Having fun might sound simple, but for so many of us the ability to relax and have fun was drilled out of us in childhood. If you grew up in an environment where you were in constant fight or flight, …
The Art Of Re-Parenting Part 6 Self-Care
When I talk about self-care with my clients I like to start with the basics. Are you getting enough sleep? How much is enough sleep? Everyone is different, but I do believe there is a minimum requirement for most people. …
The Art of Re-Parenting Part 5 Self-Discipline
Self-discipline is learnt. We learn it as children as we are guided to do our homework before watching the TV, we learn acceptable ways to speak to our family even when we are angry, we learn how much of the …
The Art Of Re-Parenting – Part 4
The inner child needs to be validated. They need to have THEIR version of reality validated by you.If your inner child has been told for years that she is ‘too sensitive’ to all the fighting that went on in the …
The Art Of Re-Parenting – Part 3 Get to Know Your Inner Child
When I first met my inner child doing an inner child meditation similar to the one on my website, she was about 16, sitting on a wall, wearing knee length leather boots, smoking a cigarette with a cigarette holder. She …
The Art of Re-Parenting – Part 3
Sometimes it can feel like it is impossible to stop the negative thinking. I know. I have been there. When nothing, like nothing works. For me, it happens mostly when I am stressed or anxious about a particular topic and …
The Art of Re-Parenting – Part 2
Part of the re-parenting process is the process of shifting our self-talk. I like to imagine that every time I think something in my head, I am talking to myself and my inner child. I have a rule: If I …
Lucia Quote
Children are naturally creative. They have to be creative to survive in the world and learn about the world. They hear a new noise and want to find out what it is, they see something new and they want to …
The Art of Re-Parenting
How do you start to heal the mother and father wound? One of the pieces of the puzzle for me was doing transactional analysis work. More commonly known as inner child work. I have been doing this work with myself …
Father Healing
Three years ago, my father died at 91 years old. I had the opportunity to be with him for a while about 4 weeks before he passed. As he laid in his bed getting weaker and weaker, and having a …