What exactly does it mean to “heal our inner child?” Is there literally a child living within us that we need to somehow find? And then what do we do when we find them? How do we heal them? It can all seem very mysterious and abstract, but inner child healing at its most basic level is simply the act of consciously working to repair our relationship with ourselves through the intentional practice of radical self-acceptance and self-compassion.

The very first step to healing anything is awareness. So believe it or not, just reading about inner child healing and other self-help concepts online, and having light bulb moments about what you resonate with, is an important and impactful step toward healing inner child wounds.