We are living 95% from the subconscious and only 5% consciously. Which is wild, isn't it?
This really shows us just how much we exist from a place of reaction, as well as how small our capacity is to be present.
The Inner Child is part of our subconscious. The part of you that is reactive, defensive, feels unseen, unheard, stays small. The part of you that might fear being left out or abandoned or strives so hard to an invisible end to prove your worth. It's a part of you in the past, showing up in the present. A part of you who needs you, now. Our work is to let those parts know, "I see you. I'm here. It's safe to speak. You belong. You are enough."
If we aren't aware then we act out now, in the ways that we needed to in the past. It was all we knew. These coping mechanisms that once were so valuable to us. The mechanisms that protected us. The ones that we can be grateful for the job they did when we needed them, while we release them because we no longer need them.
Today, we get to become aware of the parts showing up in our life and acknowledge them. We can accept responsibility for who we are, and for our state of being. We learn to understand that no matter what choices may have been taken away from us in the past, we are empowered to know that we get to choose now. We find compassion as we bridge parts of ourselves with our present self to become whole. This is the work. This is how we heal.
We talk about the fragmentation of ourselves through experiences in our lives that have us isolate parts of who we are and leave those parts behind. About how we abandon these parts because it's too painful... yet they're held in the archive of our body.
Throughout certain circumstances, relationships and experiences we can become aware of how these parts of ourselves become awakened (triggered) and then we can also become aware of how we are reacting as those parts of ourselves and using those coping mechanisms that once protected us. You might even be thinking of the most prominent examples right now as you read this. Together in this work, we are reaching into the subconscious to change those programs.
This work is so beautiful, and important. This work is about accepting that we are, indeed, fractured human beings and from there, begin the process of bringing ourselves back into wholeness, and holding ourselves with deep compassion on the way.
This healing process creates connection, trust, safety and compassion.
Let's remember the innocence of our child self.
Allow the heart to expand and share your breath with all parts of you.
Gather them and hold them and love them.
All of them.
All of you.
Read about my Unleashed and Unapologetic experience on Fiercely Protecting my Inner Child over on Substack.
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