Inner child work is super important on your self-trust journey and your trauma healing journey as a whole. Because the version of you who learned you’re untrustworthy, not enough, broken, stupid, worthless, was your childhood self. So if you want to unlearn all the bullshit you were taught about who you are, you have to involve the version of you who learned it in the first place: your inner child. 

While this work is important for everyone, it’s absolutely vital for black women. But it’s hard because as black women we are more likely to be the breadwinners in our household and more likely to be single parents. And when you have the weight of the world on your shoulders it feels selfish to spend time on yourself. 

In this episode you’ll learn:

Why inner child work is hard for black women

The role parentification played in our childhood 

The role adultification bias played in our childhood

Two tips to engage your inner child 

The 3 ways you can work with me to connect with your inner child

Your action item for this week is to do this journal prompt: I feel the most childlike and carefree when I (fill in the blank) because (fill in the blank). Whatever your answer is, make time to do it at least once in the next week.

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