Tantrums and the Inner Child: The Importance of Expressing Emotions for Mental Health and Healing

Emotional Badass

Nikki Eisenhauer

Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Education

4.8 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 25 September 2022

⏱️ 21 minutes

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The wisdom of a natural child's tantrum and release. Helping to heal childhood trauma and emotional neglect through permission for the body to release emotion vs. stuffing it down and controlling it. We look at the the peril in trying to control emotion vs. release it in a healthy way. Do you find it difficult to express your emotions? Many HSPs and those with childhood trauma struggle with this. We offer insights into how allowing yourself to tantrum and fully release emotions can lead to significant mental health improvements. This episode focuses on practical strategies for emotional healing, overcoming the inner critic, and nurturing your inner child. Learn how embracing your emotions can help you recover from emotional neglect and foster lasting personal growth. If you are interested in supporting us even more than a 5-star review, you can find Emotional Badass on Patreon where you will get hundreds of hours of bonus episodes, monthly video livestreams, discounts, and can join in the community. https://www.patreon.com/emotionalbadass Resources: Download the free Morning Routine PDF to learn our techniques to help conquer your day! https://www.emotionalbadass.com/morning-routine Community & Exclusive Bonus Episodes & Video: https://www.patreon.com/emotionalbadass 30 Days to Peace Course: https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/peace CODE: BADASS for 30% Off Narcissistic Abuse Workshop: https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/workshops CODE: BADASS for 30% Off Email Newsletter: for weekly wellness emails where we share mental health tips, announcements, discount codes, and highlight past episodes: https://www.emotionalbadass.com/newsletter Check out our Guided Meditations narrated by Nikki available for sale: https://www.emotionalbadass.com/store/meditations Follow us on Social Media: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/emotionalbadass IG: https://www.instagram.com/emotional.badass FB: https://www.facebook.com/emotionalbadass TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@emotionalbadass Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/emotionalbadass Thank you for supporting this show by supporting our sponsors: https://www.emotionalbadass.com/sponsors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:58.3	Hello, welcome to emotional badass where Moxie meets Mindful.
1:02.9	I'm your host, Nikki Eisenhower, life coach and psychotherapist.
1:06.6	And on today's episode, I'm discussing tantruming, healing, and the inner child. Our psychology is often illogical and doesn't make common sense at first glance.
1:38.7	For many people raised in dysfunctional homes, our childhood trauma or emotional neglect was happening very early in life.
1:48.4	And in toddlerhood, when we come from dysfunctional families, often we were not allowed to tantrum.
1:56.2	If I tantrumed, if I became angry, the message was, I better stop that right now, which is a message
2:05.4	of something is wrong with you, something is wrong with you having emotion, something is wrong
2:10.8	with you for feeling, something is wrong with you for showing your feeling, and the right
2:16.3	thing to do is stuff it way down and never, ever show
2:19.6	upset.
2:21.1	We were taught, if this was part of our upbringing, we were taught very directly in this way
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