The Inner Child: Returning to the One Who Started It All

May has always carried the energy of the mother. Of origin. Of where we come from. And this year, inside Seekers Circle, I want to use this month to explore something deeply personal and profound: the inner child.
The inner child is not a metaphor in the abstract sense. It is the living imprint of who we were when we were small. It is the collection of experiences, fears, dreams, wounds, joys, and unmet needs that shaped the way we learned to see the world. It is where our nervous system first learned what was safe and what was not. It is where we formed beliefs about love, about belonging, about money, about power, about worth.
Whether we consciously acknowledge it or not, that younger part of us is still very present.
If our inner child learned that love had to be earned, we may overextend ourselves in relationships.And if…