The last time I ‘acted out’, my inner child was trying to defend me. She felt that the other person had unjustly exaggerated a mistake I had made, and her response was ‘fight’. She was trying to protect me. When …
Acting Out
Pause – When you feel yourself about to ‘act out,’ can you pause? Can you hold the tension and discomfort in your body and be curious about what is happening for you? Can you think? I am feeling so much …
Inner Child Tantrums
When I am triggered, I know the reaction comes from an unhealed, younger part of myself. Let me give you an example. Let’s imagine that your mother left without any forewarning when you were seven years old. She was gone …
14 Signs of a Wounded Inner Child
Inner child work is some of the most profound inner work you can do on yourself. I know many therapists and healers in Sydney, all of whom have done their inner child work. It is a common language we all …
The Wounded Inner Child
Building a healthy relationship with yourself takes time and effort if you have grown up with unhealthy relationships around you. It takes time to change the patterns that were put in place in childhood. Learning HOW to turn within and …
What Is Inner Child Work?
Inner Child work is part of many research-based psychotherapeutic models, including Transactional Analysis, internal family systems, EMDR, Gestalt Therapy, schema therapy and narrative therapy. The reason why it is part of so many therapies is that it WORKS. We all …
What Is The Inner Child?
If you feel ready to meet your inner child and start the reparenting work, you’ll love my ‘Meet your Inner Child’ short self-paced course
Should I Stay or Should I Go?
Leave a comment if you know this inner push / pull dynamic. I think it is something most of us have experienced, if not in a relationship, then in another area of life. A wonderfully effective way to work with …
Coercive Control
I have witnessed some of these relationships up close and personal, and I can tell you that they can be SUPER confusing because the person concerned will often make you feel that you are the centre of the universe. They …
Does Your Relationship Have A Future?
According to Psychologist Gary W. Lewandowski’s (@lewandowskiphd) research, going through these questions and answering ‘yes’ or ‘no’ will give you some insight into the potential longevity of your relationship. The more questions you answer ‘yes’ to, your relationship will likely …