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Teachers can change lives. Sometimes it’s the only memory a child has of someone encouraging them or checking in on how they feel.

Commitment is action, not words.

Your inner child needs protection and acceptance. You were pure, and needed love, and wanted to be seen for the person you were. Adults were too busy and too hurt to give you want you needed. It’s time to give it to yourself. Can you sit in quiet, visualize the younger version of you, and say: “I’m here for you now.” The tears are that hurt energy leaving the body.

Many people who say their childhood was normal and they turned out fine are: using food or alcohol to numb, suffering in dysfunctional relationships, or are living double lives. The first step in healing is acknowledgment of reality.

People who grew up with chronically impatient parents become terrified of making mistakes. Or of taking any action at all. They internalize the belief that they must be perfect. This becomes adult procrastination or “analysis paralysis.” The body remembers being hurried and rushed at a time when we needed to be soothed and encouraged.