03 Apr Take Great Care of Your Inner Child with This
my thoughts on this video
I stumbled on this video by the founder of Rapid Transformational Therapy, Marisa Peer.
In truth, I’m more into slow transformational therapy through writing and being present so I haven’t trained in her modality. There’s a place for the rapid work and it’s great to have an array of healing approaches to choose from.
I found this video so helpful that I wanted to share it with you. I don’t think this is rapid work, it’s about building habits over time to take care of your inner child’s needs. By taking care of your inner child’s needs, you can fill yourself up with love and have it overflow.
At the time of writing, it’s the period between the eclipses in April 2024 – a time when so many people are sharing how tough it is! Personally, I’ve messed up so much, I’ve had to go deep into reaching the shamed child inside and take excellent care of her. My inner critics and shamers have been super active!
Keeping these 7 needs in mind is helping a lot to tame the shame and get to the learning in the mess.
The 7 Needs we all have
Here are the 7 needs that Marisa outlines in the video:
- safety – being safe to be yourself and to be vulnerable
- being loved – knowing that you’re worthy and deserving of love
- connection – having people to connect with
- significance – knowing that you matter and have something to offer the world
- being celebrated – building the praise muscle by celebrating what we’re doing well
- being seen and heard – using our voice to lift up others and speak up
- have someone proud – spotting what we’re proud of and praising ourselves for it