When childhood trauma isn’t addressed, it can resurface in new ways throughout adulthood. However, it’s never too late to work toward healing. Everyone has an inner child. You might see this inner ...

While the early 2020s were dominated by the soft aesthetics of reparenting our toddlers, 2026 has ushered in a much grittier psychological era. We are no longer just buying coloring books; we are ...

Healing your inner child is a therapeutic process that involves reconnecting with the most vulnerable and authentic part of yourself, the one that might have faced emotional wounds during childhood.

Q: What is inner child therapy? Walk into my home and you’ll see a framed photo of me as a 2-year-old, a reminder of the precious child within you and me. If you’re my client, it’s a hint that your ...

Haupt is a health and wellness editor at TIME. When Ellen Line started therapy in her late 20s, she was struggling in her marriage, and with her perfectionist and people-pleasing tendencies. One day, ...

Two facts: We all have secrets, and most of us have had some wounding tied to our inner child. Perhaps our vulnerable and sensitive inner child needs healing. Whether our wounding was caused by a ...

“No one’s going back for that inner child. Except you.” ~Tanya Markul Everyone has an inner child. Your inner child is You but it’s not a childlike personality you have held onto all these years. It’s ...

Most of the time, I feel pretty comfortable as an adult. I love having a job. I love earning a salary that I can spend however I want (after, you know, bills and stuff). I love being able to do ...

Two facts: We all have secrets, and most of us have had some wounding tied to our inner child. Perhaps our vulnerable and sensitive inner child needs healing. Whether our wounding was caused by a ...