In this episode, Joe and Mick share about their experience of connecting to the inner child and why they feel it is an essential part of connecting to their authentic selves. They discuss different ways of connecting with the inner child and the benefits received. They explain how playing, exploring, experimenting, resting, singing, and having fun nourishes their inner child. They mention examples of how they practice reparenting themselves and the inner child as a loving parent and also discuss the critical parent and the inner teenager. They speak about how some repressed feelings, trauma and emotions can emerge when connecting with the inner child and why it’s important to process those. Lastly, they emphasize how setting a specific time aside as much as possible to connect with the inner child can produce wonderful results.

Resources:

Healing Your Lost Inner Child: How to Stop Impulsive Reactions, Set Healthy Boundaries and Embrace an Authentic Life https://a.co/d/bp4wlDP

Self-Therapy: A Step-By-Step Guide to Creating Wholeness and Healing Your Inner Child Using IFS, A New, Cutting-Edge Psychotherapy, 2nd Edition https://a.co/d/f9b2OEA

Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents https://a.co/d/1LFwZSh

The Loving Parent Guidebook: The Solution is to Become Your Own Loving Parent (Softcover, Spiralbound) https://a.co/d/erMkDxa

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