Dear Friends,
Today's interview is with renowned author Lisa J. Smith about her course, Re-Parent Your Inner Child, which explores the healing journey of reconnecting to your younger self. Lisa provides valuable insights and knowledge to help you better understand what old wounds are triggering you now, and how to compassionately mend unhealthy patterns and nurture yourself back to wholeness. Let's hear what she has to say about this transformative course.
- Receive a new lesson every 4 days for 8 weeks (total of 14 lessons).
- Have lifetime access to the course for reference whenever you want.
- Select the amount you can afford, and get the same course as everyone.
- If you are not 100% satisfied, you may request a refund.
DailyOM: What does it mean to re-parent your inner child?
Lisa Smith: Re-parenting your inner child means nurturing yourself in a different way. Every person has a part of themselves that needs love, guidance, nurturing, and boundaries. That part is our inner child. As adults, we are so used to taking care of our physical bodies, talking about our feelings, trying to figure ourselves out, and trying to figure other people out. When we do this, we are usually doing our work from our "adult place." We are so busy trying to figure things out from our adult place that we never stop to look at the other part of us that is holding onto all our hurt from when we were little.
What I've found from working with thousands of people over the years is that we all have an inner child that we forget about. It is that part of ourselves we need to learn to listen to and acknowledge in order to heal. The only way to do that is by bridging your adult and your child with love, acknowledgment, and validation. We can't heal what we don't know. By getting to know your inner child, you can then begin to heal.
DailyOM: Why do we need to do this?
LS: It's so important for everyone to do this work so that we can live more peacefully in the world. When we are peaceful, we are happier. When we're happier, we feel better. When we feel better, we want to do better. When we do better, we can have better relationships in all aspects of our lives. We can parent our own children better and be better role models for others. By learning to re-parent your inner child, you learn to be less reactive and more proactive in your life. You learn to hold space for others when their inner child is reacting, so you don't take things so personally. By re-parenting your inner child, you begin to understand yourself in ways you never have before.
DailyOM: How do we know if our inner child needs attention?
LS: You know your inner child needs you when you start to feel certain things. When you don't listen, your inner child starts to act out. A non-triggered inner child is fun, joyful, and creative. A triggered inner child may have temper tantrums, call people names, feel defensive, anxious, jealous, and so on. The only person who can help your inner child is your healthy adult. Your healthy adult needs to sit for a moment and connect and tell your inner child that things are okay. Let your inner child know that you will handle the work frustrations, and it is not the responsibility of a child to handle these affairs. Your inner child can come to work with you to be creative and to bring light and joy.
DailyOM: Let's talk about triggers and how they relate to this work.
LS: Our triggers are the little things that push our buttons and remind us of the things we still need to heal. They send out the alarm bells that say, "Hey, we need to work on this because I'm still feeling bad." No one here is perfect. If we are alive, we have triggers, most likely from our childhood. The goal is to recognize them and take a timeout to acknowledge what is still hurting you. From there you can talk with your inner child to understand why he or she feels bad. Once you understand why, you can give the reassurance that he or she is safe. That is why it's called re-parenting your inner child. You're learning to re-parent that little part of you that is hurt.
DailyOM: How does this course unfold? Tell us about the journey students will experience.
LS: In this course you'll start by understanding who your inner child is and who your adult is. You can't do this work until you know the roles that each play in your life. You will learn to balance between your adult and your inner child., and you'll rediscover the happy, healthy child within. From there, you will identify your triggers and how to handle them. Then you can start to look at the other relationships in your life and see how both your inner child and another person's inner child have been affecting your relationships. You'll learn to set boundaries between yourself and others. By loving yourself first, you can create better relationships in all areas of your life.
DailyOM: Tell us about some of the homework included in this course.
LS: The homework in this course is designed to help you dig down a little into that inner child place we all have. It helps you better understand who your child is, who your adult is, what your triggers are, and how you can work through them. All of the work is done in a very loving and gentle way to help you bridge the two parts of yourself. The homework is completed in a journal that you create in Lesson 1. This becomes your Bridge Book, reuniting your adult self with your inner child.
Lisa creates a safe space to explore and communicate to your inner child. As you move from lesson to lesson, the relationship between your inner child and adult will deepen and heal. Until next time.
Be well,
DailyOM
