You may have heard of the 'inner child', a metaphor for a sub-personality that can also manifest itself in adult life.
Regardless of whether you had a good or not-so-good childhood, your inner child sometimes felt overwhelmed in early childhood and developed strategies to cope with life and get its needs met.
As adults, we sometimes carry this little child and its old strategies around with us. It often sits unsupervised at the wheel and applies its chaotic, childish pattern to adult life, which of course causes a lot of turmoil in life.
As it has been there from an early age, its behavior usually feels so familiar that we think "that's just the way I am".
But as adults, we could act much more wisely and less childishly.
What's more, one of our strategies has almost always been to please, and in doing so we have packed away part of our true identity and needs in a dark box.
It costs us a lot of energy to ignore the contents of the box, it boils inside us, we feel an inner emptiness and look for a solution on the outside.
This inner conflict, combined with the childish strategies, then manifests itself again and again in life.
For example, you are very familiar with "complicated relationship status". Perhaps you are also too nice for this world, go beyond your limits, put other needs before yours, say yes too often instead of no. Maybe you're also a perfectionist workaholic or prone to addictions of all kinds. Confuse sex with love, dream of strong men or think you always have to be strong yourself. And sometimes you realize that you can't act maturely, but react defiantly, aggressively and manipulatively or simply run away from situations.
The list of "childish" behaviors is long and incomplete.
If one or the other feels like you, it might be worth taking a look in the box.
In this retreat in the midst of nature, we will give your inner child a protected space and attention and listen to what it has to say. What it has packed into the box, what beliefs it has developed about itself and the world, what strategies it has adopted in its childlike thinking. Lovingly embrace what was long forgotten.
Because it's never too late as an adult, who can now directly take care of themselves and their needs, to show your inner child that you can now reliably take the wheel in any situation and relieve your inner child of the old burden and responsibility so that they can go and play again.
To be the adult you wanted to be as a child.
Peace can then come to you and you no longer have to look outside yourself, you can consciously act instead of having to react. You know who you are, show yourself authentically and know your worth. Relationships become healthier, you can better perceive and articulate your needs and boundaries and stand by them.
As a psychological counselor, I am happy to accompany you and your mini- me on this transformative journey.
I use many creative and playful elements, because your discovered inner child will also bring you back a good portion of vitality and lightness.
Do you feel a clear YES to establishing a relationship with your inner child? Then welcome to my inner child nursery! Your journey to self-love and inner peace begins here. 🌟
Note: in addition to my psychological expertise, I am also happy to accompany you with shamanic energy work and nature rituals.
There would be time and space for this on the evening of your 2nd retreat day if you would like a larger ritual and are open to it.
In this retreat, for example, a cradle ritual, rebirth ritual, protection ritual, etc. can be powerful additions.