You’re high-functioning, self-aware, and maybe even the one everyone leans on. But underneath the calm, capable exterior, a part of you still flinches at rejection, overreacts to small things, or ...

Most of the time, I feel pretty comfortable as an adult. I love having a job. I love earning a salary that I can spend however I want (after, you know, bills and stuff). I love being able to do ...

Haupt is a health and wellness editor at TIME. When Ellen Line started therapy in her late 20s, she was struggling in her marriage, and with her perfectionist and people-pleasing tendencies. One day, ...

Traditional holidays typically elicit memories of our childhoods. For some people, these are joyous moments, and for others, they might elicit turbulent ones. Although for some, the inner child might ...

At 28, Tori Bell felt stuck—both in a career and in a relationship going nowhere. After she shared her feelings with friends, one suggested journalling and meditation. Her workplace offered a weekly ...

Healing your inner child is a therapeutic process that involves reconnecting with the most vulnerable and authentic part of yourself, the one that might have faced emotional wounds during childhood.

We all deserve the space to heal. It’s easy to assume that your inner child is just a cute concept, some vague idea about the younger version of yourself. Yet understanding our inner child helps us ...

The concept of the 'inner child' comes up quite often because of its profound implications in the healing process. This metaphorical child embodies our earliest experiences, emotions and memories ...

While the early 2020s were dominated by the soft aesthetics of reparenting our toddlers, 2026 has ushered in a much grittier psychological era. We are no longer just buying coloring books; we are ...

“No one’s going back for that inner child. Except you.” ~Tanya Markul Everyone has an inner child. Your inner child is You but it’s not a childlike personality you have held onto all these years. It’s ...