We all have an inner child, an earlier version of ourselves who has morphed into the inner child energy that lives in our psyches today. Our inner child is a compilation of the remnants of what we remember, what actually happened, what people told us happened, and how gullible or imaginative we are. This inner child has always been with you and will always be with you, so you’ll never be abandoned by her. That’s what makes her the perfect champion for your life.
Here’s a little creative visualization that helps me honor and nurture my inner child. Like many people, I had a trauma when I was a child. I was hit by a car when I was seven. Whether or not you had a trauma, you were a valiant, survivor of a child since you made it to the age you are now. Congratulations!
Close your eyes and conjure yourself as a child. Then imagine that you’re visiting yourself at that age. Sit next to yourself. Play with yourself. Hug yourself.
Then imagine that your child is visiting you, sort of like, ‘take your child to your life’ day. Feel the presence of wonder and awe from this child champion of yourself.
We treat time as a linear experience, but let’s circle backward (and forward) with our former selves, we embrace all the wonder we once felt and then can give our previous selves the love we feel.
Always a deep thinker, even at six years old.