Free Inner Child Meditation

The inner-child is not a literal child, it is a metaphorical “little you”. The part of your psyche that is still childlike, innocent, and full of wonder. World-renowned psychologist Carl Jung is originated the “Divine Child” archetype, while Art therapist Lucia Capacchione initiated the movement toward “reparenting” our inner-child in the 1970s.
The inner child may hold memories of abuse, neglect, and other traumas we endured during childhood. Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are traumatic events in a child’s life that can have lasting negative effects on our health and well-being.

Examples of childhood trauma could include:

• Being hit or smacked by your parents/grandparents
• Having an emotionally unavailable parent who withholds affection
• Being “punished” by kicking, shaking, biting, burning, hair pulling, pinching, scratching, or “washing out the mouth” with soap
• Being the recipient of molestation, shown pornography, or any other type of sexual contact from a parent, relative or friend
• Being the child of divorce
• Being given inappropriate or burdensome responsibilities (such as caring for your parents)
• Not being fed or provided a safe place to live from your parents
• Abandonment (your caretakers leaving you alone for long periods of time without a babysitter)
• Emotional neglect, i.e. not being nurtured, encouraged or supported
• Being deliberately called names or verbally insulted
• Denigration of your personality
• Destruction of personal belongings
• Excessive demands
• Humiliation
• Car accidents, or other spontaneous traumatic events
• Witnessing domestic abuse in your household

There are many more examples of childhood traumas.

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