Welcome to the Breakdown to Breakthrough podcast.

My name is Lisa A. Romano.

I am a life coach, best-selling author, YouTube vlogger, meditation teacher, an expert in the field of codependency and narcissistic abuse.

I am a believer in the power of an organized mind.

My aim is to help people learn what it means to live above the veil of consciousness

rather than living a reactive life.

May your heart feel blessed, your mind feel expanded, and your spirit find hope

as you spend time with me here at the Breakdown to Breakthrough podcast.

So today we're going to be talking about how you can heal your inner child.

So we're talking about the inner child and the reality is we all have one.

So what is the inner child?

Even though it sounds like an ambiguous concept, Speaking from my own experience, the concept of the

inner child was absolutely radical for me because I was someone who was unaware that she was

unaware. I was married up until about the age of 36. I had three children. I was the grandchild of alcoholics, which meant that my parents were

adult children of alcoholics who had done zero recovery work. They were incredibly wounded from

their childhoods. They suffered amazing trauma, incredible trauma, and never really thought about

how their traumatic childhoods affected

them. And so they have me, my brother and my sister. They are also unaware that they're

unaware, and they parent us the best that they could and the only way they knew how by imagining

that their childhoods were a lot better than they actually were.

When you are raised in dysfunctional homes, the people that are raising you don't admit it.

When you are in abusive situations, when your parents are emotionally neglecting you,

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