Inner Child Healing Meditation / Comforting Your Inner Child / How to Deal with Difficult Feelings

I created this inner child healing meditation to help comfort the inner child as you deal with the difficult feelings and emotions triggered by old childhood wounding. When we experience intense feelings & emotions, it is usually because our inner child within is reliving a repressed emotion that has been activated by a present day event reminiscent of an old painful feeling. During this meditation, you will be gently guided and supported to help you ride out the difficult feeling rather than run away from the emotional discomfort by our usual strategies of escape, avoidance, suppression, indulgence, and self-judgment. Both you and your little one will meet this unpleasant feeling together. As your inner child begins to feel safe and supported, this unpleasant feeling will slowly begin to release and transform. This inner child meditation can be used when you get into an argument or misunderstanding, feel confused or conflicted, disrespected or misunderstood, or anytime you experience a feeling or emotion that feels too intense and difficult to manage. Doing this meditation often will result in feelings and emotions from the past creeping in less and less. Although I am in the health profession, I am not a trained therapist. I am only sharing a technique that I have learned to use (through my own ongoing therapy) that has really helped me learn how to deal with my difficult emotions and feelings. I hope this may help you as well!
PLEASE NOTE: If your childhood experiences involved abuse, severe trauma or tragedy, this meditation may be too emotionally triggering and it may feel more disturbing then healing and comforting. In this case, please do not use this meditation without the guidance of a trained therapist to help support you on your healing journey.
please scroll down to read the safety disclaimer before listening!
Wishing you peace and love,
Joanne xo

TIME STAMPS:
Introduction to meditation 0:00 - 5:18
Meditation 5:19

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SAFETY DISCLAIMER:
The content on this video is for entertainment purposes only. Nothing herein is intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any mental and physical disease. This video is not meant to be a replacement for medical, psychological or professional counselling. Please do not listen to this recording while driving or operating any machinery. Only listen when you can relax safely.
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[relaxforawhile]

I am pleased to say the false copyright claim has been resolved!! There should be no more Ads mid video. However, if the ads continues to play mid video, please let me know so I can notify YouTube! 😊

[reneeleighkaraoke]

My inner child is very anxious. Tonight I felt her anger and fear and hatred toward my parents and fear of people. I feel so sad that's how she felt as a child. Unsafe. I dedicate the rest of my life to help and heal and love her. Please get rid of ads in this meditation.

[makethatchangelifecoaching]

What I have recently discovered was not what my Mother did to me but what she didn't do. I love my Mother and feel she must have had deep emotional wounds but she never held me, hugged me, told me everything was going to be ok, there wasn't much physical affection and I didn't know it was missing but it made me stay by her a lot. Down by her feet, hugging her legs or playing with my toys by her, when she was hospitalized she never told me it was OK or hugged me or talked to me, I think this made me feel like breadcrumbs of love was enough when I got older. It made me grow up to feel I wasn't worthy of love and I accepted unhealthy treatment in order to get the breadcrumbs, it made me codependent. My inner child just wants to be held and let her know she is loved and valued. I don't know why but my mother held and loved my children. She was a wonderful grandmother.

[annekathleen]

This meditation is amazing and I plan to listen to it everyday from now on. I nearly cried, I wasn't allowed to have feelings when I was growing up, so they are still locked away. Thank you so much for this. Bless you.

[Truenegro-qr]

Childhood pain indeed shaped my personality. I have let it go but the impact on my personality is permanent. Thank you for this

[jnxwgfc]

I never realized how much my inner child needed my attention. When you said to meet my inner child, I saw her sitting on the floor of my old school playground. I looked into her eyes and saw sadness. A little girl who needed attention and love. I hugged my inner child so tight and gave her words of affirmations. Fast forward to the end of the video and my inner child looked at me with a big smile and ran off with confidence to go play kickball with other kids on the playground. It felt amazing. This video helped tremendously! 💖

[littlethinggg]

I picked up my little girl from school, where she most felt alone, and I told her she’s not alone, and to never be afraid of being alone. This meditation made me cry. And I feel a different kind of weight off my shoulder. Thanks so much

[relaxforawhile]

PLEASE NOTE: There is a false copyright claim on this video and I am in the process of disputing it. What this means is that ads may appear mid video. My sincere apologies if ads are popping up during the meditation!!! I have no control over the ad settings at the moment and it is so frustrating until the copyright claim gets removed. This is one thing about YouTube that really frustrates me as a YouTuber. Hopefully I can get this resolved soon!

[lovesmusic]

My dear friend Joanne, I have been meaning to write about how powerful and healing this meditation is. It is one that truly touches my heart and soul, and for that I cannot thank you enough. You have such a gift with your words and your ability to create such powerful, resonating meditations for us all. You are an angel. I hope that you are all well and blessed over there right now. Thank you so, so much for being the beautiful person that you are. You truly do change lives xx

[judithheffernan]

I have just found this wonderful meditation, my inner child has been wounded all her life I was able to shed tears of sadness and abandonment for her, the feeling of a large growth in my throat and chest has softened and become smaller, I can breath more easily now and I feel more comfortable, I am going to nurture my inner child with good food, fun, lots of movement, creativity and look for people who are more whole and nurturing to themselves and others.
Thankyou so much♥️

[zia]

This made me cry.

I was just curious how my inner child feels when i first tried it. Now I found out how insecure and scared I felt when I was young. My family have had many problems in the past, alcoholic and absent dad, depressed mum.

After this meditation, it all came back and I am in shock. I thought my childhood didn’t bother me but I was wrong. I always believe that my experience was normal until I have my own child and the situation seems different from what I have experienced.

I have always gaslighted myself and ignoring all the pain I feel. From now on I will embrace my inner child and tell her it’s okay. If no one is there for her. I will be.

[Samarella]

Thank you for this meditation. I am feeling very anxious and alone and my coping mechanism is to withdraw and use distractions. This time, instead of opening tiktok and doom scrolling for hours and hours, I googled this and watched your video. I had tears streaming down my face for most of it, but it felt very healing. The feeling in my stomach didn't subside afterwards as I was hoping it would, but it has been compounding for years and years so it makes sense. With more practice I can hopefully work through it more and feel more peace. Thank you :)

[sarahmuller]

I have a very hard time connecting to my inner child. I just cried my eyes out. gonna try this once a day. Thank you!

[foxbearchillinbytheriver]

Because of the very high amount of abuse I grew up with I never learned how to sit with my emotions and pain. This has caused so much heartache and difficulties with PTSD as an adult. This guidance helps me a lot so I can reserve time to learn this important skill in my recovery. Thank you so much!

[relaxforawhile]

Hello friends
I have been asked many times to do another inner child healing meditation. So here it is! This may not be to everyone's liking as it isn't like my usual guided sleep meditation videos. But for those of you who really benefit from inner child meditations, I hope you find this helpful!
Wishing you a peaceful night,
Joanne xo
TIME STAMPS:
Introduction to meditation 0:00 - 5:18
Meditation 5:19
DISCLAIMER: If your childhood experiences involved abuse, severe trauma or tragedy, this meditation may be too emotionally triggering and it may feel more disturbing then healing and comforting. In this case, please do not use this meditation without the guidance of a trained therapist to help support you on your healing journey.

[profoundlypreshh]

This brought me back to my seven yr old self. I used a pillow to represent her. She was happy to see me. She had a glow in her eyes and told me she didn’t feel needed to my mother when my little sister was born around that time. I comforted her and showed her love. I and cried. ❤ thank you for this meditation ❤

[Charlotte]

Ever since I found this video it never failed at soothing my anxious and scared inner child at difficult times. Thank you for sharing such gift with the world 🙏🧡

[helensid]

I'm thankful beyond words for this meditation. I've healed tons but my inner child didn't feel completely safe expressing emotions, and this is what we needed for connection. Thank you ❤

[KreaBySarah]

Thankyou so much Joanne! May God bless you ❤️🙏

[debbietodd]

I don't ever remember being held like the child in this picture other than the few times I visited my paternal grandmother and she sometimes would lay with me and stroke my has always been a vivid memory. I have always run away from inner child work because it brings up such sadness and discomfort in my belly. And tears.