by Elisabeth | May 15, 2015 | Inner Children, Parenting, Recovery
The amazing parenting expert, Janet Lansbury, has been a huge supporter of my blog and I am eternally grateful to her. Now I have been given the incredible opportunity to guest post on her site. Please take a look at my latest article at JanetLansbury.com. Parenting...
by Elisabeth | May 7, 2015 | Defenders, Relationships
We all have that inner child part that is waiting to be rescued. It doesn’t require something awful to happen in our childhoods. At some point in our childhoods, we were not treated fairly and our needs were not met. This is natural. Children are born with needs that...
by Elisabeth | Apr 28, 2015 | Defenders, Inner Children, Recovery
*If you are sick and tired of hearing people tell you to “put the past behind you” or “get over it” or “move on with your life already”, I want to ensure you that this is not the message of this post. Today, I had a small epiphany. I was thinking about what life would...
by Elisabeth | Apr 17, 2015 | Inner Children, Relationships
I have a friend who is an adult. That may sound weird since all of my friends are adults. But this friend stands out as extra “adult”. She gently (or not so gently) reminds me of the things I have to do, the things I hate doing. She doesn’t let me procrastinate until...
by Elisabeth | Mar 23, 2015 | Defenders, Inner Children, Parenting
I think all the time. I have always been overly cognitive. Inhabiting my body was not safe when I was a child. I invented a much nicer world in my head and it helped me through some horrible situations. But constant thinking is a recipe for disaster. It is easy to...