Affirmations for the Inner Child

Today if I feel hurt or angry, I will talk about my feelings instead of just blowing up. I am responsible for my own happiness and peace of mind.

I am learning the art of being with others in comfortable silence instead of frenetic anxiety.

I will love my family and friends with the touch of my hand, words of kindness and support. My love is healing and I learn to share it with others.

The voices of shame from my childhood are the voices of my dysfunctional parents.

We learn to treat ourselves the way we were treated. Because I grew up with constant negation, I learned to treat myself abusively. There was no room for error in my home.

I devote one whole day to taking care of myself.

My curiosity was not okay, for I was constantly reproached, “Get your hands off that! Keep your hands to yourself!” Soon I learned to look but not touch. I learned my lesson well. Now as an adult, I keep the world at an arm’s distance. I observe rather than engage in life. My reticence about reaching out has kept me disconnected from myself, my env

Today I will live in “child time,” when school threatened to drag on forever and summer promised to never end. In this time of long, full, wonderful days, I can begin to slow down and look closely at everything.

This tree takes its time with life, it’s not going anywhere. It’s content to grow nourished by the earth and the sun.