🪄day 1: the inner child

my first question for you is: when you hear the words “inner child”… what comes to mind?

i’ve noticed we all define it differently. whatever comes up for you matters more than you think because it usually reflects something deeper. if you think of freedom: how free do you feel right now? if you think of play: are you actually making space and time for what you enjoy? if you think of curiosity: when was the last time you let your mind wander without judging it?

your inner child is the part of you that first learned how the world works. how to receive love, whether it was safe or not to express yourself, if your emotions were welcomed or dismissed. it didn’t have language yet, so it learned through feeling and eventually those feelings became patterns.

the way you react when you feel ignored, the way you overthink after being vulnerable, the way you shrink, people-please, or protect yourself without even realizing it.

but it’s also where your essence lives: your curiosity, your creativity, your natural way of being before it was shaped. sometimes what we associate with our inner child is actually what we’ve been missing.

so today isn’t about analyzing it, but instead stepping back into that world, even if it’s just for a moment.

exercise:

🎧 revisit your world: go back to something you loved as a kid: a song, show, game, place, toy, hobby, word… even a smell or a food. let yourself experience it again, even briefly.

💭 notice what comes up for you emotionally without trying to explain it or make sense of it

✨ if you feel called, share: