Activate Your Inner Child

This is an important topic. Activating our inner child is a beautiful thing and keeps us young no matter our age. This can be very beneficial for those with childhood trauma, bringing a sense of healing to that inner child. We should all remember that inside, we are just kids, learning new experiences and learning life as we go.

Being childlike can bring immense joy in your life by getting to be free and just downright silly. I understand that it can be hard for some people to allow their inner child to come out and be free, especially with the societal pressure to be mature, walk a straight line and be serious about everything. Not saying that any of those are wrong, it is ok to be those things, but it is also important to not forget that we do not have to live to any expectations and we can have fun, be free and have moments to look through childlike eyes.

For those that have some childhood trauma, such as had to grow up too soon, didn't get to be as free and playful as others, didn't feel like it was acceptable to be silly and laugh, or even feared being judged at a very early age to just be yourself. All these can cause us to miss precious time that we were to be goofy, imaginative, carefree and ignorant to judgement. If you went through any experience like these or others that prevented you from fully having the childhood you desired looking back, it didn’t end there, once you reached a certain age.

There is no age limit to being a kid. We are allowed to have fun and feel free from worry, fears, or judgement and just express. If you look at young kids, they are naïve and do not care what others see or think about the fun they have, the things that make them laugh, they do what makes them happy in the moment and feel free. That is what we are to remember as adults, we can still have those moments to bring joy into our lives and just be a kid.

It can be very helpful in having someone that you can be a kid with, such as a friend or partner, someone that allows your inner child to come out and be silly, without judgement and their inner child comes out to play as well. It is healing when you have someone like that in your life where you can play and be silly and they laugh along and have a good time acting like a kid with you.

We are taught that once we reach a certain age that it is time to get serious, to leave childlike ways behind and grow up. But, I find that this is not the best way to live life. In doing this, we give up our imagination, our inspiration, our creativity, and for what, other people's standers and expectations. We can be grown ups and have responsibility and still have childlike tendencies to make us laugh and smile.

It is important to think back to when you were a kid, what made you happy, what made you laugh, what made you smile? Bring those things back into your life, if it was board games, video games, playing in the dirt outside, listening to music and dancing horrible and silly, anything that brought you joy as a kid, try to incorporate that into your life to bring back the happiness, the laughs and the smiles.

You can get creative with this and just have fun, that is the point, to just have fun. Activating our inner child can bring a lot of healing to inner wounds that we didn't know we had and also bring a lot of comfort to the kid within you. We don’t always have to be tough, organized, or serious, we can have moments to let go, free ourselves and just have fun. With all my love and light.