What Is Shadow Work and How to Effectively Heal Your Inner Child: 3 Practical Methods

General discussion
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Let’s discuss this as this topic is no 1 when it comes to healing:

REFLECTIVE QUESTIONS:

  1. Which aspects of your inner child do you feel are still influencing your adult behaviors, and how do they manifest in your daily life?
  2. When engaging in creative activities like drawing or dancing, do you notice a shift in your emotional state or self-perception? What does this reveal about your connection to your inner child?
  3. What emotions or traits do you tend to suppress or avoid acknowledging? How might embracing these aspects of yourself lead to a more integrated and authentic sense of self?
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Disappointment. When I feel disappointed, I suppress it automatically because I wasn’t allowed to feel that towards adults in my life when I was a little girl. I had put them on a pedestal, ignoring pain and highlighting small gestures. Even now, I observe that when someone disappoints me, I quickly try to find the list of “good” things they did.