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Post by Freetolive on Jun 26, 2011 12:45:02 GMT -8
How do you parent your inner child?
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Post by liveandlearn on Jun 26, 2011 14:08:44 GMT -8
I'm still working on it myself so I don't feel comfortably yet to describe how to go about it!
However, there is some good information on it in Susan Peabody's book 'Addiction to Love' I highly recommend it!
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Post by Freetolive on Jun 26, 2011 14:24:01 GMT -8
Not sure if this is parenting but it was fun. For some reason, today i listed the few qualities I liked in my POA. Then I thought, "I can give myself those traits as well." So I went to clean up. Then I prayed, because i hate to clean up. LOL And a thought came and said, Make it fun. So I listened to Alice's Restaurant and some Bill Cosby comedy. Also, I thought about my deceased mom, which I think I placed the secure feelings she gave me on my last POA, so I decided I can give myself security too. A lot of I's in my statement, but I have to start somewhere. LOL
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Post by lacypooh on Jul 4, 2011 6:31:15 GMT -8
Very cool that you made it fun Free!
I don't know how to parent my IC. Truthfully, I am kind of scared because I don't want to damage her any more or make her feel that she can't trust me and that i'm just like my mother. But something has to be done! So anyway, while at church yesterday--I had a talk with my inner child. The age who resents everyone & everything, including( i discovered God). My IC feels that even God left her alone and wonders why he let mom mistreat her so badly. I dunno how i discovered this or why it came to me right at that moment, but sometimes I go into something like a trance state where my mind completely drifts off and when I discovered that it shocked me.
I have no problem trusting my HP except for when it comes to particular things about my personal life. Well the revelation pretty much summed that all up, but then i had the task of overcoming those feelings. I was feeling very moody & didn't want to be bothered ( which i also discovered this weekend comes from that part of my IC) but i didn't want to be feeling that way, especially not at church, so in my trance like state of mind i went to my IC and i told her that the grown up me needed to be in control right now, that I am at church and i want to worship( it was during praise & worship where the choir sings, and happens to be my favorite part of the service). That's when she told me about not trusting God. I told her that i know bad things happened, but i told her that I trust God despite all those things and that I will protect her from here on out. Even if she doesnt trust him, she can trust me. I am the adult to take care of her, but i have to be able to do so. And....that seemed to work. I was then able to get fully into worship and enjoy my time in the Lord.
So, i'm not sure if that's parenting, but, it helped.
Sidenote: I respect everyone's spiritual choices, so please no comments about my HP--and if i "should" trust in God or not. Thanks.
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