When I was a kid, summer nights meant catching fireflies.

Who's with me? Right? Do you remember this?

We grab empty mason jars, punch holes into the lids, and then race into the backyard at dusk.

I mean, I've got to be honest, I still want to do this every summer.

I mean, for a magical hour, right, you dart between shadows,

snatching up these tiny flickers of light.

At the end of the hunt, you know, you admire the glowing captives before,

well, Mom made us release.

Watching those fireflies float up into the dark sky, I remember feeling torn, to be honest.

I mean, part of me wanted to hold on to this enchanting light forever, right?

But even at the age of six or 48, I understand that a firefly isn't meant for a jar.

Its glow is brightest, but it's free.

I know.

But I share this story because it reminds me of something I've learned about childhood wounds.

This is something I hear about a lot, and so I wanted to do an episode on this.

Childhood wounds are hurts that we experience early in life that can make us feel small,

trapped, broken.

Too often we carry the pain of these wounds into adulthood, stuck in a jar of old patterns and beliefs. Here's the extraordinary thing. Each of us has a capacity to heal, to rediscover the

light that we once shone so brightly into the world. Healing your inner child is about

honoring your past hurts while claiming the freedom and wholeness that have been

yours all along. So today I want to talk about how to embrace that glowing firefly part of yourself

again. I'm going to be honest. If you are already sensing that this

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