151 Practical Activities to Heal Your Inner Child (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781806476213)

Are childhood wounds still controlling how you feel about yourself?

Does Any of This Sound Familiar?

• • You can't shake the feeling that you're fundamentally broken or unlovable.
  • You sabotage relationships when they get too close.
  • You freeze when someone raises their voice, even when it's not directed at you.
  • You replay your childhood trying to figure out what you could have done differently.

Inside this book you'll uncover:

• • The healing step many people never expect: grieving the parent you needed but never truly had (Page 82)
  • Why mirrors can trigger shame spirals (and the gentle mirror exercise that works better than forced affirmations) (Page 52)
  • The two inner voices that shape your reactions: the protector that keeps you small and the critic that constantly attacks you (Page 57)
  • Why familiar relationship dynamics can quietly repeat old emotional wounds (Page 118)
  • Why scanning your body for what's wrong can trap you in hypervigilance (and the safer body scan that retrains your nervous system) (Page 14)
  • A simple inner child dialogue exercise that helps you hear your younger self instead of your inner critic (Page 32)
  • A daily nervous system check-in that helps you notice emotional overload before shutdown or anxiety (Page 28)
  • Why your shame triggers may seem irrational to others (and how mapping them helps you regain control) (Page 56)
  • A physical anger release method for when talking isn't enough to release body tension (Page 63)
  • How to recognize healthy protective anger versus destructive anger that keeps old wounds alive (Page 69)
  • Simple assertiveness scripts for when the freeze response makes your words disappear (Page 73)
  • Why reconnecting with play can help reshape old emotional patterns (Page 127)

Ready to stop abandoning yourself and start the reparenting work your inner child has been waiting for?