The environment you create for your inner child matters. Craft a mental space where they feel safe, seen, and heard—whether ...

You’re high-functioning, self-aware, and maybe even the one everyone leans on. But underneath the calm, capable exterior, a part of you still flinches at rejection, overreacts to small things, or ...

However, it’s never too late to work toward healing. Everyone has an inner child. You might see this inner child as a direct representation of yourself in your early years, a patchwork ...

Sometimes, the journey to self-discovery requires us to look back before we can move forward. Many of us carry the lingering ...

But it’s still not normalised and talked about enough, in my opinion.” (Johnson is hoping to help change that—she’s got a ...

"You didn't deserve what happened to you" is one of the comforting phrases to say out loud to your inner child to start ...

Once I started paying attention to my inner child, I realized that I couldn’t replace the emptiness that my mother left, ...

To learn more about how you can soothe this child part, watch this brief video, Healing Your Inner Child: Overcoming Self-Criticism and Finding Self-Compassion. As you comfort your inner child and ...

A young South African woman showed off how she threw herself a Spur-themed birthday in a TikTok video. The clip went viral, ...

1. Get to know your inner child through journaling. Self-awareness is the first step. “You cannot heal what you’re not aware of,” as Johnson puts it. Journaling is a great way to start ...