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6 Steps to Help Heal Your Inner Child

According to John Bradshaw, author of Home Coming: Reclaiming and Championing Your Inner Child, the process of healing your wounded inner child is one of grief, and it involves these six steps (paraphrased from Bradshaw).

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Loving-Kindness: Healing Your Inner Child

Peggy Rowe Ward and Larry Ward on how to give yourself the love and compassion you deserve. And send some of that love to the wounded child inside you. They need it.

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Thich Nhat Hanh on Healing the Child Within

The cry we hear from deep in our hearts, says Thich Nhat Hanh, comes from the wounded child within. Healing this inner child’s pain is the key to transforming anger, sadness, and fear.

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John Bradshaw, Self-Help Evangelist Who Called to the ‘Inner Child,’ Dies at 82

Mr. Bradshaw found fame with books and television shows proposing that emotional and psychological damage experienced in childhood was the root of adult ills.

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Contacting Your Inner Child

Shakti Gawain’s meditation on contacting your inner child

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How to Heal Your Inner Child

Healing your inner child will help you overcome your deepest blocks, unlock your ability to show up as your best self, and create the life you want.

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Healing the Wounds of the Past

The cynical backlash against the success of the personal growth movement is both frustrating and painful for John Bradshaw, the psychologist and author who coined the term “inner child” and popularised the phrase “dysfunctional family.”

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Focus

SARK’s whimsical, hand-printed, hand-painted books . . . are guides for adults (kids, too) who long to play and be creative, but have forgotten how.

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Challenging the Anti-Shame Zeitgeist

Despite a culture organizing to oppose shaming, it remains inevitable. But it doesn’t have to ruin lives.

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5 Steps to Letting Go of Your Victim Story

When the weight of the victim story lifts, the heart opens, compassion blossoms, and opportunities for awakening arise naturally.

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