Winner's Circle Network with Lou Tice - Your Inner Child

[Guest guest]

Winner's Circle Network with Lou Tice - " Your Inner Child "

I am not a psychologist, but I have been studying and teaching effective

human behavior for over 30 years. It has been my life's work. Today I want

to talk about the inner child and what it means when it comes to adult

growth and development.

All of us have had the experience of being a child, and most of us have no

trouble at all being tender and compassionate toward the children we know.

But when adults find themselves feeling or behaving in a childish way, they

often react with horror.

It is important to realize that growing up is not a one-way trip. Adults can

be childish sometimes, just as children can act very grown up. In fact,

people who are totally " adult " can be a bit intimidating, can't they?

While it is true that growth means trying new things and, in the process,

letting go of old things, it doesn't mean you should despise the self you

once were. On the contrary, the child we used to be, and still are in many

ways, deserves the same love and compassion we would show any youngster.

It is only when we reject our own past, our inner child so to speak, that

the specter of self-hatred begins to raise its head, making it much more

difficult to let go and move on. By the way, letting go becomes easy when it

is done out of self-love and compassion, and because we are on to something

better, rather than because our inner parent says we " have to " for our own

good.

Lou Tice

The Pacific Institute

Blessings,

Charlene

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