Do you find it hard to connect with your inner child?

Maybe you've tried some of my exercises, but your mind is still drawing a blank, you don't

feel a deep connection, you may even visualize a dark room or nothing at all.

If that's the case, today I will help you move through this very common block by explaining

the four most common reasons why clients will feel a disconnect

with their younger selves. Plus, a whole bunch of tips that you can start trying right away.

So let's dive in right after this intro.

Welcome to the Inner Child Podcast. Now with 2 million downloads, I help high achievers recover from

painful relationships and childhood trauma. Let's heal together on Season 2 of the Inner Child Podcast.

Hello, besties, and welcome back to the Inner Child Podcast, the number one show where we talk

all things inner child healing. I'm your host,

Gloria Zhang, I'm an award-winning therapist and a coach. And today we are going to shine a light

on something very common that happens with about 50% of people who are starting to do the

inner child work for the first time. Obviously, a big part of healing our inner

child is connecting with that younger version of ourselves. But sometimes when you try to do a

journaling prompt or you're trying to do one of my meditations, for example, you may find

that you can't seem to make a connection at all. In fact, it's a pretty common

occurrence where some of my clients may actually picture a dark room and they can't see

their inner child. So obviously this is a problem, but there are some things that we can do

to help you move past that barrier and feel close to that younger version of yourself again.

So without further ado, let's dive into the four most common reasons.

Most popular reason number one is simply that your inner child doesn't trust you yet.

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