I am new to inner child work (IFS) and I love learning from this essay, especially in the idea of an open-ended exchange between the original child and the adult, that back and forth, that mutual healing. Thank you!
This sounds like the IFS work I've done in therapy (but which got interrupted). I need to get back to that. (And years before, I scoffed at the term "inner child" that was so popular at the time, so I can relate to that resistance!) I'm eager to read your book.
"The original child has been introduced, over and over, to a caring adult version of me." This sounds like deeply meaningful work. I think my child needed a lot more loving than she got. I need to read this essay several times again.
I am new to inner child work (IFS) and I love learning from this essay, especially in the idea of an open-ended exchange between the original child and the adult, that back and forth, that mutual healing. Thank you!
thanks, and yes, going heavy on the IFS is a good strategy!
This sounds like the IFS work I've done in therapy (but which got interrupted). I need to get back to that. (And years before, I scoffed at the term "inner child" that was so popular at the time, so I can relate to that resistance!) I'm eager to read your book.
You invite me to be brave. “If not now, when?”, I hear in my gut. Thanks, y’all.
now's a good time for everything. but then again, i find i stumble into self-knowledge at my own pace and "readiness"
"The original child has been introduced, over and over, to a caring adult version of me." This sounds like deeply meaningful work. I think my child needed a lot more loving than she got. I need to read this essay several times again.
Superbly written!
thank you!
❤️🙏