The Kind Self-Healing Book: Raise Yourself Up with Curiosity and Compassion

By Amy Eden Jollymore

If you are prone to anxiety, depression, self-doubt, people-pleasing, or decision-making influenced by fear, or if you want to free yourself of the coping behaviors that worked in a disordered childhood but don't serve you in adulthood, The Kind Self-Healing Book is for you. If you grew up within a chaotic family environment caused

• Language: English
• Publisher: Last House Press
• Release date: Jan 25, 2015
• ISBN: 9780986306310

Amy Eden Jollymore

Amy Eden Jollymore is a writer, speaker, and workshop facilitator based in Petaluma, CA. She began her career in publishing in 1994, working for magazines, some of the earliest websites, and academic and professional publishers. Her nonfiction articles have been published in city and national magazines, and she holds a BA in English and an MFA in creative writing. You can find Amy's Ignite talk "Hacking the Phrase 'They Did the Best They Could'" and her self-help writing on the blog, www.guesswhatnormalis.com.

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or every hero’s journey there is a hero and his sidekick. For Luke Skywalker, it was Han Solo. For Frodo it was Samwise Gamgee. For you, it’s actually you—your inner child.

To draw forth your inner child from the deep past requires a bit of quiet and patience. It isn’t terribly different from sitting in a boat on a lake and fishing: observing patiently and with curiosity are the key elements.

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Sit comfortably, close your eyes, take a few breaths, and begin to imagine yourself as you were long, long ago, as a child.

Start by peering as far back as you can, imagining scenes from your childhood. Do this sequentially, beginning by picturing yourself as a baby in your crib, then slowly growing up … perhaps walking, riding a bike, playing hide-and-and-go-seek, sitting on the classroom rug, then at your desk at school, riding a bus, setting up a fort in your closet, playing games with friends, feeling bored, being lost in your imagination