Being a mother is one of the most wonderful, enlightening, and rewarding blessings that a woman can experience. However, for some, it can also be exhausting, frustrating, and traumatic where the unborn child is unexpected or unwelcome, or where personal or societal circumstances make it near impossible to provide a safe and loving home. Some women even with the best of intentions are not cut out for motherhood and struggle to form a bond with their children and to care for them, and unfortunately, no child is born with an instruction manual.
Mother-Child-Bonding
Even as an adult, no matter our personal relationship with our own human mother and our experiences of childhood, we can call on Mother Mary to help us to heal our inner child of all pain suffering, and traumatic experiences. She will help us to reintegrate this precious aspect in a positive and proactive way so that it will continue to enrich our lives. This will help to return light, fun, and joy to our lives, and the ability to see and greet the world once again with the open eyes, mind, and heart of a child, but tempered by the maturity of our adult self.
Mother Mary
We no longer need to be defined, restricted or controlled by our upbringing. By connecting to and working with Mother Mary we form a permanent connection to her as the source of unconditional motherhood love – the Divine Mother to us all. During childhood many found it difficult or were unable to share their thoughts, hopes and dreams, to be comforted of their fears and loved unconditionally no matter what they had done, or even to be accepted for who they are by their human mother. This caused those who were ignored to go inwards and to push all their pain deep down inside of them where they didn’t have to think about it anymore.
Childhood Trauma
Some soul’s struggle with the concept of human childhood, feeling confined and restricted by their limited abilities and lash out at those closest to them. Sometimes this destructive path continues into teenage years and beyond as they are unable to repair the rift and damage between them and their mother. For those who experienced truly traumatic childhood experiences this can cause the Inner Child Aspect of their being to become damaged. This damage reverberates throughout the rest of their lives, never managing to be comforted, accepted or healed.
Embracing Your Inner Child
In many cases acknowledging your inner child, nurturing this aspect of you with the Divine Mother’s Love may be all that is needed to bring about harmony and balance to your well being. Although we cannot change our past, we can reframe it through a more loving and forgiving lens of perception. We can draw strength and comfort from Mother Mary knowing that she is always with us. For those who have lost their human mother either through desertion or death, no matter at what age, Mary, will lovingly step in to fulfil that role.
Signs That Your Inner Child May Be Wounded
Low self-esteem
Poor body-image
Problems with boundaries being too rigid or too weak
Problems with eating
Self-harming
Psycho-sexual difficulties
Being ‘false’ and wearing ‘masks’
Identity problems
Being a rebel/ a hoarder/ a bully/ a perennial victim or a super-achiever
Intimacy problems
Commitment problems
A general lack of trust in yourself and others
Criminal behaviour
Excessive lying
Being ‘overly-responsible’ for others
Being fiercely competitive and a poor loser
A lack of genuine friends
Obsessive and needy behaviour
Fear of authority figures
Being manipulative, passive, or aggressive
Your Session
An Inner Child Healing & Integration session aims to repair and heal the wounds caused by parents, caregivers and others, and to welcome and integrate your hurt fragmented self. Once this has taken place you will feel lighter, more complete as a person and find it easier to recapture the sense of wonder you once had a child but now viewed through the lens of your wise mature self.
Before your session I will ask you to prepare two short affirmations to read before your session begins, and once it has ended. When we combine energetic work with physical ritual it makes the result all the more effective and puts you back in control, rather than relying purely on someone else doing all the work for you. This sends a powerful signal to your subconscious mind that you are ready to take charge and move forward with your life again.
Inner Child Healing Session £49
*Please note: Appointments cannot be secured until I have received all relevant information for your session and payment in full
If you are interested in working with your inner child visit my website Good Vibes Holistic Therapies or email me goodvibesgirl@live.com