How can you love and honor your inner child everyday?

I think when acknowledging our inner child we are recognizing the part of ourselves that we want to protect. There are many parts of who we are that make up the entirety of our individual existence, and this particular piece is an important part of who you are. 

Interestingly enough, our inner child is a foundational aspect of who we are and when it isn’t cared for or acknowledged for long enough we will start to see it in one way or another. What may look like a bad habit,behavior, or trait as an adult could very well be an emotional need your inner child is wanting you to find in this current day.

For me, I love and honor my inner child by practicing speaking my thoughts. I created a narrative in my head that my voice was unimportant and that what everyone around me had to say was much more significant than my own thoughts. 

At one point, being silent was a protective mechanism due to my incapability to handle conflict or disharmony. However, as I’ve gotten older I see being silent as a means of disrespecting myself. I see what I have to say as important, creates my own story for who I am instead of people telling me, and enjoy sharing my inner world with whoever is listening.  

There was a big correlation between my biggest adult insecurity to my unacknowledged inner child, and once that was acknowledged and I began practicing showing up for this little me that still lived inside of me, it made it very special and personal to begin speaking up for myself.  

My words are powerful, my opinion and perspective my greatest gift, and using my words to tell people who I am is my superpower. My inner child is being taken care of daily by the woman I choose to be now, and I know little me is proud of me everytime I use my voice.