Healing the Wounded Feminine through Inner Child Therapy: A Path to Self-Discovery and Empowerment
(INNER CHILD THERAPY)
“A grownup is a child with layers on.” – Woody Harrelson
An important concept for healing the wounded feminine in women with predominantly masculine energy is Inner Child Therapy. This concept can be traced back to Carl Jung.
According to him, our inner child is linked to our past experiences and memories of innocence, playfulness, and creativity, and hope for the future.
It is the side of our character that sometimes act out in destructive ways when we encounter a challenge. These destructive and self-sabotaging tendencies could be as a result of unmet needs and suppressed childhood emotions.
To cultivate feminine energy and awaken our vibrant, happy, positive, satisfied, compassionate, and intuitive side, it is important that we:
Unearth our childhood experiences – fears, hopes and dreams
Support the needs and materialize the dreams of our inner child
Reparent the inner child by showing empathy and acceptance of ourselves for our flaws
Engage in therapy and meditation to discover some of the reasons behind our fears, and codependences.
Honor our energy – speak to ourself kindlier, incorporate self-care, tap to our creative and playful side, and spend time revisiting activities we enjoyed as children.
- “Those who play rarely become brittle in the face of stress or lose the healing capacity of humor.” – Stuart Brown
- “Caring for your inner child has a powerful and surprisingly quick result: Do it and the child heals.” – Martha Beck
When a woman heals and strengthens her inner child, she is:
grounded, receptive, reflective while still keeping strong boundaries.
gracious in her strength, loving, empathetic, compassionate and supportive.
vulnerable, but authentic enough to speak her heart and does so with no shame.
Purposeful, and driven but flows through life effortlessly.
powerful but also knows how to surrender.
open, and trusting.
logical but also naturally intuitive, and listens to her heart along with her mind.
deliberate in her action, to manifest and create magic.
confident in her body, and exudes beautiful, sensual energy.