May 05, 2023

Let Your Inner Child Come out to Play (or be Angry -- we don’t mind)

1 hour

The very idea of the Inner Child can be a valuable but also potentially triggering energy to work with. That energy might show up as curious and playful. Or bratty, angry and even deeply wounded.

In this episode, we cover:

Resistance to delving into any past versions of ourselves, child, teen, adult

Pop culture notions regarding “inner child” work and what’s helpful versus what can seem shallow or dismissive of the nitty gritty

Anxious children, and anxious adults with frozen parts of ourselves

While this work can be daunting, it doesn’t take long! We offer tools and imaginative techniques to help integrate parts of ourselves. (Sometimes, that only takes awareness.)

Pro Tip: while using your imagination to work with different parts of yourself . . . you can break ALL the rules!

Other tools include:

Questions to help you determine what ages of yourself might be arrested or needing attention

What parts of your body the inner child inhabits

Benefits of this work

Tips to invite in disparate aspects of yourself

And, of course, a meditation and our personal stories.

Resources:

Your own therapist or counselor specializing in this work

Integrated family therapy (IFT)

The movie The World According to Sesame Street! (which teaches children & adults to play -- and we got the name slightly wrong in the episode)

The movie Inside Out

Sacred Contracts by Carolyn Myss (This highly complex book works with archetypes, but does look into different parts of ourselves)

Our expert in the next episode!

Love the music of the podcast? Check out awesome James C. Rider II of both Emperor and the Sea and Handpan music. Give him some love and check out his work right here.

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We love to hear about your Magical Mystical Journey! Share with us at one of the links below. You can find us at:

• Email: [email protected]

• Website: https://magical-mystical-journeys.com/

• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/magical.mystical.journeys

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/magicalmysticaljourneys

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May 05, 2023

Let Your Inner Child Come out to Play (or be Angry -- we don’t mind)

1 hour

The very idea of the Inner Child can be a valuable but also potentially triggering energy to work with. That energy might show up as curious and playful. Or bratty, angry and even deeply wounded.

In this episode, we cover:

Resistance to delving into any past versions of ourselves, child, teen, adult

Pop culture notions regarding “inner child” work and what’s helpful versus what can seem shallow or dismissive of the nitty gritty

Anxious children, and anxious adults with frozen parts of ourselves

While this work can be daunting, it doesn’t take long! We offer tools and imaginative techniques to help integrate parts of ourselves. (Sometimes, that only takes awareness.)

Pro Tip: while using your imagination to work with different parts of yourself . . . you can break ALL the rules!

Other tools include:

Questions to help you determine what ages of yourself might be arrested or needing attention

What parts of your body the inner child inhabits

Benefits of this work

Tips to invite in disparate aspects of yourself

And, of course, a meditation and our personal stories.

Resources:

Your own therapist or counselor specializing in this work

Integrated family therapy (IFT)

The movie The World According to Sesame Street! (which teaches children & adults to play -- and we got the name slightly wrong in the episode)

The movie Inside Out

Sacred Contracts by Carolyn Myss (This highly complex book works with archetypes, but does look into different parts of ourselves)

Our expert in the next episode!

Love the music of the podcast? Check out awesome James C. Rider II of both Emperor and the Sea and Handpan music. Give him some love and check out his work right here.

----more----

We love to hear about your Magical Mystical Journey! Share with us at one of the links below. You can find us at:

• Email: [email protected]

• Website: https://magical-mystical-journeys.com/

• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/magical.mystical.journeys

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/magicalmysticaljourneys

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