Thursday July 24, 2025 | Inner Child work

If my inner child needs anything, I couldn't give it to them because I would have to ask my parents for permission, when I ask if there's anything that my inner child needs in this moment.  I imagine that I am back in the 80's and talking to my younger version of me.  

Affirmation: "I am here to protect and keep my inner child safe.  Together we are secure".  

As children, we make meaning out of our experiences, which forms our beliefs about ourselves.  This is where I got the stupid belief about salt.  I spent a good part of my life avoiding salt---just to avoid getting high blood pressure.  I ended up getting high blood pressure anyway.  

I keep remembering when my father would tell me everytime I would mess up in school.  Elementary school, Jr High and High school.  He would tell me "You don't want to disappoint mom, do you?"  That made me feel awful.