{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Self-forgiveness: How to Heal Wounds by Connecting With Your Inner Child","description":"One of the topics I teach in my Soul School online course is about connecting to your inner child. Inner child bonding is so healing and very sweet.   The way we would talk to a child is so much different than we talk to our adult self. We\u2019re harsh, judgmental and critical, but you would never be like that to a sweet young child.   If you\u2019re new to inner child connection, there is a sweet, pure, innocent and good child within you still.   Connecting to your inner child immediately brings up a gentleness towards yourself. We all could use more gentleness towards ourselves.   As Adults, we can be pretty hard on ourselves. We tent to hold on to heavy emotions - judgment, resentment, second-guessing, guilt and shame.   It\u2019s like paying interest on a debt you don\u2019t owe. You don\u2019t have to hold on to these emotions. You can let go and be free.   By connecting to the sweet little girl or boy in you, it\u2019s easier to be kinder and softer to yourself.   I have a timer on my phone where each day I connect with little Audrey. It doesn\u2019t have to be long or weird.   I close my eyes and check in with her to see how she\u2019s doing and what she needs. It usually takes less than a minute.   What\u2019s interesting about inner child bonding is that the answers from her are often different than the answers from my Adult mind.   When my mind says I need to push harder and do more, my inner child says please rest and play. When my mind says you\u2019re not enough, my inner child says I see you and you\u2019re loved. When my mind dwells on a past mistake, my inner child shrugs it off and says You learned something, keep going.   Lately, I\u2019ve also been adding self-forgiveness to my journaling and inner child meditations. This allows space for more self-compassion and celebration, and opens the door to give yourself permission to be kinder and gentler with yourself and the process of life\u2019s disappointments.   Sometime self-love can be seen as weak, lazy or indulgent. Give yourself permission to take care and nurture yourself. You are important.   Creating a practice of self-forgiveness is one way you can begin to deepen your compassion towards yourself and expand your self-love.   Just like you would be quick to forgive a child, we need that same empathy as adults.   Your inner child just wants you to see them, to generously listen to them and to be gentle and kind to yourself.   Share on the blog or on insta: What are you forgiving and releasing?   Want to dive in deeper? Join me on Sunday 8\/9 from 4-6pm pst for a virtual workshop centered around connecting and nurturing your inner child along with relaxing deep yin yoga and journaling.   Also Mark your calendars because my signature online program, Soul School is back and starts date of October 5th. This course is special to my heart and is a decade of my learning to help you embody your truth: you are enough and you matter. I hope you can join me. SIGN UP HERE TO BE THE FIRST TO KNOW WHEN DOORS OPEN FOR REGISTRATION. ","author_name":"MINDFUL PAUSE PODCAST","author_url":"http:\/\/www.audreysuttonmills.com","html":"