Beginning the Journey of Healing the Inner Child: Chpt 1 Your Adult Self

We will meet on GOOGLEMEETS:

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***Please ignore the amount of seats available, just click the google meets link.

We are meeting on:
January 13, 2026 at 12pm!

Hello Inner Child Healing Circle Friends! This is a supportive, gentle book reading group focused on healing the inner child through reflection, journaling, and shared insight.

We are starting at Chapter 1 of the book The Inner Child Workbook by Cathryn L. Taylor Please purchase the book and read as much of Chapter 1 as you can before our meeting. We will focus on Your Adult Self. We will read highlights, reflect, share, and practice the exercises in a safe and supportive group.

This group is not therapy, but it is a warm, compassionate space for personal growth, emotional healing, and connection. Also please give me grace, this is my first time facilitating a group like this and my first time reading the book, I don't have all the answers, I'm on this journey with you. We can find answers together and within ourselves. Please have a journal for the meetup.

What to expect:

1.) Guidelines

2.) Introduction to group & grounding (breathing)

3.) Introduce each other
-What brought you to this group

4.) Read a section/highlights of Chapter 1
-read pg. 13 top section & go over highlights
-Questions/thoughts about chapter 1

5.) Questions:
-pg 15 What in childhood that you didn't master has now reappeared as inappropriate responses to people, places or things. ex. If a child never learned how to express anger safely, they might now shut down or overreact when they feel frustrated as an adult.”

6,) Exercise 1: Finding your Adult Self
-Read pg 32 together
-Journal Questions
a.) List between 1-5 people you know and would be described as responsible & describe their qualities
b.) List 1-3 celebrities/podcaster you know who are responsible and list their qualities
c.) Give 1 example of a time you were responsible? How did you handle that responsibility? Did you feel confident or insecure?
d.) Write a description of your ideal responsible adult. List 5 ideal qualities.
e.) Close your eyes and imagine this ideal adult standing in front of you. Imagine you becoming that adult. Describe how you feel, walk, talk.

7.) Share

8.) extra assignment:
-Cut out famous people in magazines you think are responsible with great qualities and paste them in your journal