Meeting and nurturing your inner child through shadow work involves recognizing and healing the parts of yourself that may have been neglected, hurt, or misunderstood in childhood. This process can help resolve past traumas, build self-compassion, and foster a sense of inner peace. Engaging with your inner child through these questions can be a deeply emotional and transformative process. Approach this work with patience, kindness, and an open heart, allowing space for healing and growth.

Emotional neglect can take many forms, and often it’s hard to recognize its impact on our childhood and adult lives. Whether it was active neglect, where your feelings were dismissed and invalidated, or passive neglect, where your emotions were simply overlooked, both can deeply affect how you relate to yourself and others. ⁠ ⁠ If you resonate with any of these experiences, know that healing is possible. Understanding and acknowledging your past is the first step towards building a…

Surprising signs of emotional neglect. If you are the adult child of an alcoholic, or if you were raised in a toxic home, you most likely experienced emotional neglect. Learn what you can do to heal your inner child and learn to feel alive again!

Childhood emotional neglect can effect adults in their current life if not healed. Find out the effects and how to heal from childhood emotional neglect.

Jen Araya Peters | Visionary Inner Child + Trauma Healer 🪽 on Instagram: "To Begin Healing: CREATE a safe space to explore your emotions PRACTICE turning toward your emotions rather than away REMIND yourself that your needs + emotions are valid HEAL your emotional abandonment + neglect trauma through deep inner child work NOTICE what your needs are + tend to them before anyone else’s - they’re important PRACTICE asking for help + also receiving help NOTICE when you say things like…